Galaxy S21 hands-on | First look at the S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra

Galaxy S21 hands-on | First look at the S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra




We got an early hands-on with the new Samsung Galaxy S21 range including the base S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra. They’re releasing more than a month …

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  1. Apparently Sam thinks that app is doing well so that's why they are copying them.
    The no SD card thing will not last (cuz they did that before remember) people bitched they brought it back…… Once again……
    WE ARE THE ALPHA /BETA TESTERS

  2. For everyone getting mad about the sd card being removed i was too but you can just buy a one time payment cloud box of 6TB for Aprox 200$ and plug it in on your router at home and access it from the whole world without monthly payments its 2021 guys world is changing we need to find new solutions

  3. Phone is a downgrade from my S10+….i'll give Samsung one more chance to stop resorting to crawling behind apple butt sniffing and release another quality phone, or i'll switch to Iphone full time. If I have to deal with no SD Card, no headphone jack, no curved screen, plastic back….i'll take the better iphone interface.

  4. I don't understand this lineup. The Ultra at 6.8" is so big it's basically a Note series, and the Plus is only marginally smaller at 6.7". The entry level phone at 6.2" is the only one I consider to be "phone sized" and the absolute largest I would want to use with my (quite large, but not basketballer) hands (I have an S10 which i think is perfectly sized for me).

    On top of that, the entry level model and the Plus have a 64 megapixel "telephoto" lens with a 1.1x zoom! 1.1x! The wide angle is a 26mm lens and the "telephoto" is 28mm!
    I can't believe someone signed off on a 12 megapixel wide angle lens, and a 64 megapixel 28mm "telephoto" lens!

    The curved display has been a surprisingly favourite feature of mine from the Galaxy series since it was introduced, and it saddens me to see it's only available in the Ultra.

    The S20 was a miss with me, and this is too. At this rate the next phone I buy will be the first non-galaxy phone I've had in over 10 years, since the first Galaxy S in 2010. 🙁

  5. S21 and S21 plus are just very overpriced midrangers, designed to make the Ultra look like its worth it. The only upgrade is the chip, the rest of it is feature stripped down to midrange level. No expandable storage, lower resolution screens, cheaper materials, no charger….why on earth would you buy one of these??

  6. Nope, nope, so much nope. Not getting this since it's got no charger and no sd slot. Why Samsung always follows Apple's anti- consumer ways confuses me. How do they think selling an electronic item without the accessory to charge the item is ok? Who would buy a laptop if the charger was sold separately?
    Better image quality from the camera means the video and picture sizes are going to be bigger. So how is a measly 128/256Gb going to suffice?
    How does selling the charger separately lower waste, it doesn't. The chargers now have their own packaging for creating more waste.

  7. So basically nothing new. 90% of the video is all about the camera. No headphone jack too.

    Yeah I'm happy with my s10+.

    See you next year and good luck!

  8. My son bought me a new phone for Christmas. A Samsung galaxy A21s. I don't know much about mobiles but I'm extremely happy with this phone. I gave my son a AU $300 limit and he was able to get a case and screen protector with it.

  9. Yep, Samsung finally did it, you sold your soul to the devil? Don't you remember what happened to the S6 sales with no micro s/d, sales slumped. Same thing here? No charger 😕 in the box? Who's idea was that? Utterly ridiculous! Get ready these prices will drop like a lead balloon 🎈 😤? Worst yet after paying 1200 bucks plus tax, the S-pen sold separately, E-gadds!

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