Samsung initially announced Galaxy S20 FE in September. The smartphone debuted in India last week in a single 8GB + 128GB configuration priced at ₹49,999 ($681). It went on sale starting yesterday (October 16) in the country. 

At the same time, the company announced a higher 256GB variant of the handset. It costs ₹53,999 ($735) and interested customers can pre-order it starting today (October 17) from Samsung online store as well as other leading offline and online retailers. The device will start shipping from October 28.

When Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 FE for India, we never thought it would debut the higher storage variant just within a week. This could be because of intense competition from brands like OnePlus that launched the OnePlus 8T in 256GB variant earlier this week at a cheaper price tag.

You might be wondering why we are saying this. That’s because the 8GB + 256GB version of Galaxy S20 FE will be only available in Cloud Navy color option. On the other hand, the 8GB + 128GB variant can be purchased in one of the five colors – Cloud Red, Cloud Lavender, Cloud Mint, Cloud Navy and Cloud White.

This somewhat proves that Samsung has rushed to bring the higher storage version to the country. The company usually launches higher variants of its handsets after a few months.

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Update

Samsung has confirmed to launch Galaxy S20 FE in India on October 6 (tomorrow). If the below-mentioned leak is true, it will indeed start at ₹49,999 ($682) in the country. Anyway, we will know the exact price tomorrow.

Original Story

Due to pandemic and costlier price tags, the Galaxy S20 series did not sell well. Samsung predicted it quickly when the COVID-19 virus started spreading globally and begun to develop Galaxy S20 FE, a stripped-down version of its flagship smartphones at an affordable price tag of $699. It was unveiled in September for western markets and is expected to launch this month in India. Ahead of it, its starting price for the Indian market leaks.

The Galaxy S20 FE comes in two variants primarily. The standard Galaxy S20 FE (LTE) with Exynos 990 and Galaxy S20 FE 5G with Snapdragon 865. The latter variant is sold only in the markets where 5G is a thing, whereas the other markets get the 4G variant.

Further, talking about storage configurations, the device can be once again divided into three versions – 6GB +128GB, 8GB + 128GB, and 8GB + 256GB. However, it is worth noting that not all three variants are available in all the regions.

That said, according to an exclusive leak by 91Mobiles citing retail sources, the base variant for India will sell for ₹49,999 ($682). It is not sure which of the first two storage configurations will be sold as a base variant in India but still, the price is on-par with western markets 

Anyway, it is worth noting that the model coming to India will be powered by Exynos which is not bad per se but it does fall behind its Qualcomm counterpart in terms of overall performance and battery life.

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