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Almost as big as the Ultra, but not as focused on the camera. Almost identical to Vanilla, but with a larger screen size, extra battery and a more premium touch. Yes, we are talking about the middle option on the 2021 Samsung S series list, the Galaxy S21 +.
Plus means ‘more,’ and the S21 + has a bigger screen – at 6.7 inches diagonally, it’s much closer to the 6.8 inches of the Ultra than the 6.2 of the S21 itself. Beyond size, however, it’s more vanilla than Ultra – the resolution is 1080p and adaptive refresh rate handling is half that, but adaptive it is nonetheless.
There’s “ more stuff ” when it comes to battery capacity, and here, too, Plus is aiming for the Ultra – at 4,800mAh it’s so close to the 5,000mAh of the top-end model. More importantly, the middle option may be the only one that gets a battery upgrade this year.
The third area where the Galaxy S21 + differs from the S21 is construction. And here, from the point of view of the S21 +, the choice of plastic for the back of the S21 makes sense – that way the Plus has one more thing to do. May be.
A family of galaxies: S21, S21 +, S21 Ultra
We touched on the differences between the S21 and the S21 +, two out of three quantitative, the other – well, qualitative. Here is a reminder of the other bits that make up the S21 +.
Features of Samsung Galaxy S21 + 5G at a glance:
- Body: 161.5 x 75.6 x 7.8mm, 200g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminum frame; IP68 dust / water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 minutes).
- Display: 6.70 “Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120 Hz, HDR10 +, 1300 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20: 9 aspect ratio, 394ppi; always-on display.
- Chipset (international): Exynos 2100: Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 and 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 and 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G78 MP14.
- Chipset (USA / China): Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm): Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 and 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 and 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680; Adreno 660.
- Memory: 128GB RAM 8GB, 256GB RAM 8GB; UFS 3.1.
- OS / software: Android 11, a 3.1 user interface.
- Rear camera: Large (main): 12 MP, f / 1.8, 26mm, 1 / 1.76 “, 1.8 µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f / 2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1 / 2.55 “1.4 µm, Super Steady video; Telephoto: 64 MP, f / 2.0, 29 mm, 1 / 1.72 “, 0.8 µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom.
- Front camera: 10 MP, f / 2.2, 26mm, 1 / 3.24 “, 1.22 µm, dual pixel PDAF.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 8K @ 24fps, 4K @ 30 / 60fps, 1080p @ 30/60 / 240fps, 720p @ 960fps, HDR10 +, stereo sound recording, gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K at 30 / 60fps, 1080p at 30fps.
- Drums: 4800mAh; 25W fast charge, USB Power Delivery 3.0, 15W Qi / PMA wireless fast charge, 4.5W reverse wireless charge.
- Various: Fingerprint reader (under screen, ultrasound); NFC; FM radio (Snapdragon model only; depending on market / operator); Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support), Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), ANT +, Bixby natural language commands and dictation.
Unboxing Samsung Galaxy S21 +
The Galaxy S21 + arrives in the same half-height box as other high-end Galaxies for 2021 and, possibly, from now on. When you’re not packing a charger and headphones, there’s no point wasting cardboard, right?
We’re not strictly against the dying loader trend. There are charging stations in the office with QuickCharge 3.0 outlets, and these have served us well for several years now and will continue to do so. Also, between us, we’ve bought an assortment of USB Power Delivery adapters for personal use and most of us are probably one of that group of people who won’t need new chargers on their next purchase. phone. So there could be real benefits to that over time. Perhaps the way the marketing teams handled the process was what got the most annoying. Anyway, on the design.
