Samsung Galaxy Unpacked January 2021: New Samsung Products!

[Inter_ok]

Samsung's Unpacked event is complete! You can watch it here!

Created the post to talk about the new products unveiled by Samsung.

Feel free to talk about the new products here!

 

Products

Galaxy Buds Pro:

- Uses a "System In Package" engineering system by combining the Subwoofer and Tweeter into one package

- Reduced latency

- "Intelligent Active Noise Cancellation" feature that detects vibrations of your mouth and detects your voice to automatically transfer from ANC to Transparency mode

- Auto switch feature between multiple devices (such as your Galaxy Phone and Galaxy Tablet)

- $199, January 15th, Three Colors

 

Galaxy S21 5G/ S21+ 5G:

- New Camera innovation and hence the new design

- 4 Colors for S21, 3 for S21+
- 6.2" display for S21, 6.7" S21+
- Intelligent display, 48Hz - 120Hz variable refresh rate adjusting to your current content

- Advanced AI and processor for photos and 8K Video

- 8K Video Snap, taking video in 8K and it chooses the best 8K Photos

- Lens and Angles preview

- SOC: 5 nanometers lithography, 20% Faster CPU, 35% better GPU, 2x Faster AI engine 

- One-day lasting battery

- S21 starting from $799, S21+ starting from $999, January 29th

 

OneUI 3: 

 

- Advanced Lockscreen Widgets

- New pull-down menu

- A "Game-booster" mode that can control your resources to give you a better gaming experience to control notifications

and more

 

Galaxy S21 Ultra: 

 

- Focused on Camera: 12MP Ultra-Wide, 108MP Wide Angle Camera
- Laser Autofocus

- Remosaic Technology and Non-binning technology for night-mode and low-light photos

- AI ISP algorithm

- Improved Video

- Phantom Black Color

- 10Hz-120Hz variable refresh rate depending on your content

- 1500 Nits maximum brightness

- Compatible with their new individual S Pen and S Pen Pro

- $1199 with 3 more colors, Phantom Titanium, Phantom Navy, Phantom Brown 

- No charger in the box

- Pre-orders Starting January 14th

[tim0901]

Or you can get the facts about the new phones without Samsung's BS by watching MKBHD's videos, which went live at the same time as Samsung's stream:

 

 

 

[Commodus]

8 minutes ago, tim0901 said:

Or you can get the facts about the new phones without Samsung's BS by watching MKBHD's videos, which went live at the same time as Samsung's stream:

 

 

 

As is often the case, Samsung set its embargo for the start of the event... so there's not much reason to watch the event.

[PCGuy_5960]

What is it with samsung and downgrading some of the specs of their cheaper phones. They did it with the Note20 vs the Note10, now the S21 too? Can't wait for the Note21 with a 720p screen and paper body.

[Commodus]

5 minutes ago, gabrielcarvfer said:

What was that about the folded lens? Stupid stream doesn't let scroll back.

It's basically the familiar periscope-style lens for the 10X zoom on the S21 Ultra.

[Commodus]

16 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

What is it with samsung and downgrading some of the specs of their cheaper phones. They did it with the Note20 vs the Note10, now the S21 too? Can't wait for the Note21 with a 720p screen and paper body.

Mind you, the S20 wouldn't do 120Hz unless you dropped to 1080p anyway, so I don't know that this is a significant setback in practice.

[PCGuy_5960]

9 minutes ago, Commodus said:

Mind you, the S20 wouldn't do 120Hz unless you dropped to 1080p anyway, so I don't know that this is a significant setback in practice.

Yeah, but they also removed the curve (which might be positive though, depending on who you ask) and the S21's back is plastic as opposed to glass on the S20. It's not a huge deal just rather disappointing, especially since there is no premium version of the regular S21. 

[Commodus]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, but they also removed the curve (which might be positive though, depending on who you ask) and the S21's back is plastic as opposed to glass on the S20. It's not a huge deal just rather disappointing, especially since there is no premium version of the regular S21. 

A flat screen is positive in my book. Plastic isn't so hot, but it's also $200 less.

 

If there's a beef, it's that Apple's iPhone 12 has a higher-res (if 60Hz) screen and a glass back at the same price.

[Blademaster91]

7 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, but they also removed the curve (which might be positive though, depending on who you ask) and the S21's back is plastic as opposed to glass on the S20. It's not a huge deal just rather disappointing, especially since there is no premium version of the regular S21. 

A flat screen is usually better in my opinion as its less prone to breaking, plastic is fine though, a glass back really isnt needed especially if you put a sticker skin or case on the phone.

