Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus 5G will be the perfect smartphone for many with its great mix of solid spec, a great design and the fact it’s cheaper than the Galaxy S21 Ultra as well as its predecessors.
If you own the Samsung Galaxy S20 wouldn’t recommend buying this, but for others, this will be the perfect smartphone.
If you’re looking for a larger screen and a better battery, opt for the very similar but slightly more expensive Plus model.

Price of Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus 5G
128GB 8GB RAM | $ 449.99 |
256GB 8GB RAM | $ 499.99 |
COLOURS | Phantom Black, Phantom Silver, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink, Phantom Gold, Phantom Red |
MODEL | SM-G996B, SM-G996B/DS, SM-G996U, SM-G996U1, SM-G996W, SM-G996N, SM-G9960 |
LAUNCH
Announced | 2021, January 14 |
Status | Available. Released 2021, January 29 |
NETWORK | |
TECHNOLOGY | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G |
BODY
Style | Punch-hole |
Material | Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminium frame |
Water-Resistant | YES, IP68 dust / waterproof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
Dimensions | 161.5 x 75.6 x 7.8 mm (6.36 x 2.98 x 0.31 in) |
Weight | 200 g (Sub6), 202 g (mmWave) (7.05 oz) |
Sim | Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM, dual stand-by) |
DISPLAY | |
Technology | Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak) |
Size | 6.7 inches, 107.8 cm2 (~88.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~394 PPI density) |
Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
PLATFORM | |
OS | Android 11, One UI 3.1 |
Chipset | Exynos 2100 (5 nm) – International |
CPU | Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) – International Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680) – USA/China |
GPU | Mali-G78 MP14 – International Adreno 660 – USA/China |
MEMORY | |
Card slot | NO, |
Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM |
MAIN CAMERA
Triple Camera | 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76″, 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS 64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55″ 1.4µm, Super Steady video |
Features | LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
Video recording | 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS |
FRONT CAMERA
Single | 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF |
Feature | Dual video call, Auto-HDR |
Video Recording | Ultra HD 4K (2160p), auto-HDR, dual-video call |
SOUND | |
3.5mm jack | NO, |
Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
COMMS | |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Bluetooth | v5.0 – A2DP, LE |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
NFC | YES |
Radio | FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent) |
USB | USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go |
FEATURES | |
Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
More Features | – Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) – Samsung DeX Experience – Bixby – Ultra-Wideband (UWB) support |
BATTERY | |
Type and Capacity | Li-Ion 4800 mAh, non-removable |
Fast Charging | Fast charging 25W USB Power Delivery 3.0 Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W Reverse wireless charging 4.5W |
TESTS | |
Performance | AnTuTu: 622276 (v8) GeekBench: 3476 (v5.1) GFXBench: 54fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) |
Display | Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) |
Camera | Photo / Video both are good |
loudspeaker | -25.8 LUFS (Very good) |
Battery life | Endurance rating 114h |
OTHERS | |
Notification light | YES, glowing around the punch-hole camera (via App) |
Manufactured by | SAMSUNG |
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Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G HIGHLIGHT
Samsung Galaxy S21+ comes with 6.7 inches Full HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen. It has a punch-hole front camera design. The back camera is of triple 12+64+12 MP with Dual Pixel PDAF, telephoto, OIS, ultrawide, 3x hybrid zoom, 120º ultrawide etc.
and up to 8K video recording. The front camera is 10 Megapixels. Galaxy S21+ comes with a 4800 mAh battery with 25W fast charging. It has 8 GB RAM, up to 2.9 GHz octa-core CPU and Mali-G78 MP14 GPU.
It is powered by a 5 nm Exynos 2100 chipset. The device comes with 128or 256 GB UFS 3.0 internal storage and no MicroSD slot. There is an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor on this phone.
Among other features, there is Dual SIM / eSIM, Face Unlock, Samsung Dex, Bixby, fast wireless charging, reverse wireless charging etc.
You can learn more about Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G in the video provided below
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