Samsung S21 Ultra

[garetc]

Today is delivery day for a few people… what are people's opinions of the handset so far?

Ran a Geekbench 5 and compared it to the Note20U and results were little disappointing. I found that the fingerprint reader is much faster.

[BandOfBrothers]

I've not had hands on with the phone due to the Samsung Experience Stores being closed but going from YouTube reviews and from posts of people who have the phone initial reports are good.

The new Samsung Exynos 2100 seems to be much better than the previous Exynos 990 although I must admit I prefer the Snapdragon soc.

The new phantom black looks awesome along with how the camera module melts into the housing.

I personally do not put much into GeekBench scores and prefer to go by day to day usage feedback from users.

[garetc]

Setup is all complete now and it seems to have settled.

N20U

• CPU Single: 866
• CPU Multi: 2707
• Compute: 5465

S21U

• CPU Single: 1099
• CPU Multi: 3473
• Compute: 7425

iPhone 12 Pro Max

• CPU Single: 1596
• CPU Multi: 4205 
• Compute: 9386

iPhone 12 Pro 

• CPU Single 1591
• CPU Multi 4076
• Compute: 9452

[garetc]

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@BandOfBrothers wrote:

I've not had hands on with the phone due to the Samsung Experience Stores being closed but going from YouTube reviews and from posts of people who have the phone initial reports are good.

The new Samsung Exynos 2100 seems to be much better than the previous Exynos 990 although I must admit I prefer the Snapdragon soc.

The new phantom black looks awesome along with how the camera module melts into the housing.

I personally do not put much into GeekBench scores and prefer to go by day to day usage feedback from users.

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Understandable re Geekbench scores but it's interesting to see. I also wonder how it'll perform side by side next to the Snapdragon 888.

I've bitten the bullet and requested a swap for for the Phantom Black as I ordered the Silver originally and don't love it.