What are you getting for SoT and does not heat up in you? I have a Pixel 6a and cannot stand how hot it gets and constantly losing signal. Not to mention poor fingerprint reader.
@@chickenandshrimp1338 Thanks for the reply! I'm trying to decide between this and a OnePlus. I miss my OP 7t, but my main thing is I don't want to spend a fortune. I'm still kicking myself for not getting a subsidized phone when I switched carriers.
It’s a chonky brick but the build quality is top notch. I guess that’s the price you pay for having a huge heat sink built in to deal with heat management and any performance issues from the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip. It’s a great deal at $399 if you can live with the weight and size.
The only cons for me bout this phone is the bezels Battery and SoC really good for my usage (not a hardcore gamer) No overheating issue (warm, yes) Camera setup so nice (how dare some people try to compare it with A54 😂) Overall was a real good ‘all-rounder’ phone with flagship feature (other than bezels of course)
Talking about the bezels ,my wife has the A54. The bezels I don’t mind much but it is there and you will notice it. But with the right case you can probably minimize it. 😂
This phome is getting a lot of hate at the moment. I would like the option of someone thats actually using the phone foe more then 2 hours. I really like my a54 just with it had wireless charging and was a tuch faster then it would be a perfect phone for me. Im thinking this might ve the phone i wanted the a54 to be. Just need more info over the next coming months
My wife owns the s23 FE and I have the s23 (6.1"). She loves it. Great screen/battery life and very responsive. Very happy with the cameras, but admittedly neither of us are pro photographers. Best thing I can say about the s23 FE? When I'm using her FE, the display and responsiveness make me forget that I'm not on my s23. I've tried the A54 - nice mid-range phone, but not as responsive as the FE. The FE will certainly handle OS updates better.
I was thinking about getting this phone at Metro but changed my mind when I found out they didn't have it available in my local store. They did have it at Cricket, but after looking at videos about the S23Fe, I decided just to get an iPhone with Cricket instead.
This is so true, I don't know what the heck Samsung was thinking because at this point I'd rather just purchase the Galaxy S22 in the used market you know.. I would be getting a premium device with all the bells and whistles and no compromises at all at the exact same price as this piece of junk!. Nah Samsung, I love you but not enough to throw money on you guys like you're some sort of stripper at a strip club, we are no SIMPS so don't treat us like one..
@@danielobioma9091 We have the s23 FE as well as the s23. Aside of the cameras, I prefer it to the s22 because it runs much cooler (better thermal management). My wife doesn't know enough to be bothered by the bezels, and when I borrow her FE, after about a minute I don't really notice.
More like the s23 fu edition and more of a galaxy a54s physically the only difference is the sides are made out of metal but otherwise it looks identical to the galaxy a54, same exact bezels and a silver ring around the selife camera and you could get a brand new s23+ for around $700 and the s23 for around $500 while around $400-450 in renewed refurbished, this phone shouldn't exist period samsung just likes making 50 phones and this is a fill in.
The bezels make sense on this phone. You don't want it to look exactly like the regular S23/S23 Plus or else nobody will buy those phones. There has to be something downgraded in appearance for the price you paid and to know its an FE phone.
they already downgraded the internals, putting the uneven bezel making it looks like some cheap low end device from 2021 with the low flagship prices is not acceptable
@fantasytky28 internals ain't downgraded that much. It's still using last year's flagship chipset so that is high performance overall. It is not a midrange chip or midrange performance. It is flagship performance. The phone is nearly £300 less than the regular S23 so the bezels are justified. It's actually a midrange phone so it is actually cheap phone. You get what you paid for. Making it look too good means nobody will buy the the regular S23 there has to be difference in appearance
@@simon3057 the last year soc is literally huge downgrade And the main problem is the price is high midrange price but with low end UNEVEN bezel that look 2021. Even s21fe have better even thinner bezel.
@fantasytky28 that's the design of this years midrange phone like the A54. They can't change it to look like the Flagship S23 to save you cost. The S21 FE has a Plastic Back. The S23 FE has Glass back or more Premium material than Plastic. Therefore they need another way to save cost so we pay cheaper. It seems fair to me. If you get Thinner bezels then we will complain of having plastics. Overall if you have money then we should buy the expensive phone instead. We cannot have everything in life.
@@simon3057 rather have the plastic which make the phone lighter and looks way better than this huge uneven bezel. Plastic don't break, light and most use case anyway. Literally almost no point to make it ugly just to use glass
At first glance you will know that it's a premium phone. It's a good buy not pricy and not cheap it's in the sweet spot you'll get your money's worth.with more software updates to come. It will be good phone as a flagship one.
