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guys today is a really exciting day for
me i haven't opened a samsung phone box
for about six years last time i did this
it was early 2015 when they released i
think was the s6
edge i think i had the iphone 5s
and the screen at the time for for the
samsung s6 edge was miles ahead of the
competition and today the reason i'm
excited
is because again i believe the s21 ultra
to be ahead of the competition on its
screen as well yes
you could say that i'm an apple fanboy
and i wouldn't be able to argue with you
i do own quite a few apple devices but i
love tech in general
and when i see a device like the s21
ultra
i just couldn't resist it so i had to
give it a go
right let's crack on and open this box
cool
really cool box i thought this would be
kind of a different color
depending on what you ordered because i
i went for the brown
version but here you go
so in the box itself we've got a bit
more paperwork
not interested in that and a
cable this is a usbc cable
fair enough but guess what guys for
environmental reasons
there's no charger come on samsung
you take the mickey out of apple for not
giving you a charger
and then you do exactly the same but
i've got you guys
don't buy the expensive charges this one
from anker is fantastic supports fast
charging
i bought this for my iphone and my
magsafe charger which
guess what doesn't come with a brick
either this is really good link down
below
to be honest this camera module is what
sold this device for me
it was i was already gonna get it anyway
but when i saw that you have this
carbon fiber finish i was like okay so
take my money
i really really love this really happy
that i went for this color
because it's is a really elegant
kind of a dark brown uh color quite
unique really because you know there's
not many phones i don't think that has
this color and it looks really good and
i know the black that they came up with
is supposed to be you know the blackest
of the blackest
phone ever i don't know it's just a
black phone right the only downside
which i
didn't realize about ordering this color
with this finish
is that it was custom order so it took
two maybe yeah
close to three weeks more for you to
arrive for me but actually it was worth
the wait i think
it's really really elegant really nice
so when it comes to the physical phone
itself so on the left there's nothing
it's really nice and smooth it's not
square like the the iphone but it's a
nice
it's not completely round it does have a
round edge
on the screen but it's a really nice
sort of curvature
on the right hand side you've got the
power button and the volume
buttons really nice clicking uh
feel to it at the bottom you've got the
speakers it's interesting that you think
oh hang on
where's the other side of the speakers
what they've done is
they realized that most people probably
watch content
this way in full screen so there's
speakers at the top here as well
apparently so you do get this stereo
from both sides here
also at the bottom you've got the usbc
charger port
and the sim card tray okay iphone
see you soon maybe so yeah in this
option there's no more expandable
storage options so they removed that
option from
from this model but i went for the 256
gig
for me it's plenty that's what i've got
on the iphone that's really really good
enough for me and also i went for the 12
gig ram
as well which should be really good for
multitasking as an iphone user you know
the thing that i've
been really looking forward to test is
the display it looks like it comes with
the screen protectors oh i just realized
so i'm going to take that out
yeah so they really protect you really
nicely i mean i don't think we've got
that much protection on the iphone when
it comes out of the box
wow i have to say the display is
impressive
they've got the squad hd resolution with
120 hertz
apple take notes as an apple user this
is a big deal guys so
i'm going to be testing this and seeing
how it behaves i've noticed already in a
few things just open for example
i use linkedin a lot and i've just gone
in there and scrolled
just reading and i was really really
impressed by
how fast the display is how it responds
to
just scrolling through things it's
really smooth
everything is is really good so i'm
going to be testing this in a lot more
detail
in future videos so stay tuned for that
a lot more contrast as well and to be
honest
this is what i've been looking forward
to the display itself
is about 35 brighter than previous
models this is now
on full brightness has got a lot more
contrast
and to be honest this is what i've been
looking forward to this is the sort of
thing that as an apple user
as an iphone 12 pro max user i've been
really looking forward to this display
and i have to say
it's really really sharp i mean of
course i've got to test this with
different apps but i've been testing
this with
just kind of watching a couple of
youtube videos and i have to say
i was really really impressed by the
quality but the responsiveness
and just how smooth everything runs
really really nice
i mean i can't get over how beautiful
this color is
also this texture here feel that
so it's not just a gimmick it's got nice
texture to it as well it it really is
quite premium the way it wraps around
the phone as well
really quite something to be honest i
don't really care about the fact that it
is a bump if that's something that
bothers you i'm pretty sure there'll be
cases that that will solve that problem
lots of accessories that will come out i
will be testing a few here in the
channel as well as already on the way
so at the front of the phone you can see
the very minimal bezels you can barely
notice them you know it's a nice
curved end of the screen here really
really nice i love that bit
there's a tiny punch hole camera here at
the top which
is supposed to be really good as well as
a front-facing camera apparently this
phone will support the s pen as well
which is great
that's not included in the package but i
will be picking one up as well to test
that as well when it comes to the
cameras at the back there are
four rear-facing cameras four there's an
ultrawide
a primary and two telephoto cameras two
that's the camera that's the big one
here has got a hundred
times zoom i mean this reminds me
actually of that scene in ferris
bueller's day off
when cameron was staring at his artwork
and the camera zooms in a lot of times
i'm not sure they went 100 times but
yeah right here they've got also this
laser focus
which uh supposed to be something to fix
the s20 ultra had some issues on this so
that's good that they fixed that they're
doing some really cool stuff on macro
shots as well
