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Samsung Galaxy S23 FE 128GB + Buds FE $886 Del (Redeem SmartTag2 4-Pack, 10000mAh Battery Pack / $50 Prime Credit) @ Amazon AU

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Not a bad deal for anyone after the phone + buds. For some the JB Hifi deal of $899 + $200 bonus trade in might be better (no buds, but lower price for just the phone) as JB knocked $100 off the price since this deal was launched - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/805148. There is also a $50 Amazon credit added to your account after ordering, Prime members only.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Samsung-Factory-Unlocked-Android-S… - phone
https://www.amazon.com.au/Samsung-Wireless-Earbuds-Comfort-G… - buds

Buds are only $49 when both phone and buds are ordered at the same time. The $50 coupon on the buds also applies - make sure to tick the box when adding to cart. You have to go to the checkout to see the final price, it doesn't show in the cart.

https://www.samsung.com/au/offer/galaxy-fe-offers/galaxy-s23… - Link to S23 FE extras redemption via Samsung

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  • BennyHe2018 on 28/10/2023 - 15:32
    +22

    Exynos CPU kills the deal.

    • freefall101 on 28/10/2023 - 16:33
      +2

      Yup, I thought twice on posting it as a deal but all the little extras are tipping me over the edge.

      I'm thinking of a replacement for my dad who has an iPhone 8 still, likes a big phone for readability, would probably use the smart tags/battery pack and it's a nice camera/screen for the price point. It's definitely not a budget S23 though if anyone wants a flagship, best off waiting for the S24 and discounts on the S23.

    • BadGiraffe on 28/10/2023 - 22:48

      Mine has an Exynos processor. Battery lasts me 2 days. For those that want more battery for less power, it's not a bad processor.

    • Dandaman21 on 29/10/2023 - 07:26

      Why?

      • smartProverble on 29/10/2023 - 13:03
        +1

        I might be wrong, but it was the S20 or S21 that gave it a bad name.

        The Exynos variant of the S series was not as good as the Snapdragon variants. The Exynos versions had issues with heat and would subsequently throttle (slow down) whenever it got too hot (e.g. from playing games). So Samsung put in this game manager (or whatever it's called), which actively throtttled the Exynos processor so that it wouldn't get too hot / slow down too much… whereas the Snapdragon variants had no issues.

        This of course caused a backlash. The Exynos name was tarnished (though it had no issues / no problems before hand, or maybe it did with the early minority modding community) and the subsequent S series did not come out with Exynos, only Snapdragons… until the S23 it seems.

        Not sure abou the S23's Exynos. I'm just talking about the previous iteration which tarnished the Exynos name. I'd say Samsung would have learned its lesson.

  • Awsam on 28/10/2023 - 15:43

    Speaking of Jb, anyone know if the s23 ultra $500 off email code works with $500 bonus trade?

    • l2p10 on 28/10/2023 - 15:56
      +3

      Perks deal 450 off?

      No it does not stack. Tried it and confirmed with the online chat team.

      If you negotiate a deal, ie price match Amazon currently 1999 512gb or 256gb 1660? Black only, they stack.

    • Borg on 28/10/2023 - 16:39
      +16

      Ah not again.

      Just accept that not everyone wants a iPhone and move on. This is Android and like myself many prefer it to the iPhone eco system regardless of your insistence that iPhone is for everyone and more powerful.

      • CheapGit on 28/10/2023 - 16:55
        +1

        Surprised they didn't find a $200 iPhone this time.

      • freefall101 on 28/10/2023 - 17:54
        +7

        I'm an iPhone user and I posted the deal 😂

        If I could find a new $900 iPhone with a 6.4" 120hz screen, a decent camera, free airpods and airtags and this deal I would post it (and it'd get a lot more upvotes than this deal), so long as it had a SOC from the past 4 years. Sadly it doesn't exist.

          • freefall101 on 28/10/2023 - 18:17
            +5

            @abctoz: If all that mattered was fast then Apple would have sold loads more iPhone SEs than they do. But they don't, because people don't use an SOC, they use a phone.

            Claiming Apple is better due to the fastest SOC is insulting to Apple. They do a lot more than that, they just charge a massive premium for it.

            • abctoz on 28/10/2023 - 19:30
              -8

              @freefall101: it does matter significantly because as a flagship being the most expensive phone it is expected to deliver on performance

              if what you said was true then the android flagships should be selling at 2k but the opposite is true

              when a flagship performs similar to a $200 iPhone it doesn’t really feel like a flagship does it

              • freefall101 on 28/10/2023 - 19:54
                +6

                @abctoz: The FE isn't a flagship, android flagships sell for $2k and you've still yet to show where you can buy a new iPhone for $200, $400 or any other amount.