Yep. I have the s23, my wife has the s23 FE. When I borrow her phone, aside of the size (I like the compact s23) the display and response is just like my s23.
Lines on phone screen is a new tactic by the phone companies to increase sales. This is planned obsolescence and no I have never gamed on my phone or dipped it water or used in hot temps. My phone is samsung a71 with 4 white lines. At least realme is acknowledging the issue.
Bruh what are those bezels 😂😂😂, Samsung really pulled an iPhone XR on us and thought we wouldn't notice This crap costs 600$ and it looks like a budget phone lmao, just who tf in their right mind would get this over the Nothing Phone 2 that has a superior processor, better display and obviously a far better smoother software/user experience with no bloatware or maybe spend 100$ more and get an S23 / Pixel 8 / iPhone 14 ... I love samsung as much as the next guy especially when it comes to their compact S23, but damn is the FE this year a scam.
@reneehuang180 Like I said, the A54s when you think of s you think of of the same design with hardware upgrade, besides the processor and wireless charging as well as dex its basically the same phone as the a54 it has the same cameras as galaxy a54, same design. Looke at iPhone 6s exact design just hardware upgrades, for example iPhone se 3 is basically the iPhone 9s and se 2 as an 8s same exact design just couple hardware upgrade same camera sensor, same display and stuff like that.
@@Shan_Shahdifference : build materials processor wireless charging dex ip rating cameras( huge difference) not the same as you said .... s23 fe has nothing to do with the a54 ....
@houcemkhamassi4535 same camera sensor, I'm not saying it's not different but not different enough to be called an s23 fe it's more similar to the a54 design and deminsion vise, like when you put the a54 s23 fu and s2e+ the a54 and s23 fe feel more similar, which I'd why I said a54s since the s is supposed to mean internal jump and hardware bump and your just getting aluminum built but it's nowhere near the feel of an s23 fu it's a re branded a54s, likewise it's basically an iPhone e 6 vs 6s difference. It's just like saying the iPhone se 3 is an iPhone 13 lite. They s23 fu already has a silver ring around the camera, they could've made the bezels a lot slimmer and not make the phone as bulky, like we already have shiny glossy finish and silver ring those 2 differentiate the s23 fu from the s23 but with the bezel and the same bulky design they made it feel way similar to the a54.
Upgraded from a S20 fe to S23 fe. So far so good. Has a premium feel.. No complaints here.
Same here I had the S20 FE & upgraded to the S23 FE.
Hows the battery life going
I love this phone. I have the 256GB snapdragon variant. Absolutely stellar battery life. The bezels are not a problem. It's barely noticeable.
What are you getting for SoT and does not heat up in you? I have a Pixel 6a and cannot stand how hot it gets and constantly losing signal. Not to mention poor fingerprint reader.
@bjperez9076 No issues with heat, so far. Battery life is great. Adaptive Battery takes about a week to kick in.
@@chickenandshrimp1338 Thanks for the reply! I'm trying to decide between this and a OnePlus. I miss my OP 7t, but my main thing is I don't want to spend a fortune. I'm still kicking myself for not getting a subsidized phone when I switched carriers.
You are better off getting the Galaxy S22 in the used market..
@@danielobioma9091comparing a brand new phone to a year old ‘used’ phone, yeah….
It’s a chonky brick but the build quality is top notch. I guess that’s the price you pay for having a huge heat sink built in to deal with heat management and any performance issues from the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip. It’s a great deal at $399 if you can live with the weight and size.
The only cons for me bout this phone is the bezels
Battery and SoC really good for my usage (not a hardcore gamer)
No overheating issue (warm, yes)
Camera setup so nice (how dare some people try to compare it with A54 😂)
Overall was a real good ‘all-rounder’ phone with flagship feature (other than bezels of course)
Dont forget much heavier than s21fe
@@marufio Meh, my wife loves hers and she's no weightlifter. It is a touch heavier than the s23+ and A54.
@aldev6381 how much sot you are getting?
Talking about the bezels ,my wife has the A54. The bezels I don’t mind much but it is there and you will notice it. But with the right case you can probably minimize it. 😂
Got this phone a week ago. I like it. Performance is top of its game. Battery is decent. Camera, Excellent quality.
This is $100 too much. This is just the S22 re-boxed. Samsung did us dirty with this one.
