Galaxy S21 Ultra review: The cocktail of best Samsung features is tasty, but expensive
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HIGHLIGHT: Smooth performance, great cameras, sophisticated software
The S21 Ultra is a bold attempt by Samsung to balance key features of the S and Note series in one phone. Top-end cameras, latest chipset with 5G, great display quality, decent battery life, handy software and support for Wacom-powered stylus pens make the S21 Ultra one of the most advanced Android phones in 2021.
It is tall and bulky, weighing 228 g. But you can comfortably hold the slim device with a massive 6.8-inch display. The phone doesn’t look drastically different from the older S20 Ultra but there are some nice tweaks. There’s a 6.8-inch WQHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with variable refresh rate of between 10Hz and 120Hz.
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a premium smartphone that impresses on all fronts, including the hard-to-get-right areas like design, imaging and value-added features. The top-end model in the Galaxy S21-series, it shows the South Korean electronics maker’s innovation competence with regard to technology. Among many other notable upgrades, the smartphone has got a complete design makeover which looks fascinating and novel. Besides, it is the first smartphone in the Galaxy S-series to support the otherwise Galaxy Note-series-exclusive Samsung’s digital stylus (SPen – sold separately). Priced Rs 1,05,999 onwards, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is quite unique in its own right if you compare it with the other Galaxy S-series smartphones that came before it. But is it worth your money? Let’s find out:
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra features a matte finish on the back glass.
Samsungâs S-series didnât get a lot of love last year, with the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra having left a lot of reviewers wanting more. Well, the companyâs back with a vengeance with the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, a device that seems to really have incorporated a lot of feedback from their experiment last year. The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra also starts at Rs. 1,05,999, which is no small amount, so letâs see if the company has justified the price tag.
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1/ 5 Last year, it was the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra that well and truly reset the benchmark for Android phones at the time. Less than a year later, it is the turn of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra to take over the reigns as the flagship Android phone and indeed the most expensive Android phone in Samsung’s smartphone line-up. You will be able to buy the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra in India in two variants, and that’s your choice between the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage or the fully loaded option with 16GB RAM and 51