New Samsung Galaxy S21 Fe 5g Cell Phone Review/256GB/Pro Grade Camera
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- This is the samsung galaxy s21 fe or fan edition and has finally come out after a year of hype teasers leaks and delays the release is a bit later than what people expected so does the s21 fe have what it takes to stay competitive in 2022 i'm will for gsm arena and let's find out in our full review
- The s21 fe is now released about a year after the s21 and brings the design language that appears to be a mix between the s21 phones and the a-series mid-rangers it has a plastic bag with a soft matte pastel finish but at the same time the camera bump has the same wrap-around shape as the s21 although instead of being part of the metal frame
- Here is actually an extension of the back panel the s21fe is thinner and lighter in the hand than the previous fan edition which is nice and as you'd expect from a high-end samsung you get ip rated dust and water resistance here too
- The full hd amoled screen is a little smaller than the s20 fes at 6.4 inches
- But it does bring gorilla glass victis
- Protection this time around you again get a fast 120hz refresh rate too for smoother swiping and scrolling
- it isn't adaptive to save energy but the s21fe is able to provide a fast 240hz
- Touch sampling rate in gaming mode and another improvement over the previous model is hdr10 plus support
- Content looks excellent on the s21 fe
And this display can also achieve great
- Color accuracy based on your color settings the s21 fe does brightness control a bit differently we measured the max
Brightness at about 790 nits and unlike
Other galaxy phones you can get it not
Only in auto mode but also manually with a slider
Like the rest of the s21 series you get a pair of stereo speakers for your audio
- They're well balanced and scored a good mark on our loudness chart quality is good too with nice highs though the bass is underwhelming one of the freshest things
- You'll find on the s21 fe at least at the time of this video is samsung's new
One ui4 based on android 12. this is the first phone that arrives with this interface out of the box and overall
it's similar to what we saw in the previous version but there are a few new
- Features
- One of the most obvious is something
Built into the new android system-wide
Color palettes which can match your
Quick toggles shades and even your icons
To the home screen wallpaper you also get plenty of options for
Widgets on the home screen they're a lot
- More customizable now
Improved control over your privacy
Settings is also a feature of one ui for
There's now a dedicated privacy
Dashboard in settings there are new options in the gallery for
Photo editing with the magic eraser you
- Can get rid of something you don't want
In the shot it's not perfect but it's fun to play around with and finally you can wake up and unlock
The phone using an under display
Fingerprint reader which is fast and
Reliable
These features are powered by either one
Of two chipsets a snapdragon 888 for the international version of the phone or an exynos 2100 for select markets ours is
The snapdragon version and performance is excellent as you'd expect right up there on the charts with last year's flagships and even though we will see a new top chipset pretty soon this year the s21 fe
Delivers more than enough power for your
Daily tasks and heavy games the s21 fe has a milliamp hour battery just like the previous model but battery life isn't
Quite as good here that's not to say
it's bad though it scored an endurance rating of 92 hours in our proprietary tests as is trendy these days the phone doesn't come with a charger in the box but there is support for wireless
Charging and 25 watt wired charging with such an adapter we were able to charge From zero to 51 percent in half an hour another thing you won't get this time
Around is expandable storage but you do
Get 128 or 256 gigs on board alright moving on to the cameras the s21 fe brings the same setup as the previous
Model a 12 megapixel main cam with ois a 12 megapixel ultra wide with fixed focus and an 8 megapixel three times telephoto
Again with ois
Photos from the main cam are excellent
With plenty of resolved detail high contrast low noise and natural looking dynamic range the colors are quite
Pleasant too if a bit on the warmer side
Photos from the ultra wide cam are
Incredibly good for this type of camera
There's enough detail good contrast and reasonable sharpness as well as slow noise the dynamic range is commendable too even though the telephoto cam has an 8 megapixel sensor its photos come out at 12 megapixels the sharpness does take a small hit from the upscaling but besides
P that these three times zoomed shots are quite nice with high resolve detail as well as contrast colors and dynamic range that match the other two cameras
This telephoto cam is different from the
One on the galaxy s21 so we compared the
Wwo in broad daylight the fe is the better shooter there's slightly better sharpness and contrast and in our opinion more likable colors but these are only noticeable if you look from up
Close in low light photos from the main camera are superb they're rich in detail and contrasty with excellent color saturation the dynamic range is wide too although the overall exposure and look remain quite realistic looking turning on night mode will get you a brighter photo with improved exposure
More detail appears in the shadows and highlights and any noise is cleaned up
- Shots from the ultra wide at night have
Good color saturation and exposure but they're soft and noisy with night mode on though the noise is improved and you get better exposure and
Dynamic range if you zoom at night in auto mode in
Most cases you'll get a digital crop from the main camera that is soft and
Lacking in detail
But turning on night mode will switch
- Things over to the actual telephoto lens the results are decent with satisfactory detail contrast and exposure you do still see the effect of the upscale from 8 megapixels to 12 though selfies are taken with a 32 megapixel front facing cam that produces 8 megapixel photos by default these shots are natural looking with low noise and excellent colors contrast and dynamic
Range however the fixed focus sweet spot is not ideally tuned for shooting at an arm's length so selfie sharpness is less
- Than stellar videos can be captured with the main cam and up to 4k resolution at 60fps these are very good with above average detail great colors low noise and outstanding
Dynamic range the only area in which it falls short a bit is sharpness
4k videos from the ultra wide are capped at 30 fps and the quality is not that good they do have nice contrast likable colors and superb dynamic range but the
Videos are soft and the detail is mediocre in contrast the videos from the telephoto cam are quite nice they have a lot of detail and are plenty sharp and have colors contrast and dynamic range that are similar to the main cameras
So that's the galaxy s21 fe you get
Features worthy of a high-end samsung
Phone like a waterproof build a high refresh right amoled display stereo
Speakers a flagship chipset a fluid
Software experience and a great set of
- Cameras all in all it's a great showing a clear
Upgrade over the previous model but
There are a couple of problems
- First the fan edition took its sweet time to come out and now the hype has turned to the new s22 models so then the s21 fe could be a more budget-friendly option over the new flagships except that for now it's actually more expensive than the regular s21 while offering very similar features so while the s21 fe is a great phone it's tough to recommend until this price does go
- Down a bit
Thanks for watching guys stay safe and see you on the next one
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