[kvamshi04]

Originally Posted by poloman

Took a leap of faith and replaced my S20 with a sapphire blue S24. Got the phone for around 45K from Samsung.com. Was shocked to get an exchange value of around 27K for my 3.5 year old S20. This is unheard of for Samsung phones considering, I got it for around 42K. So decided to better extract the residual value before it goes dead.

You got a steal deal mate !! I sold my S20 for 10k and got a S23 for 53K with discounts..

Originally Posted by smrtdvl

Need to pick up a mobile for myself by first week of May. Very much confused with S23 & S23FE. Requirements are a good camera phone for a moderate user that can last for min of 3-4 yrs as the current S9+ am using is 4.5 yrs old. Changing it as the camera quality & battery backup has completely deteriorated in the last 1 yr or so.

S23 retails at about 55k and S23FE at 42k for the 8gb 256gb variant after discounts.

Need inputs from BHPians to select the best

I got a S23 in Jan, it's a Snapdragon variant, I replaced my S20 with S23. S23 is far better interms of battery life, it is compact, no heating issues at the moment and with the latest update you will be getting A.I. features similar to S24.

One advice, always use an original Samsung charger and cable.

[ags82]

I use S21 FE with 2200 exynos, bought it a year or so ago from Samsung with lots of discounts. Got zero issues with performance, heating or battery life. I charge from 20% to 85 % cut off and still manage to run it for a day with 5G on all the time and media usage. I don't play games on phone, Snapdragon does well there, perhaps. Unless you are into gaming, for normal usage exynos is good. That said my son plays some high intense games on my phone and I have seen no frame drops, perhaps some heat after playing at a stretch. I uninstall all the games after he plays ��

[poloman]

Originally Posted by kvamshi04

You got a steal deal mate !! I sold my S20 for 10k and got a S23 for 53K with discounts..

This is also good deal if your S23 is 256GB model. It was coming to around 41K for S23 in Samsung.com corporate after exchange and discounts. But choose to go with S24.
How do you compare S20 with S23 specially on display front? S20 had a QHD display with much higher ppi. Also the infinity O display was much more seam less with almost zero bezels on sides. S20 was a $1000 phone. I feel lot of cost cutting done in S23/24.

[AYP]

Originally Posted by ags82

I use S21 FE with 2200 exynos, bought it a year or so ago from Samsung with lots of discounts. Got zero issues with performance, heating or battery life. I charge from 20% to 85 % cut off and still manage to run it for a day with 5G on all the time and media usage. I don't play games on phone, Snapdragon does well there, perhaps. Unless you are into gaming, for normal usage exynos is good.

The S21FE has a Snapdragon 888 processor.

[SmartCat]

Originally Posted by ags82

I use S21 FE with 2200 exynos, bought it a year or so ago from Samsung with lots of discounts.

Originally Posted by AYP

The S21FE has a Snapdragon 888 processor.

I think older S21 FE has Exynos while 2023 version has Snapdragon.

[AYP]

Originally Posted by SmartCat

I think older S21 FE has Exynos while 2023 version has Snapdragon.

Oh yes! The S21 FE initially used to come with the Exynos 2100 processor. Since ags82 stated that he got it last year, I assumed it to be the Snapdragon. But since he got a big discount, it seems likely that his was the Exynos 2100 variant.

[ags82]

Apologies, my bad it is 2100 exynos that I have

[Rohit_Quad]

I used to have an S21 Plus with the Exynos chip in it. For some reason, after just 6 months of very careful use, the screen died randomly. It was apparently a thing with that model (Could be and Exynos thing too). So I got everything changed at a Samsung SVC, and phone looked and performed like new. But after a few months, I noticed dust gathering inside the camera lenses.

This pointed out to the IP rating no longer valid since the screen was changed and the factory seal broken. So I bought a new S23 Ultra which was launched just them, giving the S21 Plus as trade-in. Guess what, I could not notice any perceivable difference in speed and in battery life between the Exynos S21+ and the Snapdragon S23Ultra. Of course the images are better in the S23 Ultra, but that can be due to the newer/ better sensors. I do play few games, but mostly use the phone to click a lot of pictures and videos.


Bottom line - for 90% of people, any of the 2 processors would perform and feel the same, as long as they belong to the same class. For the other 10%, one wouldn't notice the difference unless phones with the 2 different processors are being used exactly in the same way by the same person. So just get the one, which has been recently launched and with the latest Android version.

[evilmessiah]

A Snapdragon any day since they generally have good custom rom support as well.

However, this time round, I went for an A54 with an Exynos 1380. It's not the fastest out there, but it has pleasantly surprised me with its reliable performance and battery life (I can get 3 days of careful usage and stretch it to 4 days with ultra conservative usage. Even with heavy navigation, calls and listening to music via a USB DAC, it would still have enough juice for another day. The catch is that I had debloated my phone when I got it and I don't use social media apps like X/Insta/FB.) More than Exynos's hardware prowess, I think Samsung's OneUI deserves some credit. It has been dialed in pretty well now and seems to be well thought out and efficient at managing background process, performance and battery life. It's not the clunky mess TouchWiz was. I used to be a stock Android purist, but I'm happy with this phone- it just works. This has changed my stand from being an Exynos opposer to someone who can live with it.

