A striking new camera design, but little change year-on-year with the S21 and S21+...

Samsung's new Galaxy S21 family of smartphones have been leaking like crazy for the past few months, so at this point, most details have already been made available. However, Samsung this morning made its Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Ultra official, and it has also revealed the full specs...

It has certainly been a minute since we’ve made device-related videos, but with the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra finally in house, we get to do just that. Tim has already unboxed the Galaxy S21 Ultra, leaving me with the “First 10 Things” duties. Ahhh, fresh videos. In this lengthy video, you...

Unsurprisingly, the S21 is a good phone. It has a powerful processor, a lovely screen, capable cameras and a long-lasting battery. It even has some useful software and a gorgeous new design in eye-catching colors. At $800, the S21 is more reasonably priced than its stablemates.

The Best $800 smartphone on the market.

Small size is perfect for one-handed use; Incredible battery life; The Full HD+ display is amazing; Camera much improved from predecessor; Fingerprint sensor is much faster; Cheaper than most other flagships

No micro SD card slot; No headphone jack; MST removed from Samsung Pay; Plastic back

Samsung’s new flagships vastly improve on last year’s offerings, though many brand loyalists may not be happy at the thought of plastic-backed phones costing well over Php 40K being the norm now.

A reliable upgrade for Galaxy S10 owners, the Samsung Galaxy S21 is a very good smartphone, and a decent camera phone at $799 / £769, however, it’s too similar to its predecessor and last year’s Galaxy S20 FE to warrant an upgrade from either of those.

Lower launch price than S20; UI packed with features; Improved night photography

No optical zoom; No AF on ultrawide; Low on innovation

The Samsung Galaxy S21 is in a tough spot. It’s the most affordable Galaxy S21 series phone, the entry point into this year’s flagship Android phones, from the house of Samsung. And that means the weight of the world is on its shoulders.

More durable; lightweight design; improved image processing; tons of premium features; IP68 water resistance; upgraded in-screen fingerprint sensor; variable 120Hz refresh rate; full 5G connectivity

Samsung killed the microSD slot; no headphone jack; power brick doesn't come included; battery life could be a bit better