Disassembly video shows the Galaxy S21 internals haven't changed much since the S20

18 January 2021
Well, the back is now made of plastic. At least the display is now easier to remove than on last year's phone.

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  • 15 Jan 2022

Signal detection is very bad. Especially 4G doesn't seem to give any speed, especially uplink. Where's other phones work fine.

    Hashy, 19 Jan 20211440p is the maximum res for a phone to actually look good.... moreThe lower resolution of my S21 is noticeable over the higher resolution my S10 screen had. But with the lower retail price and $550 trade in they gave me for my S10(128GB), the 256GB S21 unlocked, I got directly from Samsung, has easily been worth it. The price was only $300 before taxes.

      Anonymous, 18 Jan 2021Basically you are paying for a downgraded phone lol. No. Be... moreI would not call S21 Ultra a downgrade. To my opinion it is the best smartphone Samsung made for years. I am going to buy it but I want to see proper reviews / comparisons with numerous camera samples. Feel sorry for people who bought last year S20 Ultra. Focusing issues on a photo-focused super expensive smartphone is unforgivable flaw.

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        • 19 Jan 2021

        Hashy, 19 Jan 20211440p is the maximum res for a phone to actually look good.... moreHow can you recommend something if you haven't even used anything close!?

        Look at the Ultra images samples in the Preview - you'll take your recommendation back, it's clearly the worst in line.

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          • Hashy
          • naE
          • 19 Jan 2021

          1440p is the maximum res for a phone to actually look good. When you go past 1440p, you can't notice the difference and it will just consume cpu and power.

          I recommend the s21 ultra 5G mainly because it ain't the s21 and because it is the best in the line.

          I personally have a Samsung galaxy A41 and I'm okay with it 😄

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            • Hashy
            • naE
            • 19 Jan 2021

            RajKot, 18 Jan 2021I have totally misled by the glitzy Ads, when I bought the ... moreYeah well you ain't gonna find better service at Apple bro. Just calm down and send it to some phone repair shop

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              • 19 Jan 2021

              Lyndino, 19 Jan 2021I'm sorry but I don't understand the reason for t... moreAbsolutely true!

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                • tx0
                • 19 Jan 2021

                Lyndino, 19 Jan 2021I'm sorry but I don't understand the reason for t... moreOther than chipset, S21/S21+ are purely DOWNGRADE than S20/S20+

                  I'm sorry but I don't understand the reason for this article other than to bash Samsung (it's really not needed at this point as they look like clowns with recent decisions).
                  Do people want a completely redesigned phone year to year? That's not how you keep the same customers who are used to your product, which is where most of the sales come from I imagine.
                  next year they should put the battery on the outside so they don't need thermal cooling with the 100w charger they will upsell. While they're at it they should also supply a separate subwoofer (no charger included with this one) that expands the stereo speakers to a 2.1 surround system for those movie nights that all you people use your phones for.

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                    • 19 Jan 2021

                    47cosmos, 19 Jan 20212100 get copper & 888 get graphite like note 20 series? The note 20 series cooling solutions were random. It wasn't based on SoCs.
                    SD had copper and Exynos had Graphite too.

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                      • IVP
                      • 19 Jan 2021

                      if u see the processor, mainboard and camera module its and upgrade, although the overall built look similar. what do you want to change there?

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                        • 19 Jan 2021

                        Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021The choice of cooling system and processor type were not re... moreThe performance of the cooling system did not bring significant differences. And besides, Samsung phones are as quick to throttle as an iPhone (S20 FE 5G and iPhone 12 Pro Max scores 90-92% in 3DMark anyway)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 7wn
                          • 19 Jan 2021

                          ME, 19 Jan 2021What did you want there ... a windmill?You know ... ... something like a laser pointer or Swiss knife would be nice. :>

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                            • mIm
                            • 19 Jan 2021

                            47cosmos, 19 Jan 20212100 get copper & 888 get graphite like note 20 series? The choice of cooling system and processor type were not related on the Note.

                              2100 get copper & 888 get graphite like note 20 series?

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                                • ncr
                                • 19 Jan 2021

                                What did you want there ... a windmill?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Dpc
                                  • 18 Jan 2021

                                  iFixit Score?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gqv
                                    • 18 Jan 2021

                                    Is Exynos 2100 good? Live up to hype?

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                                      • C8s
                                      • 18 Jan 2021

                                      I like it but it's expensive

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                                        • 18 Jan 2021

                                        SHAZAMM, 18 Jan 2021SAMSUNG -"If it aint broken, don't fix it"Or if your market it well enough, you can still part fools woth their money, even during a pandemic.