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Galaxy S21 Review: Would You Notice?

— January 20, 2023 50 comments




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50 Comments

  2. Marques, your reviews' video quality keeps improving, and that is indeed something that always impresses me, however, please know and understand that not everyone is that crazy about cameras. This is something i've been noticing but you have a bias when it comes to cameras. if a phone is good for taking pictures, you would rate it highly whether it actually deserves such a rating or not.
    I bought this phone (exynos version) and i am NOT happy with what i got. Performance you say is Good, which can't be farther than the truth here. Now to be fair, what i got was exynos version, and i use it for a lot of things like gaming, running benchmarks, testing software etc.

    Re gaming, this phone just dies. Especially genshin impact, tower of fantasy. It is damn near unplayable and when it is playable, just not enjoyable due to lag and low fps. I tested the same games on older one plus phones, and the difference was night and day. older one plus phones outperformed this new phone every time. moreover the samsung software related to games is extremely bad. that is one of the reasons for these bad performances. genshin impact overclocks at 45fps. 30fps it says is smooth load wise, however, game experience is terrible.

    Re battery, it is awful. i have to charge multiple times a day and have to watch my usage to make sure i don't run out of battery when outside. not reliable whatsoever. There are also some issues with software it seems where sometimes it would get stuck, heat up, and then attempt to restart, and doing so would drain massive percentages of battery. heating up is a problem as well in general. sometimes google maps drains massive amounts of battery, like 1% per minute even. very inconsistent.

    Re Camera, it has been quite decent for the most part, however, it too drains battery very fast. if you do long sessions of photography, forget it, or keep a power source with you all times. Camera is quite inconsistent sometimes, which i suspect is owed to software updates. sometimes i would get great shots, and sometimes its just bad.

    Design wise, i quite like it. it's a beautiful design. however, when it is heating up, due to metal rails, the whole phone gets heated and is uncomfortable to hold even.

    I would suggest you do proper stress testing of the devices, and if it's not possible, please at least add a disclaimer that you have not tested it. I do realize that there are differences in SD and exynos however, the differences are not as big that all the above points i mentioned would be fixed by them (a friend used SD version as well).

    Also, there are heating issues reported in devices with SD 888. All i can say is, please provide complete information. I really feel bad about this purchase, and it wasn't cheap.
    everyday performance is silky smooth though, however, if i just want to scroll through news feed, i can do that with a $200 phone as well, why would i have to go the extra mile?! well, i'm gonna use this one until the phone expires, however, next phone i'm buying won't be samsung that's for sure.

  8. I have had a phantom white Samsung S21 for 2 years so far and still runs well with the Exynos 2100 cpu. I'm hoping I can trade it in for a S23+ or something in the new S23 lineup because it is rumored that we may get blessed with a snapdragon cpu in the S23 lineup.

  12. Hey.. I bought this s21 refurbished for ithink 600.. it's white and I friggin love it.. but came from the 50 dollar s7 edge.. but that I loved.. sumtimes ithink I may swap back? Idk? I liked that phone.. mostly cuz it was fiddy bux bcuz my girls nephew didn't like it an his dad jus went an got him a iphone.iPhone.. so I got blessed
    Ty lord an universe.. much love all
    And yall ❤️

  14. mkbhd is hiding the fact that ths phone doesnt have 3x optical zoom, its digital zoom. As a camera nerd (claming himself) he has no chance to miss that

  17. Dude you are literally the definition of a sell out. If you spent longer than a month using this phone you would (probably already do) know its absolute garbage. My old motorola g5 works better than this overpriced waste of space. I've already gotten it replaced and and the battery life lasts me half the day if I'm lucky and dont use it that much. It constantly updates randomly without approval (like while your driving) and lacks greatly in very basic functionality you would expect from a smart phone. For example the alarm doesn't work. The UI is laggy and unresponsive at times. Daily I have to restart it just to get it to work. Essentially all its good for is texting and calling and some very light web browsing. For some people thats fine. But is it worth the price they ask for? hell no. Its worth $100 at most and thats even pushing it. Take it from me… Owning this phone will bring you nothing but stress. Avoid it and avoid douche bags like this that just get phones sent to him for free to make shitty reviews that result in people buying horrible products and bring no value to their life. It might sound harsh, but we rely on our phones so much these days just for work etc. It really irritates me to see someone with this many subscribers who literally couldn'tt care less for a single one of the people bringing him all that money. YOU are FAKE sir. Hope you sleep like a baby at night to you spineless POS.

  18. It is funny to me how they keeps saying this is a compact phone. I am "still" using the S9+ with the same screen size and I can barely use it with one hand 🤣

  22. cheaper S21+ second hand(Exynox) or brand new S21(SD888). S21 being $150ish more expensive. Which one is a greater buy?

  29. The other day the press secretary said top of mind and that's the first time I ever heard it said that way, and thought it was a weird way to say on the top of my mind. Then I hear this a few days later and he says it but it's from a year earlier. We switched dimensions? A Mandela effect?

  43. Does the s21 have a 3x optical or a 2x optical bc I have the s21 and I see the camera switch when I go to the 2x and when I saw the trailer of the phone it said hybrid or something like that, I'm so confused.

  46. Am the only one that has NEVER ran out of storage on a phone. Like fr what the hell you you guys do on these things. Like I use the piss outta my phones, but I just don't get it

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