Samsung Galaxy S21 Impressions: New Year, New Price!




Galaxy S21 entire lineup drops in price, starting at $799! Here’s my hands-on. Galaxy S21 Ultra Impressions: https://youtu.be/lvV3jSLYK8A MKBHD Merch: …

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  1. Its just going to get worse with LG getting out of the game. Wish Motorola would offer wireless charging on the edge. I refuse to use Verizon to use the edge +. Other then that, the moto edge is a better value without having to deal with Samsung's UI/Skin and Bixby. I like the HW on Samsung's but they always feel like they need to customize the android software to differentiate themselves. My wife has an A12 (cheap samy) and the UI is horrible compared to my Moto Z4 which is like a breath of fresh air to their UI madness. But the edge is on sale now for 499 dollars unlocked. Has a bigger screen then the s1, 256 GB memory, and a quad resolution display oled display. Only weakness is the SD 765 which is still very fast. Unless your a gamer, the S21 is still overpriced and still uses Samsung's bloated software. No thanks.

  2. So basically the only major difference between Sammy and Apple now is…..120HZ.
    Shame on you Samsung.
    Yourself and Apple are two cheeks of the same arse.

  3. Hello bro, before i buy i wanna ask to u how about dissipation heat in back panel? Who's the best, s21+ with glass or s21 regular with plastic? Thanks

  4. Removed glass- no problem
    Removed expandable storage- no problem but my fav feature is that popular 2k screens whether its low refresh rate . I am not agreed with that one drop feature at all.

  5. I bought a s21 5g because it has a plastic back. I also own a note 20 ultra (and have had years of glass phones) and I'm tired of carrying around and being extremely careful all the time, like I was carrying a very fragile object (that it is) that costs a fortune to repair. We have no choice in regard to the front, but come on, also the back? I need and am used to flagship devices so I don't want to lose any of the really Important features of my note (that I use mainly in 60 hz 1080p anyways to save battery). What I think is really smart (like my wife's pixel 5) is having wireless charging and a polycarbonate back! The most absurdity is that almost everyone has a plastic (rubber or some kind of tpu) on the back of there phones anyway, because everyone buys cases to protect tgere glass back. Is it profoundly ironic?. I ride motorcycles and I would never use a glass helmet!

  6. It's worse in almost every way than the s20 fe and costs more.
    Gotta love technology these days

    I'd rather get the s20 fe.

    I prefer polycarbonate anyways. Feels better to me and doesn't break

    That purple is GORGOUS tho. I hope there will be more pink/purple phones in the future

  7. The Note 9 is $1400 on Samsung's shop. That's almost double the price it was at release. They know how bad their new phones are.

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  9. Don't buy a 1440p phone just because you "want" to have a 1440p display, that's because unless you're a literal hawk, you don't need over 3 million pixels in a smartphone form factor, you might want it, but ignore the specs and marketing and just focus on real-life usage, you might say that you can see a difference between 1080p and 1440p, but that'sonly if you hold your phone 3 or 6 inches away from your face, and most of the time you will be holding the phone 10-12 inches away from your face, and at that distance, 1440p only looks slightly better than 1080p, but only slightly, and it won't be a big enough difference to change the way you use your phone everyday, 1440p won't make your phone something different, it will still be the chocolate bar form factor with a touchscreen that you're probably familiar with, in short: while 1440p is great for marketing and spec sheet, it doesn't make a revolutionary change in the way you use your phone everyday, and it's too much for a phone, wasting battery and GPU power, yes it will look sharper, but that's the only upside to 1440p, and the difference in sharpness vs 1080p isn't big enough for this one upside to outweigh many of the downsides that 1440p has on phones. 1440p might look like a big change in spec sheets, but it won't change the way you use the phone in real life, and that's why you shouldn't follow spec sheets, and plus, spending more money on 1440p can make phone makers spend less on battery, performance, build quality, and camera, so it will just make the phone worse, not better, and will make it less well-rounded, and it will have very little upsides to choose it over a more well-rounded 1080p phone, unless if you're a literal hawk

  10. And…., Charger, …Gone! Earphones, …Gone! Like wtheck. I have a S9 but this is a no go for me sadly (although it looks fine). Now the Xperia 5 ii got my attention somehow.

  11. The price is low because you don't get the extra accessories you got in 2018 where you got like a handful of accessories with the s8+. You aren't actually saving money but you are falling into the trap of samsung, they say that it's 200$ cheaper but is it? You can literally buy a better phone with a lesser cheap price and the same specs, you can basically get a fast charger with other phones, where as you basically spend more money in a big brand phone so that you can say "hey my phone is a samsung or even apple".They just cut out a few features as an excuse.

  12. I like the feel of the 21+ in hand due to its weight and width. I honestly didn't know it was glass backed and the 21 isn't. That's how similar the backs feel.

  13. Can the s21 cast to tv without using Chromecast or a router, i.e. just using WiFi data? I don't have a router, just use my unlimited data on T-Mobile. I'm cheap, just use my data for internet. Been using a Netgear Push2TV to cast to tv, hoping s21 can cast using the Push2TV.

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