Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
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- Delta
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- 23 Feb 2021
Does the S21 (not + or Ultra), using the 888 in the US, receive dual frequency GPS (L1 and L5)? Use GPSTest to find out.
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- tew
- 23 Feb 2021
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2021~£800 phone, plastic back 😂Also no charger and headphones lmao
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- Anonymous
- pYg
- 23 Feb 2021
~£800 phone, plastic back 😂
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- JustiN
- mDC
- 22 Feb 2021
aaronwt, 22 Feb 2021And UFS 3.1 also has much faster random read and random wri... more"The USB-C connection is much faster than even a fast memory card"
So I did a test.
A transfert from PC to S20 internal memory with USB C cable is 114 seconds.
Same transfert to a regular (not fast) microSD card with memory card reader USB 3 is only 40 seconds, so three times faster…
I guess transfert would be faster with S21 because it uses UFS 3.1 instead of UFS 3.0, but probably not much in real world (even if Samsung says it is three times faster for writing data, that would make it the same speed as a transfert to a memory card).
And being able to transfer or save your files in seconds by just taking your memory card out of the phone is priceless.
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- aaronwt
- F@H
- 22 Feb 2021
And UFS 3.1 also has much faster random read and random write specs than UFS 2.1 or UFS 3.0 has.
Then the A51 only has a USB-C 2.0 port while the S21 has a USB-C 3.2 port. USB 2.0 maxes out at 480Mb/s while USB-C 3.2 can max out at 10000 Mb/s (10Gb/s).
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- aaronwt
- F@H
- 22 Feb 2021
JustiN, 22 Feb 2021Using an USB cable to transfert files to the phone would ta... moreThe USB-C connection is much faster than even a fast memory card. You can hit multiple Gigabits per second speeds with the modern USB-C connection on the S21. The external storage cards with the A51, S20, and other Samsung phones is much slower than that.
You can easily copy files to/from the S21 over the USB-C connection faster than you will be able to put read/write them with external storage, connected to a PC and then install it in the phone.
The A51 has UFS 2.1 storage while the S21 has UFS 3.1 storage. UFS 2.1 maxes out at 850Mb/s read speeds and 250Mb/s write. UFS 3.1 maxes out at 2100 Mb/s read and 1200Mb/s write.
The S20 has UFS 3.0. Which does have 2100Mb/s read speeds but only 410Mb/s write speeds.
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- JustiN
- mDC
- 22 Feb 2021
aaronwt, 22 Feb 2021The memory and storage in the S21 is much, much faster than... moreUsing an USB cable to transfert files to the phone would take a lot more time than just copying files to a fast memory card and putting it in the phone. One more reason to need a memory card in a phone.
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- aaronwt
- F@H
- 22 Feb 2021
JustiN, 21 Feb 2021Even the midrange A51 has 128 GB (and a memory card) for 35... moreThe memory and storage in the S21 is much, much faster than what the A51 uses. Now whether that is worth the price premium is debatable. But personally I think it is. I know compared to my S10 the S21 is way faster for storage, memory, and the USB-C connection.
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- iKj
- 21 Feb 2021
Anonymous, 21 Feb 2021Saying exynos is stupid clearly shows you don't know a... moreYeah bro yeah sure, if you don't like playing cool and hardcore games and if for you trolling won't having normal high fps don't means nothing, and also it's getting super hot then you playing little longer, still difference between samsung with snapdragon and without In real is huge whatever manufacturer gonna be told to you, but if you aren't a gamer and hardcore user of smartphone every day it's really device and much more better than s20 with 990 on board, but tell me why I need to pay 1200$ in the device if I can't play games or use super high quality program tools with ultra settings?
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- JustiN
- mDC
- 21 Feb 2021
Even the midrange A51 has 128 GB (and a memory card) for 350 euros...and the S21 has the same 128 GB (without memory card) for 859 euros ? Fort that price and without memory card, 256GB should be the minimum in a flagship...pure greed, Samsung being the world first manufacturer of memory chips, it must cost them next to nothing to add memory.
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- Anonymous
- U{1
- 21 Feb 2021
Vini, 20 Feb 2021why you don't launch this phone with Snapdragon chipse... moreSaying exynos is stupid clearly shows you don't know anything g about processors. Exynos 2100 is a very powerful processor it is not going to feel slow
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- aaronwt
- kci
- 20 Feb 2021
AzyTheDancer, 20 Feb 2021So it's been 3 weeks and I'm still mixed about th... moreI've been using the Spigen screen protectors for the last few years. I used it with my s8 and S10 and now with my S21. The fingerprint reader works just as well with the screen protector on as it did before I installed one. I use the Spigen NeoFlex Screen Protector. It does show fingerprints. But I just use a microfober cloth, on the screen, once a day to clean them off.
For me I don't get any extra phone protection since I am not prone to dropping my phone. I've never broken a screen or phone. And I can count on one hand the number of times I've dropped my cell phone over the last twenty seven years of cell phone use. So I've saved thousands, over the years, by not paying for damage insurance.
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- Vini
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- 20 Feb 2021
why you don't launch this phone with Snapdragon chipset in india, why launched with this stupid Exynos chipset..
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- AzyTheDancer
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- 20 Feb 2021
So it's been 3 weeks and I'm still mixed about the s21. One thing I'm really confused about is what Screen Protector to add that let's me successfully use the finger print reader. While the current Samsung Promo offers the Samsung Care for R499 (RSA) making 2x screen claims R999 each, I would still like a screen protector. The usual tempered glass takes away from the finger print reader but still picks up my touch.
Not sure if anyone in RSA has any comments/reviews on the TPU/Gel screen protectors such as those by JETech?
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- 20 Feb 2021
rn12, 19 Feb 2021Its not like you have a choice to buy Snapdragon or Exynos.... moreSo many people mention 5-6h SOT that makes me wonder how in the world Arena gets 10h web and 15h video.
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- 20 Feb 2021
What is with the weird rendering of the fine lines on the outer edge of the10 pound note on the camera test scene, download a hi res pic of the note and they are very fine lines not a random mosaic pattern?
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- androidiphone
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- 19 Feb 2021
rn12, 19 Feb 2021Its not like you have a choice to buy Snapdragon or Exynos.... moreyeah you are right.. why use two kinds? why not use only one ( exynos or snapd)..
im having second thoughts of buying this with exynos..
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- 19 Feb 2021
Anonymous, 16 Feb 2021Do not get the exynos version - battery is horrible! Can�... moreIts not like you have a choice to buy Snapdragon or Exynos. If you are outside US and China (and maybe few other countries) you have no option but to buy the Exynos model. Even though I dislike Exynos I had to get that one as it is available in my country. Having said that, I did not face any battery issues until now and am getting 5-6 hours SOT consistently with my usage in the past 1 week I have owned this phone. But only time will tell how the exynos model holds up in the long run.
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- Ralph73
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- 18 Feb 2021
StevY, 18 Feb 2021Exactly...S21 is a mid range phone and should have been lau... more5+++++