                Seriously mate, come back to reality.

                  • freefall101 on 28/10/2023 - 20:22
                    +6

                    @abctoz: You mean the $500 refurb iPhone 12 that still costs more than this Samsung phone does new?

                    It's hard to do my own research for something that doesn't exist.

                    • abctoz on 28/10/2023 - 23:38
                      -6

                      @freefall101: you do realise I get asked every thread I just cbf answering now lol

                      • freefall101 on 29/10/2023 - 00:12
                        +8

                        @abctoz: You do realise I can see your post history and you simply don't answer it?

                        Useless troll.

                  • Goremans on 28/10/2023 - 21:22
                    +1

                    @abctoz: Why does a phone need to be fast? Clock speed is important for web browsing, listneing to music/youtube, making calls and text…. 🙄 you may need a new hobby.

                    I real world performance, and user experience non of the specs really matter at these levels

                    • abctoz on 28/10/2023 - 23:40
                      -4

                      @Goremans: yeh you’re right nobody cares about performance all the benchmarks are for crazy people we live in the matrix the aliens are coming

    • quanticism on 28/10/2023 - 16:42
      +7

      Props to Apple for their inhouse chips. Sadly I don't like their OS.

      • Ronnnie on 29/10/2023 - 13:24

        Their mobile chips are no doubt always cutting edge. The m chip line is so far ahead it isn’t funny and the A chips are generations in front too. But just having a better chip in a phone doesn’t mean that phone is better. The problem for phone hardware, 99.9% of applications can’t make use of that extra processing power and the ones you mostly use will run exactly the same on less powerful chips. This is why Google can get away with not having the most powerful hardware but still can arguably accomplish more from their hardware than a lot of their competitors can.

    • jpeg-jpg on 28/10/2023 - 17:22
      +2

      Where are you finding a brand new $400 iphone?

    • CheapGit on 28/10/2023 - 16:54
      +2

      Using S21fe and never had any issue during the WA summer.

  • DingoBilly on 28/10/2023 - 17:30
    +1

    People here whining about the Exynos - it makes zero difference. I have an Exynos cpu on the S21 and it's given me zero issues let alone an upgraded processor like here. I can play games for a few hours/use the phone for whatever, charges insanely fast and it's never had an issue. Extremely fast as well.

    People just completely over-rate how little a difference it makes for an average user.

    • mordinhoz on 28/10/2023 - 18:52

      Yeah I think it's an acceptable trade off for stepping down to the FE. Biggest con is the reduced battery life. Other than that it's more then acceptable.

    • Ronnnie on 28/10/2023 - 20:02

      Yes I stopped caring about what SoC my phone used after the snapdragon 810 generation. That was a terrible SoC though, the exynos was clearly superior that gen. I think since after that generation though all flagship SoC offered good enough performance for the same 5 social media apps that majority of the people use. lol

      The thing is the hardware and software matured years ago and the gains have diminished. There’s really no point in replacing the hardware as frequently as people do and those benchmarks are there just to try and get people to justify their new hardware purchases.

      The things I care about nowadays

      Runs the latest OS version and get support for at least the next 4 years (but Google changing their policy to 7 years, I expect 5+ on future hardware) good bright oled screen, good cameras and good speakers.

      I don’t even care about battery life, I found all my phones have got decent battery life even after years of use. I usually turn on the battery protect feature and use slow charging only. I found my exynos powered phone could still get 4+ hours Screen on time after four years of heavy use. Pretty much was a permanent hotspot during that time.

      • paulzhang on 29/10/2023 - 08:29

        soc and cameras are the top 2 expensive parts you pay in phones. Cheaper phones have cheaper CPUs and cameras.

    • mauricem on 28/10/2023 - 20:42

      My S21 constantly overheated in the same car mount my LG30 snapdragon had no problems with. New S23U now running in a magsafe charging mount is also unaffected by heat in the windscreen area.

