Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Fan Edition) Unboxing, Hands-On & First Impressions! (Purple)

[@TechDaily]

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[@Keitumetsemulaudzi]

Yeah I'm a fan just wanna know if the battery is very good or not

[@green9227]

What about the really og fe the note 7 fe.

[@enosodhiambo9253]

Am a fan of You Tech champ..,and for the phone am a fan infact the technology of smartphone is on me like crazy!, Will get one someday when i will be good in ma pocket.., or maybe your give away will fall on me some lucky day Tech daily💪🏼🙏🏼

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

Still remember the good old days when Samsung S 20FE 5G ruled the smartphone world

[@josuke6131]

True. It was insanely good at that time. They did it for the first time and it was the only time they succeed 😔

[@beokay1540]

That was a really good phone at $400! Had one myself

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

Had everything that a smartphone enthusiast needed in a phone, except for headphone jack, but I understand as it was to provide the IP68 water proof rating

[@okene]

​@@reubenbenjamin8128no it wasn't. S10 had a headphone jack and ip68. Stop lying

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

@@okene true wish the s20fe has a headphone jack, but I am used to it as now I use a type c and aux port dual cable to use my wired headsets while charging..hope it had Snapdragon 888 though for better battery life

[@Johnatronmusic]

Had mine around a week now and must say its amazing. I had the s23 ultra for around 6 months and although this was great i preferred the fe. Perfectly sized me for, its beautiful. 8.5/10 the only thkng i would say is it is quite heavy. Slips out my hands slightly over time. Screen, camera battery all a 9/10 no problems what so ever so far.

[@alimostofa967]

It has exynos crappy chipset which has poor battery life?

[@MetaVersalx]

​@alimostofa967 I swear to god I hate how people online only say negative stuff about phones. The phone isn't even bad. Just cus u get the best phones. I doubt u even tried the phone

[@alimostofa967]

@OfficialXO17 if it has exynos chipset then it's bad on everything

[@MetaVersalx]

Wait out of curiosity is it better then the a13?

[@alimostofa967]

@@MetaVersalx a13 isn't even any good at all... even thr old a21s is better the a13 everything is worser

[@viffer94]

Got one last month for $399. The S23 was selling for $800 and the A54 was $324 so kind of a no brainer. The S23 is a slightly better phone but not worth twice as much and the $75 extra over the A54 was well worth it. 90% of the flagship performance at half the price.

[@danmart9660]

People that say a certain phone is trash hasn't really used nor owned such phones to compare

[@ChillydontCap]

​@@danmart9660exactly KZbin tech video experts.

[@omegalongdong]

"slightly better" -Probably someone that never held a flagship phone

[@viffer94]

@@omegalongdong Keep it in your pants Long. I actually went to the Apple Store last fall all set to buy an iPhone Pro. The thing almost burned my hands when I held it. The S23 plus? Yeah, great phone but anyone who paid $1000 for one last November is feeling pretty stupid right about now. The S24 with AI capabilities totally blows it and the iPhone out of the water. So yeah, still happy with my $400 purchase. I would be kicking myself had I been dumb enough to pay $1000 for an iPhone or S23 a couple months ago.

[@vlad.cutuzow]

God! 😂

[@xxiamlostxx_dreams_7916]

If A54 and S23 had a child 😂

[@gamingwithdaniya9061]

oh no damn true😂

[@stuartzimmermann4180]

Update to my last comment . I now have the phone in mint green . Omg its . Super quick ,amazing screen . Got £100 cashback and galaxy buds fe thrown in . Totally worth it 😊

[@nick13b]

S23 FE with the Buds FE is a perfect combo! Its just like the regular S23 buds combo!

[@dantepalazuelo-gx9ct]

I use my s23 fe exynoss here in philippines pretty good

[@paulgraves7949]

My daughter got the mint green colour and a galaxy watch 6 all for £28 a month!! No complaints whatsoever! Too many people on here who have never used one but have plenty of negatives to say about it....🤡

[@sethstile1201]

Got my s23 fe for 390 USD... tbh its great for this price

[@LeeShields11]

Watching this on the OG S20 FE - I'm due an upgrade though. I'll be sad to switch to an updated handset. This is the best phone I've ever had

[@DaytonasGarden]

Choose the right time and trade in. I did it and got 300 for a trade in and paid 375 for the 23 fe

[@VincentScales]

I just got it this week and so far I love it! I upgraded from the Samsung Galaxy S8 and I notice the difference right away!

