Samsung phones<\/a>, only this time they\u2019re on a little raised bump, more similar to the S26 and S26 Ultra. This version has a transparent-frosted finish, and the lenses don\u2019t protrude from it at all, so there are minor differences if you\u2019re looking closely.<\/p>\nI could use the S26 FE all day long without any fatigue.<\/p>\n
The rear is made from Gorilla Glass Victus+, with a glossy finish that looks lovely, but it\u2019s a bit of a smudge magnet (especially on the darker coloured models). The phone is available in three new colours: Graphite, Blueberry, and Pistachio. Each has a contrasting matte aluminium frame.<\/p>\n
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Luke Baker<\/p>\n
I have the Pistachio model in for testing, and it\u2019s my favourite of the three, although they all have their charms. There are no Samsung store-exclusive options for this launch; all colours should be available wherever you choose to buy your phones.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s quite a sizable handset, but it\u2019s fairly slim and not too weighty, so most users should get along with it just fine. You may not be able to reach the top of the screen easily, but I could use the S26 FE all day long without any fatigue.<\/p>\n
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Luke Baker<\/p>\n
Otherwise, there\u2019s not a lot to report. The phone is still IP68-rated<\/a>, and there\u2019s still no case or screen protector included in the box. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design & Build Aluminium frame, glass back 193g IP68 rated As mentioned in the introduction, the S26 FE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-601093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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