Samsung has all the time had one thing of a scattergun strategy to its cellphone launches, providing all kinds of handsets with various specs and ranging costs. That’s nonetheless very a lot the case at the moment, with its top-of-the-line Galaxy S21 Ultra main the pack, telephones just like the S20 FE providing nice specs at extra affordable costs, and fashions such because the Z Fold 2 utilizing revolutionary folding screens to tempt the money out of your pockets. On the one hand, meaning there’s doubtless one thing for everybody, it doesn’t matter what your tastes or finances. However, it does make it troublesome to sift by all the pieces the corporate provides to see what’s truly value contemplating. We’ve finished the exhausting work and have rounded up all of Samsung’s present essential smartphones so you may work out precisely which could swimsuit you finest. Not certain you even need a Samsung? Then take a look at our information to the very best Android telephones, or head over to our roundup of all the very best telephones you may presently purchase in 2021.
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With its supercharged processor, 5G connectivity, S Pen stylus assist and superb digital camera expertise, the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G represents the head of what Samsung presently provides in its telephones. It’s the one to go for if you happen to actually worth taking superb images together with your cellphone, or just if you wish to know you’ve got received the most recent, best expertise stuffed into your denims.
Read our Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G overview.
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Last 12 months’s Galaxy S20 sequence was good, however the entire vary got here with a excessive worth that meant they had been out of attain for a lot of. The S20 FE (which stands for “Fan Edition”) was Samsung’s try to deal with this with a cellphone that packs a lot of the identical prime tech — together with an important processor and stable digital camera — however at a extra midrange worth. We beloved the outcome sufficient to award it a coveted CNET Editors’ Choice award and it is nonetheless an outstanding cellphone to contemplate in case your finances does not stretch to the most recent flagships.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition overview.
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Unlike the Ultra, the S21 Plus does not assist the S Pen stylus, it has a barely smaller show and it lacks the unbelievable zoom expertise of the highest mannequin. However, it makes use of the identical processor, has a meaty battery and nonetheless has that 5G connectivity. Its cheaper price makes it a extra inexpensive possibility than the Ultra, however you are still getting a premium flagship expertise with the Gorilla Glass Victus backing that additionally options on the S21 Ultra.
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With its extra modest worth, the bottom Galaxy S21 is a good mixture of efficiency and worth that CNET reviewer Patrick Holland referred to as “the no-brainer upgrade phone.” It does not have the zoom expertise of the Ultra’s digital camera, however it will possibly take nice photos nonetheless, has the identical highly effective processor and an enormous, vibrant show. Plus, it is able to benefiting from tremendous quick 5G speeds.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S21 overview.
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The Note sequence has usually been the place Samsung packs its very best expertise and that is definitely the case for the Note 20 Ultra. Its show is wonderful, it is received immense energy, 5G connectivity and an incredible digital camera that significantly impressed me on a images highway journey. The S-Pen stylus makes it nice for notice taking, which suggests it is a very stable possibility for the extra skilled amongst you who need a cellphone for each work and play.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra overview.
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Samsung’s authentic folding cellphone was a novel thought nevertheless it was the following era — the Galaxy Z Fold 2 — that refined it. It’s nonetheless basically a pill that folds in half to turn out to be a cellphone, nevertheless it’s received an improved hinge, higher specs all spherical, 5G connectivity and a much bigger show on the skin that really makes it usable as a cellphone. Folding telephones will not be to everybody’s tastes and so they definitely come at a premium, however if you happen to’re after a bit of this futuristic tech, the Z Fold 2 is the very best one to purchase.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 overview.
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If the Galaxy Fold is a pill that folds in half to turn out to be a cellphone, the Z Flip is a cellphone that folds in half to easily turn out to be a smaller cellphone. When open, it has an enormous 6.7-inch show, however fold it in half and it turns into a small sq. that is straightforward to slip right into a denims or jacket pocket. We like its neat design, together with its first rate all-round specs and 5G connectivity and it is a extra inexpensive folding possibility than the powerhouse Galaxy Fold 2.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Z Flip overview.
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Samsung’s new A52 5G replaces the A51 launched solely final 12 months and it sits on the prime of Samsung’s extra inexpensive A sequence of telephones. The A52 5G has an enormous 6.5-inch show, 6GB of RAM, a a number of rear digital camera setup (together with 64-megapixel essential lens, huge angle and macro cameras) and 5G connectivity. We’re but to totally check the brand new A sequence, however on paper the A52 5G provides a stable all-round set of specs for a worth that is far more approachable than the highest S21 fashions.
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The A42 5G sits slightly below the A52, offers barely much less RAM, loses the macro digital camera and has a decrease decision front-facing digital camera. It nonetheless has 5G connectivity although, together with a barely greater battery and a touch greater show, which might make it an important inexpensive possibility for these of you who watch a number of movies on the transfer.
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If 5G speeds are your prime precedence however you do not wish to spend a lot cash, Samsung’s Galaxy A32 5G is the place you have to be trying. Its low worth makes it one of many most cost-effective 5G-enabled telephones it is doable to purchase proper now, nevertheless it additionally snags you an enormous 6.5-inch show and a multi rear digital camera setup. We’re but to totally overview this cellphone so we won’t vouch for its total efficiency, nevertheless it’s troublesome to argue with that worth.
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The Galaxy A12 is the most cost effective cellphone Samsung sells and it is the one to contemplate for these of you who merely need a cellphone for all of life’s necessities and need not waste cash on extravagant cameras or supercomputer-levels of processing energy. It does not have 5G, nevertheless it does have 4 rear cameras, a 6.5-inch show and a capacious 5,000-mAh battery which, given the widely low calls for of the specs, I’d count on to provide simply a full day of energy.
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Usually you may decide up final 12 months’s fashions for an enormous saving over the present era, however not so with the S20 and S21 sequence. Last 12 months’s Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra are nonetheless accessible by shops like Best Buy and so they’re nonetheless wonderful telephones. However, Samsung made a selected push with this 12 months’s S21 sequence to be extra inexpensive and as such the entire S21 sequence of telephones are cheaper than their equivalents from final 12 months. Specs-wise there’s not truly an enormous quantity of distinction and arguably a number of the construct supplies on the S20 sequence is a little bit bit extra premium, however total we advocate shopping for the most recent fashions, significantly on this case because it truly saves you cash.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S20 5G overview.
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