Samsung Galaxy S23 FE 256GB

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE boasts a triple rear camera setup, consisting of a 50MP primary sensor, a 12MP ultra-wide sensor, and an 8MP telephoto lens. It's worth noting that the telephoto lens has seen a reduction in capabilities compared to the regular S23 5G, supporting only 3x digital zoom instead of the 10x offered by its counterpart. On the front, the phone houses a 10MP snapper for selfies and video calls in a punch-hole setup.While the image quality may not quite reach flagship standards, it delivers highly detailed images with vibrant and vivid colours. There is some post-processing involved, which tends to oversaturate colours a bit. That being said, the exposure levels are commendable, and highlights are reasonably well-preserved, particularly in well-lit conditions.Surprisingly, the telephoto lens produces more colour-accurate images with a 3x digital zoom. It also preserves details exceptionally well, even in shadowy areas. This lens offers up to 30x optical zoom with image stabilisation, ensuring that you can capture sharp, blur-free images. While the results may not match the quality of the regular Samsung Galaxy S23, the images remain usable with a respectable level of detail in favourable lighting conditions. However, in low-light situations, the images appear average at best, with the lens limited to a 10x zoom capacity when utilising night mode.Ultra-wide shots exhibit some distortion around the edges of the frame, but aside from that, the images look impressive in daylight. Indoors or when the sun goes down, the ultra-wide images look a bit bland, lacking richness and sharpness. The main sensor produces much sharper images with vivid colours and good contrast. There is noticeable noise, but you can limit it to an extent with night mode.Seflies from Samsung Galaxy S23 FE appear social media-ready with peppy colours. Facial detailing could have been better though.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE has the 4nm Exynos 2200 chipset ticking at its core. For the unaware, this proprietary chipset rivals Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in terms of performance. This chipset enables the smartphone to effortlessly handle all tasks thrown its way, delivering raw computing power. In everyday use, the smartphone runs seamlessly, exhibiting no hints of lag or stutter. Gaming performance is also consistently smooth, though it's worth noting that there may be a slight increase in temperature when running graphically intensive games such as BGMI.Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE proves itself as a reliable device for everyday performance, ensuring that you can confidently depend on it for all your daily tasks and activities. The handset is available in a couple of RAM and storage variants: 8GB + 128GB and 12GB + 256GB. There is no slot for a microSD card to further expand the phone's storage, so choose your variant wisely.Here are the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE benchmark scores:When it comes to the software, the Galaxy S23 FE has OneUI 5.1 running atop Android 13 out of the box. The software isn't anything different from the Samsung smartphones launched over the last year. The phone has a few apps pre-installed, but otherwise, it is largely clean and intuitive. It also comes with a handful of customisation options and features such as call recording and screen recording. Samsung has promised four years of major software upgrades and another two years of security updates for the smartphone.

Equipped with a modest 4,500mAh battery, the Galaxy S23 FE is good enough to last you an entire day, if not more, with regular usage. The handset offers a decent 5 hours of screen-on-time (SOT) with mixed usage. On the PC Mark battery test, the handset returned a respectable score of 9 hours and 35 minutes.The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE supports 25W charging; however, it's important to note that the charger is not included in the box. When using a non-Samsung 80W charger, it took more than 90 minutes to fully charge the device from 10 to 100 percent.