The Galaxy S21 was unveiled at Samsung Unpacked on Thursday.
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Samsung officially unveiled its latest Galaxy S21 phone on Thursday at 2021 Unzipped Samsung event on the last day of CES. The main phone It costs less than its predecessors, starting at $ 800 (£ 769, AU $ 1,249) and includes new camera and video features, along with 5G. They will hit stores on January 29.
Galaxy S21 phones follow the launch of several other Galaxy phones in 2020, including the $ 100 Galaxy A01the $ 600 Galaxy S20 FE, the $ 1,000 Galaxy S20 and the $ 2,000 Galaxy Z Fold 2. The price of the S21 probably dropped from last year, after Samsung struggled to sell its expensive smartphones during the pandemic, and lost ground to Huawei and Apple.
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Samsung launched three different S21 models, but the specifications shown today were not a surprise: a major leak from the Android Police gave almost the entire spec sheet for all three phones and promotional slides released by informant Evan Blass confirmed most of these details.
Here are all the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra, confirmed on Samsung Unpacked today.
Galaxy S21
- Price: $ 800 (£ 769, AU $ 1,249)
- Size: 6.2 inches
- Colors: phantom violet, phantom pink, phantom gray and phantom white
- Screen: FHD + LTPS, 120 Hz
- Software: One UI 3.1 based on Android 11
- CPU: Snapdragon 888
- Battery: 4,000 mAh
- Connectivity: 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1
- Rear camera: Ultra wide: 12 megapixels; main: 12MP; telephoto: 64 MP
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Galaxy S21 Plus
- Price: $ 1,000 (£ 949, AU $ 1,549)
- Size: 6.7 inch
- Colors: phantom silver, phantom black and phantom violet
- Screen: FHD + LTPS, 120 Hz
- Software: One UI 3.1 based on Android 11
- CPU: Snapdragon 888
- Battery: 4,800 mAh
- Connectivity: 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1
- Rear camera: Ultra wide: 12 MP; Main: 12 MP; Telephoto: 64 MP
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Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Price: $ 1,200 (£ 1,329, AU $ 1,849)
- Size: 6.8 inches
- Colors: Phantom Black and Phantom Silver
- Screen: FHD + LTPS, 120 Hz
- Software: One UI 3.1 based on Android 11
- CPU: Snapdragon 888
- Battery: 5,000 mAh
- Connectivity: 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1
- Rear camera: Ultra wide: 12 MP; Main: 108MP, Gen 2 sensor; 3x optical: 10MP; 10x optical: 10 MP
The S21 Ultra model comes with support for the S Pen, or the old Note pen (although it does not entirely replace the Galaxy Note line). However, the S Pen is sold separately for $ 40.