Back in September 2020, Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition) that features the same hardware capabilities as the Galaxy S20 flagship. At the launch event of this device, the company promised to unveil an affordable variant of the upcoming flagships as a Fan Edition, every year.
Now, as per the latest info, the Korean has started working on the affordable version of the recently launched Galaxy S21 series. According to SamMobile, a Samsung Galaxy device having model number SM-G990B is under development. And, the model number hints at the Galaxy S21 FE.
On the other hand, the Galaxy S20 FE has model numbers: SM-G780F and SM-G781B for 4G and 5G variants respectively. However, the Galaxy S20 FE launched after the Galaxy Note 20 lineup, so we can expect the Galaxy S21 FE will be launched at a similar time.
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Meanwhile, the SM-G990F should be the LTE variant of the SM-G991B will be the 5G version of the Galaxy S21 FE. However, the company has not yet introduced the Galaxy S21 models with only 4G connectivity. And, Samsung is trying to streamline things by giving the model number of the Galaxy Galaxy S21 FE in line with the standard Galaxy S21 units.
Just like the Galaxy S20 FE, the Korean tech giant will ship the Galaxy S21 FE with a pre-installed Android 11 based One UI 3.5 version, 5G connectivity, 128GB and 256GB storage options, and gray/silver, pink, violet, and white color variants.
