- Pricing
- The tiny one starts at $799 but comes with reduced features and a plastic back! Oh no!
- S21+ is $999
- S21 Ultra is $1199 which is technically $100 cheaper than the Note 20 Ultra from August 2020
- Display
- First S-line phone with adaptive 120hz
- Rounded design makes it look smaller
- For some reason, not flat like the other S21 models
- Physicals
- Look and feel, build quality
- Footprint
- It’s a bit taller, a bit less wide than the N20U
- It weighs a ton though
- Footprint
- Battery
- 5000 mAh
- It lasts for two days easily, but I still charge at night, but I don’t feel bad if I don’t
- Charging
- 25w charging, no more 45w option - but that’s ok
- The brick was NOT in the box - laughing at Apple still? No? Great!
- Ports
- Type C is all you need
- Speakers
- Not radically different than N20U
- Buttons
- No bixby button
- Buttons on the right
- Look and feel, build quality
- Specs
- CPU
- 888
- 875 is for premium minus products... what is Qualcomm doing?
- 888
- RAM
- 12GB; but you could have 512GB storage with 16GB of RAM
- Storage
- This model has 256GB of storage but we have no Micro SD now!
- What’s going on here?
- CPU
- Software
- Android 11 is nice out of the box but nothing major changed as far as I can tell
- Camera
- It’s a bit smarter with macro shots now, using the wide lenses to pretend to be a macro lens
- Zoom is more nuanced now, with “Space Zoom” gone but present in implementation
- 3x zoom and 10x zoom have their own
- Final thoughts
- Did you want an S Pen? You can have one now... but without bluetooth, the best part
- Did you want a real Note instead? Note 20 Ultra might be last option for you unless you like the Flip and Flop and Fold models for $1500 base prices
- It’s an improvement above the S20U although it’s a side-grade from the Note 20 Ultra
Samsung S21 Ultra Review
Ryan reviews the S21 Ultra. It's way better than the S20 and laterally better than the Note 20 Ultra.
