My daughter has had the Galaxy S22 for years now and has taken great care of it. Unfortunately, even the most careful phone owner isn’t immune to accidents, and her phone was bumped out of her hands, where it fell to its untimely death.
I decided she needed a replacement, but we agreed it didn’t necessarily need to be a top-tier flagship. We settled on the Galaxy S25 FE (), which I was able to get for under $500. From the moment we set it up, I noticed how familiar this phone felt to my own Galaxy S24, inside and out. After setting it up, I didn’t dwell on it much until about a week or two later, when I asked my daughter if she was okay with the phone still. Her response was that, if anything, it felt like a big upgrade over her Galaxy S22 in terms of battery life, and she appreciated the larger display.