Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G price in Kenya is Ksh 28,000.It was announced in 2021, January and it runs on the Exynos 2100 processor with Mali-G78 MP14 GPU. The phone has 8GB RAM and 256GB storage which is non-expandable. It also runs on Android 11 with One UI 3.1 and is powered by a 4000 mAh battery with 25W fast charging, 15W Qi wireless charging.

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Price & key features

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G measures 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 169 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a triple 64MP + 12MP + 12MP rear camera and a 10 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 6.2-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED Display, 421 PPI, Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate (48 – 120Hz), up to 1300 nits brightness, and Gorilla Glass Victus protection. It has a USB Type-C port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Galaxy S21 5G. Buy it today at Phones Store Kenya.

Launch

This phone, the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G was released in 2021, January 29. This phone has a 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm dimension and weighs about 169 g (Sub6), 171 g (mmWave) grams. It is also a Dual SIM smartphone that uses Nano-SIM and has dual stand-by or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). On the front is a hole punch display wherein the selfie camera lies. Its back panel has a triple-camera module on the right-hand side. As for the fingerprint scanner, it is an ultrasonic, under-display scanner.

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The Galaxy S21 5G comes in the color Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, and Phantom Pink. It makes use of the USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go, and has no 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.0, A2DP, LE, and GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As for radio (FM/AM), the same is available in the Snapdragon model only; but NFC is very much present.

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Display

Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Samsung Galaxy S21 5G has an impressive Dynamic AMOLED 2X display panel that measures 6.2 inches, 94.1 cm²².

This display has a decent 1080 x 2400  pixels resolution and an equally high 421 PPI density. As for the selfie camera, it is inside that hole punch on the top center. This phone’s build is glass with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass), and an aluminum frame. Galaxy S21’s display is also graced with 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak), 87.2% screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, and Always-on display.

Network

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G smartphone supports five network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, LTE, and 5G. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE  is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.

Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

Platform

A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Samsung Galaxy S21 5G runs on the Android 11 operating system. Android 11 is the eleventh major release and 18th version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. Also powering the Galaxy S21 5G is an Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) chipset. This version of Android it runs is based on One UI 3.1.

Under the hood, it also brings a Mali-G78 MP14 GPU. Building on year-on-year improvements for Mali GPUs, Mali-G78 enables a variety of digital immersion use cases, particularly high-quality console-style gaming on mobile. The Galaxy S21 5G comes with 128/256 GB of internal storage with 8 GB of RAM. You may also want to check out the Mi 10 Pro 5G smartphone. This phone is powered by Exynos 2100 (5 nm) or Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) – USA/China/Korea chipset.

Cameras

There are four cameras on the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G. They are made up of a main 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76″, 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, 64 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (telephoto), 1/1.76″, 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom, and a 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55″ 1.4µm, Super Steady video. Its main feature is LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama and it can shoot video up to 8K@24fps with the main camera, and 4K@30/60fps also with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie, on S21 5G there is a single 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF shooter.

Battery

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G has a respectable Li-Po 4,000 mAh, non-removable battery with fast charging 15W. It is a lasting battery given its 4,000 mAh capacity. It also has fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0, fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W and reverse wireless charging 4.5W– see also the Galaxy Note 20 smartphone.

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