Samsung Galaxy S20 FE hands-on: S20 for the masses?
Every year, Samsung raises the price of its Samsung Galaxy S series�by a considerable amount. From the S10 to the S20 alone, the standard model went from $899 to $999, and the S10 Plus to the S20 Plus went from $999 to $1199. That’s a lot.
Your other options from Samsung include the Note, Z Flip, and Z Fold series, each of which come in at $1,000 or more. Otherwise, you’ve got the A-series, which generally come in at less than $400. This leaves a pretty huge gap in the $500-$1,000 segments of the market, which caters to people who want something premium but don’t want to spend $1,000 to get it.
Enter the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.
What’s different with the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?
The “FE†in Galaxy S20 FE stands for “Fan Editon.†Supposedly, this means it’s meant for people who are fans of the Samsung brand but didn’t have the opportunity to buy an S20 at launch, due to pricing or some other reason. While the Galaxy S20 FE maintains a lot of the same features from the regular S20 series, there are a few tweaks that Samsung has made to bring the price down to $699.
The S20 FE looks strikingly similar to the standard S20 series, but the first thing you’ll probably notice is that it comes in a lot more colors. There are six colors in total, and each of them is fairly striking. Based on the advertising, Samsung is targeting this device at the Millennial crowd, though I feel as if anyone would like the colors. I’m a big fan of the Cloud Orange colorway, but Samsung sent Android Authority the Cloud Navy color, and I think it looks great as well.
With these new colors, though, come some changes in materials to keep costs down. While the body of the original S20 was made of glass, the S20 FE is plastic (or as Samsung likes to call it, “glassticâ€). That being said, in my opinion, it feels nicer than the glasstic on the Galaxy A51. The frosted material Samsung used on this device makes it feel fairly premium, though you’ll know it’s cheaper purely because it’s lighter than most high-end phones.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE has a larger display than the standard Galaxy S20, but a smaller display than the S20 Plus. It’s 6.5 inches, and has a bit of a chin at the bottom, unlike the standard Galaxy S20. Samsung also reduced the resolution to FHD+ from QHD+. It also uses a flat display versus the curved panel from the S20. I quite like flat displays and this one looks and feels great, but you might be disappointed if you liked the curved display on the Galaxy S20.
The S20 FE also reduces RAM to 6GB, instead of the 8GB and 12GB models we saw in the S20 series.
The cameras are also slightly different
The cameras have also changed in the S20 FE. This time around, we’ve got three cameras on the back, and one in the hole-punch cutout in the front. There’s a 12MP standard lens, a 12MP wide-angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto camera. The front-facing camera is now 32MP (up from 10MP), but it loses the dual phase-detect autofocus we saw on the standard S20.
Because the primary camera is a 12MP sensor, the S20 FE can’t shoot video in 8K. To get that, you’ll need about 33MP. That being said, the S20 FE still has many of the same camera features from the S20 series such as single-take mode, which captures a variety of different stills and video clips with one tap.
What’s the same with the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?
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