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It has been a while since foldables took centre stage as the most premium devices in any smartphone brand's lineup of products. Apple has yet to showcase its first foldable (which it has been working on for a while), a move that is expected to give a boost to this smartphone segment that seems stuck in the doldrums when it comes to consumer adoption. At the same time, there is a new breed of foldable by Huawei that was launched in China last year, but went global this year. The “tri-folds” as they are currently referred to, are indeed what everyone dreamt foldables would be. A smartphone-sized device that, like something out of Westworld, would open up into a full-sized rectangular tablet serving two use cases.

Samsung's FE or 'Fan Edition' models are usually the popular choice among consumers for various reasons. While they do not command the premium price of a flagship, they bear a striking resemblance to the top-of-the-line Galaxy S series models and are not too far off in terms of features and specifications. Like previous iterations, the new Samsung Galaxy S25 FE sits between the most expensive A-series handset and the entry-level flagship S-series model, the Galaxy A56 5G and Galaxy S25, respectively.