Ask any owner, and you’ll rarely hear a complaint about the display’s overall quality.

You will find the usual iPhone drawbacks: no expandable storage, USB jot down-C, or headphone jack.

If you don’t need the latest flagship, this is as close as it gets.

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Early adopters reported touchscreen issues with this phone, but these werepromptly addressedby Samsung via a firmware fix.

What do you sacrifice on the FE compared to the regular S20?

Honestly, that’s not much for what is potentially a S20-class rig for a substantial discount.

It was a bit like the original OnePlus but without the good software.

Of course, bringing the price down meant Samsung had to cut a few corners in this generation.

The triple-cameras on the S21+ have not been improved from last year.

In fact, the newer model loses the time of flight sensor found on the S20+.

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Willing to splurge out $1,000 or more on your next Android phone?

Let Samsung’sGalaxy S21 Ultrafit your bill.

It features six CPU cores and four GPU cores, built on a 5nm manufacturing process.

The front-facing TrueDepth camera is a 12-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 aperture.

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