      • Jdrizzle on 29/10/2023 - 04:31

        I used to have my V30 in a vent mount.. one winter the screen just went berserk, I think I blasted too much heat into the back of it lol. It's an intermittent issue but couldn't rely on it anymore. Using a hand me down s21 and only overheats if I fall asleep on it! But I did also move it away from the vents in the car…

    • KARMAAA on 29/10/2023 - 00:58
      +2

      The processor is just much worse than a Qualcomm one, take it from someone who had an S9+ Exynos and S9+ Qualcomm variant that I imported, it was a night and day difference. One lasted days and one lasted just under a day. Maybe since then Samsung have fixed their garbage firmware, but the battery simply did not last as long because they never put it the chip a lower power mode like Qualcomm does, there's even articles from outlets where they go and edit the firmware to fix the Exynos chip and it results in very similar performance but far better battery. Add onto that that it was generally hotter versus the Qualcomm one which made it less efficient on a 30-40 degree day in the Aussie summer and it was terrible. Considering that Samsung used the Exynos 2100 on the S21 series and it was universally panned versus Qualcomm's terrible Snapdragon 888 chip is very telling because the 888 was known as a hot POS chip too, but it at least had the performance and lasted longer than the Exynos variant.

      I simply now refuse to buy an Exynos phone out of principle. I'm not some Qualcomm or Mediatek fanboy btw. I want more competition, I hope Samsung's Exynos succeeds but they use an inferior process node from Samsung's fabs which already puts them behind the curve to Qualcomm or Mediatek who 9/10 times use TSMC. Not to mention that they tried really hard to beat up their partnership to use AMD's RDNA graphics and it also flopped in the Exynos 2200 which was still slower than Qualcomm's GPU.

      • Ronnnie on 29/10/2023 - 14:17

        I’m sure they are still way better than the Qualcomm 808/810 chips? The exynos chip powered phone i replaced my phone with after that generation was significant upgrade. Since then multiple generations jump to the superior A series Apple chip hardly seem much of an upgrade to me. Even if geekbebch will say it’s 10 times better than an older Qualcomm chip.

        I’ve used all sort of devices with all types of Qualcomm, exynos, Apple chips and the only one that had stood out that has been really poor was that snapdragon 808/810 era one. I’ve even heard people complain about the newer 8 gen ones but im guessing their use is different to most people’s.

        • KARMAAA on 29/10/2023 - 14:34

          Better than old chips, sure. But Exynos just happens to be the worst of them all now. Qualcomm is still bad compared to Apple's chips, especially in terms of efficiency (Apple though has been pushing power lately though with heavy loads), but both of them are definitely better than Samsung's Exynos chips. Mediatek still plays second fiddle to Qualcomm, especially when it comes to the ISP for the camera. Qualcomm just happens to be the best for Android right now, not only in terms of performance, but the whole package, ISP, GPU, firmware, battery management etc.

          The 810 was a terrible chip, maybe Qualcomm's worst of all time, the 888 was probably their second worst, but 8 Gen 1 and 8 Gen 2 have been leaders and actually pretty good. They can run hot depending on the phone vendor, but that's down the power management per vendor like Motorola, Sony or Xiaomi have different power profiles for instance, if the vendor throttles it a bit more or undervolts the chip, then they run well.

          I've yet to see Exynos chips run well lately versus the competition because Samsung doesn't allow that sort of vendor customisation and even if they do usually vendors want to push higher in benchmark charts for marketing reasons and because Exynos chips suck so much, they have to push power to get higher scores.

  • Quarter Pounder on 28/10/2023 - 17:43
    -1

    Checked the phone out in person, The demo phone felt like it was overheating. Exynos issue?

    • Zackeroo on 28/10/2023 - 21:56
      +1

      Maybe because they're left on 24/7 with brightness clocked to max? I wouldn't trust a display phone to judge whether a phone heats up or not. Check reviews.

  • 8azinga on 28/10/2023 - 17:56
    +2

    It is about $797 with a $1 trade item (without $50 Prime credit obviously) if you go through the samsung website and that is is you dont use any codes. Sign up to newsletter with a new email to get an extra $50 off. Using the app might give you the 10% first purchase discount although i havent checked.

    • obenihk on 28/10/2023 - 18:59
      +1

      Comes down to $648.10 after $200 trade-in credit, 10% off for first in-app purchase and $50 off from newsletter signup.

      • 8azinga on 28/10/2023 - 19:19

        The $797 includes the $200 trade in bonus.

        • obenihk on 28/10/2023 - 19:35

          did you stack all applicable discounts?

          https://ibb.co/Ytp0qyL

          • 8azinga on 28/10/2023 - 20:15

            @obenihk: All i said was that the $797 price was what you can get without any discount codes or app discount but includes the $200 bonus trade in because no code is required to get that.
            Just clearing things up because the way your comment reads sounds like the price drops to from $797 to $648.10 if you include the $200 bonus but that was already included.

