Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus

Samsung Galaxy S21+ is the bigger sibling of the Galaxy S21. The Galaxy S21 series is the flagship lineup smartphone after the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. The Galaxy S21 Plus brings a 6.7-inch 2x Dynamic AMOLED display powered by a 4,800mAh battery with fast charge support. The smartphone includes a 5nm Exynos 2100 SoC paired with 8GB of RAM and a Mali-G78 MP14 GPU. On the optics side, Galaxy S21 Plus has a 64MP triple rear cameras and a 10MP punch-hole camera. Let’s read more about the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus and check its specs score.

Display and Camera

Samsung Galaxy S21+ brings a 6.7-inch Dynamic 2x AMOLED screen. The FHD+ panel comes with a resolution of 1080x2400px with a pixel density of 394PPI. Besides, the display has nearly zero bezels around with a punch-hole notch, this results in more than 88% of screen to body ratio. Galaxy S21 Plus display is protected with Gorilla Glass Victus that protects it from unwanted falls. Biometrics locks included on the phone is an in-display fingerprint sensor and face unlock.

Galaxy S21 Plus comes with a 64MP triple rear camera setup backed by an LED flash. The 64MP telephoto sensor is followed by a couple of 12MP’s of a wide camera and an ultra-wide shooter with 120˚ of a viewing angle. Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus records stereo sound and 8K UHD videos @24fps. On the front side, Galaxy S21+ includes a 10MP camera that can also record UHD 4K videos @30fps. You may expect to have pro-like photography with multiple cameras onboard.

Performance and Battery

Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus runs on Android 11 with its custom OneUI3.1 on top. The smartphone is driven by a 5nm built Exynos 2100 octa-core processor that ticks at a clock speed of 2.9GHz. Samsung Exynos 2100 is a potential competitor for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 SoC. In terms of performance, Exynos 2100 chipset offers 30% faster performance, and its Mali-G78 MP14 offers more than a 40% boost in graphic performance. For the background tasks, it has 8GB of RAM. Other useful sensors included on the phone are Accelerometer, Gyro,  Barometer, Compass, and Proximity.

Galaxy S21 Plus packs a 4,800mAh Li-Po battery with fast charging support out of the box. It supports 25W fast wired charging, as well as 15W wireless charging support. Besides, the phone also features reverse charging. Based on the battery size, a full day of power backup is expected on normal usage of the phone.

Storage and Connectivity

Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus has 128GB of UFS3.1 storage. UFS 3.1 storage benefits in faster data transfer/receive over the UFS2.0 and normal eMMC storage. It has ample storage capacity for storing your favorite apps, games videos, music, photos, documents, etc. A reminder that it lacks any extra storage slot that limits the capacity.

Galaxy S21 Plus connectivity options are 3G, 4G, 5G (in-selected markets) VoLTE feature that enables HD voice calls over compatible networks. It has WiFi, Bluetooth 5 that boosts signal strength and range, NFC for sharing a small number of payloads, and a USB 3.2 Type C port. For real-time navigation, it features GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, and Galileo.