But no mention of no charger in the box with the S21? Thats more of a downside than a plastic back IMO on a $800 phone.

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, Blademaster91 said:

plastic is fine though, a glass back really isnt needed especially if you put a sticker skin or case on the phone.

Plastic's scratch resistance is much worse than glass though, which is kind of annoying. Plastic would be fine on a $500 phone, but at $800 there's no excuse really. 

7 minutes ago, Blademaster91 said:

But no mention of no charger in the box with the S21? Thats more of a downside than a plastic back IMO on a $800 phone.

Samsung and tweets that didn't age well, name a more iconic duo.

[D13H4RD]

To no one's surprise at this point, the S21 apparently doesn't come with a charger in the box.

 

In other words, Android OEMs do what Android OEMs do best...

[Commodus]

14 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

To no one's surprise at this point, the S21 apparently doesn't come with a charger in the box.

 

In other words, Android OEMs do what Android OEMs do best...

It sucks, but it's also amusing how companies sometimes won't even hide that they're just waiting for Apple to tell them what to do (for better or worse).

 

I noticed that Samsung even duped Apple's portrait lighting mode in its updated camera app!

[Orangeator]

Yep, I am going to be sticking with my Galaxy S20 FE, which I got for $470 cash on a promotion. Second best purchase I have ever made, besides my 3080 TUF, that one is TUF to beat...

[Senzelian]

Another phone that is mostly shown from the back, because from the front, it's just too boring.

[Commodus]

3 hours ago, Orangeator said:

Yep, I am going to be sticking with my Galaxy S20 FE, which I got for $470 cash on a promotion. Second best purchase I have ever made, besides my 3080 TUF, that one is TUF to beat...

It's gonna be really hard to top the Galaxy S20 FE. There's no question the S21 is more powerful, but a few hundred dollars more powerful? Not necessarily. It's a nice problem for Samsung to have, mind you.

[LAwLz]

I don't get why people are so upset about the lack of a charging brick in the box.

You can get one for like 10 dollars on Amazon, which supports USB PD.

 

I think the amount of butthurt over the charger is so disproportional to the impact it actually has. New phone is 200 dollars cheaper? "But the 10 dollar charger isn't included!".

I don't think the plastic back matters either. I'd rate glass as one of the worst materials you can make a phone out of. It might feel nice and "premium", but it's shit for everything else.

I think people are mad about absolutely trivial shit that doesn't matter and are ignoring the bigger issues. Issues like:

1) Lower resolution screen, by a lot. Assuming this is still pentile, it's so low resolution that it doesn't even pass the "retina" threshold anymore. At least not for blue and red.

2) No microSD card slot.

3) Seems like they didn't upgrade the cameras on the regular model.

4) No WiFi 6E on the regular model.

5) No ultra wideband support on the base model (as in, the non-Plus and non-Ultra model)

 

 

I think the SoC will be great, but everything else about the S21 is "meh" at best from what I've seen so far. The Ultra looks fantastic and I would love to have it, but the gap between the regular and Ultra model is massive, and sadly the price is too.

It's nice that they have lowered the price to "only" 800 dollars for the base model, and considering the Pixel 5, which is a shit phone in comparison, is only 100 dollars cheaper I think it is a good price for the phone. What bothers me the most is how the Ultra is now the flagship at 1200 dollars, and the regular S models are now severely cut down versions.

[RejZoR]

I can't wrap my head around $799 phone having PLASTIC freaking case back. PLASTIC. And spare me the "but plastic can be good sometimes". Yeah, it can be good on a Realme 7 Pro for 300€. I have no objections there. But on a $799 device, no, never. Just no. It just reeks of cost savings to squeeze out massive margins and test the grounds how far they can push it and still get away with it. Devices costing this much and having no charger AND plastic back is just unforgivable and should be boycotted. I hope no one will buy this trash. But we all know Samsung will sell fuck ton of these...

[captain_to_fire]

7 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

What is it with samsung and downgrading some of the specs of their cheaper phones. They did it with the Note20 vs the Note10, now the S21 too? Can't wait for the Note21 with a 720p screen and paper body.

Samsung doesn’t even trust their own devices lol  

 

[EL02]

1 hour ago, LAwLz said:

I don't get why people are so upset about the lack of a charging brick in the box.

You can get one for like 10 dollars on Amazon, which supports USB PD.

 

I think the amount of butthurt over the charger is so disproportional to the impact it actually has. New phone is 200 dollars cheaper

Well, you know...you're paying $800 and that's a lot of money for a phone, you should expect a $10 charging brick in the box. The previous s10 came with a charging brick, adapter, case and earphones with extra tips.

