Has the Samsung Galaxy S24FE does it have to exist? It all comes down to price: a 256GB device will cost you $710 in the US without promotions and discounts, a Galaxy S24+ 256GB will cost you $1,000. The S24+ is certainly the better phone, but whether it’s $290 better remains to be seen.
And you shouldn’t pay full price for these phones anyway. Samsung US is accepting pre-orders for the S24 FE and offering up to $400 trade-in credit, 50% off the Galaxy Watch FE and Buds FE, and 2x Samsung Rewards points. However, the S24+ also has similar offers.
Let’s say you have a Galaxy S21 FE and want to upgrade to a 2024 phone with 256GB of storage. Plugging that into Samsung.com’s trade-in calculator, the price of the Galaxy S24 FE drops to $410 (the old FE is valued at $300), while the Galaxy S24+ costs just $850 (since the old FE is only $150 receive a discount). Without any trade-in you can get $200 off, so the 256GB S24+ actually costs $800.
In other regions, prices and discounts will of course be different. There are other factors too: the US never got the Galaxy A55 (and who knows what will happen with the A56), so there was quite a gap between the A series and the S series.
Samsung Galaxy S24FE
Anyway, here are some prices for the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from around the world. It comes with a storage capacity of 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB, all with 8 GB of RAM. We only saw the 512GB model in parts of Southeast Asia and in some regions the 128GB option was missing.
| Samsung Galaxy S24FE | 128GB | 256GB | 512GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | $650 | $710 | – |
| Great Britain | £650 | £700 | – |
| EU | €750 | €810 | – |
| USA | ₹60,000 | ₹66,000 | – |
| Australia | A$1,100 | A$1200 | – |
| Philippines | ₱40,000 | ₱40,000 | ₱54,000 |
| Malaysia | – | RM3,000 | RM3,600 |
| Singapore | – | €1,028 | €1,208 |
An important part of the calculation is how long you expect to keep the S24 FE. Samsung has announced seven major OS upgrades, which will feel more like six considering Android 15 is just around the corner. Still, with that and 7 years of security patches, you might not need a new phone for a long time. And even if you don’t keep it for that long, say just three years, the phone still has a long lifespan – so you can pass it on to a family member or sell it.
Whether 8 GB of RAM will be enough for apps and games from the year 2030 is another question. But if it makes you feel any better, Galaxy S24 owners (non-plus) are in for the same fate. At least this time Samsung used a current chipset (even if it was clocked back slightly), while the S23 FE had to make do with a chip that was more than a year old when the phone was launched.
Highlights of the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
This is also the largest S FE phone yet, with a 6.7-inch display. Previously, the S FE series had 6.4″ and 6.5″ screens. The battery also got an increase from 200 mAh to 4,700 mAh. However, the Galaxy S24 FE is missing some key upgrades that the S24+ brought this year: FHD+ display instead of QHD+ (and an LTPO panel to boot), 25W wired charging instead of 45W (and the Plus has a slightly larger battery).
As mentioned, the Plus is certainly the better phone, at least if you don’t take the price difference into account. There are plenty of non-Samsung options to consider.
The iPhone 16 Plus also has a 6.7” display, a 60Hz panel. And while the 8MP 3x telephoto camera on the S24 FE isn’t great, the iPhone doesn’t have one. Apple charges $900 for a 128GB Plus, so it’s not cheap either.
The Xiaomi 14T Pro was announced on the same day as the S24 FE. For a 12/256 GB model you pay €800, so about the same as a 256 GB Samsung. However, the Xiaomi has a Dimensity 9300+ (the same chipset Samsung uses in its expensive new tablets), plus a 50 MP main camera (with a large 1/1.31” sensor), a 50 MP 60mm telephoto and 12 MP ultra-wide cameras. Plus, the larger 5,000 mAh battery charges much faster (120W wired, 50W wireless). As for the screen, it’s not an LTPO, but it is a 6.67” 1220p+ panel with 12-bit color and a 144Hz refresh rate.
Samsung Galaxy S24+ • Apple iPhone 16 Plus • Xiaomi 14T Pro • OnePlus 12
Google only has small phones for $1,000 or less. OnePlus is going to announce its new flagship next month, but the OnePlus 12 gets you that Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 that Samsung doesn’t offer on the S24 FE or (in some regions) the S24 and S24+. This has a QHD+ LTPO display, a 6.82-inch panel, plus a 50+64+48MP camera and a 5,400mAh fast-charging battery (100W wired, 50W wireless). Like we said, this is an older model and OnePlus doesn’t push discounts as hard as they used to, but we’ve seen the 256GB model for $700 plenty of times.
Time to vote – are you interested in the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE?