That price hike could be due to the new software promises Samsung is making. Smartprix says that Samsung will offer seven years of Android updates and security patches when it launches the S24 FE. That matches Google’s new (ish) promise on updates and Apple’s unofficial seven-year policy.

The original Galaxy S24 range first went on sale all the way back in February and are some of the best Android phones we've seen this year. Now it seems a new version of these popular devices - which includes the S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra - is coming soon and it could land in pockets with a surprisingly low price tag.

If you didn’t already know that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE was on the way, then it seems Samsung has just given the game away. Roland Quandt from WinFuture spotted that a pre-order page for the phone was briefly live on Samsung’s website — despite the fact the phone hasn’t been announced yet.