The Galaxy S21 Ultra is shaping up as the ultimate cameraphone but aside from its cameras, it's also at the top of the food chain in all other smartphone aspects. In this video, we have the Exynos version of the S21 Ultra and we cover its top features, build and screen quality, battery life, and performance. We'll leave the camera aspects for another in-depth video.
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[video timestamps/chapters]
0:00 Intro
0:46 Design and build, IP68
1:30 6.8’’ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with QHD resolution
2:44 S-Pen stylus support
3:14 Battery life test (5,000mAh)
3:38 No in-box charger, charging speed test
4:00 Wi-Fi 6E
4:10 Quad camera specs
4:31 Selfie camera specs
4:47 Daylight image quality
5:44 Low-light image quality
6:42 Selfies
6:53 Video quality
7:08 Camera recap
7:28 Ultrasonic fingerprint reader
7:36 Stereo speakers and audio quality
8:01 No headphone jack, microSD slot
8:19 Exynos 2100 performance
9:03 Samsung One UI 3.1 over Android 11
9:49 Conclusion
Our dedicated Galaxy S21 Ultra camera review is now up: kzhead.info/sun/Y9uFj9WHn6CprI0/bejne.html
Dhope
How come you didn't review how it opens from sleep mode. You have to basically POUND on the phone to get it to open. You can no longer push the home button or swipe it to open it. They offer a double tap to open and close but 2/3 of the time it won't open. Turning on the open when picked up mode works half of the time too...
Sir I hope I can whatch you every day I hope I can change it even If i buy a phone or buy a phone for me please please birthday gift in to my self becuase my birthday is October 21
Can you HELP/GUIDE: MY S21 Ultra is taking blur (not focused) videos when i turn steady on in videos, also nigh Photos are coming out to be sort of grained,
The amazing thing about this channel, in all my years of watching their videos, I don't recall them telling (or begging) people to like and subscribe, yet, they have 1.21 million subscribers!
Because they know desperation is not attractive! :)
Also the fact that they refrain from using Clickbait thumbnails and titles
True
When phones are getting 16gb ram and my phone still has 16gb storage :")
Ikr😭🕯
Feelsbadman
Bro, buy a xiaomi 64gb redmi note 9 it has 64gb for 170 dollars
Or a poco x3 for 230$
@@nurkeyali8325 or a Huawei y9 prime 2019, 128gb storage and it has a bezel less display.
This looks like a really great phone! But remember not long ago you can get everything on a flagship phone such as headphone jack, expandable storage, ir blaster, removable battery, included headphones and charger for a lot less. What happened??
I'm expecting a reply saying “capitalism” even though communism wouldn't solve it
Apple with eNvIrOnMeNt happened.
Only compromise I find acceptable is the "easily replaceable battery" in exchange for a more solid build. It sounds like phone repair shops can still replace batteries. It just takes an expert.
@@spacexplorer_ Correct. If people held onto their older phones from two years ago, it would have "forced" keeping the headphone jack and etc. People, writ large, decided that these features weren't *that* important, unfortunately.
@@rpospeedwagon a headphone jack in 2021?
I think the S21 Ultra looks amazing.
it looks like an m51 from the front lol
I follow gsm arena since 2008, The calmest review Hahahhaaha
Rewind to 2012 when I was super excited for the Note 2 launch and Gsmarena was the only authentic webpage, and would wait for their review to come reviewing every aspect category wise. Well time has flown and here I am nitpicking every aspect of the phone before pre ordering s21 ultra as if it would even matter in practical usage. Miss those simpler real life reviews that matters. And as always GSMARENA keeps it simple and real..
This channel could have been much bigger. They made the best in depth reviews online from the beginning of smartphones.
Sadly there's just a bit too much spec reading for my liking, but on the whole it's good but not earth shattering
Can you do a review of the Pro settings with the cameras? It would be great to know these capabilities for those who want complete control of photography. Thanks also for a fine review.
Very nice detailed review, I like the chill tempo tracks as well, good job !!!
