Samsung Galaxy S21
Discussion
TUS373 said:
I have an S20 Ultra was seeing how much Samsung would give as part-ex. £450! Not worth the change for me.
I think your right, compared to my wifes Note 20 Ultra its virtually the same phone, but compared to my old S9 its a massive jump up.Add in Samsung giving me £220 trade in for the S9, another £50 off on top, 'free' £200+ ear phones and the smart tag it wasn't a bad 'deal' for me.
TUS373 said:
Just looking at the Samsung UK website. The S20 Ultra is £1,199 and the S21 Ultra is £1,150.
Why is the outgoing model more money? I do not get that.
I have an S20 Ultra was seeing how much Samsung would give as part-ex. £450! Not worth the change for me.
Is that not S20 ultra enterprise edition? Unlike previous years Samsung has officially withdrawn S20 from the market and hence S20 range won't see a huge price drop Why is the outgoing model more money? I do not get that.
I have an S20 Ultra was seeing how much Samsung would give as part-ex. £450! Not worth the change for me.
S21 Ultra arrived yesterday, coming from an S9.
So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
Got mine early today which was nice. Just about setup to my preference apart from one little thing
When pulling the notification down from the top it goes like above.
I want it like my s10 did.
Any ideas? Or am I stuck with it?
Not the end of the world if It cannot be changed but would be nice!
When pulling the notification down from the top it goes like above.
I want it like my s10 did.
Any ideas? Or am I stuck with it?
Not the end of the world if It cannot be changed but would be nice!
Edited by The Road Crew on Saturday 30th January 19:46
243 said:
S21 Ultra arrived yesterday, coming from an S9.
So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
The S2 Ultra is a bloody big phone.So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
There's quite a difference in size and one-handed-use between the S9 and the S21 Ultra. I suspect you're simply stretching your hands in a way that you're not normally used with. Although, I'm not sure that pins and needles would necessarily be a result of that.
Edited by TheJimi on Saturday 30th January 20:26
TheJimi said:
The S21 is a bloody big phone.
There's quite a difference in size and one-handed-use between the S9 and the S21 Ultra. I suspect you're simply stretching your hands in a way that you're not normally used with. Although, I'm not sure that pins and needles would necessarily be a result of that.
Yeah I hope that's just the case and my hand muscles will adjust over the coming days but it's really not a nice sensation at the moment There's quite a difference in size and one-handed-use between the S9 and the S21 Ultra. I suspect you're simply stretching your hands in a way that you're not normally used with. Although, I'm not sure that pins and needles would necessarily be a result of that.
243 said:
S21 Ultra arrived yesterday, coming from an S9.
So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
It's definitely a good bit bigger in the hand than my S9 was. Yesterday I was thinking it didn't feel great to hold but my Samsung silicone case arrived today (under £20 on Amazon) and with that on it feels much nicer to hold, it's softer and grippier so you don't need to hold it so tight. Might be worth a try for you.So much quicker and the zoom is a novelty especially looking at the moon.
However I'm getting pins and needles in my hands from using it.
Not sure if it's a size thing as it's obviously quite a bit bigger than the S9.
I also suffer with Raynaud's disease.
Anyone else noticing any tingling?
TameRacingDriver said:
Well its safe to say I'm happy as a pig in s
t with this thing. Screen, camera, performance, all top drawer. As a previous Pixel fan, despite a bit of bloat, I'm enjoying this more than the Pixel Android at the moment, which I never thought I would say. Big step up from my Pixel 5.
How is the camera Vs the pixel ?t with this thing. Screen, camera, performance, all top drawer. As a previous Pixel fan, despite a bit of bloat, I'm enjoying this more than the Pixel Android at the moment, which I never thought I would say. Big step up from my Pixel 5.
Where have folk being going to for deals? I'm with EE and ideally don't want to move away from them. Previous few handsets have been through carphone warehouse but they've ended their contract.
Going to need to phone up and speak to someone but the upgrade options with EE to the S21 ultra so far have been pretty crap.
Going to need to phone up and speak to someone but the upgrade options with EE to the S21 ultra so far have been pretty crap.
^Its literally just come out, and Samsung threw in quite a bit of incentives to preorder with 'free' ear bud pros, generous trade ins and 10% off vouchers codes so I would expect the next round of 'deals' to kick in a few more weeks/months.
The phone it self if fab though, especially if you are upgrading from something like a S9. I've just got a case for it which makes holding the thing much easier and not adding too much to the size.
The x10 zoom lens can actually produce some half OK shots, it is heavily processed even at ISO below 100 but usable for sub A4 size prints. It clearly NOT a 10MB sensory regardless of what Samsung advertise, probably sub 5MB than upscaled.
The x3 optical is pretty good though, but Samsung needs to enable portrait mode on it to really make it more useful.
Battery life is also fine, loads of photos yesterday when out doors at 1c, shot some video at 60FPS 4k which is kinda of crazy to do on a phone, general web browsing and still had well over 30% charge at the end of the day. My S9 old would have died around afternoon without a charge.
Am still learning all the new features and may give DEX a go as it feels more than fast enough to run everything I need for work - Microsoft + Endnotes. The S9 had DEX but was underpowered.
Samsung has done a good job, it really is a device that can do almost everything. Am struggling to see how they cab improve on this really......aside from making the x10 zoom sensor better
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The phone it self if fab though, especially if you are upgrading from something like a S9. I've just got a case for it which makes holding the thing much easier and not adding too much to the size.
The x10 zoom lens can actually produce some half OK shots, it is heavily processed even at ISO below 100 but usable for sub A4 size prints. It clearly NOT a 10MB sensory regardless of what Samsung advertise, probably sub 5MB than upscaled.
The x3 optical is pretty good though, but Samsung needs to enable portrait mode on it to really make it more useful.
Battery life is also fine, loads of photos yesterday when out doors at 1c, shot some video at 60FPS 4k which is kinda of crazy to do on a phone, general web browsing and still had well over 30% charge at the end of the day. My S9 old would have died around afternoon without a charge.
Am still learning all the new features and may give DEX a go as it feels more than fast enough to run everything I need for work - Microsoft + Endnotes. The S9 had DEX but was underpowered.
Samsung has done a good job, it really is a device that can do almost everything. Am struggling to see how they cab improve on this really......aside from making the x10 zoom sensor better
.One slight criticism, the top speaker above the selfie camera (which is so thin I didn't even realise it was there) is already starting to collect debris when the phone is put in my pocket. I've cleaned it with the edge of some thick glossy paper but I feel like it's going to look a mess in a very short order 
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