Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Launch

Announced

2021, January 14

Status

Available. Released 2021, January 29

Body

Dimensions

151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.80 x 0.31 in)

Weight

169 g (Sub6), 171 g (mmWave) (5.96 oz)

Build

Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame

SIM

· Nano-SIM eSIM

· Nano-SIM Nano-SIM eSIM (max 2 at a time)

IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)

Display

Type

Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10 , 1300 nits (peak)

Size

6.2 inches, 94.1 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~421 ppi density)

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Platform

OS

Android 11, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 6.1

Chipset

Exynos 2100 (5 nm) - International

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) - USA/China

CPU

Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International

Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55) - USA/China

GPU

Mali-G78 MP14 - International

Adreno 660 - USA/China

Memory

Card slot

No

Internal

128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

UFS 3.1

Main Camera

Triple

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

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video

Features

LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama

Video

8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR10 , stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS

Selfie camera

Single

10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF

Features

HDR

Video

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps

Sound

Loudspeaker

Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack

No

High-bitrate audio support

Comms

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct

Bluetooth

5.0, A2DP, LE

Positioning

GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO

NFC

Yes

Radio

FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent)

USB

USB Type-C 3.2, OTG

Features

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support)

Battery

Type

Li-Ion 4000 mAh

Charging

25W wired, PD3.0

15W wireless (Qi)