I ordered mine yesterday and it should be here Friday fingers crossed. I was worried about watching any reviews incase I'd made a massive mistake. Thanks to your review I can relax and just looks forward to getting my hands on it.
Can you update me before I upgrade, Its either the s21 ultra or pixel 6 pro
Same
Hows it going?
Good to see one of the OG websites doing great KZhead videos..
Great review as always
Getting mine tomorrow!
Great review. Thanks You got a new subscriber 👍
Thanks for great review. I am convinced. Going to order one now :)
I got my s21 ultra on the 25th of Jan. Pre order deliveries began for us here in India. You are spot on with the image processing issues. I'm noticing extreme oversharpening in the images coming out of this camera. The selfies are even worse. I can't believe how this happening. I'm coming from the s20 ultra and I'm surprised how Samsung has managed to make the camera even worse. I know it's very early and there might be updates, but we've seen what updates really bring. It's Samsung! I don't have much hope. The s20 ultra remained a bad camera throughout last year. You're the only channel that has brought up the image processing issues. Kudos! Nobody else is doing this. All reviews are raving about the camera on this. My iPhone 11 pro max takes better photos with more consistent image processing.
For those who care- try taking photos of plants, leaves, tree barks and zoom into them. Notice how there is a water color painting like effect. Photos of half-shade half-sunlit areas expose poor processing even further. There is weird grain, oversharpening and just plain horrible artifacts.
Wow really love your content this is amazing. What is your preferred editing software you use for filmmaking, I'd love to have a conversation and maybe even collaborate on different ways in telling stories through film!
I'm gonna wait for 2 years for this phone to drop in price and get it.
Facts
Same but soon getting S10 plus
By then you will get one year of software updates.
I have the S10 Plus currently. Same 6.8" screen and lighter, not as heavy as this 220gram Ultra beast. I highly recommend the S10 Plus. Best phone I've ever had, not even close. 😎🦅🇺🇲🙏
@@selw0nk doesn't matter, i got the Note9 here and i can still use my apps and stuff normally.
Dude you have a great voice
Goat phone, and also goat admin🏆
Another good review! Keep going
I ordered the 512g model. So I don't have to worry about not having a SD card.
I bought my Galaxy S8 brand new with 64 GB in it and 14.8 GB in sd card .the camera has always sucked,I love the size,the speed,the screen resolution ,I love the jack cause I love using big headphones , it's still running strong but reaching the end in internal storage so I will be upgrading to the S21 ultra with 512 GB I cannot even imagine how many pics,music,apps, movies I would use to fill that up, it's like a dream for me I'm very excited and can't wait ....along with a smartwatch 3 I can say this is sweet .
Hello , What camera are you using to record your videos
I picked up a perfect 21ultra couple of months back. It's still a bad ass phone!❤❤❤
Does it record pretty good video?
Can you HELP/GUIDE: MY S21 Ultra is taking blur (not focused) videos when i turn steady on in videos, also nigh Photos are coming out to be sort of grained,
Best intro ever
Nice to hear his voice
Shit, I hope they bring back the MicroSD card slot. I like having the extra space for downloads for offline use when I'm outdoors.
Get a USB stick, you really don't need the MicroSD slot
@ConcreteComa Many people don't use the USB slot, that's why they took it away...
@ConcreteComa Not cost cutting, external storage isn't as fast. Some people were putting in cheap cards and were degrading performance of the phone.
@ConcreteComa I live in reality...
Do you still have an offline life!!!
Can't wait ☺️
Another Savage review, love this channel... 👍
For me as a Samsung user, the removal of the microSD card (which is still the best way to use SmartSwitch back up rather than their PC/Mac counterpart) slot and the removal of wall adapter is basically the most hypocrite and lowest blow Samsung had ever been so far. And although the intention in adding S-Pen functionalities is good on their newest flagship the implementation sounds very wrong from the very beginning. Cuz apart from that's what made Note series special that's by far a very redundant thing to do. And although S21 Ultra is very good compare to Note20 Ultra (atleast here in the Philippines where they sell 2 Note20 Ultra; a 5G with 12GB RAM, which is carrier exclusive & a non-5G with an inferior 8GB RAM inferior than its predecessor Note10+, which is still my phone at the time of this comment) the omissions Samsung did to their latest flagship is a tough and bitter pill to swallow for most of us and asking to pay $1400 (local price of an unlocked S21 Ultra 256GB here in the Philippines) is just another insult to the injury Samsung has made when they did drastic changes on the way they sell their phone. For now I'm staying with my Note10+ until it essentially stops getting any major Android updates which is likely by end of 2022. I'll give S21 Ultra a PASS for now.
