Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G leak suggests pastel colors are in for the cheap flagship
Also, the Samsung S21 FE may pack regionally-different chipsets
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We’ve gotten another look at theSamsung Galaxy S21 FEthanks to a leak showing off alleged marketing renders with the phone in plenty of colors. We’ve also seen a rumor suggesting the phone will come in multiple chipsets, though you can probably expect why.
We’ve seen these colors before – in fact, noted leaker Blassshowed themoff in renders already – but the new leak fromAndroid Headlinesshows them all in what looks like an official marketing image, adding more evidence that this could be the final array of colors for the upcoming affordable flagship. Those colors will allegedly be a (very dark) gray, white, light violet, and white, with possibly a fifth color (which other leaks suggest will be a blue-ish hue).
The new leak affirms a more streamlined design in the S21 FE than the original S21 line, with a camera block the same color as the back of the phone. But unlike previous renders, which show a protruding camera bump, Android Headlines’ models seem to show a thinner block. Whether that’s a trick of the angles in the photo or just the nature of pre-release renders that don’t necessarily reflect the final design is hard to tell.
But the newly-leaked renders do support the general design we’ve seen in previous leaks: a triple rear camera with an adjacent flash. There isn’t any new information on what those cameras will be, and we don’t have rumors outside of a 32MPfront-facing camera.
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Chipset rumors: not just the Snapdragon 888?
A separate new rumor spotted bySamMobilesuggests that theSamsungGalaxy S21 FE will not just use the Snapdragon 888. S21 phones sold in the US and Europe will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset, while versions sold in other markets will pack Samsung’s own Exynos 2100 silicon.
This isn’t too surprising given that both chipsets were used in the Samsung Galaxy S21 series of phones, with different regions getting different silicon: S21 phones sold in the US and China featured the Snapdragon 888, while those sold elsewhere used the Exynos 2100. The new rumor doesn’t specify which other countries will feature the latter in the S21 FE, but if it follows its previously-released flagship sibling, we wouldn’t be shocked.
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We’ll have to wait and see whether this bears truth when the phone is released, though rumors differ on when that will be: onesuggeststhe S21 FE will launch in August alongside other expected devices like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, while another hints its launch has beenpushed backuntil October – and a third warns that the phone could have beencanceledentirely due to the global chip shortage.
David is now a mobile reporter at Cnet. Formerly Mobile Editor, US for TechRadar, he covered phones, tablets, and wearables. He still thinks the iPhone 4 is the best-looking smartphone ever made. He’s most interested in technology, gaming and culture – and where they overlap and change our lives. His current beat explores how our on-the-go existence is affected by new gadgets, carrier coverage expansions, and corporate strategy shifts.
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