Samsung is planning to launch an affordable version of the Galaxy Watch soon under the company’s FE lineup, which is expected to be named the Galaxy Watch FE.
Ahead of its launch, we found a Galaxy Watch FE listing on a reliable European retailer database (which typically mirrors Amazon’s prices) that reveals the pricing and full specifications.
As per the listing, the Galaxy Watch FE will cost around €199 in the EU when it goes on sale later this year. The final pricing could vary slightly depending on the specific country due to the different taxation policies of the various European countries.
Hence, we can expect to see this watch land at an expected price of $149 or $199 when it eventually debuts in the United States.
Furthermore, the listings show three colors for the Galaxy Watch FE: Pink, Silver, and Black. Interestingly, it seems that the silver color will ship with a blue strap, while the other colors ship with their respective colored straps. They also confirmed that it would come in a 40 mm size with a round dial.
It also retains two buttons for controlling the functions of the smartwatch, unlike the upcoming Galaxy Watch Ultra, which is expected to get an additional round button in the middle of the two other buttons.
We now know all the specifications of the Galaxy Watch FE, which turns out to be very similar to the Galaxy Watch 4 from 2021.
- Display: 1.19-inch diagonal Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 396×396 pixels, ensuring a sharp pixel density of 330 PPI.
- Chipset: Dual-core Samsung Exynos W920 chipset with the highest clock speed of 1.18 GHz on a Cortex A55 core and the Mali-G68 GPU fabricated on Samsung’s 5 nm node.
- Build: Aluminium chassis, 5 ATM water resistance (tested up to a depth of 50 meters), IP68 rated and MIL-STD-810H certified for drop resistance. Gorilla Glass DX+ protection for the display is expected.
- RAM & Storage: 1.5 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage. No expandable memory (as expected).
- Battery & Charging: 247 mAh battery capacity, rated up to 30 hours of continuous use with Magnetic wireless charging supported
- Software: One UI Watch 5.0 based on Google’s WearOS 4 platform. Expected to get at least 4 major platform updates in the future.
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC (with support for payments via Samsung Pay) and GPS.
- A microphone, speaker, and vibration motor will enable users to take and receive calls directly from the smartwatch.
- Health Tracking Sensors: Accelerometer, Barometer, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis sensor, Electrical Cardiac sensor (hence, it is likely to have ECG support), Geomagnetic sensor, Gyroscope, Optical Heart Rate sensor, and an Ambient Light sensor (to enable auto-brightness calibration for the display)
Hence, it seems that Samsung is relaunching the 40 mm version of the Galaxy Watch 4 as the new “Galaxy Watch FE”, but without the LTE version. It is expected to be made available only in a Bluetooth variant.
It is rumored that the Galaxy Watch FE could either be announced alongside the Galaxy Watch 7 series at Samsung’s Unpacked event in July 2024, or it has a small possibility of being introduced at a separate event later in the year with the remaining FE lineup products.
