Samsung Galaxy S21 vs. S21+ vs. S21 Ultra - Pros and Cons

14 January 2021
Concise lists of the relative advantages and disadvantages of the three new flagships compared against each other.

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Dani2018, 14 Jan 2021Samsung will never rich the top level of apple . No matter ... morelol apple fanboy detected

    Samsung will never rich the top level of apple . No matter what they produce .

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      • 14 Jan 2021

      No sd card support? No charger? No headphone jack?? No deal. I hope the launch is lackluster.

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        • 14 Jan 2021

        AnonD-973296, 14 Jan 2021we all have USB-C in our homes how are y'all this dumb... moretrue, buy a 25w charger if you want. Free delivery from samsung and cost €20 or use any OLD FAST CHARGER

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          • 14 Jan 2021

          mesand, 14 Jan 2021The 1080+ resolution is an advantage imo. But while the ... moresame here

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            • 14 Jan 2021

            Dani2018, 14 Jan 2021For the price of s21 ultra I prefer iphone 12 pro max . Sam... moreUpdates for 3 years from now and an apple eco-system to be stuck in? . No thanks. Android is open source with tons of possibilities. I am getting the ultra. Updating from note 9

              For the price of s21 ultra I prefer iphone 12 pro max . Samsung is crazy with those prices and after 2 years no more updates . No thank you samsung I will go to pro max 12

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                • 14 Jan 2021

                AnonD-973296, 14 Jan 2021we all have USB-C in our homes how are y'all this dumb... moreYou can't just assume everyone has USB C in their home

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                  • BaconCheddarAndFries
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                  • 14 Jan 2021

                  Samsung should have used this 64MP as main camera of 21/21+, then the 10MP as 65 or 70mm. Same done for Ultra.

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                    • 14 Jan 2021

                    Anonymous, 14 Jan 2021Not buying them is the best solution. Be sure that if the s... moreYes, if enough people stop buying a Samsung phone, they'll probably get the message, if not, they will continue this behaviour. They have already gone too far...

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                      AnonD-940827, 14 Jan 2021Remove the manual/paper from the box, and there's stil... moreNot buying them is the best solution. Be sure that if the sales are bad they'll do something ASAP to recover sales and customers... And they now well how, bring back removed features and accesories at the same price instead of fooling marketing and done. But if people is as stupid to continue purchasing and paying more for less then these brands will still laughing at the customers faces. That is.

                      And yes i say more for less because the price cut cant' compensate the lose of expandable slot plus the lose of the charger and the lose of earbuds outside promotions. The add the smaller resolution in the S21+ and S21 and the plastic back in the S21, a material that don't conduct well the heat with an SD888? And add also de lack of optical zoom in the S21 and S21+`, well... 1.1x... lol

                      They are worse in terms of what you get for your money. They can release all the marketing army that it'll not change that fact.

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                        • 14 Jan 2021

                        I did like the display downgrade as it meant better battery life. Plastic back - come on - 99% of you use protectors so you don`t actually see or touch your back at all. Not a bad phone at all but there`s fierce competition out there for it and I don`t see it cutting through. The 20 plus is weird, it offers almost zero extra for 200 eur and the plus is ridiculously expensive (same applies to the 12 Pro) - sorry chaps but thats mortgage money. I could buy a used car for one of these.

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                          • 14 Jan 2021

                          The 1080+ resolution is an advantage imo.

                          But while the Ultra's camera setup is not available on smaller phones it is a deal breaker for me. 16.5cm tall XD it's a bad joke :/ Makes the whole phone completely useless... Especially because Samsung has a quite good ecosystem for connecting the phone to a normal screen (I mean the DeX). I would even pay the same amount for a smaller phone as for the Ultra, if it would have the same capabilities, except the size and screen resolution.

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                            AnonD-940827, 14 Jan 2021Instead of useless headset in pre-order gift, they should a... morewe all have USB-C in our homes how are y'all this dumb not to realize that...

                              And this is from xdadevelopers

                              "Other phones that can zoom this far (the Galaxy S20 Ultra, Huawei P40 Pro Plus, and the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra, all three of which I tested extensively) showed very, very shaky images, which is expected behavior, hence my surprise with the new Samsung.

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                              The Huawei P40 Pro Plus had previously been the best zooming camera system I’ve ever seen (it was better than Samsung’s 2020 offering by some distance), but Samsung has regained the lead with the Galaxy S21 Ultra. This is the new zoom king."




                              Samsung's 100x not only has way better Stabilization (thanks to lesser refraction elements and thus much better scope for OIS), it also has 10MP instead of 8MP, larger pixels, and 2 MP more to play with, for the final result (even at the same zoom level, it should be more detailed).

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                                • 14 Jan 2021

                                Anonymous, 14 Jan 2021Only 8GB RAM for S21 and S21+?! As a phone it's enough... more8t cyberpunk looks nice though.

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                                  Kesha1988, 14 Jan 2021If you don't need this garbage why you write comment)))))?P10 plus is a serious upgrade from p9 plus. Just saying.

                                    Simple Go Beyond Plus, Ultra

                                      Sarkirssian, 14 Jan 2021I still use my Huawei P9 Plus. I dont need this garbage.If you don't need this garbage why you write comment)))))?

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 14 Jan 2021

                                        Only 8GB RAM for S21 and S21+?! As a phone it's enough, but for 1000 EUR it's no longer only a phone and I'm using it as PC replacement (Ubuntu). Keeping my One+ 7 PRO 12GB RAM and waiting for something better.