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Review on Factory Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G Android Phone with 128GB Storage by Taufik Mohd Ghazali ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

You should not take it, it does not meet any standards.

As you noticed, almost all the shortcomings are associated with a comparison of this device with * twenty *, which served me faithfully for 3 years and was solemnly handed over to my wife (in connection with which I now envy her). I will say right away that I needed the best camera phone on the market for sane money (preferably no more than 1K euros) with Google services. At one time, *twenty* was bought for about the same money, I think that it cost even less, something around 800 euros, plus they gave me a watch. They also gave Samsung headphones and wireless charging, which is also normal. The very first experience of use showed that the Samsung fingerprint sensor under glass is a complete fiasco. I have already overwritten the prints 5 times, and still it only works for me from the second or third time, or even completely locks the phone for 30 seconds. For comparison, *twenty* had a separate sensor at the bottom of the phone, which always worked instantly, but here you need to press your whole finger and hold for a second, otherwise it does not detect a fingerprint if you just touch the screen. Running wild! Face unlock works 2 times slower than *twenty*. All the main applications work the same way as on *twenty*, although it seems like you expect at least some increase from the new processor and 12 gigabytes of memory. Alas. We got to the camera. Judging by the reviews, the camera is just a beast. In fact, in the usual automatic photo mode, they shoot about the same. With a zoom of 3x (max. optical at * twenty *) too. Specially compared and looked at a large monitor. Video: Chinese can max 4K 30fps, Korean can 8K, but I set 4K 60fps in artificial lighting (at home in the evening), the Chinese showed better results, the colors are brighter, the picture itself is lighter, and the Samsung picture is dull and at the same time terrible noise! A nightmare! Yes, the Chinese does not have stabilization and 60 fps, but what is it, I ask you? Where is the progress in 3 years? Why do Koreans break such a price? In general, the device disappointed rather than pleased. Expected a lot more. For this 2 points.

Pros
  • - Design (this can not be taken away, yes) - Very fast charging - Optical stabilization of the camera (a definite plus, it was very lacking in the previous Chinese flagship camera phone) - High-quality display - Good optical zoom - High-quality sound (chic)
Cons
  • - Constantly dull and buggy fingerprint sensor (the most annoying flaw) - Video in 4K shoots worse than the ancient Chinese flagship of 2022 (not to name brands here, let's call it *twenty*) - Photo without zoom shoots at the level of *twenty*, definitely not better - 12 gigs of RAM, and applications open with the same delay as on the old *twenty* Below are comments on the main shortcomings that are unlikely to allow me to become an apologist for this brand.

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