[@violethill4454]

hello, how's the battery life so far? do you think its a good fit for a college student

[@stuartzimmermann4180]

Mine comes tomorrow . Excited 😊

[@zarrar26]

If only the FE had a 3.5mm jack and an SD card slot, it would be a real fan edition. But sadly, not gonna happen 😔

[@Jeffrey0513]

Yeah.. but we gotta accept that that type of technology is almost nonexistent nowadays

[@nick13b]

USB C headset works perfectly

[@pinky1933]

I owned the S20FE and the S21FE. The S20FE was my favorite because of the expandable memory. SD card slots were amazing. The cameras rocked and the battery was amazing. Under rated device imo. The S23FE should have had a 5,000 mAh battery at minimum and I hope the FE brings back SD card support.

[@Jgilmer42]

I don't get Samsung removing the SD slot at all. The bloatware is a pain. The customer should be allowed to customize their phone from the beginning. I miss the sliding keyboard that Motorola used to make on the Droid 4.

[@Markzy_DM]

I still use S20FE :D

[@rf7854]

The funny thing is that they removed SD card but the local carrier only has the 128gb version anyway. So it just unpurchaseable. I stick to my S20FE which working nice still.

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

Exactly! companies still don't understand this main reason why their sales are going down even after they are offering all the "flagship" features, and they provide the stupid excuse that it slows your phone, which is kind of the opposite as it can helps speed up the phone when the internal storage is full and you need to have a backup storage for your important data, that is, to be used particularly in your hand held device

[@ChillydontCap]

​@@reubenbenjamin8128No, thats what cloud storage is for. But keep living in 2015 with your MicroSD cards. 😂😂😂

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

@@ChillydontCap it's sad that now people have to depend on the internet for even storing their personal data..If there is no internet you can't access any of it, or if the account gets hacked say goodbye to your data, plus if you want to get cloud storage greater than 10GB you must have a monthly subscription

[@ChillydontCap]

@@reubenbenjamin8128 it's a shame someone would put their data on an easily lost tiny piece of plastic that can easily be destroyed or corrupted or stolen. See i can play that game too

[@wellrounded713]

I really don't understand why so many people today except the Hefty weight of a device you carry around all the time as a good thing. The S21 Fe still is the best of the Fe series, just for the fact it only weighed 177 grams albeit it was just another slab.

[@felipemarcanthony]

I 💜 Samsung! I want to buy the FE in the future!

[@nick13b]

Galaxy S23 FE ftw!!

[@MorbidDusk]

While I'm always interested in overviews of new phones, the main reason I never buy Samsung's mid-range devices is that they make them so damn big. I usually end up with the base model S series phone because it's the only one that is somewhat compact. All the other ones are 6.4" and up.

[@madmann6723]

Everyone talks about how thick it is but it’s .32” versus the .3 of the S23…may the flatter sides gives it more of a sense of thickness? But 2 one hundredths of an inch is pretty insignificant.

[@AugustoLugo1983]

I am loving mine, I prefer it to my Pixel 7, it has a better refresh rate 120HZ, better screen and better brightness, love the 3x zoom, it focus quicker too and that snapdragon chip, is way better than the tensor chip on the P7, and I got it for $49 with Metro by TMobile, I am very satisficed :)

[@blackpinkmlgaming2745]

I don't know why peoples saying it's garbage i just got mint colour this week and it super amazing the camera is flagship quality. Yeah i know it 4500mh but it barely noticed (sorry for bad grammar)

[@AltafHussain-qb5yp]

I just bought this phone today and I say this is really a cool phone.

[@the-zphr]

