Online benchmark confirms the Galaxy S21 FE is headed for the USA

Last updated: June 18th, 2021 at 16:02 UTC+01:00

The Galaxy S21 Fe variant meant for the international market got benchmarked numerous times over the past couple of months. The device was spotted online at Geekbench with 6GB and 8GB of RAM, equally well equally a Snapdragon 888 chipset. Now, the Galaxy S21 Fe variant that'southward planned to proceed sale in the U.s.a. likewise fabricated an appearance in the Geekbench database. Information technology doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know about the device, but it's a confirmation that the Galaxy S21 Fe is headed for the USA with similar specs every bit the international variant.

The device spotted at Geekbench today carries model number SM-G990U and features a "lahaina" motherboard and an ARMv8 chipset featuring a total of eight cores. These clues bespeak that the Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26 destined for the USA is powered past the same chipset as the full-fledged Milky way S21 serial, i.e., the Snapdragon 888 chipset.

The CPU cores are arranged in 3 clusters. The offset cluster has a single high-performance core clocked at 2.84GHz. The second cluster has three CPU cores operating at upwards to 2.42GHz, and the 3rd cluster has four CPU cores tuned for efficiency, clocked at ane.8GHz.

The benchmarked Galaxy S21 Iron model for the USA has 6GB of RAM, but information technology's almost a guarantee that Samsung United states of america will offer information technology with 8GB of RAM equally well. The device runs Android eleven, as expected in mid-2021, and it's likely to transport with an most consummate version of 1 UI 3.1.

As for the phone's eventual debut, rumors are somewhat conflicting, with some reports indicating that Samsung was forced to filibuster the launch of the Galaxy S21 Iron until September or even subsequently. Reports blame the global semiconductor shortage for this delay, though it has notwithstanding to be officially confirmed.