20 Best Samsung Phone For Seniors (2023 Updated)

This phone feels about right — nice screen, perfect size and decent camera. I’ve had S series and note series Samsung phones in the past but this time I wanted to give one of their A series a go and liked the clean lines of the A32.

AMOLED is important and so too regular updates but equally important is smooth operation and this is the one area where I think Samsung cheaped out a bit. The G80 is by no means a bad chip but it would have only cost Samsung a few dollars more to have used a Dimensity SOC and this phone would have been almost perfect for the money.

I am not devastated by the use of the G80 as it performs very well under most circumstances but with other manufactures using better silicon in cheaper phones I do wonder if this was a missed opportunity.

Regardless, I love the phone and have no regrets buying it. I bout the official Samsung S-View wallet case for it and it looks superb. There are some better value phones out there for the money but at the end of the day they are not Samsung and they certainly won’t be receiving the updates Samsung is promising for this device.

All in all I am happy.

I bought this phone a week ago and so far i am plesently surprised. I decided on purchasing it because of the price point, battery life, screen size, and fingerprint reader. Throughout the week i found that i only need to charge it every other day even though use Spotify to stream music or podcasts my entire 8 hour work day and during my commute.

The fingerprint scanner has proven reliable, if your having trouble with it i recommend adding your preferred fingerprint 2 or 3 times and ensure your finger is clean. The performance is way better than what i expected at the price i payed.

Its faster than the a21 i had previously. Dont expect to run 14 apps at once though. I also dont play games on it because thats not my thing. Movies come out crystal clear and play smooth with good sound quality.

Calls come in clear and with the volume all the way up it has hurt my ear at times. Not a bad thing because some people talk super quiet. Ive had no one ask me to repeat myself. Connection seems strong unless im in a rural area where no phone has service.

Internal storage is smaller than i would like but a sd card helps upgrade the phone. The camera takes a decent picture and it has most of the modern features. I will continue to use it everyday and promise to update this review if anything changes.

Before you buy just remember its a 79. 99 dollar phone. If your expecting s22 ultra super features you will be disappointed. Also Its 4g and ive never used 5g so cant compare. plenty fast for me.

As a long time Samsung mobile user, I have very disappointed with this once. The fingerprint scanner is next to useless for starters which makes answering calls a pain let alone accessing the phone for anything else.

The camera is unimpressive and I don’t get the same quality of pics I was getting on my Note 5+ or my S8+ even those models are so old. I didslike that when I try to MOVE pictures from the Gallery into a folder, they remain in the Gallery and the folder.

I was given support on a work around but that didn’t work at all so appears to be a defect. I used the supplied weather app widget to load up a couple of different world wide locations to get time and weather but on the old phones, I was able to carousel the view between those locations via the widget without my having to open the app, go to the menu and select which other location I wished to view.

Grrrrrrrr. I don’t get any light flash notifications to indicate I have messages waiting. All in all, a very disappointing phone – it does the basics but that’s all. I will be changing to another brand going forward.

For weeks Tesco stores had increased the price of the A13’s to 179 following a labeling problem. As we wanted to upgrade 2 x A20e phones this priced them out of our market, so when we spotted the same phone on the Tesco eBay site at 139 we jumped at them.

I ordered 2 on Friday, they arrived Tuesday (not Monday as promised) Slightly bigger & a little heavier than our old A20e’s. Most Samsung Galaxy’s work in the same way – so things like ring tone, camera etc work like my old phone.

It was a (fairly) simple process – even for a 61-year old – to move existing numbers & smart switch from old phone to new. As we are already Tesco Mobile customers, & having existing Samsung phones (& chargers – none came with new phones – enviro-friendly, apparently), we simply saved our numbers to the micro sim, & using the lead provided, we followed the Smart Switch app to transfer our photos messages & (most of) apps onto the new phone.

Some more “personal” apps (ie: banking etc) do not transfer using Smart Switch (tip – dont wipe your old phone until you’ve checked/compared) The whole set-up on 2 x phones was completed by me within a couple of hours.

This a nice phone for your basic needs. Its runs the lastest Andriod 12 uodate along Samsungs latest One UI 4. 1 update. It has a extra upgrades from the 5G version. The biggest upgrade is the display.

Its 10x better than the display on the Galaxy A13 5G and the Galaxy A32 5G. It’s a 1080p screen with grear colors. The phone has dual sim abd both sim slots actually work. Now here are the downgrades.

The storage is limited to 32GB, the total ram is limited to 3GB. The phone isnt slow by any means. Ive already received one updatr from Samsung that address performance issues. Now the phone runs much better than it did out the box.

Ive added a 128GB, the updated software also features Samsung’s Ram plus feature that lets boost your total ram. So that helps with performance. The battery life is amazing, I average 8-10 screen on hours daily.

It does feature quick charge (no charger in the box, only the cable) but I have an 18w fast charger already. The cameras are great. Better than the a13 5g. This phone has a wide angle camera, unlike the A13 5G.

