Samsung accidentally leaks its own Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Buds FE and Tab S9 FE
You’d think that tech companies would have managed to avoid leaking their own products by now, but apparently not: Samsung has apparently just leaked its cheaper Fan Edition (FE) Galaxy phone, earbuds and tablet on its own website.
Whether it’s an employee error or part of a deliberate marketing strategy, we now have plenty of details about the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE, as well as photos of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy S23 FE.
Here’s what just leaked (via SamMobile).
Samsung Galaxy Buds FE: key features
Assuming the information shown is real, the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE have a single driver and three microphones in each earbud, active noise cancellation and up to 30 hours of playtime with ANC turned off; that drops to a still decent 21 hours with ANC enabled. They have Bluetooth 5.2 and a larger, tipped design, and as before there’s the familiar compact charging case with USB-C on the back. They are SmartThings Find compatible and have an ambient mode, automatic device switching and Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant.
The price of the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE hasn’t been announced (or accidentally published) yet, but previous rumors suggested $99 in the US, which will likely be £99 in the UK.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE: what do we know so far?
In addition to the leaked photos, Samsung has also published teaser images of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 FE – the first FE phone since the Galaxy S21 FE. They show the rear camera with three vertically placed lenses and the headline “The New Epic”. This seems to confirm previous rumors that the S23 FE would receive a camera upgrade this year.
According to the rumor mill, the SE will have a 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED with full HD+, 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+. The selfie shooter is reportedly 10MP, and the main camera is 50MP, alongside a 12MP ultrawide and an 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is believed to have the Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips from last year’s Galaxy S22 series, although leaked benchmarks indicate that Samsung has optimized it to deliver better performance than before.
The Galaxy Tab S9 FE has also been leaked elsewhere: that’s it popped up in the Google Play Console database alongside its budget brother, the Galaxy Tab A9. In addition to renders of the new tablet, here are some specs: It appears to have a 1440 x 2304 px display, an Exynos 1380 chip, and 6 GB of RAM. As expected, it runs on Android 13.
We don’t know when these devices will actually launch, but one of the leaked images of the Galaxy S23 FE shows a date of October 4, which seems like a likely date for a fall product launch: much later and you’re leaving it dangerously late for the holidays. And considering that Samsung is teasing and at the same time intentionally or accidentally leaking entire product pages, it’s clear that the Fan Edition devices are ready to go.