Samsung says the Galaxy S20 FE is just the first in a series of fan edition smartphones, which is good news for users looking to get a Samsung smartphone at a discount.

The news was announced during yesterday's Galaxy Unpacked live stream. The main news was the release of Samsung's new low-cost Galaxy S20, but there was also a brief look into the future at the end of the presentation.

The following quotes are from Claire Hunter, Associate Principal, Global Strategy, Samsung. You can skip to 2:24:36 in the live stream recording below:

"As a tribute to our Galaxy fans, we are setting a new standard in making our uncompromising flagship innovation available to as many people as possible. We will continue to make our flagship devices available to as many people as possible. And we will continue to launch fan editions of our flagship devices."

After unveiling the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite at CES 2020 in January, it was not unreasonable to think that Samsung had further intentions to release cheaper versions of its most popular flagships. But here we have a less specific but clear promise that the company's plans will not change after the release of the lower-priced Galaxy S20.

The only question is why they chose FE (Fun Edition) as the title. Certainly it is more unique than the "Lite" or "SE" suffixes used by other manufacturers, but since the most famous Fan Edition before the S20 was a re-release of the Galaxy Note 7, which was so flamed, one might expect Samsung to pick a title with less baggage.

Speaking of the Galaxy Note series, this hint from Samsung suggests that the Galaxy Note 20 FE is coming soon. We have yet to hear any rumors about the existence of such a phone, so perhaps it will appear early next year.

All we know so far about Samsung's 2021 smartphone plans are a few details about the Galaxy S21. The new flagship will offer a new Snapdragon 875 chipset, an even larger 180MP main camera sensor, two telephoto cameras for more versatile zoom shots, and Samsung's first under-display selfie camera for true full-screen displays The company promises that.