            Also, if you can get the targetted code, you can get an extra $200 trade in bonus as per this deal

            • obenihk on 28/10/2023 - 20:21

              @8azinga: I clearly mentioned in my comment what discounts I applied to get the price I paid. you're the only one getting confused. and actually you do need your unique trade-in id to get the $200.

              • 8azinga on 28/10/2023 - 20:23

                @obenihk: You must be confused because you asked if i stacked all applicable discounts when i clearly mentioned the $797 was without codes lol

                • obenihk on 28/10/2023 - 20:30

                  @8azinga: i replied to your comment for the benefit of others so they know what the actual $ value is after applying the discounts that you yourself mentioned. why are you making such a big deal??

                  • 8azinga on 29/10/2023 - 01:29

                    @obenihk: Calling BS on your price. Your screenshot looks like the price for just the phone and not the bundle. If you screenshot the whole order, it would be clearer.
                    What was the value of your trade in item?

                    Ive now tested it and the price for the 256GB S23 FE with the buds FE, 4xsmart tags and battery pack and a $5 trade in item, $200 trade in bonus, 10% app discount and $50 newsletter discount is a total of $723.70 with the breakdown being $654.85 for phone, $68.85 for the buds FE and other items are free.

                    For 128GB S23 FE, Buds FE, smarttags, battery pack is total of $633.70 with phone cost being $566.03 and buds fe $67.67 and other items being free.

                    • obenihk on 29/10/2023 - 06:49

                      @8azinga: no worries fair point. nice work on the price breakdown, which highlights buying through Samsung as the better value deal.

                      also for the benefit of others, the $200 trade-in credit has to be applied for separately using the Trade Up app from Samsung. this option is not available through their standard trade-in menu in the Shop app.

                      btw you actually get additional credit for the stated value of your trade-in item. in the Trade Up app, generic earbuds can only be set to $1. so total credit including the bonus value is $201.

                      • obenihk on 29/10/2023 - 08:47

                        @obenihk: EDIT need to use their Trade Up app to trade in generic earbuds for base value of $1 to get the $200 bonus

                      • 8azinga on 29/10/2023 - 10:22

                        @obenihk: So you knew your screenshot was the price of just the phone but wanted people to think it was for the bundle?

                        Wtf are you on about?
                        You do not need to trade in with the trade up app to get the $200 bonus trade in credit. You can do it from the app or the website and you still get the $200 bonus credit. No matter whether you use the trade up app, samsung website or samsung shop app, when you fill in the trade in details, it will take off the trade value of you item and give you an extra $200, bonus trade credit.
                        Why make up BS stories?

                        The only reason to use the trade up app is to get the headphone option for $1 which the website doesnt do but it doesnt give you any "additional" credit. It gives you whatever you trade item is valued at which is the same as the website and the samsung shop app.

                        • obenihk on 29/10/2023 - 10:49

                          @8azinga: no i wasn't at all trying to deceive anyone - don't try to read my intentions. if that's how other people interpreted it then it was 100% unintended. rightly or wrongly i just assumed your $797 figure was roughly based off $999 (for the 256GB which is what I got) - $200 - $1 = $798. but yeah I realise now it was based on $899 (128gb) - $200 - $1 + $99 (buds) = $797.

                          I tried to edit my comment to clarify the point of the Trade Up app is to get the the $1 base value option but the edit window had expired. hence my follow-up comment immediately below it. by 'additional' value, i meant the valuation of your trade-in item, so I was pointing out that for some people their savings could be more.

                        • obenihk on 29/10/2023 - 11:54

                          @8azinga: as per your own calculation of "128GB S23 FE, Buds FE, smarttags, battery pack is total of $633.70" vs my screenshot price of $648, why would i be trying to deceive ppl into buying at my higher price???

                          • 8azinga on 29/10/2023 - 14:25

                            @obenihk: It is clear you are trying to talk shit.
                            You said the website doesnt give the $200 trade bonus but now you are saying you thought the website price i quoted of $797 included the $200 trade bonus. Make up your mind 😆
                            So why post that you paid $648 when you knew that wasnt the price you paid for the bundle? Posting the price for just the phone is irrelevant to this deal because you didnt actually pay that to get this bundle

                            You said your screenshot price is for 256GB. See your comment below which is out of sequence.
                            Why even try to compare it to my $633.70 price for a 128GB? Again, why you trying to talk BS? 😆

                            • obenihk on 29/10/2023 - 14:50

                              @8azinga: you have obviously chosen to ignore my clarification comment to support your improbable argument. I mentioned that the trade up app was required to get the $1 + $200 bonus trade-in (which I added well before you raised it).

