Samsung Galaxy S21 FE could now be cancelled — here’s why

Samsung Milky way S21 Atomic number 26 could at present be cancelled — here'southward why

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE could exist on the chopping block due to the ongoing global chip shortage.

According to Korea'south Digital Daily, the lower-toll entry into the Samsung Galaxy S21 range might have been canceled to ensure Samsung has what it needs to maintain production on the Galaxy Z Flip 3 foldable telephone.

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Digital Daily quotes an anonymous Samsung executive, who claims the Galaxy S21 FE's online Unpacked event has been cancelled. It was originally planned for mid-October, and Samsung is said to exist "reviewing the smartphone launch itself." In other words, it sounds similar the Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26 may not be coming at all.

According to the report, the Milky way Z Flip 3 has been selling too well, and Samsung's production hasn't been able to go along up with need. And with the Galaxy S21 FE rumors claiming the phone would have many of the same high-stop components as the Galaxy S21, it makes sense that Samsung might struggle to have all the components to produce both.

The global chip shortage has been going on for some time at present. The effects of the shortage take been quite far reaching, too, with product of everything from next-gen games consoles to cars suffering as a event.

That'southward why Microsoft and Sony haven't just increased production to try and satisfy demand for the PS5 and Xbox Serial 10. A reduced number of new cars hit the market has as well caused used motorcar prices to increase significantly. Now it sounds like the Galaxy S21 Fe might simply be the latest victim of circumstance.

Samsung hasn't confirmed or denied the existence or cancellation of the Milky way S21 Atomic number 26, telling Digital Daily that "information technology is hard to confirm the product earlier release." And so unfortunately we're just going to have to look and meet what the next few weeks bring and what that means for the Milky way S21 FE's chances.

If the telephone does somewhen launch, we can expect something alike to the Milky way S21 but with a few compromises to assistance go along the price down. Rumor is the design will exist generally the same, and that the phone will run on the same Snapdragon 888 fleck every bit its regular Galaxy S21 counterparts.

Other leaks claim that the S21 FE phone will have a full Hd brandish, 6GB of RAM, a 32MP front photographic camera and a triple lens rear camera consisting of a 32MP main lens, 12MP ultrawide, and 8MP telephoto. We'll bring y'all more as we hear information technology.

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