The Galaxy S24 FE is Samsung's next Fan Edition smartphone, and it is expected to go official in October alongside the Galaxy Tab S10 series. The global version of the Galaxy S24 FE uses the Exynos 2400, but everyone expected the phone's USA variant to use a Snapdragon chip, similar to all previous high-end Galaxy phones in the US. However, even in the USA version of the Galaxy S24 FE, Samsung could use the Exynos chip.
Galaxy S24 FE's USA variant spotted with Exynos 2400 chip
The carrier-locked variant of the Galaxy S24 FE meant for the US market, bearing model number SM-S721U, has been spotted in Geekbench's database (via MySmartPrice and GizmoChina). The listing reveals that the upcoming smartphone uses the Exynos 2400 chip (model number S5E9945) and 8GB RAM. This is the first time in nearly a decade that Samsung is using an Exynos chip in its high-end Galaxy S series phone in the US.
Usually, Samsung equips its Galaxy Note, Galaxy S, and Galaxy Z series phones with flagship Snapdragon chips in the US. However, the Galaxy S24 FE appears to be changing that trend.
The Exynos 2400 debuted with the Galaxy S24 series earlier this year and is used in the global variants of the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+. It is fabricated on Samsung Foundry's 4nm process and has a deca-core CPU featuring one Cortex-X4 CPU core clocked at 3.2GHz, two Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 2.9GHz, three Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A520 CPU cores running at 1.95GHz.
If you want to know how the Exynos 2400 chip performs, watch our Galaxy S24 review in the video below.
The Galaxy S24 FE's new listing on Geekbench reveals that the phone runs Android 14 out of the box, so it likely runs One UI 6.1 and has Galaxy AI features. It remains to be seen if Samsung promises four or seven major Android OS updates to the Galaxy S24 FE.
The Exynos 2400 chip is a massive improvement over previous-generation Exynos chips, offering decent power efficiency and performance. It even beats the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in ray tracing performance. However, it still isn't as good as its Snapdragon rival in terms of power efficiency. But the difference isn't as noticeable in this year's Exynos chip as in previous years.
Samsung definitely appears more daring this year when it comes to chipset choices. In the US, the Galaxy Tab S10+ and the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra are expected to use MediaTek's Dimensity 9300+ chip, a powerful 4nm chip that beats all current-generation flagship smartphone chips in terms of GPU performance.
