Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus: Long-term Review By PhoneArena

For, the last four or five months, I've been dabbling with the galaxy s21 plus, and I honestly think that this is one solid device. So hello, there guys I'm Vic here from phone arena with a bit of a long-term review of the Samsung Galaxy, s21, plus also thanks to Best Buy for sponsoring this video. They have some killer discounts which you can hear about a bit later. Frankly, the s21 plus is one solid device. I really wanted to start this video more interestingly, but I don't know how else to describe it. I mean the design is nice.

Furthermore, I have the phantom violet model here with me, and it looks and feels different from anything else. Furthermore, I've held in a while. The frame itself feels nice and cold in the hand, and it's rather comfy at no point did. I feel that I would drop the device, but I did find the frosted glass back to be on the slippery side. At least it's not a grease magnet like the s20 series.

One thing I'd like to throw here, though, is that I've used Samsung devices since the s6- and one thing I didn't like about the s21 plus- was the missing micro SD card slot. I did eventually get used to not having it, though I consider transferring my photos to my computer via a card reader to be faster, but USB connection speeds have caught up. So it's not a terrible thing to see, go away. I mean, if I got used to it, then I'm assuming you can on the topic of things going away. I'm not sure why my charger had to be taken away, but I guess this will be.

You know kind of the new norm for flagship devices. At least the boxes are kind of you know, just more tiny and cute display wise. My eyes are happy. This display is freakishly bright during the day outdoors, and it can also be quite dim during the night. Also, if you remember, this year's s21 series dropped its resolution down to 1080p, which I think was a limiting decision.

I would have preferred to have at least the option to choose a higher resolution. Anyway. I haven't really felt bothered by this panel. The new adaptive option for the high refresh rate is perfect. The phone is able to switch between a high and low refresh rate on the fly.

It's not something. You'll notice, and it'll save you some battery, I'm also digging the new fingerprint scanner. It used to be slower before, and I've noticed that it's sitting a bit higher this time around on the screen you know towards the center, but I got used to that. My thumb is usually a bit worn down, since I tend to do some manual labor, yet it still manages to scan it most of the time without issue. Now might also be a good time to add that the haptic feedback is a bit weak on this device.

It didn't really bother me since I don't really like a strong buzzer. Also. Can we just take a moment to appreciate how nowadays, almost all flagship devices are water resistant? I had a blast taking some shots on a boat in the lake. It started raining a bit which made for some perfect snow motion videos. Of course, I couldn't really drop it because it's not waterproof, nor does it really float, but on the topic of these slow motion videos, I just love how the s21 plus includes a pro video mode.

It's pretty neat because you can adjust actually the shutter speed. You can adjust the ISO and also manual focus it's pretty cool, and you can choose between normally directional microphones, or what have you and the cool thing is about these microphones specifically, is that they're? Actually pretty nice, like you, can vlog on this phone? If you really wanted to, and it would do it with breeze, the s21 plus camera app opens quickly takes quick shots too. The ultrawide is not something special like you can't really focus with it, but it does record up to 4k at 60fps, which is very nice. You can also depend on it during the day with ease it makes for some cool shots, and if you know, won't wow you, but it won't disappoint. You too, it can't really focus on specific subjects like on the s21 ultra, but it's really consistent and the zoom camera.

Well I'll be honest here: it's its a hybrid type of zoom, meaning that it uses a high megapixel sensor to crop in and that's how it zooms so to say it's not really as good as having a dedicated optical sensor, though much like on the s20 Fe, which has one. So it's not exactly as clear as those, but it tends to do the job. If you really need something like that so yeah, but I would still prefer having a dedicated lens for this option and regarding the selfie camera, as I mentioned, you can vlog on this phone. If you wanted to, for the most part, I noticed very adequate stabilization. I strongly recommend a gimbals, but the stabilization of this phone isn't exactly bad as I'll show you in a bit.