Overall it’s a decent price phone for the price. It has many perks. So im happy with it.

Purchased the product a couple of months ago, and it has tons of things to like about it but also some noticeable flaws. The Good: 1) The design is gorgeous! I love the victus glass on the back of the phone, and the way Samsung implemented the “bump” for the large camera censors, it is just gorgeous and uniqe! The black versions look slick, the silvers look classy, and the different tones between the glass and the “bump” are really nice, yet the violet-rose gold and red-gold versions are the real unique ones, again, prettiest phones I ever saw! 2) Samsung interface is always the nicest out of the android devices 3) The battery- gets you through the day even if you game or open tons of tabs on chrome, really stands out for me.

4) Great screen and performance overall 5) phone supports wifi 6 6) Samsung Dex is pretty unique and a really nice feature Samsung should advertise more. 7) except for the camera, the S21+ offers almost the same specs as the S21 Ultra which costs way more The bad: 1) Price- The competition today is tough, and other companies offer way cheaper phones for performance and specs close to what Samsung has to offer, I still prefer Samsung as I owned plenty of their devices so far and loved them, but aside of design, it isn’t that tempting for people who consider switching from other companies.

2) The Exynos chip- in the US Samsung offers the snapdragon 888 chip, but outside the US they offer their exynos chip which is not really that great, it isn’t as good performance wise, consumes more battery, and gets way hotter, and therefore after some time during heavy loads the devices gets hotter and slows down a bit.

Next generation of Exynos should feature AMD Zen 2 graphics which should be epic, but the current Exynos chip is a a little disappointing. *Most people won’t really feel the difference* 3) Heat- just want to repeat it, the device gets way hotter than I feel comfortable with during gaming or heavy tasks, both the screen and back are seriously hot.

*Temperatures are normal during casual use* 4) The camera- the design is really good, but the cameras performance is very inconsistent. sometimes I get really good photos and videos with vibrant colors and great skin textures, yet at times they get blurry or the colors are way off.

I know it is not the S21 Ultra’s 108 MP camera, but the Iphones and others take way better photos with 12 MP cameras. I expect better at this price with 64 MP. overall I love the device yet I think people should know the pro’s and cons before purchasing.

Well I was very skeptical about switching from my Motorola to a Samsung because Samsung’s just aren’t as durable. You drop it & either the screen breaks or more often it won’t power on anymore or will only get to the startup screen & then restart (eye roll emoji) but I switched.

Sigh. Smh :’-( 1) Says it has a fingerprint sensor however getting it to actually work is virtually impossible! I’ve tried different fingers, angles, positions, times, days, moods lol heck I’ve even had other people try to see if it was just me & nothing works! Grrrr (insert angry face emoji) Was able to do 1 fingerprint however I still can’t get it to ever unlock that way.

Talk about a hassle! Plus there seems to be dead spots or something on the screen. I’ll touch it sometimes (several times) in the same spot & nothing but if I scroll & then click it works but idk maybe that one is an operator error.

It could use more storage (but I also have a lot of vids) The fingerprint sensor grrr! Wireless charging is a pain, spent $60 on a wireless charger & never use it cause it seems like no matter how I set my phone on it it won’t charge.

Did I mention how terrible the fingerprint sensor is? 🙁 Cause it is. I will say the camera is fantastic! Love it, takes great photos so many options, lenses, stabilizer, different modes, the night mode is very impressive & the zoom.

Wow! And I do like the ways you can customize it. Thousands of themes, fonts, screensavers, AOD’s. It’s also a very heavy phone! I have carpel tunnel and holding this phone hurts my hands and wrists so don’t get it if you have trouble with yours cause between the weight & the stupid fingerprint sensor you’ll regret it.

After reading all the negative reviews on this phone I can only come to the conclusion that all electronics are not equal however, there’s people that unfortunately are limited on tech knowledge as well.

Not saying im any kind of tech expert but I know enough to know expectually with phones loaded with bloatwhere it is critical to remove any apps possible if you don’t plan on ever using them. Keep adaptive brightness on at all times because the phone is smart enough to know when to dim or brighten for best viewing results.

If you keep phone clean and apps removed from back ground functioning you will be amazed on how much time you’ll get with battery time. I can get a day and a half up to 2 days with moderate use and than some.

So just keep in mine that even though these phones are smart their not going to have terrific battery life out of the box. They must be configered according to use and demand depending on personal preferences.

If you compare these Samsungs to iPhones that have minimal configuration abilities they go much longer hands down and I can back that information because Ive had almost every Apple iPhone known to man and many many Samsungs as well and rarely have I seen an iphone with better battery life than an Android phone.

It all comes down to how it’s configured for the user. This Samsung S20 FE is one of the best phones ever built for the price that i’ve ever seen. There are faster Samsung phones but not with better battery life.

