The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has been the subject of many leaks this month, appearing everywhere from Google Play consoles to Samsung's own website, suggesting that a release is imminent.

And now the phone has appeared on Geekbench. This in itself is not noteworthy, given that the phone was first spotted on the site in May, but this time the phone is powered by an Exynos chip.

The listing is for a phone labeled "Samsung SM-G990E," a twist on the name of the SM-G990B used in the Qualcomm version, using an Exynos 2100 chipset and 8GB RAM. In this test, it scored 1,084 points for single-core and 3,316 points for multi-core.

This is considerably higher than the first Geekbench listing in May, but the scores have steadily increased with each subsequent appearance of the SM-G990B and are now nearly identical.

In the past, Samsung has tended to use Qualcomm chips for the US and Exynos versions for the rest of the world. But even if that is the case here, it may matter to U.S. buyers. [Earlier this year, the Galaxy S21 FE was rumored to be canceled due to the ongoing global chip shortage and Samsung's need to divert the Snapdragon 888 chip to its new foldable handset. Even though that report now appears to be discredited, it is likely that it was not entirely unfounded, which could have meant that the availability of this phone was apparently limited. Hopefully, the existence of the Exinos model will ease the pressure on the supply of the Qualcomm version.

As for when we will officially see the device that Samsung accidentally unveiled on Instagram, one tipster believes that there are 10 days left until the reveal: Wednesday, September 8.

Mauri QHD, a leaker with a decent track record in all things Samsung, floated the date, adding that "sources are often right," which sounds encouraging. "He got it from Sammy's representative as usual, but personally he says he'll wait and see," Rieker added.

Hopefully that will be the case. As we have mentioned before, the longer Samsung delays the release of the Galaxy S21 FE, the less attractive the headset will be sandwiched between the rapidly depreciating Galaxy S21 and the forthcoming Galaxy S22.