Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G Launched: Price, Specifications and Features

On Thursday, Samsung launched its new flagship smartphone, ‘Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G’ in Galaxy Unpacked 2021 Online Event. The smartphone is part of the ‘Galaxy S-series’. Along with the smartphone, the company also launched the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ model.

The key specifications of the smartphone include a Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, Quad Rear Cameras, up to 16GB RAM, Snapdragon 888 SoC/Exynos 2100 SoC and 5000mAh Battery.

The main highlights of the smartphones are 5G support, 5nm SoC and S Pen support. It features iconic Contour Cut Camera design which seamlessly blends into the smartphone’s metal frame.

Galaxy S21 Ultra features UWB (Ultra-wideband capabilities) which is embedded to automatically unlock compatible car doors without taking out your car keys. This year, S21 Ultra has a sleeker box which does not include charger and wired earbuds.

It is also the first smartphone in S-series which supports S Pen with Wacom technology. The S Pen will be sold separately as an accessory. It will come in two models, S Pen and S Pen Pro. The S Pen Pro is larger in size, supports Air gestures and will be available later this year. S21 Ultra doesn’t have a slot to carry S Pen as the Note-series had so the company will sell cases for the smartphone to hold the S Pen.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G: Price, Sale Date

• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G price is $1,199.99 (approx. Rs. 87,700) for the 12GB RAM/128GB internal storage variant, $1,249.99 (approx. Rs. 91,400) for the 12GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant and $1,379.99 (approx. Rs. 1,00,900) for the 12GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant.
• It will come in Phantom Silver, Phantom Black, Phantom Titanium, Phantom Navy and Phantom Brown colour options.
• The smartphone will be available for purchase starting January 29 in select markets. Pre-orders starts today i.e. January 14.
• S Pen price is $39.99 (approx. Rs. 2,900).
• Silicon Case with S Pen price is $69.99 (approx. Rs. 5,100).
• Smart Clear View Case with S Pen price is $89.99 (approx. Rs. 6,600).

Note: The variants availability depends on the select markets.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G: Specifications and Features

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G sports a 6.8-inch Infinity-O Edge Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display with 120Hz Adaptive refresh rate and WQHD+ (3200×1400 pixels) resolution. Based on Android 11 on the top of OneUI 3.1, the phone runs on octa-core 5nm Snapdragon 888 processor with Adreno 660 GPU. It comes with 12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM options. The smartphone has the support of Dual-SIM (nano+nano).

Note: India and Europe will get the 5nm Exynos 2100 SoC with Mali-G78 GPU.

In optics, there is a quad rear camera setup, the first camera includes a 108MP ISOCELL HM3 sensor with f/1.8 aperture, the second camera includes a 12MP 120-degree ultra-wide-angle sensor with f/2.2 aperture, the third camera includes a 10MP telephoto sensor with f/2.4 aperture, the fourth camera includes a 10MP periscope sensor with f/4.9 aperture.

On the front, there is a 40MP sensor with f/2.2 aperture. The phone has LED flash and laser autofocus sensor at the back.

When it comes to storage, the smartphone comes with 128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 internal storage. Connectivity suite of the smartphone includes 5G NA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E, UWB Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, MST, GPS+GLONASS and USB Type-C 3.1 port. The sensors onboard the handset are an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G battery capacity is 5000mAh with support of 25W fast charging and 15W Qi Wireless charging. The handset measures 165.1×75.6×8.9mm and weighs 228 grams.

Features:

1. WQHD+ Infinity-O Edge Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with HDR10+, 515PPI, up to 1500 nits brightness.
2. Adaptive refresh rate (1-120Hz).
3. Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection.
4. Glass back.
5. Ultrasonic In-display fingerprint sensor.
6. Contour Cut Camera design.
7. Camera features include OIS, 4K at 60fps, 8K at 30fps.
8. 10x hybrid optic zoom and 100x space zoom with 10MP periscope camera.
9. USB Type-C to USB Type-C Cable included in the box.
10. No Charger and No Wired Earbuds in the box.
11. Samsung services like Samsung SmartThings, Samsung Bixby, Samsung Health and Samsung Pay.
12. Wireless Samsung DeX support.
13. IP68 Water and Dust Resistance.
14. Wireless PowerShare to charge other devices wirelessly.
15. Audio features include stereo speakers tuned by AKG and Dolby Atmos.