Hope this helps people when there reading the reviews on this phone because they can be very conflicting and some better not said in my opinion. Excellent phone for people on a budget or prefer not paying tons of money for a phone that still performs well with good battery life.

My S7 lasted for 6 years and finally died. Looking around for a good replacement at an affordable price, I finally came across the S20 FE 5g. The screen is large which is what I like. The back is not glass, but plastic.

However, it does not feel cheap. The sides are aluminum and overall, it has a flag-ship premium feel to it but it might feel a bit large for those with smaller hands. My hands are fairly large so it fits perfectly for me.

The fingerprint reader is built into the screen and I have had no issues with it working. It responds fast and gets me into my phone within a second or two. It’s also integrated well with other apps to provide security as well.

This currently has Android 12 on it. The one drawback to this device is it’s 2 years old, which means it started at Android 10 and will receive Android 13 as its final OS upgrade. That means after Android 13, only security updates will be released for the next couple of years following, so that means support for the phone for anyone getting it in 2023 won’t last as long if you had instead gone for a newer device like the S22.

But, for the price, you cannot beat this. And for me, I always make my phones last years after the updates stop. My S7 is a case-in-point. I got it in 2016 and made it last 6 years. But, for those that look at upgrading every 3 years or so to ensure they always have a device with the latest Android OS, then this may not be the device for them as stated earlier in regards to Android 13 being the last upgrade for this phone.

Bluetooth works great in my car as well as with my earbuds. This might be another rub for some, but there is no headphone hack. However, for me, I have been using Bluetooth earbuds for years now and I love it.

No wires to tangle up and I don’t have to ensure the chord is long enough to reach my phone if I’m doing something like mowing the lawn with the phone in my pocket. I have had no issues with dropped connections with it.

It works flawlessly with my car which also has Android Auto in it. It connects quickly and Google Maps is fast and responsive. With my S7 (with it so old), Google maps would hitch, pause and move sluggishly.

Also, I would have to wait almost up to 1 minute for Android Auto to fully start up once it was connected to my car. At home, WiFi connection is also stable and fast. All applications feel snappy and fast and I haven’t had any issues with any of the applications I use.

In fact, many that seemed to perform just “fine” on my S7 have new life breathed into them as I can definitely see a marked improvement in response and speed. The screen is a Super AMOLED, 120Hz HDR10+ screen.

It makes things such as scrolling, games and videos be very smooth and fast and the overall responsiveness of the phone feels great. Colors are vibrant and the touch screen is very responsive. I have not encountered any issues where it doesn’t respond to what I want except in one area.

I’ve noticed with the screen almost reaching basically to the bezels, you have to be careful how you hold the phone because sometimes, I would find the screen not responding to taps and swipes. The reason was part of my hand (such as a finger) was already touching the screen at the edge, so when my other hand would perform an action, nothing would happen.

So I’ve had to relearn how to hold this phone properly from how I used to do it with my S7. My S7 had a wider gap between the bezel and the edge of the touch screen, so it gave a little more room for my fingers to grip the phone.

But I have been able to adjust quickly to this and have no longer had the issue. The processor is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. While it is an older processor, it still can keep up with some of the newer phones in many respects.

And in some areas, it outshined newer phones with newer processors. Gaming-wise, it is great. Non-gaming-wise, still very fast and responsive. As for storage, the S20 SE 5G version comes with 128GB of storage and 6GB of memory.

With the SD card support, you can vastly increase the storage capacity of your phone with a microSDXC card up to 1TB. The phone also comes with a USB-C fast charging cable as well as a power adapter.

However, the power adapter is not 25W, but 15W. Therefore, you will get fast charging, but a 25W adapter will be faster. You will have to purchase a 25W brick separately. Too bad they didn’t just give you the 25W adapter with the device, but today there are phones that only come with the cable and no power adapter, so this was a nice move on Samsung’s part when they released this phone.

Overall, the small minor quibbles I have with this phone are just that and do nothing to detract from my overall pleasure of having purchased this device. This phone for me was a great deal at the price which was below it’s original release price.

Compared to the newer phones, it might not have the latest hardware, but price/performance-wise, you can’t beat it. But as this is coming up on 2 years, I think Verizon has a limited stock and they do seem to be going fast.

If you can get it, and you want to NOT spend a lot of money on a new premium flagship device, but you still want to get a phone that is pretty near to a flagship device in performance and features, then IMHO the S20 FE 5G is worth it.

I had this phone for less than 2 months, then replaced it with a Motorola model. Things I disliked about the phone:1- the interface is not standard Android. A Huawei phone I had 3 years ago had better features and ease of use2- it installs a bogus “Free” application to the left of the 1st home screen that has Samsungs streaming entertainment channels — whether you ask for it or not! And whenever you page too far to the left of your home screen, it actually runs the app, whether you wanted to or not.

