According to recent intel out of South Korea, the Galaxy S21 FE’s availability will be heavily limited due to the ongoing chip shortage that continues to put the hurt on many industries. It was first reported that the device’s future was in complete jeopardy, but this week, it’s now detailed that the phone will indeed launch, but not everywhere that Samsung would like.
In the latest report, the phone will launch in the United States and Europe only, tentatively scheduled for this October, with no launch coming for Japan and South Korea. It’s very odd to see the phone not go to Samsung’s home country, but it’s possible sales of other Galaxy devices are doing fine and the need isn’t great there for the S21 FE.
For potential buyers, expect the Galaxy S21 FE to offer a Snapdragon 888 processor, 6.5-inch AMOLED display at 120Hz refresh rate, 8GB RAM, and at least 128GB storage.
For Samsung fans in general, we also have the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 to look forward to in 2021. It’s going to be a fun second half of the year for Samsung fans.
The single sourcing, just in time supply chain is a complete disaster. Hopefully this is the end of it…
Thanks China…
Too bad we are all held hostage for any drilling on our own soil. I remember a news article that on the westcoast, at La Paz, there was a vast deposit of rare earth metals that we couldn’t drill for before. So we are held hostage by China that has the stranglehold. Also, there are nodules on the seafloor between hawaii and mexico that we aren’t taking advantage of due to Congress.
Not sold in Japan is really weird.
I don’t understand all the frustration over shortages coming out of the pandemic. Yes, supply chains have been messed up and will take 2-3 years to untangle since most pandemics last 3 years on average, but that is where supply and demand concepts come in. Just raise the price of the phone, car, TV, or whatever until the demand goes down. There is no Constitutional right to be able to get a phone or car or house whenever you want.
Oh No! Not a chip shortage!
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