Samsung Galaxy S21 5G review

21 January 2021


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  • Terry
  • Nns
  • 12 Feb 2021

Problem setting up finger printing, after many attempts finally my finger print is 100% until I try & open the phone, it doesn't recognise my finger print, can anyone help?

    I bought s21 few days ago,but i'm very disappointed with it due of overheating issue.The phone is get very hot during the video call especially if is used multitasking.
    Example:
    If your are using messenger video call and TeamViewer at the same time,the phone gets hot and show the message: "Multi window closed.Your phone is too hot.Let it to cool down before use multi window again."
    The same happens if camera is used to much.
    I've tried to contact samsung costumer service by Samsung Members,but i still not have a answer even it pass few days.
    Even the samsung s21 has a good battery life compared with other galaxy devices and has a nice design,i could not recommend dues of this issue and due of quality of costumer support.

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      • khY
      • 09 Feb 2021

      T-Money, 29 Jan 2021What I noticed was that some of pictures had parts that wer... moreIn your opinion which phone is better s21 or the s10+

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        • Rich
        • khY
        • 09 Feb 2021

        Anonymous, 08 Feb 2021True the battery is very bad How long has your battery generally lasted

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          • Anonymous
          • n53
          • 08 Feb 2021

          The camera bump is going to be a constant nuisance, and with no mini jack O/P
          OR SD card I'm just not interested....

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            • Anonymous
            • L1w
            • 08 Feb 2021

            Anjum, 05 Feb 2021Overheats, fast battery drain (6 hrs SOT only) at 60Hz, ove... moreTrue the battery is very bad

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              • Dills
              • L1w
              • 08 Feb 2021

              I think I made a huge mistake buying this phone when I had a option to buy a iPhone 12 the battery life is very very bad

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                • Anjum
                • Gvu
                • 05 Feb 2021

                Overheats, fast battery drain (6 hrs SOT only) at 60Hz, over saturated photos - this phone is a huge disappointment for $800!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • XND
                  • 05 Feb 2021

                  Notannavovk, 01 Feb 2021Hello, you have option in pro mode choose 108 megapixel len... moreHigh megapixels never indicate quality, lol. It only indicates how much you can zoom in a photo. That's why, iPhones never had huge mexapixel lenses.

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                    • Alinsws
                    • nDA
                    • 03 Feb 2021

                    Ugliest phone i ever seen. Low cost platic. Samsung is going backwards

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                      • Anonymous
                      • pN4
                      • 02 Feb 2021

                      Ping, 01 Feb 2021Finger print log on don't work, hard to set ,then don... moreThat's the case with all Samsung in-display fingerprint sensors.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • kky
                        • 02 Feb 2021

                        Selfies are extremely processed. Way more than even normal with Samsung. It's a crazy amount of processing.

                        But switching over to night mode for a selfie gets a way better more accurate photo. Sometimes even with more detail despite being much less processed.

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                          • JFt
                          • 01 Feb 2021

                          Hello, you have option in pro mode choose 108 megapixel lenses ? Or only low quality lenses.

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                            • kX7
                            • 01 Feb 2021

                            Finger print log on don't work, hard to set ,then don't work . S7 had no problems. Very fast . Want trade it back .

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                              • Anonymous
                              • SXm
                              • 01 Feb 2021

                              Just-A-User, 30 Jan 2021Hey everyone, I'm curious as to why the majority of ... moreSome of us take a bunch of photos, esp with real cameras. High res photo can easily take up 8-12MB ea, so you'll run out of that 128gb real fast.

                                So far, compared to my outgoing S20+5G.

                                1. Battery life is so far better
                                2. Adaptive refresh seems to somehow be nicer than the fixed 120Hz
                                3. Screen is fine
                                4. Camera is fine
                                5. Fingerprint reader is much faster, the one on the S20+ is awful, far worse than the one on the S8 I had previous to that.
                                6. For me, the size is much, much better.
                                7. Flat screen, really loved my Xperia Mini something or other back in the day and this reminds of that, much better for me. I use a case anyway so curved screens make absolutely zero positives for me.


                                Plus negatives
                                1. No microSD card, after looking at how much room I was actually using on my 200GB card I decided it wasn't actually required for me, can fit my entire music collection on it with plenty to spare
                                2. Memory, well I'm barely scratching half the available 8GB so although a drop, it's made no difference
                                3. 1080p screen. Hmm, undecided, had to run the S20+ at 1080p to use the 120Hz anyway.

                                Negative?
                                1. No headphones? Well maybe for others but they're crap anyway. My current IEMs cost more than half the cost of the phone so why would I want cheap, nasty phones. The free Buds are already on sale too.
                                2. No charger. OK this one is a definite negative but seems to be the way they're going.

                                Not been able to check the 5G yet as it's not very widely available near me.

                                  sdny8, 29 Jan 2021Returning the S21. I can't get past the slow face unlo... moremy Note 10+ has the same issue with FP. It's a Samsung feature.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 7XX
                                    • 31 Jan 2021

                                    The battery sucks for s21 it drains really fast unlike with my huawei.

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                                      • Aadit
                                      • Gvv
                                      • 31 Jan 2021

                                      Terrible picture quality, specially when you get closer, image edges become blur. Looks as if portrait mode. Has network issues, specially sending text sms doesn't work always. Battery screen on time only 6 hours even at 60 Hz and always on display turned off. Face ID and finger print both failed multiple times!

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                                        • gmb
                                        • 31 Jan 2021

                                        my s21 battery drains so fast...