giving you 12 megapixel high-res macro
shots that sounds
amazing let's see if we can use that oh
by the way
this the responsiveness of that
fingerprint scan
is incredible i mean
come on come on
i could do this all day i don't know if
it's because i've been frustrated
with face recognition i love it but
wearing masks these days it makes
everything a bit of a nightmare but
the responsiveness on this is it's just
like you tap it and it works you don't
have to like hold it
so i've got these earbuds here from
soundcore this is the liberty ar2 pro
which i'm reviewing as well so let's see
so that's that's just a normal
photo i guess so if i go into this is
three times plus obviously a bit of a
camera shake
and this is ten times okay
as focus it's focusing really well
the resolution feels a little bit
noisy if i'm honest so let's settle this
still
rather than me holding it and see if
makes any difference
it's still quite noisy i have to say
when it goes to 10 times
the zoom it's very very noisy and you
can see that the nice
sort of blurry background that is adding
here on this on this view which is great
so let's turn that into a 10x
it is impressive but it adds quite a lot
of noise i have to say
so it might it might depend on on what
you're doing
you might might need maybe a tripod or
something like that for you to put the
phone on so that you don't get the
camera shake
and and maybe even better lighting
let's move on to video this is what i'm
really excited about as a creator of
course
i'm really keen to test you know it's
got 8k
up to 24 frames per second i don't
really mind
it doesn't do 30 frames per second
because 24 frames per second
is kind of what you know what gives you
a natural
cinematic feel to things anyway i'm not
sure if
if he's doing 4k 120 frames per second
but i know he's gonna do 4k at 60 frames
per second across
all cameras not just the back but the
front one as well which is really good
i do use 120 frames per second quite a
bit on my iphone so i wonder
if i will miss it guys just to remind
you i'll be bringing a ton of content on
the s21 ultra comparing it with the
iphone
covering accessories for it so click the
subscribe button and hit the
notification bell as well just in case
you need a reminder sorry about that i'm
using the iphone 12 pro max
since it's launched so there'll be lots
of content comparing
the different features between these two
giants back to the video
in fact let's do a quick comparison here
i mean this is off the cuff
i'm not scripting this as you can see in
terms of size
the galaxy s 21 ultra is longer than the
iphone
but it's narrower as i'm grabbing it
here i can feel that the iphone is wider
but this is a bit yeah it's definitely
narrower in terms of weight
it feels like the iphone is slightly
heavier but not by much but i have to
say there's a nicer feel
in holding the samsung because it's a
little bit narrower
and it's got this curves as well
although it's not too curvy
it does have some some sharper
edges not as sharp as this right this is
the king of sharp edges i love the feel
of the aluminium on the sides
i'm not gonna lie this is i think this
is a fantastic phone anyway
but i am pleased with how it feels on
the hand
with the with the samsung s21 ultra
and that fingerprint scanning did i
mention how amazing that is
it's really good it's also got this nice
sort of edge
swipe here which is really cool so you
access you know
the more relevant things that you've
been doing so let's go to settings the
first thing i like to do with any phone
is turn on the dark mode so let's look
for that
there you go boom oh that feels
that feels better straight away that
feels much better
really responsive screen i mean i i
really love how smooth everything looks
in terms of processor for this phone i
went obviously here in the uk
you get the exynos 2100 this will depend
on your region as well what version you
get but in essence
they promise better cpu better ai you
should be the judge of that
and i will certainly be covering how
fast that is in comparison with other
phones
in terms of wi-fi again it promises to
be extremely fast which is great i want
to see how that improves my usage here
at home
and also when i'm out and about so yeah
wow i'm really excited to use this beast
for a while
and do more videos on my findings but
we're not done guys they've also sent me
this galaxy birds pro
and this smart tag with this phone which
is fantastic so
let's have a look
massive overkill knife for a little box
but you know
you got to do what you got to do now
this is not something i would go out and
buy myself
if if they hadn't sent it with the phone
i probably would not have bought it i do
use
other tags like this i use the
tile tags so just to give you an idea
how it compares
i mean the tile tags are really really
thin
they're really nice and light all right
so the samsung one also has a
button in the middle which is quite nice
i didn't know that until
two seconds ago right so yeah i'll be
testing that as well
so stay tuned this i'm excited about i
love
audio stuff they send me this galaxy
buzz pro to be honest this is the sort
of thing that i would have bought
anyway but they sent it with the phone
which is great shout out to samsung for
sending me all the stuff
after i paid them 1200 quid
one day maybe they will send me this
stuff but anyway little box here
what is this uh okay cable
and what is this mint
i don't know oh yeah so that's the
replacement oh gosh i just ruined it all
replacement little tips to go inside
your ear
okay uh and yeah usb c two usb
a cable um really looking forward to
testing this out this is the sort of
thing that i would do
anyway so yeah stay tuned for that i'm
going to be putting that against
things like the sound core device i've
also got some apple
uh earphones that we can we can try if
audio is something that you're
interested in and
earbuds and things like that stay tuned
because i'll be doing lots more videos
on those things as well
guys this is an impressive device even
as an apple fanboy
this screen is what's impressed me the
most so far
having been on an iphone for so long you
kind of ignore
how good some of the screens out there
are i mean this is
yeah it's been mind-blowing for me
clearly i'm going to struggle adapting
to a new ecosystem
but i'm willing to give it a go after
all most of the things i like about my
phone
they're not necessarily an apple thing
most of them are about
apps yes i love and will probably miss
airdrop and the handoff between devices
when i'm listening to music
but i think i'm willing to give this a
go and see how really how good this
really is
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