I tried to keep away from the market perspective in this review and focus on the objective qualities of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G. People who enjoy having a powerful flagship phone, but don’t want to spend the extra money for the best of the best
Users for whom screen quality and refresh rate is important (gamers, multimedia consumers) Looking strictly at its features and performance, the Galaxy S21 FE 5G is an excellent allrounder, with flagship specs and a polished user interface.
I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone who wants a powerful smartphone, but the truth is there’s a very high chance you can get a Galaxy S21 or an S21 Plus for a similar price. The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G is supposed to be an “affordable flagship”, and that is apparent as soon as you look at its box. While the front of the box is embossed and looks pretty cool, its size doesn’t give you much hope of finding any accessories inside. Looking at the back of the box, you get confirmation about the lack of accessories: there is a large note with tiny writing on it warning the user in several languages that no charger is supplied. If they manage to implement Sony’s tool-less SIM tray ejection and Apple’s planned port-less design, they won’t have to give users anything apart from the actual smartphone.
Until then, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G has a 3.3 feet long (1 meter) USB-C charging cable which you can use with any third-party charger with Power Delivery 3.0.
On the front, you get an excellent 6.4 inch AMOLED screen with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. The other features visible on the front are the selfie camera (with a round cutout) and the gray edges of the smartphone.
The back of the phone looks cool, no matter which color you pick for your Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G. The plastic back has a matte finish, while the camera cluster is not as defined as on the Samsung Galaxy S21 (but still raised slightly from the rest of the phone). If you look closely, you can see a plastic insert in the metal frame, no doubt to improve signal reception. The bottom part of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G houses the charging port The left side is completely devoid of features, in line with the design of the current Galaxy S21 range. Looking at the spec sheet, there are very few things missing on the Galaxy S21 FE compared to the more expensive S21.
The AMOLED panel has a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, a 400 ppi density, and a maximum brightness of 800 nits. The main camera has 12 MP, 1.8 µm pixels, Dual-Pixel autofocus, and 26mm f/1.8 lens with optical stabilization
The ultrawide camera captures 12 MP images, has a pixel size of 1.12 µm and 13mm f/2.2 lens with fixed focus I couldn’t obtain one in time for the review, but I did make a charging graph for a 15W third-party charger. For a complete list of technical specifications, as well as the current price, you can visit the product webpage: Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 128GB. On the next page, I describe the experience I had with the Galaxy S21 FE, both in terms of capturing photo and video, as well as actual day-to-day use.
Unboxing The Galaxy S21 FE 5G
), yet here we are, unboxing the first mobile phone we got this year, courtesy of Samsung Malaysia. Incidentally, this is also Samsung’s first mobile phone launch in 2022 and as the title had suggested, I am talking about the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S21 FE (Fan Edition) 5G.
The S21 FE is the successor of the highly-celebrated S20 FE, dubbed the flagship killer when it first launched due to its flagship-level matching specs and a lower price tag. Samsung’s minimalistic approach to in-the-box items hasn’t changed and the box only comes with the phone itself, a USB TYPE C-TO-TYPE C cable, and the tool pin to eject the SIM Card slot.
The unit we received from Samsung is the White colour variant. Despite the fact that the cover material is made of plastic, it didn’t feel cheap. The advantage of the material also meant the phone is very light (only 177gram) to hold. The weight factor, coupled with the fact that this phone comes armed with a 4500 mAh battery makes it ideal for gaming and entertainment use.
I’ll talk about the performance in the full review at a later date. I’ve just started to use the phone for my day-to-day for lesser than 48 hours now so I can’t say much. The volume button on the right is somehow stretched higher than the Z Fold 3 phone that I’ve been using up to now, and that means my finger now have to reach up higher to find the Vol+ button and this will take some time to get used to. I look forward to stressing the phone more with my day-to-day usage as the working weekdays start again tomorrow (It’s a Sunday when I wrote this), and of course, take it on a spin or two in some mobile games.
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