Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Review - Affordable Version of S23 Ultra (PROS and CONS)

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is officially out and now available for sale. US and Canada get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 variant while all other regions get Exynos 2200 variant.

Let's dive in and review the S23 FE and see it's pros and cons.

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0:00 Intro
1:20 Build Quality
2:19 Display
4:40 Fingerprint Scanner
5:15 Cameras
9:05 Performance, Storage (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
10:30 Battery and Wireless Charging
11:15 DEX support
11:48 Software Updates and Long Term Support
12:15 Conclusion - PROS and CONS

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[pcarlson]

Review was well done! I have the S23 (standard 6.1"), my wife has the S23 FE. I get that some are "bezel obsessed" but to us it's no issue, we're looking at what is on the screen, not the bezels). When I'm using my wife's S23 FE, aside of the size difference, in day-to-day usage it performs almost exactly like my S23. Quibbles? I do wish the fingerprint sensor was located higher on the FE as it is on the S23, just a more natural position to hit it with my thumb while holding the phone, and the glossy back is a fingerprint magnet (But we case all our phones anyway). Aside from nit-picking, the S23 FE is one fine phone.

[AvobProject]

I moved up from a Galaxy J7 to this S23 SE today. OK, if you're "phone obsessed" this doesn't reach flagship expectations, but I sure do find a fresh screen at 120 hz pleasant to view after using and old scuffed-up phone. If this phone has Touchwiz, I'm not noticing it. The response to touch is very fast. Got mine on a Verizon renewal, paid $280 (adding a charger and sales tax). Really came out about the same as what I paid for the old phone in 2017. I'm content.

[mackymode]

I bought Pixel8 but when S23FE came out I bought it and returned Pixel8, it's so much better than Pixel8

[manygatos]

Just bought this phone upgrading from my iPhone SE 2020 that I have had almost 4 years 😮

[__rbby._]

this is basically A54, with better chip and cameras, but smaller battery...
both are great phones and i like that they made them identical and are almost very close to specifications so people can choose if they want the longer battery and overall a good phone, or they want to level up and get the better cameras and chip cuz they are... fans. Now i believe, Samsung is a winner.
edit:
so i wrote this a couple of months ago as my first impressions, yall have a point under my comment but dont be like: "this is not A54, you dont know anything", yeah i have eyes and i can see its not 💀 they just look the same from the outside...

[alfredoaraujo]

Waiting till holiday sales would be an excellent idea for most people to get this device and maybe if you have the s21fe trading in for this.

[TornadoesGamingYTB]

With this phone I should have waited since I got my A54 like 4 months ago I see some features that my A54 doesn't have I don't really care about no SD card slot but is what it is now

[TheWabbit]

It looks like it may be an option for my wife, I have the S23Ultra for the camera ( basically a camera I can also use for the internet or to talk to someone ) whereas my wife uses her phone to do some medium gaming and normal pictures ( not like closeups of the moon or full zoom into the planets ) the only question is the memory, doung away with the SD card was a mistake and then to limit the FE with 256....Ill wait to see what the holidays deals look like.

[clwydian]

Could you do a comparison to the S23 please

[agonzalez]

Initially I went with the best. The ultra long story short I traveled left my phone at relatives house dilemma is relative now traveled to where im at about 1600 miles away lol for 2 weeks so i was goingbto be with out a phone for 2 weeks until theybgot home and mailed it. I purchased the s23 fe and man oh man my suprise for my day to day usage honestly I could go with out the ultra thats howbgreat it is. My only complaint would be. The screen cant compare with ultra screen as far as how much better the screen is but if youbare gonna buy save some money and get the s23fe 😊

[mtamerlan]

I love how you added the price VO in fully boomer style :)

[scotttatertot]

This was just on sale for only $400 US for Black Friday! Crazy deal for this phone. My girlfriend got an iphone SE for $400 US just a couple of years ago and already wants to replace it due to its dated design. $400 for this phone is such an amazingly better deal.

Just got this phone as an upgrade to my A51 for $650 Canadian (still a great deal) and its been amazing. Massive upgrade in every way. I plan on keeping this thing for the next 5 years, as the updates promise, if it works out.

[DerekDavis]

Saki I watched your channel years ago, but even now you still do not provide 1440p or 4k video content. Your viewers would really appreciate that.

[simon]

S20 FE was the best as it has the Snapdragon 865 which is same as the S20 Flagships. This S23FE is actually an S22FE instead

[lest]

I think the storage scenario it is not a deal breaker, just need an external SD reader like I do for my drone.

[SVW]

I got the Galaxy S23 Ultra for half price from Google Fi. 🤷‍♂️

Not a bad value though 👍

[safslut]

S20FE was the best of the FE series…. They never should have removed the SD slot

[BilalAm]

It's basically the S21fe, but with adaptive motion smoothness.
The S21fe has a fixed 120hz.

Also the S23fe has slightly thicker bezels.

[twest]

Thank you for this video. I learned a lot. I miss when phones came with instructions.

[Ardyaann-jsiy]

I have already use this phone for 4 month and i love it so much, the camera and video are so great, and now one ui 6.1 is very smooth also Galaxy AI so usefull for me.