[Samarth 619]

If software updates are not so important for you, and you don't use every last feature of the built-in OS, then my best advice to you would be to get Galaxy S20 FE. It won't get the One UI 6 though so keep this in mind.
You still get security updates for some more time though, so you're ok there.

With card discounts and all, you can get one for under Rs. 23k. I got one for my wife for Rs. 23,xxx, distributed in 3 EMI's, Rs. 79xx or so (Amazon).

It has a Snapdragon 865, so its fast enough for pretty much everything one does normally. Most modern touches like 120Hz display and all are present.

Plus, the biggest reason: it has microSD card slot, get a high speed class 3 U2 SDXC microSD card, 512GB for Rs. 3k and your lifetime memories are sorted (Please get a knowledgable person to get you an original microSD card from Samsung or Sandisk or if not, then Amazon Basics one)..
Most modern phones force you to go cloud which is unreliable, slow, network dependent technology, or they make you pay heavy for higher memory options (although this internal memory is way faster than a microSD card can manage).

Camera setup is sorted with a reasonable ultrawide, very good wide and a reasonable 3x tele camera. Add a 32MP selfie cam, giving 8MP good quality pics, and its complete.
In video recording, 4K60, 1080p240 and super slow motion, all are supported with stereo sound recording too.

You can check its specs here: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...e_5g-10377.php

Normally, we end up wasting money on premium hardware, even though our use case is far below it.
And a yesteryear's flagship brings such a solid deal to the table that its better performing and money efficient, than today's midrangers.
Since you used a S9+ for a decent time, I can almost guarantee you'll love this S20FE.

[anandhsub]

Originally Posted by Samarth 619

If software updates are not so important for you, and you don't use every last feature of the built-in OS, then my best advice to you would be to get Galaxy S20 FE. It won't get the One UI 6 though so keep this in mind.

I got my S20FE in April'21 for ~ 40K and didn't realise it was still on sale. Unheard of to see the same phone being on sale for 3-4 years now.

Very happy with the purchase though. Not face a single heating, battery or apps hanging issue.

[SankalpDesai]

Avoid Exynos chipsets like the Plague.

I've been forced by my company to use Samsung phones with Exynos chipsets. I used it for a day and kept it aside. Instead, I bought myself a OnePlus flagship with SnapDragon chipset, that meets all my needs.

If you are a power-user and if this phone you are getting is your primary device, stick to Qualcomm SnapDragon.

[S1200]

I have S8 (has Exynos processor), purchased in mid 2019. In 2020, I was started using it for Google maps (wired connection) in my car. While using, it started to heat astonishingly so much that I bought a used OnePlus 5. Without OnePlus phone, I couldn't use Google map in my car.
S8 also has issue of overheating and heavy battery drainage while using hotspot.
OnePlus 5 phone has snapdragon processor, which is comparatively lightening fast against S8.

[FalconRed]

Go with the Snapdragon-powered S23.

Exynos processor are not designed to handle even the slightest of the stress test, 5G reception is bad and struggles to keep up the signal + heats the system if you are on 5G for a longer time.

Moreover, the One UI is very highly loaded with features and not the vanilla-like UI it needs a lot of processing power.

Heck even Google Pixel uses the same 5G modem and heats up because of the same reason.

I wanted to upgrade to S24 + but was highly disappointed with step motherly treatment by Samsung for processors based on regions. (US region S24 gets the snapdragon)

Go with S23 as it still have 4 more years of software update available.

Cheers.

[drive.helios]

I've categorically used phones only with Snap Dragon chips as much as I can remember. My gripe is not towards Exynos as a processor but towards Samsung as a brand, where they decided that the Asian markets are not worthy of the superior SD chipset but only their Exynos chipset at the same exorbitant price. I had a OnePlus phone earlier which I had to change to a Xiaomi phone only because I couldn't wait for the delivery from online shops. Walked into the nearest brick and mortar store and bought the phone that met my then needs. I eventually got to the S23 Ultra with SD because the price was nearly half of what is gets sold in India during a trip to the UAE last year. I also got an excellent exchange value for my wife's order Samsung phone to switch her to the S23. I absolutely love the form factor of the S23, pretty compact, packs a punch and can take good photos. More importantly it fits in her pocket. I can see that Samsung has gone back to its tactic of selling underperforming Exynos chipset phones with the new S24 line-up. I would rather get a OnePlus.

Off topic: I did not like the previous iterations of Samsung UI TouchWiz and one UI and always kept away from the brand, but now I like what I see. one UI has improved leaps and bounds. Samsung still has soft locks on their Country Specific Codes (CSC) and is a pain to work with. Since my phone is from UAE, with a CSC code for Saudi Arabia I couldn't get my samsung pay and the health features (ECG/BP) on my samsung watch purchased in India untll I used Sam FW to change my CSC code to INS.