Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G review

5 February 2021


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  • Jon
  • Imm
  • 06 Feb 2021

I think another competitor to mention is the galaxy s20 FE as the screen size is quite similar.

    Flat screen is a pro, not a con.

      The fact that Samsung is reusing the same camera sensors as last year's s20 plus and not using a true telephoto sensor on a 1000 dollars flagship smartphone really pissed me off.

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        • Anonymous
        • 2FX
        • 06 Feb 2021

        If they are really concern about the environment, rather than ditching the charger why not produce one flagship once every 2-3 yrs so that their sheeps wont force to upgrade their phones every year for the sake of being cool...

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          • MrDong
          • xZI
          • 06 Feb 2021

          Forsi147, 05 Feb 2021Am I blind or these are awful looking muddy photos, especia... moreIf you watch TechTablets review of the S21 Ultra in YT, yes there seems to be issues with camera performance especially on the Exynos version. We’ll have to wait until Samsung addresses this issue with a software update.

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            • Anonymous
            • 6qc
            • 06 Feb 2021

            [deleted post]just high

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              • Alex
              • qC@
              • 06 Feb 2021

              Forsi147, 05 Feb 2021Am I blind or these are awful looking muddy photos, especia... moreYou are fine, man, it's the camera that is even worse than the basic S21 one. I wonder if Arena applied the latest update like they did for S21 and Ultra.
              Anyway, night shots are totally unusable without a Night Mode on all three cameras. Meaning, users can forget about shooting dynamic scenes in low light.
              And why Arena somehow couldn't see that 64MP shots have clearly worse detail level compared to the main 12MP ones.

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                • hdela
                • mrk
                • 06 Feb 2021

                I checked the plus and the ultra in a store and found the ultra to be noticeably heavier and less balanced than the plus. The plus feels much easier to hold, to the point that I probably will choose the plus over the ultra while my budget allows for the ultra

                  Once again, you guys are condoning the lack of MicroSD card slot. Come on guys... Samsung MAKES the dang cards...

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8Kf
                    • 05 Feb 2021

                    Forsi147, 05 Feb 2021Am I blind or these are awful looking muddy photos, especia... moreNo, your eyes are pretty fine.
                    Photos are garbage.
                    Worse than 2013 phones.

                      Am I blind or these are awful looking muddy photos, especially for such expensice phone?

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                        • Norwegian Gangster
                        • p%L
                        • 05 Feb 2021

                        Anonymous, 05 Feb 2021"We already knew not to expect mind boggling benchmark... moreEven last year, it was the same issue. It was the gpu that was throttling more, not the cpu.
                        Samsung should have gone the Kirin 9000 way of having more cores but with lower clock speed.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 8Kf
                          • 05 Feb 2021

                          Anonymous, 05 Feb 2021It's an Exynos problem. Snapdragon version doesn'... moreObviously.

                          Snapdragon jas better ISP.
                          Also , that variant uses Exmor 555 as main camera.
                          All exmor are better than the isocell counterparts.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 4gw
                            • 05 Feb 2021

                            joe nodden, 05 Feb 2021The cameras are absolutely disappointing, but those selfie ... moreIt's an Exynos problem. Snapdragon version doesn't have those issues.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4gw
                              • 05 Feb 2021

                              "We already knew not to expect mind boggling benchmark results from S21+ thanks to our previous experience with the S21 and the S21 Ultra. Similarly to those, we had no issues in real-life use caused by thermal throttling.

                              Having said that, intense benchmarking does result in significant drops in the results with the fifth run in Antutu, for example, returning some 440K points, or around 70% of the initial score. Similar behavior was observed in graphics benchmarks, and the Ultra's performance was along those lines as well. CPU benchmarks were more consistent between runs, suggesting it's the GPU that is having trouble maintaining top-level results."

                              This should be a sticky....

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 8Kf
                                • 05 Feb 2021

                                AnonD-973296, 05 Feb 2021the pictures look really smudgy, like its covered in finger... moreDo not worry. Youtubers are gonna tell you they are way better compared to S20+.
                                Sample of 21 Ultra were worse than old galaxy like S5.

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                                  • AnonD-973296
                                  • GYi
                                  • 05 Feb 2021

                                  the pictures look really smudgy, like its covered in fingerprints. not good

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • fur
                                    • 05 Feb 2021

                                    "Versatile triple camera setup (though essentially the same as last year's)" 🤣 🤣

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                                      • Starr
                                      • fjU
                                      • 05 Feb 2021

                                      The Note 20 Ultra still does it for me and more , thanks S21 but no thanks .

                                        images are hilarious, even the color doesn't look acuurate and natural, the tele images are a joke