It is time for Samsung’s B-team Galaxy gadgets – the corporate has formally introduced its new finances smartphone, the Galaxy S25 FE, and its newest and best pill, the Galaxy Tab S11 Extremely. The 2 gadgets can be found as we speak from Samsung’s web site, beginning at $649.99 and $1,199.99, respectively.
The brand new Galaxy S25 FE is all-around the identical telephone because the S24 FE, with 8GB of RAM, 128GB or 256GB of storage, a 6.7-inch, 120HZ OLED show, and the identical 50MP essential, 12MP ultra-wide, and 8MP telephoto digicam specs; however there are some tweaks to the system. As an illustration, the S25 FE’s front-facing selfie digicam is now 12MP as an alternative of 10MP.
Battery capability is up (4,900mAh, up from 4,700mAh) and it now helps 45W wired charging reasonably than 25W. The corporate does not say whether or not the telephone options built-in magnetic Qi2 charging, however it will be bizarre if it did, contemplating the mainline Galaxy S25 telephones do not both – however conventional wi-fi charging is, you understand, nonetheless there. It has an Exynos 2400 chip versus the 2400e earlier than.
Oh, and say goodbye to the pastel inexperienced and blue colours of the S24 FE. This 12 months’s telephones are available in darkish grey, white, navy blue, and an “Icy Blue” colour that, primarily based on the pictures Samsung shared with IGN, actually seems to be like a timid, barely-there lavender.
The Galaxy Tab S11 Extremely is likewise a minor spec bump, with a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus chip (versus the 9300 Plus within the S10 Extremely), the identical 14.6-inch, 120Hz AMOLED show that peaks at 1,600 nits. Reminiscence and storage are unchanged versus final 12 months: It will get 12GB RAM for the 256GB and 512GB storage tiers, and 16GB of RAM for the 1TB tier. Expandable storage is a bit more beneficiant, although – now you need to use as much as a 2TB microSD card as an alternative of 1.5TB. Lastly, battery capability is up a tad at 11,600mAh, versus 11,200mAh final 12 months.
The one huge change is that as an alternative of a follow-up to the 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, the corporate has introduced the Tab S11. It is a cheaper entry-level choice than the S10 Plus, beginning at $799.99, but it surely has a smaller, 11-inch, 120Hz AMOLED show with 1,000-nit brightness (as much as 1,600 at its peak). The S11 comes with 12GB RAM, with storage starting from 128GB to 512GB, expandable by way of microSD to as much as 2TB. Battery capability for the entry-level S11 is 8,400mAh, and the system helps 45W wired charging. Each the S11 and the S11 Extremely are available in grey and silver colorways.
Based mostly on what Samsung introduced as we speak, the S25 FE nonetheless will not be the prime finances Android telephone you may get; it nonetheless has the less expensive, $499 Pixel 9a to compete with, in any case. However Samsung does make stable Android tablets, and the brand new Tab S11 choices ought to hold that going. Disgrace in regards to the lacking 12.4-inch choice; however hey, smaller tablets could be good, too, and so can decrease costs.
Wes is a contract author (Freelance Wes, they name him) who has lined know-how, gaming, and leisure steadily since 2020 at Gizmodo, Tom’s {Hardware}, Hardcore Gamer, and most not too long ago, The Verge. Within him there are two wolves: one which thinks it would not be so dangerous to begin gathering sport consoles once more, and the opposite who additionally thinks this, however extra strongly.