S23FE is... disappointing Im a S21FE owner and i actually made a list to compare both, so get ready to read all that if you want Display: adaptive refresh rate on S23FE - 60 or 120hz. What did i do to achieve that on my S21FE? I simply used Galaxy Max HZ. and i have the same feature screen sizing - S23FE has a massive black bezels and gorilla glass 5. How about S21FE? Really thin bezels, no silver ring AND gorilla VICTUS. brightness - sure, S23FE will have slightly brighter display, but thats not so noticeable (1450 nits vs 1200) Look and feel: S23FE does feel premium with its glass back - but honestly, most will put a case on it. And S23FE has the looks of A series (by position of flash) while S21FE looks like S21 lineup but with plastic back. Cameras: Alright, S23FE has better sensors, im not gonna argue here Other: Performance of S23FE is obviously better, since it uses Exynos 2200, while S21FE has Snapdragon 888. S23FE has newer bluetooth model (5.3 vs 5.0) and other stuff that i could mention, but would make this comment longer Software: Well, since both are FE series - that means that they wont get that often those major updates (i got one ui 6 on 8th of December). Both run full one ui, and most good lock features are available. Both dont get beta updates, which is sad. Obviously, S21FE will get 2 (or 1, according to knox) more major updates while S23FE will get 4 of them. Conclusion? If you own a pretty recent flagship, or FE series (like S20FE or S21FE), then dont bother going for this year S23FE - im not hating the phone, but i honestly think that its simply not worth it. If youre planning on getting new phone, and you have old one then you can consider S23FE, but you wouldve been better off with older flagship or mentioned S21FE - which has good deals now.

[@viffer94]

The problem with buying an older phone is it won’t be getting any more software updates. For instance the S20 FE is stuck at Android 13, it will not be getting Android 14 or any further firmware updates. It just received a security update but it’s kind of at its end of life for security support as well. The S23 FE is two months old and will be supported by Samsung for the next 4 to 5 years.

[@aaronaustrie]

Mint green for me ✊🏾💚

[@FéargalO]

Which colour would hide smudges /fingerprints best? Was hoping s23FE would have been a matte finish.

[@ChillydontCap]

The weird thing about this phone, the only people who bash it are people who dont own one. Imagine that?

[@green9227]

Correction actually the og fe was the note 7 fe not the s20 fe also on Samsung website it 629.99 at full price the s23 fe.

[@JLange642]

Was explained that this was just the S22 processor in the new S23 shell. Didn't matter to me- my 5 year old S8 needed to be replaced!

[@tluangachhangte2334]

I have used s9plus, s10, s20 and now s23fe. I can say this phone is very2 good, i dont find it different, rather i like it, the flat screen, the big battery, the big screen, the good camera, the same software, the good processor. Only one thing which i dont like it is the Basel, but believe me you wont notice after few days. Only one t

[@Googleismyfriend1]

Would you recommend this phone over the A54?

[@bandareverlast]

Yup

[@daddyT-_-]

Yess

[@Mike.Tech.]

And want a slightly better camera

[@williamdavis4809]

I have both. Prefer the A54

[@TechnologyMan9575]

This is actually more like an S22 FE, because it has the S22 chip: the snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It looks like an S23, but acts like an S22. I really think they should have included a SD 8 Gen 2 to make this a true S23 FE. The phone seems good on it's own, though. I am considering buying one, for a flagship at a great price.

[@Pascal-rs6vt]

That would make no sense, because it would kill the normal S23

[@TechnologyMan9575]

​@@Pascal-rs6vtIf they had cut in other areas, like plastic body and frame, they could have kept the 8 Gen 2. The S21 FE did it that way, and it was better.

[@ChillydontCap]

​@@TechnologyMan9575better than what?

[@ChillydontCap]

​@@TechnologyMan9575hope you're not saying the s21 is better than s23. You obviously dont own one. Probably neither.

[@B98-99]

Sir,... is the "FE" a flagship phone? Or is it just a higher level than the "A" series but not flagship?

[@fiornia-6]

flagship killer (between midrange and flagship)

[@EuniseNatarte]

Waiting for Galaxy S24 FE, match to my birthday... 12/(24)/07 HAHAHA.

[@TheGreatOne426]

They should include a headphone jack and sd card

[@YOURTECHFRIEND]

Great review Wade 👍 In Europe it comes with the Exynos 2200 chip

[@RedBullAddict-_-]

How we sposed to charge it with type c to type c

[@kpehe100]

In fact, the volume is better than those flagship Samsung's phones and that is the reason I bought it and I'm no longer using my S23 Ultra 8:12

[@1Octane1]

S23 ultra is better tho

[@FéargalO]

Which is best colour to hide fingerprints / smudges?

[@itshigh-keybrandon8718]

Miss my S20FE sometimes, great device

[@TechDaily]

The best ever 🥺

[@average_sam_101]

Have you used or will you review the Thinkphone by Motorola?