So you have to go into the active app list and kill it. And guess what — its impossible to find the feature and delete it3- the screen is too dim to see it in daylight when using the camera. I could not use the camera outside on a sunny day4- It has a “Samsung” series of apps that are together a huge memory hog, just bloatware, with no way to turn off or move to the SD card.

They are largely redundant with Google apps. Kinda dumb for a phone with 32 gig of internal memory. I was being told constantly by the phone I was running out of memory and to delete some apps, but on the new Moto phone, I have 40% free memory <>5- The phone is too wide to fit in my (standard size) carpenter’s pocket on the thigh of my trousers.

It won’t reliably go in the pocket. In fact, when getting ready to kneel, the phone fell out from my pocket about 24 inches onto a hard floor, causing the screen to shatter into several hundred pieces, <> (it was fully protected from doing so by the lip of the phone case).

First damaged screen I have ever had in 16 years of smartphone use. Now for the best part — after I saw the phone was trashed, I was gleeful !! I called my cell provider that night and ordered a new phone6- the home wallpaper is rendered at significantly lower resolution than the screen.

Also, the wallpaper does not “page” with navigating the home screens, as all my phones have done for the last 4 years, including the new Moto. 7. The fingerprint sensor integrated with the on/off power button on the side only has about 1/4 of the area of a standard on-the-phone-back sensor.

I would estimate its success rate in getting a print to be accepted was about 30%8- All this and it was $40 more expensive than the Moto Pure G I replaced it with !!All I can figure is that Samsung added all these endearing features to make sure it would not compete with their much pricier flagship Galaxy models.

Run, don’t walk, away from this engineering nightmare.

Its good value and good battery life. My 2 concerns are well known to a12 owner. The wi-fi drops out and the screen sways between too sensitive and not sensitive enough, which might sound odd unless you have the slightest tremour or shakey hand.

Its the difference between actuating an on screen button or slightly moving the display. If the display moves even half a millimetre then the button you wanted to press – isnt pressed. This can be frustrating if youre an old git like me.

But at times I know the display didnt move at all, the touch simply didnt register. Ive had this with other Samsung screens in the past 5 years, before my hand tremour was a thing. Years ago it wasnt a problem, but their screens seem to have gotten worse instead of better.

Ive got a spare eight year old Samsung Galaxy, which does not have this problem. Otherwise its all good, good sound, but as said wi-fi drops out, if you look online, its a common problem with the A12, and can be embarrassing at best and very inconvenient, or costly at worst.

This phone is the worst I’ve had in a long while. The internal storage space (32GB) is abysmal. Even if you buy a MicroSD card to expand your storage- not all apps can be transferred to external storage.

To make matters worse, this thing is also incredibly frustrating to use every day. It lags on everything- even trying to make a phone call, trying to bring up the keypad can take 3-5 seconds. Even trying to look at certain settings deep in the settings menu sometimes will simply cause the settings app to stop working.

If you want to multitask while texting, talking on the phone, or even using an app- be prepared to pull your hair out while your phone struggles attempting to do so. Be happy if it doesn’t just crash the app in the process.

I’ve gotten notifications that the system UI has “stopped working” way too many times for it to be a fluke, not to mention certain settings menus, etc. This is just not a very well designed phone. Every time you want to do anything on this phone, be prepared to count to at least 5 and sometimes even upwards of 10 before your phone reacts to your input.

Avoid this phone if you can.

By far the worst phone i have ever purchased. I spent the extra money so i could have the 5g network and it hardly ever works. I have to use my data because when the phone is connected to any wifi network it lags and does not load photos or videos.

The data is slow working as well but runs out within 2 weeks and i use the $45 plan. The phone itself restarts 4 or 5 times in a row then goes to a static screen and i have to factory reset it every time losing photos and documents.

Its only good for texting and calling. I have spoke with representatives and have gotten nowhere. I returned the phone 3 times because when it started i had only had the phone for 2 days. This is the 4th a32 i have gotten because im not willing to downgrade as far as they want me to i want to be able to have a working 5g phone becuse i work off my phone.

So now its just a waiting game to see when the phone does crash all the way. I had to purchase a new screen protector every time i returned the phone so it has now cost me $500 for a phone that i cant even use properly.

They are not willing to upgrade me only give me a refund for the phone itself so between gas, time and accessories i wasted $160 there. The only thing they are willing to do is let me return the phone for $360 then i can either downgrade or come up with $300 more for the newer samsung.

At this point i dont even want samsung products anymore i am so unsatisfied its upsetting.

I was looking for a nice mid-range phone in the $300 price range and this phone was highly reviewed. To be clear, I have the 4G version not the 5G. I avoided the 5G model, because the 4G model had better specs, and is a completely different phone than the 5G model.

I’m glad I did, because I have heard people with the 5G model are generally not too happy with it. The battery life is great, and I watch a fair amount of Youtube and TikTok on it. I think the design is great, and it feels good in the hand.

It is fairly fast, though not as fast as a flagship model. My only complaints are the touch screen is a bit too sensitive, and the phone frequently launches apps in my pocket when the screen is facing my thigh.

