The Galaxy S21 FE may have this final release date

Ev, a.k.a. @evleaks, has become quite famous in the tech world for his streak of accurate predictions in multiple categories of technology, spanning the past decade. Which is why many are already putting a lot of stock in this latest prediction of his, which appears to give us the S21 FE release date.

Of course, this doesn't fully guarantee its accuracy, but given Evan Blass' track record, it very well may be the final date—and it isn't the first time this day has been thrown around, either. As Android Police mentions, back in October (as well as again in November), two other acclaimed tipsters, Jon Prosser and Max Weinbach, also confirmed the date of January 11th on Twitter as the scheduled date for the S21 FE release.

While the release date and general availability appear to be on January 11, Samsung's official announcement of the phone should take place during the "Together for Tomorrow" keynote speech on January 4, at 6:30 pm Pacific Time, an event at which the company promises to unveil a new device.

There is a also a second date being proposed for the release of the long-delayed phone, namely January 4th—exactly a week before January 11. However, this leak, which also came out today, has had less corroboration than the January 11 date in the past, and may simply be confusing the date on which the S21 FE will be announced, rather than released for sale.

Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24 on Twitter) revealed it on Twitter just this morning, together with the S21 FE launch price in the UK (still no word on U.S. prices, sorry peeps). Because of the corroboration of multiple trusted sources on tech leaks, we're inclined to lean towards the oft-repeated January 11th date ourselves.

The Galaxy S21 Fe is set to be the second "fan edition" device in Samsung's history, in a trend that was born during the pandemic with the S20 FE: designed to give Samsung fans an alternative that amalgamated them all their favorite characteristics of the rest of the series, while keeping costs low by cutting down on the non-crucial aspects of the phone.