[@aigistone6784]

Just financed one from my carrier today! After the 24 months are up itll have run me about 300 canadian. Im currently on an s10+ that i love, but i broke the screen which is messing with colour display, giant black blob in the corner, huge bright white line at the bottom (that i have covered in painters tape), and sometimes the touch screen doesnt work at all, or decides its touching something itself lmao.

[@classicphones761]

I'm getting this one soon, I've always had apple phones apart from a couple exceptions and I'm sure that this is the right one for me. Flagship but affordable

[@CHIEFCHANNEL10010]

What I think Samsung is doing is that they don't expect you to gravitate towards this phone right at launch, but rather consider it more and more for next year if you're not interested in the new flagships and you want more than a mid-range phone from them. For example, I had the S21 FE just a few months after launch and it didn't feel quite reasonable at the time, but this year, the phone had a very good discount and was very competitive in the line-up and I know a lot of people who bought it. I think that's their objective 😅

[@ChillydontCap]

Weird because i got this phone 2 weeks ago for $49. 😮

[@TechnologyMan9575]

It's about time you got to this video, Wade! It's been out for a while.

[@ilsolitariobianco2249]

Finally I been waiting for your review 🥀

[@CROW_CREEK_SIOUX]

I'm debating on the Pixel 8 or the S23 FE?

[@Chaosclipz]

I’d definitely get the pixel 8, it has better software and is still a flagship, whereas the fe is a combo of a flagship and a midrange phone so I feel the pixel 8 would out perform the s23 fe

[@BlessingDaRapper]

Great vid bro. What you think about comparing the a34 vs the s23 fe?

[@WannodsPlace]

Does anyone have any issues using the phone as a phone? I been losing my call after speaking with someone for just several minutes. It's been happening happening on a regular basis since getting the phone about 2 to 3 weeks.

[@FrancisArthur-ms1vz]

I will love to have the experience of using iPhone 10 or 12 and Samsung Galaxy A34 or 54. I wish my gift will be one of these. Please it's my guess.

[@edgarvasquez-santana9679]

Does the s23 fe have samsung dex?

[@Zambrano2199]

Yes, wireless and wired dex speaking from someone who is using the phone.

[@Nawaj101]

I actually got mine for £440. Once, I get the phone I can get £100 cashback and free buds. If you find a way to get it cheaper, why not get it?

[@kyrie_II]

Please do you give a free give away if one answers a riddle

[@elspicydragon265]

Watching this on my S23 FE and I enjoy the s*** out of it probably my favorite phone

[@JAMES.CRADDOCK]

This phone is so underrated 😩 I've the Google pixel 8 pro and it works great , i love customizing it and changing wallpaper etc....

[@scipioafricanus7697]

i find unboxing vids pointless anyway but NOW still an unboxing vid of the f23fe?! absolutely superfluous

[@francismagnusson378]

the bottom bezel is painful to look at 😵 but hey, it's a great phone!

[@jrelwaldo]

Personaly I don't care about bezels😂! It's a good smartphone.

[@alankuo1578]

Still very lagging n choppy battery drain hot, I give up on this phone now using a54 much better although slower GPU...

[@ΔΓςΗΞΜΨώθΓκζ]

no sd card? and then no

[@reubenbenjamin8128]

I feel u bud

[@hooperagar]

12:41 that's a real dick move samsung!😢

[@dadsowe1535]

Watching this on my s20 fe

[@prebensvensson3078]

SOUND....REMEMBER TO ACTIVATE DOLBY ATMOS FOR A BETTER SOUND

[@Sun.ce.214]

I just brought this device 3 days ago. this is my first mid- upper range phone. (my previous device was a moto g stylus 2021). It games very very well. it's able to run codm and genshin impact on max graphic settings and frame rates but it does get very hot when gaming. it's even able to emulate at 2x-4x graphics. My 2 downsides is the lack of headphone jack and sd card support. what all the that being said I would honestly wait and see with we're gonna get in 2024 but keep this device in your backpocket to consider if 2024's version turns out to be a flop

[@ChillydontCap]

I played CODM for 4 hrs this morning. Barely got warm.

[@ChillydontCap]

My pixel would burn hot if i tried to play that long.

[@JesusChrististheonlyway777]

I missed when sumsung have very low priced qulity phone. There is no use of buying an very expensive phone and only with 3 years of updating.

[@Uxz-iu8re]

S23 fe has 5 years

[@nakata1499]

A55 or S23FE?