[Blademaster91]

7 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Plastic's scratch resistance is much worse than glass though, which is kind of annoying. Plastic would be fine on a $500 phone, but at $800 there's no excuse really. 

I use a case with my phone but yeah at $800 I agree, Samsung could use something more scratch resistant than the plastic they're using in their cheaper phones.

7 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Samsung and tweets that didn't age well, name a more iconic duo.

Yeah lol, its just disappointing the Android phone companies like Samsung brag about the features they have then go and take it away and then tell you the phone is cheaper, but its not once you buy a decent charger and earphones.

[Ar558a]

I never understand paying >£300-400 for a phone. I have a pocafone f1 which was £300 and has a Snapdragon 845 (which was the fastest chip at the time), 6GB of Ram and 128GB storage. It shows that anything more than that is just profiteering in my book,

[strajk-]

Holepunch display yet again? 

When will this meme end?

Where is the popup camera which is a far superior option and isn't annoying to look at?

Who cares about IP ratings? Nobody gave a damn for years, almost nobody ruined their phone with water damage, instead phones would get rekt by dropping it on the floor instead.

Pulling this stat out of my ass, but I bet my whole living that 99% of phone failures for the past 20 years were NOT based on water damage.

 

Without a front facing camera you can actually make the integrity of the whole screen a lot stronger, I refuse to believe that in exception from self loving freaks people actually use the front facing camera that much aside from the occasional selfie or group gathering, I use mine once or twice a year.

 

Where are graphene batteries? There have been powerbanks featuring this since 2018-2019.

How about making your phones less expensive and batteries easily replaceable? Oh I guess it's a lot easier to just Virtue Signal on social media and to the press how much you care about the environment and people affected by covid or other economic issues, walking the talk actually takes effort.

[Doobeedoo]

Personally I'd only look at Ultra in general, the rest in the lineup seem less worth it in their range and price. Better alternatives out there. They didn't include fast charging capabilities, still fairly low vs competition. I like plastic more, or even metal actually over freaking glass. Hate the back glass trend. Lack of microSD is a shame though, especially since Samsung showed off their own fastest ones at some point. I like flat display and Ultra has the lame curved one, which also adds to price. No UD front cam still.

The new SoC will be great no doubt, I'll wait to see what others show still.

[wamred]

On 1/14/2021 at 9:58 AM, Inter_ok said:

Samsung's Unpacked event is complete! You can watch it here!

Created the post to talk about the new products unveiled by Samsung.

Feel free to talk about the new products here!

 

Products

Galaxy Buds Pro:

- Uses a "System In Package" engineering system by combining the Subwoofer and Tweeter into one package

- Reduced latency

- "Intelligent Active Noise Cancellation" feature that detects vibrations of your mouth and detects your voice to automatically transfer from ANC to Transparency mode

- Auto switch feature between multiple devices (such as your Galaxy Phone and Galaxy Tablet)

- $199, January 15th, Three Colors

 

Galaxy S21 5G/ S21+ 5G:

- New Camera innovation and hence the new design

- 4 Colors for S21, 3 for S21+
- 6.2" display for S21, 6.7" S21+
- Intelligent display, 48Hz - 120Hz variable refresh rate adjusting to your current content

- Advanced AI and processor for photos and 8K Video

- 8K Video Snap, taking video in 8K and it chooses the best 8K Photos

- Lens and Angles preview

- SOC: 5 nanometers lithography, 20% Faster CPU, 35% better GPU, 2x Faster AI engine 

- One-day lasting battery

- S21 starting from $799, S21+ starting from $999, January 29th

 

OneUI 3: 

 

- Advanced Lockscreen Widgets

- New pull-down menu

- A "Game-booster" mode that can control your resources to give you a better gaming experience to control notifications

and more

 

Galaxy S21 Ultra: 

 

- Focused on Camera: 12MP Ultra-Wide, 108MP Wide Angle Camera
- Laser Autofocus

- Remosaic Technology and Non-binning technology for night-mode and low-light photos

- AI ISP algorithm

- Improved Video

- Phantom Black Color

- 10Hz-120Hz variable refresh rate depending on your content

- 1500 Nits maximum brightness

- Compatible with their new individual S Pen and S Pen Pro

- $1199 with 3 more colors, Phantom Titanium, Phantom Navy, Phantom Brown 

- No charger in the box

- Pre-orders Starting January 14th

Dangit apple. Now no one is going to include chargers 

[Dr_Whom]

Crap. I had almost amassed enough chargers to fill every socket in my house. I was only 1 short. What am I going to do now?