Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra release date and price
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is now available for purchase in both carrier and unlocked models.
The Ultra has 12GB of RAM and 128GB of storage and costs $1,199. You can also get a variant with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, as well as a model with 256GB of storage. The 256GB variant costs $1,249, which is $50 more than the 512GB model, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra with 512GB storage costs $1,379, which is $50 more.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra starts at £1,149 in the United Kingdom for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The 256GB model will cost you back £1,199, while the 16GB and 512GB models will set you back £1,329 each.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Design and colors
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a one-of-a-kind device. Although the contour cut camera design merges the camera bump into the glass back, this is still a large device that requires two hands to use.
The S21 Ultra is thicker and heavier than the iPhone 12 Pro Max, with a 0.35-inch profile and a weight of 8.08 ounces. The display is softly curved, as opposed to the entirely flat standard Galaxy S21, but not to the point of being unpleasant. Unlike last year’s Ultra, I never tapped something on the screen by accident.
Carriers offer the Galaxy S21 Ultra in only two colors: Phantom Black and Phantom Silver. I’m thinking of going with black because it has a slimming impact. However, Samsung.com has special S21 Ultra hues like as Phantom Navy, Phantom Titanium, and Phantom Brown. Also available at Best Buy is a Navy Blue colorway.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Display
The Galaxy S21 Ultra’s 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED display is simply one of the greatest on a phone. It’s bright, brilliant, and unlike its predecessor, it doesn’t force you to choose between the greatest resolution and the maximum refresh rate.
Yes, watching videos on this phablet will hypnotize you. When binge-watching on Netflix, the colors remain as vibrant as ever, and the viewing angles are great and wide.
The Ultra, on the other hand, outperforms the iPhone in terms of dynamic refresh rate. You now get 120Hz and quad HD resolution at the same time, in addition to incredibly smooth scrolling and gameplay. As a result, you don’t have to pick between high resolution and high refresh rates.
The S21 Ultra is also intelligent enough to automatically reduce the refresh rate to 10Hz to save power.
More good news: the S21 Ultra’s display can achieve a max rated brightness of 1,500 nits, making it easier to see outside. The S21 Ultra averaged 821 nits in our tests, which is higher than the iPhone 12 Pro Max’s 654 nits.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Cameras
In comparison to the S21 and S21 Plus, the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s cameras stand out the most. A main 108MP wide sensor and a 12MP ultra-wide sensor are combined with a laser auto focus sensor.
When you zoom in on the Galaxy S21 Ultra, you’ll feel like a secret agent. While the iPhone 12 Pro Max only has a 2.5x optical zoom, the S21 Ultra has two 3x and 10x optical zoom telephoto lenses.
I couldn’t believe how near I got to this sign, which was well across a freeway. The zoom gets wobbly at 100x, but the new Zoom Lock feature might help you get a more steady photo with just a tap.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Performance
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is one of the first phones to include Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 processor, which is paired with either 12GB or 16GB of RAM.
And this is a lightning-fast Android device. As I chopped through many opponents in Grimvalor while delivering console-quality images, the S21 Ultra didn’t flinch.
Galaxy S21 Ultra review: Battery life and charging
This is the phone for you if you need something to last all day. The S21 Ultra’s 5,000 mAh battery lasted 11 hours and 25 minutes in our web surfing battery test over 5G. That smashes the iPhone 12 Pro Max’s time of 10:53, putting the Ultra at the top of our list of greatest phone battery life.
Note that this duration was measured with the regular 60Hz display mode enabled, and that with adaptive mode (up to 120Hz) enabled, battery life will be reduced. We saw a runtime of 10 hours and 7 minutes in this setting.