Samsung·phone
Galaxy S23 FE
Based on 57 credible posts from YouTube & Bluesky. 24 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
Medium confidenceA solid sample; expect small shifts as more owners post. How we score
Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 53% of 57 reviews are positive, 19% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. Praise centers on battery & charging and price & value. The most common complaint is battery & charging (6 owners). Owners with 6+ months of use are less positive (40%), which suggests it wears on people over time.
What owners like
Battery & charging praised by 6 owners
“I will say the battery does seem to have gotten better with the One UI 6 update, mostly anecdotal but I easily get through the whole day even with my charging limited to 80%, so they did probably tweak the optimization a bit.”
Price & value praised by 6 owners
“And i'm loving it, love the price i got it for too - $399.00 US”
Display praised by 5 owners
“The screen is bright and sharp, photos are excellent and the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip performs flawlessly.”
Software & AI praised by 4 owners
“I will say the battery does seem to have gotten better with the One UI 6 update, mostly anecdotal but I easily get through the whole day even with my charging limited to 80%, so they did probably tweak the optimization a bit.”
What owners complain about
Battery & charging raised by 6 owners
“Only complaint is the battery life.”
Performance raised by 4 owners
“Think yours might be a bit faulty I've had mine 3 weeks and average about 7 hours of screen on time phone is really snappy not had any heat issues but thrn again I don't do extensive games on my phone .”
Software & AI raised by 3 owners
“Having had both the S22 and S22U, they both sucked, 3-4 hours SOT, and 5 -5.5 hours SOT, respectively and despite updates over the year, they never improved (did resets and tinkered with settings).”
Display raised by 2 owners
“Think yours might be a bit faulty I've had mine 3 weeks and average about 7 hours of screen on time phone is really snappy not had any heat issues but thrn again I don't do extensive games on my phone .”
What owners talk about
- Battery & charging6 praise · 6 complain
- Display5 praise · 2 complain
- Software & AI4 praise · 3 complain
- Performance2 praise · 4 complain
- Price & value6 praise · 0 complain
- Camera4 praise · 1 complain
- Sound1 praise · 1 complain
- Customer support0 praise · 2 complain
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My boyfriend gifted it me last year but then again I upgraded from the s8+
[...] The screen is beautiful, my ram and battery life is great, it charges fast and I love the 120ghz refresh rate on the display. [...]
I've been using this phone for almost 1.5 years now. I don't do gaming, if I talk about general usage this phone actually has the worst batter backup I've ever used in mobile devices..even my 12K and 18K Xiaomi devices gave better battery life than this. [...] Also RAM management as you said is not good especially after loads of updates it gets. Now that I've stuck with this device..need to use it for another 1-2 years, please let me know if we can extend battery life in some manual ways and improve the speed and RAM management
I have my S20FE for almost 4 years now and still loving it. Snapdragon is really the best, lasts for the whole day. Only trade off was it was not dual sim. The S20FE is the greatest fan edition.
S20+ here, for a few years. I'm waiting for the S24 Ultra - I want to see one in the flesh before committing. I'm intrigued by the AI options, so will compare to Google 8 Pro. Also like the look of the latest OnePlus devices - including their fold. Great to have a choice!
I've had mine for a little over 2 years the battery doesn't seem to be lasting as long anymore can be slow and clunky sometimes but overall it's not that terrible
I have also this phone and i have buy this in july 2024 and now its only ok to use and my phone's battery life is good because i didn't it since android 14 😂 and ram management is okkish , sometimes lack but otherwise its ok to use and it heat after heavy use
I've been using mine for 26 months now. The battery life has never been great, but on the other hand it hasn't deteriorated much either. [...]
[...] That was the best phone I owned until I bought the S23 Ultra in June with a big cashback discount and free Samsung Buds Pro. The S23 FE needs to be at least £100 cheaper! [...] Then it has already lost 1 year of update, since it will have Android 14 out of the box! [...]
Hey, so I've been using this phone since January, and here's what I think: Display: The screen is bright and vibrant, making everything look better. [...] Overall, the display is fantastic, and HDR works great. Camera: The camera is pretty good, and honestly, it sometimes even beats the iPhone 14, except when recording videos. [...] Performance: The Exynos processor has its issues, but one cool thing is that I can play BGMI in HDR settings, and it keeps the frame rate steady (even though it only goes up to 40 FPS in HDR). Software: The best thing about this phone is the software. Samsung has the best software in the Android world. [...] The AI features are a game-changer, and no other phone in this price range offers AI that's this good. [...]
I've had the A54 for a few months now. It's awesome for a cheaper mid range. [...] Not for speed or performance, but just because wifi disconnects a few times a day and cell signal seems weak at times compared to other phones I've had with Snapdragon. [...]
