https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/03/samsungs-budget-flagship-galaxy-s21-fe-arrives-next-week-starting-at-699/

CES, in general, isn’t much of a phone show. That certainly applies to Samsung, which tends to save its big mobile news for Mobile World Congress, a month or two from now. Instead, the event is more about big things: TVs, washing machines, etc.

Over the past few years, however, the electronics giant has used the show as a platform for launching its budget flagship — again, just ahead of the launch of its…flagship-flagship S series. Over the years, Samsung has toyed around with various names for the product, including the “Lite,” before settling on “FE” — short for “Fan Edition.” Seems last year’s device was a big success for the company. It notes, “Since its launch in Q4 2020, Galaxy S20 FE sold 10 million units in just over a year, making it one of Samsung’s best-selling Galaxy smartphones over the past year.