Samsung launched the Galaxy S21 series for international markets—including India—at its virtual Galaxy Unpacked 2021 occasion on Thursday, January 14. As anticipated, there are 3 models to boot: Galaxy S21 Ultra (replacing the Galaxy S20 Ultra), Galaxy S21+ (replacing the Galaxy S20+), and ‘vanilla’ Galaxy S21 (replacing the Galaxy S20). Almost all the things about these phones has been circulating in the public domain for a whilst now. Specs, attributes, ‘value’ additions—and the lack thereof—all of it has been leaked to death. Turns out, considerably of it was accurate just after all.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra represents the most up-to-date and greatest technologies that Samsung can give today on a ‘conventional’ type aspect. The Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 bring some of these technologies to a slightly more cost-effective price tag point.
Samsung Galaxy S21 series style
All the 3 phones have the similar style, which is a slight update to what we saw in their predecessors. For some context, the Galaxy S21 series is closer to the Galaxy Note 20 series in terms of appear and really feel (as effectively as some of the possibilities that Samsung has created in terms of develop components). Only the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy S21+ have a glass back. This is Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. The Galaxy S21 utilizes ‘glastic’ which is how Samsung generally describes its plastic phones now. The finish is similar across the board even though which signifies all the 3 phones have a smooth matte finish on the back, sort of like the Note 20 series phones.
The outer frame utilizes metal in all the 3 phones. So does the ‘new’ contour-reduce camera module.
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There are new colours—definitely—with the Galaxy S21 Ultra coming in Phantom Black and Phantom Silver, Galaxy S21+ in Phantom Violet, Phantom Black and Phantom Silver, and Galaxy S21 in Phantom White, Phantom Grey, Phantom Pink and Phantom Violet.
All the 3 phones are IP68-certified for dust and water resistance and pack dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos assistance. There is (nonetheless) no headphone jack.
Samsung Galaxy S21 series hardware
The Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 6.8-inch Quad HD+ ‘dynamic’ AMOLED 120Hz show. The Galaxy S21+ has a 6.7-inch FHD+ dynamic AMOLED 120Hz show. The Galaxy S21 has a 6.2-inch FHD+ dynamic AMOLED 120Hz show. All the 3 phones use Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the front and have an ultrasonic in-show fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication.
Under the hood, all the 3 Galaxy S21 series phones have Samsung’s brand new Exynos 2100 processor or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 based on area. It is protected to assume, India will get the Exynos 2100 version unless Samsung decides to flip the switch or some thing. Based on a 5nm EUV procedure technologies, the 8-core Exynos 2100 has a single highly effective ARM Cortex-X1 core clocked at 2.9GHz, 3 higher-performing Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.8Ghz and 4 energy-effective Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz. This is paired to a Mali-G78 GPU.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra comes with up to 16GB RAM whilst the Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 max out at 8GB. The Galaxy S21 Ultra additional comes with up to 512GB storage whilst the Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 max out at 256GB. For some purpose, none of the Galaxy S21 series phones assistance expandable storage.
Software inside all the 3 phones is Android 11-primarily based One UI 3..
The Galaxy S21 Ultra comes with 4 cameras on the back. The primary and ultra-wide-angle are similar as final year—108MP+12MP. Rounding off the package are two 10MP cameras, 1 of which is periscope-style, plus a time-of-flight sensor for 3D depth sensing (like the 1 on the Galaxy S20 Ultra). A important distinction this time round is that all the 4 cameras in the Galaxy S21 Ultra have OIS. The front camera is once more similar as the Galaxy S20 Ultra. This is 40MP.
The Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 have the similar rear and front cameras. This is a mixture of 12MP wide+12MP ultra-wide angle+64MP telephoto rear and 10MP front cameras.
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Fuelling the Galaxy S21 Ultra is a sizeable 5,000mAh battery. This is 4,800mAh in the Galaxy S21+ and 4,000mAh in the Galaxy S21. All the 3 phones assistance 25W speedy wired charging, 15W speedy wireless charging and wireless energy share.
All the 3 phones are unsurprisingly 5G-prepared, assistance Wi-Fi 6E, with the Ultra and the Plus models also supporting ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking. Lastly, the Galaxy S21 Ultra becomes the initially Galaxy S series telephone to assistance Samsung’s S-Pen stylus accessory even though there is no silo to stash it—and it is not bundled in the box for no cost.
Another issue that is not bundled with any of the 3 Galaxy S21 series phones is the charging brick. But then once more, we all saw it coming, didn’t we?
Samsung Galaxy S21 series price tag
In the US, the Galaxy S21 Ultra will get started at $1,199, whilst the Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 will get started at $799 and $999, respectively. India rates are awaited.