Also, one of my big complaints about Samsung phones is how much of the bloatware apps you can’t remove. You can remove or disable much more than you could when I had my Galaxy S6, but not as much as I would like.

Other than that, overall a great bang for buck. It was the best $300 smartphone of 2021 in my opinion. When it comes to reliability, you can’t go wrong with a Samsung phone.

I would not recommend purchasing this phone or staying with Tracfone, especially if you live in a rural or any area serviced only by AT&T. Besides having some of the problems described in the other 1 & 2 star reviews here (Repeated Booting, Checkerboard Screens, etc.

), Tracfone was not able to activate this phone with our old TracFone telephone number that we have used for the last 5 years in our rural Texas area covered only by AT&T! The only reason I purchased this phone from TracFone was to replace our old TracFone LG51A which had started texting messages that it would not work after 2/22/2022! After spending over two weeks constantly phoning and chatting with Tracfone Customer Service Representatives (CSR’s) often giving conflicting and/or confusing advice, I had to return this phone (Samsung Galaxy A32).

Currently, I can’t use even my old Tracfone because they say they couldn’t reactivate it due to the phone number being a Verizon phone number???? Yes, the very same Tracfone phone number that has been working in an AT&T only coverage area for the past 5 years????? So now I’m without Tracfone Service, even though I paid around $125.

00 for an annual plan that was supposed to last to July 2022. The final straw was when talking with the last Tracfone CSR. The CSR said they could activate the Galaxy A32, but I would have to get a new phone number, however my current annual plan and minutes would not be carried over! I would also then have to purchase another Tracfone plan! I’ve been a Tracfone customer for over 20 years and never had any problems.

However, after this I guess I’ll go elsewhere.

I purchased a Galaxy A32 after my Pixel 3 stopped charging in Aug ’21. Every day I have owned this phone it has found a new way to irritate and vex me. -Fingerprint sensor is horrible. No, really, Samsung should be ashamed of this sensor, it is really, really bad.

-WiFi drops for no apparent reason. At first, I thought it was a weak signal issue but no, I can be standing right next to a wifi AP and the good old A32 will just drop the wifi connection and complain it will reconnect when “signal quality improves.

” Never had this issue with any Pixel or iPhone I’ve owned. -Caller volume on phone calls is a joke. I have excellent hearing but understanding what a caller is saying to me on the A32 is almost always impossible (unless I’m in a room that is dead silent).

As a result, I have to put most of my calls on speaker and I end up looking like a tool to anyone around me. -GPS is also horrible. I’m an avid cyclist and use the Ride With GPS app quite a bit. It was absolutely fine on my Pixel and iPhones but of course, the A32 drops the GPS signal during a ride for no apparent reason.

It also has the same connection dropped issues with Google maps when driving. – Phone randomly reboots. I first i thought it was performing OS updates but the reboots occur so often (once or twice a week) that I’m fairly certain that is not the case.

I don’t know what this crazy phone is doing. I’m going limp along with this Galaxy A32 for a few more months because I really don’t want to spend any more money. But I will be in the market for a new phone come the holidays.

Recently broke my Motorola Moto G stylus and needed a new phone and didnt want to spend $300+ on a new one. as a Samsung fan, i have started to assume Samsung makes quality products, the A32 is NOT a quality product.

I wish i would have bought another Motorola! The finger print sensor works too well without a phone case, meaning. the slightest touch from the finger you have saved on the power key (say as youre putting your phone in your pocket) unlocks your phone as youre putting into your pocket! Then.

if and when you buy a phone case, the fingerprint sensor becomes impossible to use! The phone is lagging. i often have to press things multiple time before the phone will respond and do something as simple as open an application.

Camera is horrible. One option for 48mp camera, but no zoom. Front camera is the worst ive seen in years. seriously think i owned flip phones that had better images! Not impressed. Literally would give this thing for free to anyone interested.

Although this is a very expensive phone, its completely worth it. With that said, its not a phone for everyone. There are a lot of bells and whistles and it may be too complicated for some people no offense intended but usually older people.

I work at a cellphone store and some people come in who just want the latest phone only because its new and they end up coming back with complaints simply because they have no idea how to use it. Or they never use any of the cool features that come with it, so why are you spending so much extra money on something you barely useFor me personally, this phone is amazing.

Ive had it for a year and its definatly the best phone Ive owned thus far and the most expensive phone. Its extremely fast, has tons of memory, great camera, I love the spen, the note capability, the finger print scanner on the back vs.

on the home button, the side display and edge apps and so much more. Two things I dont like one is the over all sizeaspect ratio. Its awkwardly tall and I have small hands so its kind of hard for me to use one handed, but its not like I didnt know that coming into it.

Nowadays most phone are getting bigger so there arent too many option if you want a smaller phone. Also the finger print scanner is great that its on the back instead of the front, BUT it is in the most unconformable place.

