September 19 could be the big day
The S24 FE was released a little later last year. | Image Credit — PhoneArena
This fall, of course, Samsung is unlikely to take as much time between the S25 FE’s rollouts in the two key markets, but if Korean sales are indeed set to begin on September 19, I definitely wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a US commercial debut taking place a week or two before that date.
The 1 million won barrier will not be broken
I realize that a million anything may sound excessive to a lot of Western ears, but the Galaxy S24 FE only costs the equivalent of around $680 in South Korea at 946,000 won, so the Galaxy S25 FE should remain relatively affordable this year at under KRW 1 million.
That means Samsung’s domestic Fan Edition smartphone pricing will either be “frozen” or “slightly increased”, which is obviously likely to be true for other markets as well.
This blurry image remains one of our best looks at the Galaxy S25 FE design so far. | Image Credit — Evan Blass on X
If that part of today’s report proves accurate, the S25 FE could start at $650 (or, in any case, no more than $700) stateside. 128 gigs is likely to remain the entry-level storage configuration, and Samsung is expected to pair 8GB RAM again with both that amount of local digital hoarding room and 256GB.
Although it’s nice to hear in this day and age of a potentially “frozen” price point for a new high-end smartphone, the use of a pretty unremarkable Exynos 2400 processor (at least by 2025 Android flagship standards) had actually made me hope that the Galaxy S25 FE would end up costing less than its predecessor. Guess that’s a dream I may need to give up already… while continuing to look forward to what could still be an interesting product launch from the world’s top handset vendor next month.
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