So happy someone else is upset at the loss of sd card slots too.
Can you used this with your Samsung galaxy active 2 watch? I want to know before I get this phone
thanks from Philippines
Well, you've convinced me. Just put in my order for the 512GB version and I'm super excited!
How is it going for you?
@@lexys.6640 I think it's great!
@@karmapolice911 how is it going 9 months later any issues?
@@habeebahmustapha2623 still awesome, no issues.
One con i found was notification tones and ringtones cannot be used separately on apps or phone functions...
Can you take pictures with the Note 20 spen on the s21 ultra?
Good review.. thanks bro
You sir are the most hyped tech reviewer out there. You could just hear the hype on his voice...
Thanks for the great review guys. Quick and on point. Pre-ordered mine.
I preordered this phone and the pro headphones I cant wait lol
Honestly i’m an apple person, i have an iPhone 12 but after seeing this phone all over k-dramas and k-pop i starting investigating and now i want to switch 🥲
Don't the best samsung is s21 ULTRA and best iphone is 12 pro max etc
Same - I have an iPhone 12, but iPhone is so boring honestly. Thinking about switching to the S21 Ultra
ULTRA Review 💪😎
Pre ordered will coming tomorrow. So excited..plus Watch 3..
i thought the release will be on the 29th?
Yes that's the schedule date but samsung emailed me yesterday that they gonna send it Jan.27 tomorrow Via FedEx..
@@ronaldocamaclang4302 I'm getting mine today
I just ordered it
Hi Declan here in Ireland best wishes and love your comments on phones have a quick question am looking at buying Samsung s21ultra 512gb the two questions I have is the phone ram at 16gb ram or is at a lower ram and the most important question I have is that I am on the 4g network on Vodafone in Ireland and knowing the Samsung s21ultra is a 5g phone can the settings be changed on the phone so that it is connected over to 4g network connectivity constantly at band width 20/800 would be great if you know this info cheers and have a great day 🤟🤟🙋🙋
Waw amazing brother
How to tune display to great accuracy for s21 ultra ?
This channel is the bible for buying phone. I change my phone twice a year and wasted lotsa money for a niche improvement. So I came here everytime and haven't been changing my note 10+ since then.
Hi , wheres the nice outside shots filmed ? Looks like Eastern Europe ?
image processing seems to be terrible with exynos variants compared to sd variants
Good review👏
Samsung always in my ❤❤❤
The ultrawide lens also got ois!
I really like the narrator's voice lol but it's unfortunate that the popular Phantom Violet is excluded from the S21 Ultra series, but available in the lower versions.
This is the first review I've seen that found fault with the 10x zoom.
This is the first review I have seen that complained about the main camera.
Facts.
@@herocalibo7055 Thats quite normal for a 10x Zoom. It has limitations for sure...
It's very difficult to find honest reviews. Can't trust many youtubers. Optical quality of 10x looks mediocre even in good lightning.
Phone looks good, this review was met
Good Review!
Superb 👍👍👍
hopefully. Later next year in September or early October I can buy a Samsung galaxy s21 ultra🙏🙏🙏
Hey guys, I'm one of those poor people that buy quality phones new, after they've been out for a year or two. I m looking at the the s21 , but I'm a front facing stereo speakers guy. What do y'all think of the s21 vs the Xperia 1 mark 2 or 3? For speaker performance? They both have great screens, great cameras and other great features, but it's loud good, unmuffled speakers i want. I'm a Pixel 3xl user now. Thanks 👍
Awesome phone, and yes still waiting samsung re-release 1TB internal memory option 🤣
I want this phone also geometry dash is one of my main games and I would want to transfer from 60 to 120hz in the future.