It is very high up on the phone again small hands, hard to reach and right next to the camera so I end up putting my finger on the camera, smudging it up all the time. With that said, I did see that the new Note9 has moved the scanner below the camera which is great.

I am sad to say Ive only had this phone for a year and I just ordered a new one. Out of the blue the lockunlock button stopped working. It will turn the screen off but not back on. If I want to use my phone I have to restart it ever single time.

I cant unlock with my finger print, nor with the hardpress home button. I even tried downloading a few different apps to bypass to wake my screen but nothing has worked. Not only is the lock button not work but my screen flashes white unexpectedly now as well.

Either parts of the screen horizontal lines or the entire screen flashes white and will not stop unless I restart my phone. I am completely unsure of why this is happening, I did not drop by phone but I did leave it unattended at work for a few minutes the day it started acting up.

I suppose someone could have knocked it onto the ground and put it back without telling me. Otherwise it may be some sort of defect with the phone. Either way, Im ordering another Note8 because I do really like the phone.

IšverstiShow in original languageDas S21 5G ersetzt seit etwa einem Monat mein S9+. Vorab sei erwähnt, dass sich meine Beschreibung/Bewertung auf mein persönliches Befinden und den direkten Vergleich zu meinen Vorgänger-Handys (hier primär Samsung Galaxy S9+) stützt, weil ich mit Zahlen und Auflösungen und anderen technischen Angaben nicht viel anfangen kann – zumal es mir nix bringt, wenn eine Zahl höher ist als die andere, das Foto im Vergleich aber trotzdem schlechter ist.

Nach der Einrichtung war ich zunächst mal recht erleichtert, dass wirklich sämtliche Einstellungen übernommen wurden. Alle Widgets, Ordner, die Seitenleiste und was auch immer war 1:1 dasselbe und hat mir vieles vereinfacht.

Haptisch taugt mir das S21 auch besser als das S9+, wobei ich dazu sagen muss, dass ich (Soldat) meine Smartphones grundsätzlich in der passenden Otterbox Defender trage. Meine Taschen am Leib sind begrenzt, alle immer mit den gleichen Gegenständen belegt und die linke Körperseite am Gürtel hingegen immer frei, egal welche (Feld-, Jeans-, Jogging-, Bade-) Hose ich trage – daher bezieht sich die Aussage über Haptik und Handling auf das Handy in eben dieser Otterbox.

Aber wie gesagt, liegt deutlich besser in der Hand, wirkt leichter und ist angenehm zu bedienen. Ich bin ein Mensch, der unendlich viele Apps nutzt und praktisch alles vom Smartphone aus macht, ob nun Office-Anwendungen, Smarthome, IP-/Überwachungskameras, Live-TV/Video-Streaming, Navigation, Wissen/Recherchen, Brokerage oder Banking, da muss der arme Knochen schon viel mit mir mitmachen.

Das S9+ hat das grundsätzlich hervorragend gemeistert, allerdings kam es speichertechnisch zuletzt doch an seine Grenzen, da sich viele Apps nicht oder nicht vollständig auf die SD-Karte verschieben ließen und ich vom internen Speicher einfach auch nichts mehr löschen konnte.

Geschwindigkeitsmäßig lässt sich damit ein deutlicher Unterschied zwischen Vorgänger und Nachfolger erkennen. Tipp und da – grundsätzlich alles wie´s soll, aber jetzt im direkten Vergleich halt doch erstmal erfreulich zackig.

In dem Zusammenhang sei auch erwähnt, dass der Akku bei gleicher Belastung deutlich länger hält. Musste mein S9+ teilweise abends mit 13% Restkapazität gegen spätestens 18 Uhr ans Kabel, kann mein S21 um 22 Uhr noch immer mit rund 35-40% aufwarten.

Ich war unglaublich begeistert von der Kamera meines S9+, kann aber ruhigen Gewissens sagen, dass die vom S21 das nochmal um einiges toppt. Unmittelbar deutlich wird das z. B. bei Verwendung des Nacht-Modus, bei dem ich das Sternbild des Orion freihändig schärfer eingefangen hab, als früher mit dem festgelegten S9+.

Das (unvermeidliche) Gewackel mit der freien Hand gleicht das Telefon echt klasse aus. Auch mit Gegenlicht kommt die des S21 besser zurecht. Bei Bildern meiner Vogel-Voliere mit einer sehr realistischen künstlichen Sonne war auf Fotos mit dem S9+ außer Grell und Hell nix zu erkennen, ganz im Gegensatz zu denen mit dem S21.

Bei aller Begeisterung hab ich den 5ten Stern nicht aus versehen weggelassen, denn – und das war zunächst beinah ein Grund, es zurückgehen zu lassen – der Speicherplatz lässt sich nicht (wie sonst gewöhnt) mit einer Speicherkarte erweitern! Das fiel mir allerdings erst nachträglich auf und hat mich ordentlich gewurmt, weil ich meine Daten und Fotos für gewöhnlich primär lokal verfügbar halte und die die Kapazität des S21 bereits gesprengt hätten, ohne auch nur eine App zu installieren.