Shall i trade this phone for 22k and get a iphone 17 at 58k ... is it a good deal.? i have this phone for close to 2yrs
I got one new and will optimise it so i can get most battery out of it. [...]
Only thing about this phone is its battery cause i have to charge it like 2-3 times a day
I've owned the Galaxy S23 FE and it's "been berry, berry good to me!" It's a famous Saturday Night Live catchphrase from 1978, delivered by actor Garrett Morris!
The phone was good i have it they installed small battery the processor exynos 2200 comes in s22 ultra have 5000 mah in s23fe it have 4370mah and it is not optimised for small battery samsung never fixed it
Bro im using s23 fe my camera quality is very bad can you give me any solution to fix it
About that ram management I am also using the same phone True ram management is so bad that imagine I am playing a game for eg efootball then, I cant even go home and comeback to the game I starts again Will resetting the phone solve this problem?
Main 1 month se use kr rha hu 29k me mila tha price ke hisab se bahut achha phone hai
It's junk, and even though mine is under warranty, the fact it got hot enough to explode, like Samsungs do, isn't enough for them to repair it. [...] Shitty phone, shitty warranty service.
s23 fe is great phone, yeah bazels can be issue for some people but it is very stable and there is no heating issue right now as samsung has fixed it via updates. i bought it at 17k inr, 4k bank offer and 6k return value of my 5 year old phone
I bought s 23 fe 256 gb at 22800 with exchange. Was it a good deal ? Because many people say that exynos 2200 is not good .
Why am i watching this review, I already bought it haha anyway for those who want to buy this, This has already Galaxy AI features 😅
At 30k , this is a good deal . Samsung has optimised it and i have personally used it , dont compare it with chinese phones
Samsung is far better then Chinese brand phone. I have also s23 fe aweome phone
2 day's huwa lekar 😂 256gb variant 37k me 🎉 Acha he,gaming nahi karta normal use he mere overall mujhe OK 👍 laga
I've never had a problem with Bixby honestly it does better than Google I don't have to unlock my phone all the time it answers me quicker
Can anyone tell me why i can only record my phone calls in a high pitch tone? It makes it unlistenable. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S23 FE.
I have that phone and the battery runs out really fast!!! [...] I had s20fe, anc it feels like the old phone is better. [...] Miss my old phone that died, cause it fell into the sea 😭🤷♀️🤦
[...] We have both the vanilla S23 and the S23 fe and I am real happy with the performance, so as the battery life, which is about 2 days under normal usage (no gaming) It also charges to full in about 1 hr. flat with the 25 watt charger, and I don't experience the heating issues. What I really like is the optical zoom lens and the low lite performance of this phone. [...] My s23 fe has the SD-8 chip, but we are not in the US. [...]
I will say the battery does seem to have gotten better with the One UI 6 update, mostly anecdotal but I easily get through the whole day even with my charging limited to 80%, so they did probably tweak the optimization a bit.
I'm extremely disappointed that they didn't use the standard S23 body. Why won't they? Its a good size and Samsung is currently still producing it.
I went from the s21 plus ultra for to this phone and I hate it... 😂 I found a lot of functionality in the ability to use my pen from my tablet on my phone too :/
I got the 23 FE for like 250 pound after trade in of an s20.
[...] I bought the Samsung tab S9 FE and I use it for cooking in the kitchen as well as listening to music.😅
I dont use my phone for gaming jist for calls txs and social media and the 23FE def works for me ..and cheaper than 23plus ..i guess it depends what your after and use your phone for
I rather have this one because other brands usually have worse mic quality and I use it for filming quite a bit.
I'm loving the s23 fe . Think yours might be a bit faulty I've had mine 3 weeks and average about 7 hours of screen on time phone is really snappy not had any heat issues but thrn again I don't do extensive games on my phone . [...] Has a great camera . [...]
I bought the a54 with 256 its working just fine with you well
Got the s23fe on boxing day here in Canada with the snap dragon chip in it from Walmart with a $200 gift card connected to Koodo Mobile no money upfront with a $10 monthly payment for 24 months plus my monthly plan. With the $200 gift card the price of the phone is only $40. [...]
I just bought second hand Samsung s21 5g and very happy with It so maybe one day I will get s23 big up from Scotland and keep up the good work mate 👍
Yes, battery life is the deal-breaker for the Exynos 2200. Having had both the S22 and S22U, they both sucked, 3-4 hours SOT, and 5 -5.5 hours SOT, respectively and despite updates over the year, they never improved (did resets and tinkered with settings). The S23FE would be okay for a light user, but considering I can get 8-10 hours of SOT with the same usage on the S23U, it isn't nice on Exynos. [...] With sales of the S23 being below expectations, Samsung has warehouses full of unsold S23s and they are currently 44% off new on Amazon (reseller), at around £540, so that would be my choice over the S23FE.