🔥🔥🔥
What is the name of the game as seen at around 8:19?
Also tell us how much battery and performance is different in Exynos and Snapdragon
waiting for this review ❤️
GMS ARENA IS ALWAYS GREAT. Thank you.👍👍🤪🏖️🌊🇭🇺🇨🇦.
Nice
I am always in love with your review, but unfortunately, I don't know your name. You have a beautiful outlay of presentation that I love and want.
0:23
he says it at the beginning of every video. and he presents basically every video lol
He's name is Will.
Have my s21 ultra now and it's a great phone. Don't regret my decision one bit.
Best Smartphone
Following since 2007
The two holes above the camera (upper left edge) are those speakers or mics? I accidentally pushed a sim card ejector, mic works, speakers work but I still get annoyed this happened, what are these holes mate? Cheers.
One is for speaker one for barometer sensor I think so ..
Am getting this phone
Have you guys managed to solve ads monetization issue with the hacker?
114 hours GSMA battery result is good 👍.
My redmi note 8 Pro with its 4,500 mah battery performed the same not to dog on the Samsung just saying
Don’t even last 10 hours with actual use
@@bluekirbyrocks it doesn't have a flagship soc, doesn't have a qhd 120hz screen. So it's only natural that it would last as long. For a flagship, it was impressive, specially compared to the S20 Ultra.
@@attq3980 Most phones _can_ be emptied in 6 hours anyway - this is a standardised test result with very little mobile network usage. Real life usage is very different for everyone.
@@bluekirbyrocks Redmi is a cheap and low quality phone, Samsung is premium
I'm going to miss stock Android on my pixel 4xl. But I couldn't pass up a deal on this phone. Got it for $800 off
I never give my pixel 4 xl it's my D D along side my 12p m
What's the price on the 256,516 storage?
What about portrait, does it use 3x tele camera? Tnx 😊
Sadly not.
People shouldn't buy a phone based on the camera specs, they should buy a dedicated camera for that, like an EOS R5.
Cannot believe you did talk about the SIM card slots. HOW MANY
How much wider is this screen vs the S10+??
Wait, so how do you chargr the phone without an adapter?
Any 10 - 25W block, PC, even my tv can charge it and I have a wall outlet with usb built in .. anything with a usb port basically since it comes with the cable at least
You have to buy one....
good review
So how’s the video quality at night?
I'm trying to get that intro song it's so refreshing and peaceful, whats it called? anyone... please..
Pomelo by Jobii
@@antonioestevez5958 Thanks mate..
nice intro
That 10x camera and 10-120 adaptive are the killer features. The removal of the SD stinks. But I started putting my pics and vids on my PC every month. So it isn't a big deal anymore.
im worried that the camera bump is not scratch resistant
This team is the luckiest on the world. They touch all the best phones.
The most soothing reviewer voice in KZhead. I was waiting for your review will
😂 Calm doon mate
@@karmadel786 he is cute
Getting mine tomm 🤙
Same here. Pretty excited.
Isn't night mode made for night shots, I don't understand the issue here...
Good thing that the exynos variant is great this year. Unless the regular Iphone 13 or Pixel 6 do something amazing, this'll be my new phone at the end of the year when it's selling for 60% of the price. Never buy Android flagships at full price because a year later they'll be worth half that used. I almost bought a find x2 pro last year. That was a $1600 AUD phone and these days it's $840 refurbished in near new condition.
Thanks to this review...I made my decision and get mine today! 😊
How's it running now?
So a Dope camera huhh
This is the EXYNOS version everyone. Lol it is the single most asked question whenever we talked about Samsung flagships, pls add to your title or introduction section, rather than tucked away at 8:30 of the video
HONESTLY, two different processers two different phones, two computers may look the same but a processor difference makes a whole new thing.
@@euphoriabruh yes 2 different processors, 2 different phones, but the same name which causes confusion amongst viewers wishing to make an informed choice
What is with xiaomi mi 11 vs