Ich musste demnach wohl oder übel aussortieren und hab jetzt nur ein paar wenige Ordner in der Galerie lokal behalten, die ich oft und regelmäßig brauche bzw. die auch weiter mit Bildern gefüttert werden, abgeschlossene Ereignisse gingen hingegen ins Online-Archiv hochgeladen (OneDrive).

Obgleich das mal dringend notwendig war, um wieder Ordnung reinzukriegen, ist das für mich trotzdem ein Rückschritt, weil “im Kampf gegen das IPhone” eben diese Möglichkeit der lokalen Speicher-Erweiterung eines meiner Haupt-Argumente ist – bzw.

jetzt war, weil Samsung ja nu auch mit dem Quatsch anfängt. Bedeutet für mich nun eine Sicherung der Cloud-Daten auf einer weiteren, externen Festplatte, um sie auch offline zu sichern. Dass der ehemalige An-/Aus-Knopf auf der rechten Geräteseite plötzlich der Bixby-Schalter ist und man zum Ein-/Ausschalten bzw.

Neustarten nun 2 Tasten drücken muss hat mich erstmal überrascht, ging aber schnell in die Gewohnheit über und hat mich nebenbei dazu gebracht, mich nun doch mal mit Bixby zu beschäftigen, die – wie ich dabei festgestellt habe – inzwischen auch deutsch kann.

Da ich viel mit Alexa und Google rede, hab ich die nun auch von Zeit zu Zeit mal ausprobiert und empfinde sie als ganz angenehm, solange es sich um – naja, nennen wir´s “lokale” Anliegen – handelt. Entweder liegt es an mir (sprich ich weiß nicht, wie man sie verbindet), oder Bixby kann grundsätzlich nicht mit meinem Google-Kalender arbeiten, der aber nunmal seit Ewigkeiten mein Hauptkalender ist.

Damit kommen Erinnerungen, die sie in den Samsung-Kalender meißelt, auch nur vom Handy direkt und nicht gleichzeitig auf dem Laptop oder Alexa. Aber so ist sie sonst ganz witzig. Insgesamt hab ich mich nun daran gewöhnt, komm gut mit der veränderten Speicherkapazität zurecht und empfinde mein neues S21 5G wie im Titel angegeben Dank der verbesserten Geschwindigkeit, Haptik, problemlosen Einrichtung, Kamera und Alltagstauglichkeit als sehr angenehm.

IšverstiShow in original languageDie Prost & Cons Nachteile (welcher Fan hat sich diese Dinge denn so gewünscht?) ⬇️Zum Zeitpunkt des Erscheinens in meinen Augen ca. 100 bis 150 Euro zu teuer, im Vergleich zum normalen S21, ja wir haben eine weltweite Chipkrise, aber ich ziehe hier nur einen Vergleich.

Nunmehr, einige Zeit nach Marktstart, mit dauerhaft 100 Euro unter dem UVP hat sich das etwas relativiert. ⬇️Kein Ladegerät enthalten! Keine Displayschutzfolie vorinstalliert. Keine Hülle mitgeliefert! ⬇️Schnellladen ist bei Samsung noch nicht angekommen (25 Watt ist in 2023 zu langsam, 50% in 30 Minuten geladen).

Eine volle Aufladung von 0 auf 100% dauert genau 76 Minuten. ⬇️Keine SD Karte mehr möglich, warum Samsung? Ich weiß, externe Speicher bremsen aus weil diese niemals so performant sind wie interne LPDDR5 oder (im Falle von dauerhaftem Speicher) UFS3.

1 Speicher sind. Aber wenigstens die Möglichkeit sollten doch die ‘Fans’ behalten dürfen! ⬇️Leider kein LTPO, also adaptives Display (irgendwo muss die Grenze zu den normalen S21 und S22 Geräten ja bestehen bleiben.

⬇️Fingerabdruckscanner befindet sich etwas zu tief angebracht! Hier muss man manchmal umgreifen! Neutral (auch zum Teil Ansichtssache) ➡️Rückseite aus Kunststoff, welches von der Haptik her höherwertiger sein dürfte, aber dadurch spart es Gewicht, Kunststoff ist robuster da weniger bruchanfällig, das hebt sich meiner Meinung nach auf, zumeist verschwindet so ein Gerät sowieso in einer Schutzhülle, da kann die Rückseite noch so wertig und toll sein, man weiß es zwar, sehen kann man dies jedoch nur einmal beim Auspacken aus der Packung direkt nach dem Kauf.

➡️Kein 3,5mm Klinkenanschluss mehr, im Zeitalter von Bluetooth Kopfhörern erinnere selbst ich mich nur noch wie ein Echo aus vergangen Zeiten daran, ich finde aber zu einer Fan Edition hätte es gut gepasst.

