A recent report claimed that Samsung may not launch the Galaxy S22 FE (Fan Edition) this year. Now, a new report by South Korean publication The Elec claims that Samsung has stopped developing the Galaxy S22 FE. Instead of releasing the S22 FE, the company supposedly wants to sell more units of the Galaxy S22 Ultra.

According to the report, Samsung has allocated the chipsets that were supposed to be used on the Galaxy S22 FE chips to the S22 Ultra in order to increase its production. The S22 Ultra has reportedly been met with strong sales amid a chipset shortage issue. The South Korean tech giant will aim at selling more units of the S22 Ultra to boost sales and profits.

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Samsung had previously planned to produce 3 million units of the Galaxy S22 FE this year. While the S22 FE seems to have been axed, the report claims that the Galaxy S23 FE will debut next year. It even mentions that the company plans to produce 3 million units of the S23 FE.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is Samsung’s first Galaxy S-series phone to feature a built-in stylus. The annual shipments of the Galaxy S-series have been declining for the past two years. However, the company has sold 10 million units of the S22 Ultra in the first half of 2022 and it expects to ship the same number of units in the second half of the year. The S22 Ultra is driving the sales of the S22 lineup. Hence, it appears that the company is reassigning S22 FE chips to S22 Ultra.

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S20 FE in 2020, it said that it would be launching FE variants every year. While the S22 FE seems to be cancelled, it appears that it will bring back the FE model next year by launching the Galaxy S23 FE.

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