Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: unboxing and first impression
A TEST REPORT from Fabian Menzel 
on February 19, 2021, 17:15 am | 🔥 popular | Write a comment
More than a month ago, the South Korean manufacturer officially presented the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, among other things. It is the best equipped smartphone that Samsung currently has to offer and does not need to hide from the competitors from Apple, Huawei and Co.
The highlight is certainly the huge display, which has a razor-sharp resolution with WQHD + and supports a fluid refresh rate of up to 120Hz. The camera also gives hope and not to be forgotten is the huge 5.000 mAh battery. But the whole thing also has its proud price of at least 1.249 euros. In a few weeks, you will find out in my detailed review whether this is justified and whether Samsung has succeeded in making it the best smartphone on the market. Here in this article I first unpack the device and report about my first impressions after a day of use.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra unboxing
The Galaxy S21 Ultra comes in a small, black and quite minimalist packaging. The box is very thin compared to others because Samsung has greatly reduced the scope of delivery for the Galaxy S21 series. Like Apple, they do without a power supply unit and headphones, which now have to be purchased separately if required. For me personally this is completely incomprehensible, especially because at the beginning they made fun of Apple publicly. In addition to the smartphone itself, you will only find the usual paperwork and a cable from USB-C to USB-C in the scope of delivery. You won't find a cover here either, but at least a very good protective film is attached to the front.
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- The box is very chic and much thinner than the competition. (Image: TechnikNews)
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- Apple has shown the way and Samsung is following suit. A power supply unit and headphones are no longer included and must be purchased separately if required. (Image: TechnikNews)
First impression of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
I have used the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra for a day now and would now like to report on my first impressions. Let's start with the design first, which is one of the highlights for me. The front and back are made of glass and the frame is made of metal, which makes the smartphone feel extremely high-quality. In addition, the back is matt, which leads to a significantly better and more pleasant handling. The camera hill basically extends from the frame, which I'm a huge fan of. If we turn the smartphone around, the huge 6,8 inch OLED panel appears, which is only interrupted by a small, centrally located punch hole. The edges around the display are extremely thin, but from a first impression it can be mine Huawei P40 Pro + keep up very well.
The quality of the display is just excellent. It can be used simultaneously with WQHD+ and the smooth refresh rate of 120 Hertz, the maximum brightness is great and the color reproduction looks nice and strong, but is still sufficiently realistic. We are probably dealing with the currently best display in a smartphone. The everyday performance proalso benefits greatly from the 120 Hertz. Apps start and close extremely quickly thanks to the new Exynos 2100 and there have not been any stutters or delays so far. The battery life is interesting, as the in-house Exynos processors have had enormous efficiency in the recent past.proproblems and were clearly inferior to the processors from Qualcomm. The standby consumption and heat development in particular repeatedly caused problems. Samsung wants to have got all of this under control with the new Exynos 2100 and you will find out in a few weeks whether they have succeeded in doing so in my detailed test report. Now, after a day of use, the battery life is far from being able to be assessed.
Last but not least, I would like to focus on the cameras, which are the biggest differences compared to the regular S21 and S21+. Like its predecessor, the S21 Ultra has a 108 megapixel main sensor, which is currently one of the largest sensors in a smartphone. There is also a 12 megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera and two telephoto lenses, each with 10 megapixels, which enable a 3x and 10x optical zoom respectively. Samsung has obviously been inspired by the Huawei P40 Pro+ here. So far, I really like the new zoom, especially when you compare it to the S20 Ultra from last year. Nevertheless, my P40 Pro+ can keep up very well from the first impression, even if the stabilization on Samsung is worlds better.
I'm looking forward to the next days and weeks with the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and then a detailed review will follow here very soon TechnikNewsI am also planning a detailed camera comparison with the P40 Pro+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra.
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