5 ways the Galaxy S21 series is better than the S20
2021/02/02
2021/02/06
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This year’s Galaxy S21 phones aren’t the sort of big overhaul that the S20 line was, but they still bring some pretty noteworthy upgrades to the table. Samsung appears more open to experimenting with features this time around, and even carries forward some lessons it learned from the Note20 series. In ways like this, the Galaxy S21 is very much the sort of strong, iterative upgrade we had hoped for, as should become abundantly clear as we look at some of its stand-out features.
Camera
The Galaxy S20 Ultra was an attempt for Samsung to show off its camera might, but those plans fell flat as that chunky setup didn’t live up to our expectations. Besides sprucing up the camera layout this year, Samsung has also reshuffled the arrangement on the S21 Ultra to include a pair of 10MP telephoto cams. This setup gives users a proper 10x optical zoom, though the rather gimmicky software-enhanced 100x zoom is still present.