[@jrelwaldo]

Micro SD card slot? A55 wins! The rest? S23 FE wins!

[@BrandiBarrera-dl1zy]

Mine comes in today

[@brieezee]

im so annoyed i just found this phone recently and bought it on "sale" for $600 (down from $659.99) last week (I had to get the 256GB version because of no SD slot.......). And now I'm hearing about the S24 leaks and announcements. Samsung is killing me 😭

[@ChillydontCap]

You realize after s24 there will be an s25?

[@kolaranze]

Non simetrical bezels is a killer for me.

[@jamiel0985]

Deserves to be DOA for those 2019 budget phone bezels alone.

[@arjames26]

Ah, you mean Galaxy S22 FE? 🤣🤣🤣

[@nitinjamwal4956]

I am Samsung user. This device looks thick and bulky.

[@willl.3353]

I had the S23fe and hated it. Horrible ergonomics. Heavy and crappy fingerprint scanner that was horribly placed. I kept hitting the back button. Nav bar is easily hit. I went to Nav flat bars instead of icons but would then click things on the display. I went to Nav gestures but would also click display things like links. I trade-in for S24+ which is same size but larger display and light with a good fingerprint scanner. S23fe performance was great, snappy, quick shutter speeds, good camera. Performance is great but so uncomfortable to use. Samsung screwed a good thing by wanting to downplay the S23fe compared to the S flagship. I went from the large screen and light weight S20fe to the small display brick like S23fe. It couldn't grow on me in 5 months of ownership no matter how much I wanted it to. 25 years of owning cell phones and the S23fe was my worst experience. Had I gone from an S9 to S23fe I may have enjoyed it but for the small performance gain I got over the S20fe the overall user experience was bad.

[@RWJSJG]

Hi 👋 wade ❤

[@Alfredul03]

I dont like it. Very wide frames and I have never liked the Exynos processor. Terrible device!

[@ilsolitariobianco2249]

Ngl i am not into FE phones I'd rather stick with my S21+ till next year

[@FrancisArthur-ms1vz]

Hello my Favorite Tech Man. please am waiting for my Christmas gift 🎁🎁.

[@Shan_Shah]

More like the s23 fu edition

[@jowellgamingshow6907]

More of the same crappy phones from Samsung. I see no reason why this was released lol I don't follow up on any of their new flagship phones anymore since they're all the same shit with the same specs and lacking the most important feature I want which is a SD card slot. I'll wait for next year's mid range phones even though thier new ones suck as well. I thought of the A54 but don't want Exynos and a smaller screen. I was thinking the A34 since it has a bigger screen, better chipset and I can get the 256gb version for a cheaper price with my added SD card in it. I'll wait first in a month or two to see what new mid range phones they have to offer before I decide.

[@vascomorais639]

Exynos 1380 is very good

[@jowellgamingshow6907]

@@vascomorais639 I've heard but still rather Mediatek or Snapdragon

[@heyyeshyou]

This just the a54 5g with a better screen and camera

[@jameshill4900]

With dex and wireless charging that is lacking on the a series.

[@darling_yext]

This isn't a Fan Edition, it's a Fanboy Edition. Overpriced garbage phone.

[@JAMES.CRADDOCK]

Nope it's fan edition

[@alonstech7999]

😂 damn Samsung’s getting straight up violated

[@arjames26]

I use Galaxy S23 (and also Galaxy employee) but I really think that S23 FE is not a good deal for me.

[@kenanshora]

Its neither overpriced or garbage , get your facts straight

[@darling_yext]

@@kenanshora 2 years old overheating flagship SoC for the price of a new flagship SoC is anything, but great value lol it's a joke phone. Anyways enjoy the 25W ultra slow charging. In my country it's the same price as a brand new S22 Ultra XD

[@thekinkshamer1177]

The purple is so ugly

[@rotrose9279]

🤢🤢.... so thick, big bezels and flat screen soooooo disgusting , s20 FE better

[@vascomorais639]

S20 FE better at what?

[@rotrose9279]

@@vascomorais639 design

[@dopelitonlyone2905]

*Nah a fan."*

[@QarlonRoad]

It's dual sim card or not?

[@viffer94]

One eSim and one physical Sim.

[@QarlonRoad]

@@viffer94 Thanks.

[@Maddie_is_a_swiftie]

Still using my s20 fe 🫡🫡🫡