Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Camera refinements are nice, but the price drop’s the thing
The updates are mostly iterative for an already solid handset, but we won t say no to a $200 price drop
The Galaxy S21 is a tank. It’s a big, heavy (8.04 ounces versus its predecessor’s 7.7), blunt instrument of a phone. It’s quintessential Samsung, really the handset you purchase when too much isn’t quite enough. In fact, it even goes so far as adopting S-Pen functionality perhaps the largest distinguishing factor between the company’s two flagship lines.
In many ways it and the rest of the S21 models are logical extensions of the product line. Samsung hasn’t broken the mold here. But the company didn’t particularly need to. The line remains one of the best Android devices you can buy. It’s a product experience the company is content to refine, while saving more fundamental changes for the decidedly more experimental Galaxy Z line.
The Galaxy S series has been a staple of the Android ecosystem for over a decade now, but the Ultra line has only been around for a year. The Galaxy S20 Ultra was poised as the best Samsung phone money could buy, with a gargantuan screen and the company s most versatile camera system ever all at a record-high price of $1,400.
This year s sequel brings the price back down to Earth while improving Samsung s Space Zoom technology, and serves as a launching point for Qualcomm s new Snapdragon 888 platform in the U.S. It s a phone for enthusiasts and power users alike, correcting some of the shortcomings of its predecessor and bringing a lot of great new features to the mix including one that may signal the end of another premium division of Samsung s lineup.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S21 series, the newest flagship Galaxy Smartphone range. Samsung S21 Series empowers you to easily share and connect with state-of-the-art camera and video, bold new design and streamlined connectivity capabilities. Unveiled at the recently held Galaxy UNPACKED 2021 event, the Galaxy S21 series includes the S21 Ultra, S21+ and the S21. […]