Just picked this up on black friday
How fast does it capture pictures and are they blurry. Major thing keeping me from going back to Samsung from Apple
Go to my channel I did a camera review it will give you all the answers
This phome is getting a lot of hate at the moment. I would like the option of someone thats actually using the phone foe more then 2 hours. I really like my a54 just with it had wireless charging and was a tuch faster then it would be a perfect phone for me. Im thinking this might ve the phone i wanted the a54 to be. Just need more info over the next coming months
My wife owns the s23 FE and I have the s23 (6.1"). She loves it. Great screen/battery life and very responsive. Very happy with the cameras, but admittedly neither of us are pro photographers. Best thing I can say about the s23 FE? When I'm using her FE, the display and responsiveness make me forget that I'm not on my s23. I've tried the A54 - nice mid-range phone, but not as responsive as the FE. The FE will certainly handle OS updates better.
This phone is now $200 off for Black Friday Sale.
Does it come with stereo speakers ?
Yes
Is it worth upgrading from iPhone 12 to this?
Yes
def
The bezels 😔😔😔
When the light hits those bezels its the worst
The bezels are 😢and i decided to get the moto razor 2023 . 8gen1 vs more powerful than 7gen1. But i dont care about better looking device as well
you mean 7+ Gen 1.. 😊 it is a very powerful chipset
8 gen 1 is better
Better than the a54?
Yes. Much more responsive IMHO. Keep in mind, as future OS updates roll out, the s23 FE will handle them much better.
Is someone having issues with the Face ID and Fingerprint recognition? Mine is ANNOYING.
S23 or s23 fe if in same price which would you buy?
S23 (better display and ofcourse, much better processor)
Depends on what screen size you want or you could wait for s24 series or get a pixel right now
We have both. s23 for sure, for the processor alone, but like I said, we have both and in use? They are very close in day-to-day performance.
Battery got better after a week. Deep sleep apos
I was thinking about getting this phone at Metro but changed my mind when I found out they didn't have it available in my local store. They did have it at Cricket, but after looking at videos about the S23Fe, I decided just to get an iPhone with Cricket instead.
do this phone va the pixel 7a
That silver selfie ring is very ugly 😢
Bezels on this phone are DISGUSTING!
Feels like someone traveled to 2015 for the design...
That’s extreme 😂
This is so true, I don't know what the heck Samsung was thinking because at this point I'd rather just purchase the Galaxy S22 in the used market you know.. I would be getting a premium device with all the bells and whistles and no compromises at all at the exact same price as this piece of junk!. Nah Samsung, I love you but not enough to throw money on you guys like you're some sort of stripper at a strip club, we are no SIMPS so don't treat us like one..
You really don't remember 2015 phones, do you?
@@danielobioma9091 We have the s23 FE as well as the s23. Aside of the cameras, I prefer it to the s22 because it runs much cooler (better thermal management). My wife doesn't know enough to be bothered by the bezels, and when I borrow her FE, after about a minute I don't really notice.
Why s23 fe are overheating
Mine is not see if you have a software update
Remove the virtual memory, your battery will be better after that.
More like the s23 fu edition and more of a galaxy a54s physically the only difference is the sides are made out of metal but otherwise it looks identical to the galaxy a54, same exact bezels and a silver ring around the selife camera and you could get a brand new s23+ for around $700 and the s23 for around $500 while around $400-450 in renewed refurbished, this phone shouldn't exist period samsung just likes making 50 phones and this is a fill in.
Hi! I just got my phone today, i love it, however my battery is so bad!! It only lasts me 2-3 hours and theres no way i can fix it
Is it still bad?
I paid 100 for it
How's the battery life?
Yeah, this phone is nice🎉 I like it I really do
The bezels make sense on this phone. You don't want it to look exactly like the regular S23/S23 Plus or else nobody will buy those phones. There has to be something downgraded in appearance for the price you paid and to know its an FE phone.
they already downgraded the internals, putting the uneven bezel making it looks like some cheap low end device from 2021 with the low flagship prices is not acceptable
@fantasytky28 internals ain't downgraded that much. It's still using last year's flagship chipset so that is high performance overall. It is not a midrange chip or midrange performance. It is flagship performance. The phone is nearly £300 less than the regular S23 so the bezels are justified. It's actually a midrange phone so it is actually cheap phone. You get what you paid for. Making it look too good means nobody will buy the the regular S23 there has to be difference in appearance
@@simon3057 the last year soc is literally huge downgrade
And the main problem is the price is high midrange price but with low end UNEVEN bezel that look 2021.