I've had this since black friday, US variant. And i'm loving it, love the price i got it for too - $399.00 US
Very happy with my S23 FE purchase. The screen is bright and sharp, photos are excellent and the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 chip performs flawlessly. No overheating or battery life issues unlike last year’s S22. [...]
Still using my S21 FE... Great phone. Only complaint is the battery life.
I have a Nothing phone 2, and I honestly feel it's much better than the S23 FE for the same $600
I feel that OneUI is actually better than stock now. Using a Pixel is like using an iPhone, actually not that customisable. I have my Samsung devices setup exactly the way I like them without fannying about with launchers etc. I would counter the "Samsung duplicates apps" and point to Huawei, who have spent years trying to catch up with the US throwing their toys out of the pram, whilst still allowing government owned Honor to have the play store. In Korea Samsung are huge, and their own services actually have a lot of users. Although unlikely, if for ANY reason the relationship between Samsung and Google sours, or the US and South Korea, they have decent quality apps/access to apps on day 1.
I thought it was honoka at first haha also yeah I got this phone (snapdragon) at 399$ during Black Friday so yeah that was an awesome deal!
[...] I am telling personally after using tab s9 on heavy customization, even with snapdragon 8 gen 2 it sucks and just everything like ram management heating lagging comes. [...]
I've used it a handful of weeks since release. [...] I got the orange 256gb version which was an exclusive back then. [...]
Galaxy S23 FE long-term: how it holds up
Satisfaction drops 12 points among owners who've had it 1 year or more.
- First months100% recommend · 6 owners
- 1 year or more88% recommend · 8 owners
When problems show up
- Battery & chargingtypically around 2.1 years · 3 reports
- Performancetypically around 3 months · 3 reports
- Software & AItypically around 2.3 years · 2 reports
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“My boyfriend gifted it me last year but then again I upgraded from the s8+”
after 1 yearView on YouTube“[...] The screen is beautiful, my ram and battery life is great, it charges fast and I love the 120ghz refresh rate on the display. [...]”
after 2 yearsView on YouTube“I've been using this phone for almost 1.5 years now. I don't do gaming, if I talk about general usage this phone actually has the worst batter backup I've ever used in mobile devices..even my 12K and 18K Xiaomi devices gave better battery life than this. [...] Also RAM management as you said is not good especially after loads of updates it gets. Now that I've stuck with this device..need to use it for another 1-2 years, please let me know if we can extend battery life in some manual ways and improve the speed and RAM management”
after 18 monthsView on YouTube“I've had mine for a little over 2 years the battery doesn't seem to be lasting as long anymore can be slow and clunky sometimes but overall it's not that terrible”
after 25 monthsView on YouTube
Common Galaxy S23 FE problems
Issues at least two owners independently report.
- Battery & charging6 mentionsView on YouTube
“I've been using this phone for almost 1.5 years now. I don't do gaming, if I talk about general usage this phone actually has the worst batter backup I've ever used in mobile devices..even my 12K and 18K Xiaomi devices gave better battery life than this. [...] Also RAM management as you said is not good especially after loads of updates it gets. Now that I've stuck with this device..need to use it for another 1-2 years, please let me know if we can extend battery life in some manual ways and improve the speed and RAM management”
- Performance4 mentionsView on YouTube
“[...] I am telling personally after using tab s9 on heavy customization, even with snapdragon 8 gen 2 it sucks and just everything like ram management heating lagging comes. [...]”
- Customer support2 mentionsView on YouTube
“It's junk, and even though mine is under warranty, the fact it got hot enough to explode, like Samsungs do, isn't enough for them to repair it. [...] Shitty phone, shitty warranty service.”
- Build & durability2 mentionsView on YouTube
“I have that phone and the battery runs out really fast!!! [...] I had s20fe, anc it feels like the old phone is better. [...] Miss my old phone that died, cause it fell into the sea 😭🤷♀️🤦”
- Software & AI3 mentionsView on YouTube
“I've been using this phone for almost 1.5 years now. I don't do gaming, if I talk about general usage this phone actually has the worst batter backup I've ever used in mobile devices..even my 12K and 18K Xiaomi devices gave better battery life than this. [...] Also RAM management as you said is not good especially after loads of updates it gets. Now that I've stuck with this device..need to use it for another 1-2 years, please let me know if we can extend battery life in some manual ways and improve the speed and RAM management”
- Display2 mentionsView on YouTube
“I upgraded from an s20 fe due to a cracked screen with bits of it falling (2nd screen replacement). Argos has a deal with £100 cashback and Samsung fe buds, and I went for it. Having had hands on both phones, I prefer the snapdragon chipset on the s20 fe, but the s23 fe is the new phone, so it has better software support.”