[OFFICIAL] Samsung GalaxyS21 MEGA-THREAD

[Samsung Dusty]

The all new Galaxy S21 family has arrived and we couldn't be more excited about our new flagship devices!

This is the *official* Galaxy S21 family reaction thread. What features do you like the most? Got any sneaky tips or tricks that might help out other users? Just want rave about the new device?

Drop all of your comments, reactions and speculations below! 

Some quick highlights...

Galaxy S21/S21+

• New, vibrant colors
• 12MP Rear Ultra-Wide Pro Camera System
• 8GB RAM
• Advanced chipset
• Super fast 120Hz refresh rate
• Up to 256 GB of internal storage
• Available for purchase NOW!

Galaxy S21 Ultra

• Upgraded Quad Camera System
• 108MP Camera Sensor
• Bold new design
• 5,000 mAh Battery Capacity
• 6.8" Quad HD+ screen w/Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity O-Display
• 12GB RAM
• Available for purchase NOW!

More information: Galaxy S21/S21+, Galaxy S21 Ultra

-Samsung Team

[Mäw]

they want to push cloud storage monthly subscription . terrible idea. I rather have my data in a local storage (encrypted SD card) than in a cloud

[evolut]

yeah , always have been a good thing to have an encrypted sd card , but If my source is correct all manufacturers will soon rather than later remove it , due to the speed not there , and the space taken by the sd card could be used for something hopefully better

[Carmelized]

The little space was great. You have to put in a sim card anyway so its another little slot. Samsung stay original and stop being like everyone else. That's why people never left because you catered to the people now you're catering to the competition. You should give a choice to see what people want instead of making them buy what they don't want.

[evolut]

you have a point , they try to force sell cloud , but what happens if your 512 gb or 1tb sd card get corrupted and you lose your files , ? cloud is replicated so even if the server goes down still a copy of it , so it is harder to lose your stuff , on the other hand , still I don't like the idea of having to pay monthly or yearly for cloud , at some point they're going to come out with cloud built in , like the Robin phone

[Carmelized]

I'm devastated by this too and Samsung Pay is my lifeline. Leave well enough alone. I never complained until now. I was ordering a new Ultra but no thanks. Keeping my S20 Ultra and getting a larger memory card.

[Members_kBe1a1l]

I only switched to samsung because they used to support the micro sd card, but now no more, this year I no longer be samsung customer just because they did a biggest mistake

[evolut]

do you know how expensive would it be for an sd card writing 8k and to be worth and stable ? useless

[Mäw]

its a feature Samsung phones were known for having. that they need to bring back I hope sales drop dramatically to make a huge impact

[userBwHIjqnKIR]

I am hoping for the same thing that happened with the S6 happens again. I burn thru alot of storage taking videos of my kids in club soccer games. We have 3 games in day sometimes and I don't have time to go home and upload to the cloud. I don't want to burn thru my "unlimited" data and battery too.

[bill-e]

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@userBwHIjqnKIR wrote:
I am hoping for the same thing that happened with the S6 happens again. I burn thru alot of storage taking videos of my kids in club soccer games. We have 3 games in day sometimes and I don't have time to go home and upload to the cloud. I don't want to burn thru my "unlimited" data and battery too.

@userBwHIjqnKIR 

I understand that and I feel I'm in a good position as I'm happy with what I have and would be happy with a sd card slot 🙂

I empathise with you as I shoot my very active grandaughters (2x) games, hockey, field hockey and softball with my DSLR and I end up with tons of pics and usually import them all into lightroom for culling and post processing.

What I use on my phone is a product called Monument. (improved Monument 2 now on Indiegogo) which is a personal photo cloud accessable from anywhere.  As I snap photo's they are automatically backed to my Monument disk at home via either wireless or wifi. There is no monthly fee.

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