![Group view of the S23 FE, Galaxy Buds FE, and Tab S9 FE.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EewRPbQ1LBmJPWcKJUINySsM39g=/63x0:1938x1250/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72718164/FE_Family_Lockup_sm.0.jpg)
Samsung’s FE series is back after a year off, this time with a pair of Galaxy Buds in the mix.
The Galaxy S23 FE has the specs we’d expect of a “value flagship” smartphone and a price that makes more sense: $599, rather than the $699 Samsung charged for the S21 FE. The Galaxy Tab S9 FE comes with robust water and dust resistance and a much friendlier $449 price tag than the pricey standard S9, which starts at $799 — but you’ll have to settle for an LCD panel rather than OLED. And the Galaxy Buds FE offer active noise cancellation for $99.
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 FE was the most recent phone in the FE series, and it didn’t make a lot of sense priced so closely to the standard S21. The company seems to have recognized the problem with this...