Samsung Galaxy S21 FE just leaked in hands-on video — here’s your first look

Samsung Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26 but leaked in hands-on video — here'south your start wait

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Information technology's been a rocky route for the Samsung Milky way S21 Fe, a handset that was rumored dead in both June and September, but it looks like the Fan Edition of one of 2021's best phones will exist on shelves within weeks.

That's what established leakers have been saying for some fourth dimension, and while y'all can take grapevine release date whisperings with a grain of salt, it'south harder to fake unboxing videos, the commencement of which has now popped upwardly on YouTube via the Italian aqueduct HDblog.

While non-Italian speakers probable won't get too much from the get-go impressions, a few things are immediately obvious just from watching.

For one, the phone closely mimics the blueprint of the original Samsung Galaxy S21 equally you would await. Information technology's larger at vi.four-inches (the original was 6.2-inches) and the camera crash-land is molded from the aforementioned plastic equally the shell, rather than existence a distinct metal detail, merely otherwise in that location's very niggling to carve up the two at a quick glance. At the very to the lowest degree, these leaked Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26 cases by Samsung Hungary look cool.

On the inside, the specs are exactly what we were expecting too, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC powering things, backed by 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Similar the S21, it packs a 120Hz panel, though information technology is lower resolution, outputting at Full Hard disk+ rather than 1440p.

1 other matter to accept from the unboxing part is that, in Italia at least, it seems Samsung is continuing its efforts to reduce accessories in the box. There are no earbuds or wall charger, with merely the USB-C cable and newspaper documentation accompanying the telephone itself. Sensible from a green perspective, simply inconvenient if your charger has packed in.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Fe could be officially unveiled equally early on as January four, while CES 2022 is in full swing.

That will requite it only a cursory chip of animate space before the Samsung Galaxy S22 follows, supposedly in February. Given final year's Galaxy S20 FE arrived in September, a total 128 days before the S21, the repeated delays of the latest Atomic number 26 could come to haunt Samsung. If the dates bear witness to be accurate, then nosotros'll presently find out if late really is better tardily than never and if this handset can crevice our all-time Android phones list.

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