Samsung Galaxy S22 launch may be delayed for the Galaxy S21 FE

Samsung Galaxy S22 launch may be delayed for the Galaxy S21 Fe

An unofficial render of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, showing the phone's front, back and S Pen in burgundy red on a black background

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The Samsung Milky way S22 is expected to show up in early 2022, but that engagement may not be as early on as some people take expected. And the reason for the delayed Galaxy S22 launch appears to exist Samsung trying to find some room to bring a different phone to market.

That would be the Galaxy S21 FE, the long-rumored but rarely seen version of the Galaxy S21 that's supposed to give Samsung fans a low-cost alternative to this yr's flagship. We were expecting the Galaxy S21 Fe in October, merely that'southward not happening — well, unless yous like last-minute Oct surprises — and the absence of the S21 Atomic number 26 had some people speculating the phone had been cancelled.

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At present Jon Prosser of Front Folio Tech is reporting that the Galaxy S22 pre-orders will occur in Feb, suggesting that the flagship won't debut in Jan as the Galaxy S21 did concluding year. Instead, Prosser points to an before report that the Galaxy S21 Iron would get a Jan. 11 launch.

A carve up written report from Sammobile earlier this month made a similar claim — the Galaxy S21 FE would get a January launch appointment, pushing dorsum the S22's arrival to make room.

It seems like a lot of fuss to create a launch window for the Milky way S21 FE, which we'll remind you is supposed to be a scaled-dorsum version of a flagship telephone that volition be around a year old past the time the S21 FE is rumored to make it. Its predecessor, the Galaxy S20 Fe, proved to be a pop phone, only that was considering it was $300 cheaper than the Galaxy S20 that came earlier information technology.

With Samsung dropping the starting price of the Milky way S21, while boosting the features of its midrange Galaxy A phones, at that place's not a lot of room for a phone with the price tag and capabilities rumored for the Galaxy S21 Iron, which is supposed to have the aforementioned Snapdragon 888 chipset and 120Hz brandish as the S21 with a less powerful camera.

Samsung has some priors in releasing a lite version of one of its flagships just earlier a big production launch. Information technology did precisely that with the Milky way S10 Lite in January 2020, just before the debut of the Galaxy S20 in February of that yr.

Of the rumored phones coming from Samsung, the Galaxy S22 would clearly be the bigger deal. It'south expected to have a newer processor as well as a brighter screen, nether-brandish camera and Due south Pen support. Samsung will demand to make the example that this phone is an improvement over the Galaxy S21 — if it's not already busy trying to justify the release of the Milky way S21 FE a month before.

Another rumor has the Samsung Milky way S22 lineup is slated to get a price increase, with the Galaxy S22 Ultra getting a notably hike in toll. Then we'd hope there are some solid improvements in place to justify this rumored price rising.

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