                              here's a challenge for you:

                              exhibit a: "Comes down to $648.10 after $200 trade-in credit, 10% off for first in-app purchase and $50 off from newsletter signup."

                              exhibit b: "For 128GB S23 FE, Buds FE, smarttags, battery pack is total of $633.70 with phone cost being $566.03 and buds fe $67.67 and other items being free."

                              charge: "So you knew your screenshot was the price of just the phone but wanted people to think it was for the bundle?"

                              can you understand why it will never stand up in a court of logic? (hint: apply simple maths)

                              stop clutching at straws loser. I don't engage with people who can't handle facts-based logic.

                              • 8azinga on 29/10/2023 - 18:28

                                @obenihk: You claim you dont engage but you still feel the need to reply with BS lol

                                Why would you even bother quoting the price for just the phone only? Your excuse that "i just assumed your $797 figure was roughly based off $999 (for the 256GB which is what I got) - $200 - $1 = $798" is laughable. $797 is not $798 so it's pretty obvious that wasnt what i did as i would have said $798 if i did it your way. Sounds like more excuses to try to not embarrass yourself even more.
                                There was no reason for me to quote the price of just the phone only since the deal is for a bundle of items and if you thought it was normal for other people to post irrevelant prices to deals, then you've got a strange way of thinking.

                                Again, why are you trying compare your price of $648.10 which is for the 256GB phone only and WITHOUT the other items in the bundle to a 128GB phone with all the items in the bundle. The phone only price is irrelevant to the deal and my comments.

                                Also, you should read your comments again properly. You said "also for the benefit of others, the $200 trade-in credit has to be applied for separately using the Trade Up app from Samsung. this option is not available through their standard trade-in menu in the Shop app."
                                Where exactly did you mention the $1? What you said is wrong. The $200 trade in credit does NOT need to be applied for separately using the trade up app and it definitely available thought the standard trade-in menu in the the shop app.

        • obenihk on 28/10/2023 - 19:40

          In fact the price I got was for the 256gb model. The 128gb model should have been even cheaper.

  • utsc on 29/10/2023 - 00:13
    +1

    The previous S23 deals for around $700 with Qualcomm CPU might repeat considering iPhone 15 with USB C is out and Black Friday is around the corner

  • pandadude on 29/10/2023 - 01:10

    Does anyone know if the aussie spec s23 fe has esim?

  • dasein on 29/10/2023 - 07:45
    +1

    The specs seem to indicate that this is the Qualcomm variant of the s23FE

    • KARMAAA on 29/10/2023 - 14:38
      +1

      I thought so too but then I copied the model number into google and saw Mobileciti lists it as a Exynos 2200 phone with the same model number. So I would assume that since we're Australia and we usually get Exynos stuff, that Mobileciti's on the money.

  • educalifa on 29/10/2023 - 09:19

    At this point I feel like waiting for the S24 and Samsung's usually 'good' launch price might be a better bet

    • Borg on 29/10/2023 - 11:35

      As long as you are happy with the Exynos CPU on the S24. Australian models I don’t believe will come Snapdragon (not that it would bother me whatsoever).

      • educalifa on 29/10/2023 - 15:20

        Only time a better chipset would actually benefit me is when I'm using it in the car… starting wireless Android Auto seems to take longer than I want it to on my incredibly old S9+ that refuses to die and waaaaaaaaay faster on my work phone (S21 Ultra). Other than that, the chip on the S9+ is enough for my needs.

      • Ronnnie on 09/11/2023 - 17:06

        I heard bad things about the Tensor chip that Google use, which is apparently very similar to the exynos chips. I was using my partner’s pixel 7 and it feels faster at everything than my iPhone which suppose have the fastest chip out of all phones. lol

        Probably just a placebo effect me expecting the pixel to be bad. lol

  • Dack Smith on 29/10/2023 - 12:23
    -1

    Boom goes the battery

    Black Friday burning man

  • nuttapillar on 30/10/2023 - 10:00

    This, or pixel 7 pro?

  • dealmaker on 30/10/2023 - 21:26

    No sd card slot?
    WTH ??

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