Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE arrives with a familiar promise: bring much of the company’s flagship smartphone experience to a device priced below its premium models. This year, however, the definition of “less” has become more complicated. The Galaxy S26 FE starts at $699.99 in the United States, $50 above the launch price of its predecessor. It remains well below Samsung’s most expensive Galaxy phones, but the increase places greater scrutiny on the compromises that have always been part of the Fan Edition formula. Samsung is leaning heavily on software to make its case. …