Is the Samsung Galaxy Note FE still supported?
End-of-support date: July 2020.
Support ended
Our estimateJuly 2020
Source: Samsung's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Galaxy Note FE
How long will the Galaxy Note FE get updates?
It reached Android 9 Pie and stopped getting security patches around 2020, so it has been unsupported for several years.
What exactly is the Galaxy Note FE?
It is a refurbished, repackaged Galaxy Note7 with a smaller, safer battery, released in 2017 as the Fan Edition after the original Note7's recall.
Does the Note FE have an S Pen and water resistance?
Yes. It keeps the Note7's S Pen, IP68 water resistance, and curved display, just with a reduced 3200mAh battery for safety.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.