Even s21fe have better even thinner bezel.
@fantasytky28 that's the design of this years midrange phone like the A54. They can't change it to look like the Flagship S23 to save you cost.
The S21 FE has a Plastic Back. The S23 FE has Glass back or more Premium material than Plastic. Therefore they need another way to save cost so we pay cheaper. It seems fair to me. If you get Thinner bezels then we will complain of having plastics. Overall if you have money then we should buy the expensive phone instead. We cannot have everything in life.
@@simon3057 rather have the plastic which make the phone lighter and looks way better than this huge uneven bezel. Plastic don't break, light and most use case anyway.
Literally almost no point to make it ugly just to use glass
glad i spent a bit more and bought the S23, faster cpu and gpu
can you share how much screen-on time you got from the battery?
At first glance you will know that it's a premium phone. It's a good buy not pricy and not cheap it's in the sweet spot you'll get your money's worth.with more software updates to come. It will be good phone as a flagship one.
Yep. I have the s23, my wife has the s23 FE. When I borrow her phone, aside of the size (I like the compact s23) the display and response is just like my s23.
Are the bezels that much bigger than the normal s23? @@pcarlson214
Lines on phone screen is a new tactic by the phone companies to increase sales. This is planned obsolescence and no I have never gamed on my phone or dipped it water or used in hot temps. My phone is samsung a71 with 4 white lines. At least realme is acknowledging the issue.
The only con on this device are the bezels. The display is better than my S23 Ultra
Nice review, thank you
I'm waiting on metro to get them in stock now. Switching from cricket.
I get mine 3 days a go
On metro pcs I only paid $130 no complaint for me
yeah you are right the battery life its not so great , i got the phone and nice and everything but the battery life is not so good
The battery is not great on the s23 either could be processor
Still finding the battery life isn't doing well?
For a better battery, just go to the options > virtual memory, and take off this option.
You will be surprised.
Bruh what are those bezels 😂😂😂, Samsung really pulled an iPhone XR on us and thought we wouldn't notice
This crap costs 600$ and it looks like a budget phone lmao, just who tf in their right mind would get this over the Nothing Phone 2 that has a superior processor, better display and obviously a far better smoother software/user experience with no bloatware or maybe spend 100$ more and get an S23 / Pixel 8 / iPhone 14 ...
I love samsung as much as the next guy especially when it comes to their compact S23, but damn is the FE this year a scam.
At least you got something to hold....bezel 😅
Can you connect to wifi on this phone. Without a sim inserted. So i can transfer data. From old Samsung phone.
Yes why not
Ordered the s23 FE, upgrading from my iPhone 14 base model.
Which one you prefer?
So the S23 FE is basically a rebadged S22+.
It's more like an a54s with the s22 processor, the s22 is a much better phone
@@Shan_Shah I think its more along the line of the S22. The A54 is missing wireless charging and a whole whack of things.
@reneehuang180 Like I said, the A54s when you think of s you think of of the same design with hardware upgrade, besides the processor and wireless charging as well as dex its basically the same phone as the a54 it has the same cameras as galaxy a54, same design. Looke at iPhone 6s exact design just hardware upgrades, for example iPhone se 3 is basically the iPhone 9s and se 2 as an 8s same exact design just couple hardware upgrade same camera sensor, same display and stuff like that.
@@Shan_Shahdifference : build materials processor wireless charging dex ip rating cameras( huge difference) not the same as you said .... s23 fe has nothing to do with the a54 ....
@houcemkhamassi4535 same camera sensor, I'm not saying it's not different but not different enough to be called an s23 fe it's more similar to the a54 design and deminsion vise, like when you put the a54 s23 fu and s2e+ the a54 and s23 fe feel more similar, which I'd why I said a54s since the s is supposed to mean internal jump and hardware bump and your just getting aluminum built but it's nowhere near the feel of an s23 fu it's a re branded a54s, likewise it's basically an iPhone e 6 vs 6s difference. It's just like saying the iPhone se 3 is an iPhone 13 lite. They s23 fu already has a silver ring around the camera, they could've made the bezels a lot slimmer and not make the phone as bulky, like we already have shiny glossy finish and silver ring those 2 differentiate the s23 fu from the s23 but with the bezel and the same bulky design they made it feel way similar to the a54.
In today's market where you can get a Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S22 in the used market, I'm not sure it's worth the hassle anymore unlike before 😅
If it had the snapdragon 8 gen +1 it would be worth it
The s23 is too small at 6.1