the galaxy s21 ultra is the latest and
greatest thing in the android world
at least for the next couple months a
little side note if you ordered a jerry
rig everything razor knife
our second batch will be shipping out
later this week so be on the lookout for
that
the s21 ultra box looks like it's lost a
bit of weight since last year
either it's spent quarantine working out
and eating right
or samsung's just copying apple and
leaving out the charger
once the phone is out we get our first
look at the maddest
blackest phone i think i've ever seen
it's like filming a black hole the s21
ultra is as dark as 20 20.
my fingers are also a little bit dark
i've been working with metal
and that stuff does not wash off real
easy but since this isn't jerry manicure
everything let's get started
inside the slender box we get a short
usb-c to usb-c
charging cable
and that's about it for the most part
the phone doesn't look much different
than last year
we still have the hole punched camera in
the front changing the look of that
camera bump is about as much innovation
as we're getting these days
everything else is just marginal
incremental improvements
which is good of course don't get me
wrong
i'll peel off the screen protector and
we can make our way down to the screen
and start our scratch test anything that
scratches at a level two or three would
be made from plastic
and as we can clearly see the s21 ultra
scratches
at a level three you guys saw me remove
that screen protector right
well samsung with all of their
generosity gives us a screen protector
for the screen protector
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the innovation just doesn't stop anyway
like i was saying things that scratch
out of most 2 or 3 are plastic
levels 5 or 6 would be glass
and levels 8 or 9 would be sapphire
a 10 would be a diamond after removing
both screen protectors we can see that
the s21 ultra
scratches at a level 6 with deeper
grooves at a level 7.
it's using gorilla glass victus the top
hole punch front-facing camera
is 40 megapixels protected under that
front glass
there's also a slit up here about one
razor blade thick
for the earpiece and top stereo speaker
the sides of the phone are protected
with a very thin piece of temporary
plastic
if samsung is shrinking their box to be
more environmentally friendly
they still sure are using a lot of
plastic
the size of the phone are made from
aluminum along with the power button and
volume rocker
both made from metal the top of the
phone is kind of unique
the camera hump is blended into the size
of the aluminum frame
samsung is calling this a contour cut
which i actually kind of like
it's a little more seamless then down
here at the bottom
near the 25 watt fast charging usb c
port we get the sim card tray
it is ip68 but new this year samsung has
removed the expandable memory card slot
which is kind of sad i'm not a huge fan
of removing features
i'd rather have a tool and not need it
than need a tool and not have it
one thing i do like though is the
frosted glass on the back
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we've seen this for a while on oneplus
and iphones and i like it every single
time
it's a little more abrasive than smooth
class you can see that bits of my razor
keys and coins are rubbing off onto the
back glass surface
kind of like sandpaper but for the most
part the marks can all be rubbed away
the dust from the softer metals is just
getting caught on the microscopically
rough surface of the yes glass the
camera lens however
oops is not made from glass
there are four cameras on this guy the
top being a 12 megapixel
ultra wide with a few sensors then the
impressive 108 megapixel wide angle
then we have two telephoto cameras one
of which might be a periscope lens
it's kind of difficult to tell what's
going on in there from the outside
there's really only one way to check ah
there it is indeed the bottom 100 times
zoom camera
is once again a periscope unit if you
want to get your own tear down skin so
you can see the insides of your phone
from the outside
i'll leave a link down in the video
description the nice thing is that these
skins are temporary so if you're ever
headed to a funeral
just and bam you can get all bleak and
depressing again whenever you want
the screen is where i think samsung did
make some solid improvements this year
on the s21 ultra
not enough to get me to switch from my
year and a half old note 10 plus
but still pretty cool the 6.8 inch
screen can do 1440p
with 120hz variable refresh rate
basically
things look smoother and crisper than
any other phone out on the market
all while conserving battery life and it
lasts for about 45 seconds under the
heat for my lighter
which are all very good and equally
commendable attributes for a cell phone
to have
underneath the amoled display which does
not recover from the flames is an
ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
supposedly a tad larger this year but
we'll have to check that out from the
inside
i'll scuff it up with some level 7
deeper grooves and even with that damage
the fingerprint scanner can still read
my fingerprint and unlock the phone
every single time
not too shabby now for the bin test
samsung has always been super solid with
their phones
even more so now with the extra metal
around the contoured camera bomb
and once again the s21 ultra is as solid
as a rock
whether bent from the front or the back
i guess the real question is whether the
1
200 s21 ultra is worth buying and i
think that decision rests with the
cameras
i took a quick trip to new york city to
test out the camera and you can
see from these unedited video clips that
the s21 ultra is pretty exceptional
with super detailed and crisp video
capabilities
you're probably like wow jerry that's
some really good footage
really impressive 10 out of 10
exceptional low-light capabilities
but why are you traveling to new york
during a pandemic and you're right
i actually just totally lied and all
this footage you're seeing now came from
a galaxy note 4
from a video i filmed and posted to my
youtube channel over six years ago
smartphone cameras have been really good
for a really long time
so upgrading your phone just for the
camera doesn't make a whole lot of sense
especially when the phones from six
years ago can compete with the phones of
today
and when the phones of today cost twelve
hundred dollars you could go visit
new york city in person for that price
after the pandemic of course
i'm gonna hold off on upgrading for a
little while longer flashy new phones
are fun
but if you really do need a new phone
last year's model is always gonna be
cheaper
and still has the sd card slot let me
know what you think of the s21 ultra
down in the comments
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