This is handheld, so uh, it's not exactly the best, but it's actually miles better than some other phones and devices and once again, I'm a pretty big fan of the dedicated microphones of this phone they're, certainly not as good as a dedicated audio recording setup, but they nail like 90 of scenarios in which you'd want to record a video. So that's pretty cool, and you can actually hear a bit of detail left and right and yeah. They actually also capture audio, pretty far away, which is really neat with that out of the way, I want to take a moment to mention something about the battery and performance, or at least I want to confirm that the s21 plus is an amazing performer. I was never really in the need of battery juice while out and about maybe there was this one time, but for the most part, I'm pretty happy with how it holds up. This does kind of remind me of my old s6 and how it lasted me, barely half a day, yeah good times, but seriously.

The s21 plus can probably last me two full days if I'm busy at work, so the battery is barely losing juice, while on standby, of course, I'd still recommend you charge it at least a bit in the evening unless you want to be going strong a second day and end up having to charge at midday like, I usually do and like it happened yesterday, specifically and in case you're wondering what I do on my phone. I've mainly used the camera from time to time, browse Reddit and watch a bit of YouTube also, unless Samsung did bad with their previous Enos 990 chipsets. But my motto here uses the new Enos 2100, and it's doing mighty. Fine I've had some fun playing games. But, to be honest, I don't really play games on my phone on my PC sure yeah, but not on my phone.

Just in case, though, I tried out some Gibson impact, and I was getting decent, 60fps even pushing the maximum graphics was fine, but I was feeling the phone heating up and some frames dropped from time to time. Then again, this game is also a bit heavy for other devices too. So you know think about a grain of salt. In any case, the s21 plus had no issue whatsoever with keeping things smooth everywhere, everywhere else, stutters are non-existent or even, if you notice them you'd, be more surprised and annoyed, also, while playing a game or two and while watching YouTube. I've had a decent amount of time to listen to this phone's speakers and here's the thing they're far from the best I've heard like on the ROG 5, but they're miles better than the worst and even better than the speakers of some laptops.

The highs aren't distorted or anything, but they're missing a bit of bass compared to the best on the market, maybe even a bit of richness, although they are quite loud I've given that by the way, I assume you recall, Samsung DEX, using your phone as a substitute for your computer, is pretty neat, and I'm sure that with the right setup I can manage spreadsheets and some basic documents. Maybe watch some videos. You know on my phone through a monitor which is pretty cool on the big screen. You know, but still I also find decks a bit lacking for the things I'd like to do on it. I sometimes write code in c plus, and I would love to have a neat setup for that on decks, but I can't because there is no longer support for Linux on decks.

Also, I'd have to constantly keep my phone hooked up to a charger unless I plan to not use the phone for the rest of the day, and I just don't think that's the best thing for the battery anyways one other thing iPhones usually receive around five years of support, and this is something I envy Evans so much, which is why I'm actually happy to see Samsung promising three generations of software updates on their devices now. My updates specifically have been consistent so far, and I hope this trend continues until the end. Much like how the best buy will continue to offer great deals at great times if you're interested in the galaxy, s21 plus and believe you enjoy it as much as I do or any Samsung device. For that matter, then you'd be delighted to know that best buy. Have you covered right now? There is a special Samsung deals week over at Best Buy and the price cuts are actually really nice.

If you get a carrier, locked device and activate it later, then you're looking at around a 400 discount, but even if you're, not into that there is the option of getting a 200 price cut if you go with an unlocked device. Also, if I'm not mistaken, galaxy watches are on a discount too, and you're looking at around 200 off with 150 dollars in instant savings. If you do a trade-in in all honesty now might be a good time for an upgrade, but if you're worried about the pandemic or anything I'd recommend you try out. Curbside pickup just make sure the store near you supports this option, order what you want, and you can get it right in front of the store without having to go inside. So if you're interested in a new galaxy device, try our link below and let us know how it went.

But now, since I mentioned that there is a sale, would you guys actually go with another device, I'm actually curious, since the s21 and s21 ultra exist? Let's just not forget that there are other manufacturers out there, like. I really like the design of Sony devices and the Xperia one mark ii. Camera specifically is pretty enticing for a price bump of 150 dollars, of course, and the regular s21 is pretty much the same phone but smaller and cheaper, so uh yeah. Would you guys actually still go with the s21 plus? Knowing all of that, or you know, do you think that it's a tad too big compared to the regular s21 or anything just you know, I'm actually interested to hear your thoughts on it. Let me know guys down in the comments below also please subscribe, and I'll see you guys.

Some other time you.

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