Galaxy S26 FE 45W Charging Leak: Specs, Chipset, and Launch Rumors
The Galaxy S26 FE has turned up in the UL Demko certification database with confirmed support for 45W wired charging, a spec that would put Samsung's budget-oriented handset ahead of the base Galaxy S26, which is still expected to top out at 25W. The Galaxy S26 FE 45W charging leak covers six regional model numbers and aligns with Samsung's Super Fast Charging 2.0 standard, SamMobile and Android Headlines both reported this week. The same 45W ceiling appeared on the Galaxy S25 FE, meaning the FE line has now held this spec for at least two consecutive generations while the base flagship has not moved past 25W.
What the Galaxy S26 FE UL Demko listing actually confirms
The database entry covers six model numbers: SM-S741W, SM-S741U1, SM-S741U, SM-S741B/DS, SM-S741B, and SM-S741N, per Android Headlines. The spread across US, UK, Korean, and other regional variants in a single listing suggests a consistent global spec rather than a configuration specific to one market.
The electrical output profiles logged in the database are 15V at 3.0A or 10V at 4.5A. Both resolve to 45W. Both match Samsung's Super Fast Charging 2.0 standard, Android Headlines confirms.
UL Demko is a Danish safety certification body. Its listings require physical hardware to have cleared testing, which puts them in a different category from leaker posts or analyst projections. That said, the certification establishes charging output capability only. It says nothing about battery capacity and doesn't confirm whether a 45W adapter ships in the box, a detail Samsung controls and hasn't disclosed.
The charging gap that keeps widening
The base Galaxy S26 is still expected to hold at 25W wired charging, SamMobile reported this week. The Galaxy S25 before it carried the same 25W ceiling, while that year's S25 FE offered 45W. Samsung has now gone two consecutive base flagship generations without closing a gap the FE line has held for just as long.
The practical difference between 25W and 45W on a battery in the 4,900–5,000mAh range projected for the S26 FE is real but smaller than the wattage numbers suggest, Android Headlines notes. Charging current tapers as a battery fills, and thermal management further compresses the window in which full speed is sustained. The gap is most pronounced in the first half of a charge cycle, which is also when it matters most to someone topping up before heading out.
A 20W difference at the rated ceiling still reflects a consistent hardware decision across at least two FE and standard flagship pairs. Whether that tiering holds any commercial logic depends almost entirely on pricing, which Samsung hasn't disclosed. The FE line has historically launched below the standard model's price. If that relationship holds, buyers could pay less and charge faster. If pricing closes the gap significantly, the calculus changes.
Galaxy S26 FE Exynos 2500 benchmark results and what they actually show
The first Geekbench entries for the S26 FE appeared in early April, with a prototype running the Exynos 2500 paired with 8GB of RAM and Android 17 scoring 2,426 single-core and 8,004 multi-core, as GSMArena reported at the time. The Korean variant, SM-S741N, returned lower figures in a separate run last month: 2,255 single-core and 7,450 multi-core, per Android Headlines. The score gap between variants is consistent with pre-release software tuning rather than a hardware split between markets.
Multiple independent Geekbench submissions across different model numbers have returned the same core configuration, which adds weight to the Exynos 2500 and 8GB RAM figures. The Exynos 2500 is built on Samsung Foundry's 3nm process with Gate-All-Around architecture, where the gate surrounds the channel on all four sides using vertically stacked nanosheets, reducing current leakage and improving switching speed. That's a manufacturing step forward from the Exynos 2400 that powered last year's S25 FE, SamMobile notes.
The standard Galaxy S26 series uses the Exynos 2600, a newer chip the S26 FE is not expected to receive. Recent FE models have used a generation-trailing Exynos chip, and the S26 FE appears to continue that pattern, NotebookCheck reported earlier this year. Benchmark scores capture raw compute; they don't reveal how the chip handles heat over long sessions, modem behavior, or daily battery drain. Those answers come from reviews, not pre-release database entries.
What the Geekbench record establishes: Exynos 2500, 8GB RAM, Android 17 with One UI 9. What it doesn't: camera hardware, display specs, storage tier pricing, or whether an Exynos-only global rollout is confirmed. Reports pointing to a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 1,900 nits peak brightness, and storage options spanning 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB appear in Android Headlines and are plausible given the S25 FE's design. Plausible is not confirmed.
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE launch rumors and the price question
Based on Samsung's recent FE cadence, a September announcement is the working assumption, with the Korean variant potentially arriving in late September or October, Android Headlines suggests. Samsung has confirmed nothing.
Some projections estimate a price increase of 30% or more over the S25 FE, per Android Headlines. That figure reads as analyst speculation rather than a sourced leak and hasn't been corroborated. It shouldn't carry much weight until it is.
Pricing is the variable the certification database and Geekbench entries cannot address. The confirmed specs, 45W wired charging, Exynos 2500, 8GB RAM, Android 17, establish that a capable device is coming. They don't establish what it costs relative to the standard Galaxy S26, and that relationship is what determines whether the FE's charging advantage and chipset generation add up to an actual recommendation. Right now, only one of those questions has an answer.
When Samsung announces the device, pricing will immediately reframe everything confirmed so far. Until then, the UL Demko listing and Geekbench submissions are doing exactly what they were meant to do: documenting that the hardware exists and narrowing down what's inside it.
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