Following the news that Samsung has launched Galaxy S25 FE at IFA 2025 in Berlin;

Anisha Bhatia, Senior Technology Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view:

“Samsung has continued its practice of releasing a mid-range “Fan Edition” (FE) variant of its flagship phones. The $650 Galaxy S25 FE is priced in line with its predecessor, suggesting that the tariffs associated with the Trump administration have not affected the S25 FE model as they have some flagship devices.

“The S25 FE remains feature rich. Although its homegrown Exynos 2400 processor is somewhat less powerful than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite used elsewhere in the S25 lineup, the device still supports Samsung’s full suite of Galaxy AI capabilities. Highlights include Generative Edit photo tools, a 12MP front camera enhanced by Samsung’s updated ProVisual Engine, multimodal agents such as Gemini Live, and on-device AI processing.

“The true effect of the US tariffs should become clearer when Apple unveils its new devices next week. Companies with substantial, verifiable U.S. investments, such as Apple (approximately $600 billion), TSMC ($165 billion), and Samsung’s chip investments (around $37 billion), have secured temporary exemptions. Nonetheless, the risk of semiconductor tariffs persists, and the smartphone sector is unlikely to remain insulated indefinitely. For major brands with US investments, immediate, broad price increases are unlikely due to temporary exemptions and existing supply-chain commitments; however, some product-level premiums (risk buffers) are likely to persist, particularly for flagship models.”