Samsung has a special terminology for its line of mobile phones: FE or Fan Edition, which is present, for example, in models such as Galaxy S23 FE. But do you know what this abbreviation means and why the Korean brand uses it?
Our friends at Digital Trends English were behind this myth, and Andy Boxall provides some answers.
Remember the explosive Note 7?
To tell the story behind the FE name, we’ll have to go back to mid-2016 when Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 7. What was supposed to be a successful follow-up to the popular ‘phablet’ line turned out to be a nightmare when it started. Reports appear that the Note 7 has caught fire. The problem was not an isolated incident, but was so serious that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) even banned the use of Galaxy Note 7 phones on flights in the United States.
The problem was blamed on the battery, and Samsung recalled the phones and discontinued the Galaxy Note 7 completely.
What does this have to do with FE? Samsung fans wanted a cell phone with the characteristics of a blast phone, but in a new way.
What could Samsung do? He came up with the name Fan Edition and released the Galaxy Note FE in July 2017 for those who were waiting for a new Note phone.
The Note FE was made from the remaining Galaxy Note 7 phones with a new, safer battery that passed an “eight-point battery safety test” to reassure everyone. Samsung announced this “green project” to minimize e-waste from its unused phones and eventually produced 400,000 Galaxy Note FE phones. Most of them were released in South Korea.
Samsung seems to know it’s a confusing name and even has a website dedicated to explaining what FE stands for. Apparently, FE phones are a reaction to what you say and Samsung listens. The company takes your feedback on each new generation of devices and then creates a new one “packed with all your favorite features” and calls it FE. There’s some artistic license here, but it’s not there. still true origin of the name. However, the page conveniently ignores how the name first appeared.
Boxall gives a pretty compelling reflection on the current state of FE: “In any case, the FE name has probably lost much of its ‘fan edition’ meaning these days, as we’re not sure many ‘fans’ are clamoring for cheap versions. phones that they really need.
Source: Digital Trends