➡️Zwei Farben weniger als die Vorserie hatte. ➡️4500 mAh Akku, mehr geht immer, ist ordentlich, aber nicht gut, man kommt aber gut durch den Tag, vielmehr ist aber auch nicht drin, spätestens am nächsten Morgen muss geladen werden (Normal bis Vielnutzer), zwei Tage bei wenig Nutzung sind aber auch möglich.

Keine Notification LED mehr, was aber gut ersetzt wird (siehe unter Vorteile). ➡️Der SD 888 wird bei Volllast gerne warm, aber nicht unangenehm heiß, Samsung drosselt dann hier die Leistung, wie es alle Anderen auch machen, gängige Praxis, in den seltensten Fällen bekommt man davon etwas mit.

Aufwändige Spiele ziehen schnell den Akku leer, Genshin Impact, Asphalt 9 etc. Vorteile ⬆️Abkehr vom 20:9 Format, jetzt 19,5:9, zieht damit mit Apple gleich, nahezu alle anderen Hersteller schwören auf 20:9, daher wirken die Geräte zwar ziemlich schmal aber auch sehr lang, bis auf Sony, die immer noch 21:9 etablieren wollen und damit wie ein Riegel ausschauen, statt 2400:1080 (20:9) nun 2340:1080 (19,5:9) Bildpunkte Auflösung, das Gerät sieht dadurch kompakter aus, verschwendet im Querformat daher weniger Rand wenn z.

B. bei YouTube Inhalte im 18:9 Format (mit das häufigste Format) angeschaut werden, besserer ‘Hosentaschenfaktor’, ziemlich flach mit 7,9mm, die goldene Mitte zwischen einem großen Display und noch relativ kompakten Abmessungen.

⬆️Mit 177 Gramm für 6,4 Zoll erstaunlich leicht, alle Anderen sind irgendwo um die 190 bis 220 Gramm, kein Backstein! ⬆️IP zertifiziert und damit staub-und wasserdicht, haben immer noch längst nicht alle! ⬆️Gute Strahlungswerte und weit unter den empfohlen Grenzwerten für Körper und Kopf.

⬆️Stereo Lautsprecher, die ein gutes Spektrum wiedergeben, im Bassbereich kann das Samsung besser, aber gerade noch gut, jedoch werden diese richtig schön laut ohne zu verzerren, klingen dann aber etwas spitz.

⬆️Ein atemberaubendes, im Peak (1300 Nit) sehr helles Display, mit einer fantastischen automatischen Helligkeitsregulierung die auch im schnellen Helligkeitswechsel immer so gut nachreguliert, dass das Display nie zu dunkel oder zu hell ist, im Kontrast durch OLED Technologie nicht zu schlagen, mit einem sehr guten Weißwert und tollen Farben, nicht übersättigt, nicht an den Rändern gebogen, daher passen auch Displayschutzfolien perfekt ohne sich am Rand abzuheben, geringeres Risiko des Displaybruchs beim Sturz des Gerätes auf harten Boden, flüssige 120 Herz Wiederholfrequenz, butterweiche Bedienung durch eine 240 Herz Abtastrate, das Display ist in der Praxis ein Traum, man schaut gerne darauf, das ist Samsungs Paradedisziplin, geschützt von Gorilla Glas Victus und damit das Beste was derzeit machbar ist.

⬆️Ein Klasse, in meinen Augen marktführendes Always On Display was verpasste Anrufe, Nachrichten, SMS, Wetter, Akkustand etc. anzeigen kann, absolut personalisierbar in Style und Inhalt, grandios, will ich nie mehr missen! ⬆️Insgesamt hohes und flottes Bedientempo, das flutscht nur so, Apps öffnen und schließen nahezu nicht mehr messbar, Wartezeiten sind keine mehr vorhanden, mehr Performance ist bislang (ja, der Bionic A15, ja der SD 8 Gen.

1, ja der Dimensity 9000 von MediaTek, es geht eben immer weiter und besser) kaum möglich, da braucht wirklich keiner mehr, nichts ruckelt, Spiele laufen in höchster Grafikeinstellung rasant mit bis zu 60 fps.

⬆️Verarbeitungsqualität ist auf den aktuellen Stand, nichts knarzt, keinen scharfen Kanten, der matte Rahmen wie auch die matte Rückseite sind einwandfrei. ⬆️Qi kabelloses Laden bis 15 Watt ist möglich.

⬆️One UI 4 erlaubt viele Dinge einzustellen, ist im Gegensatz zu früheren Versionen oder gar Touchwizz (oh, das waren teils harte Zeiten) nicht mehr überfrachtet, ist gut strukturiert, guter Menübaum, weiß mit vielen nützlichen Dingen, wie etwa der perfekten Einhandbedienung, zu überzeugen, früher ein Grund gegen und heute ein Grund für Samsung, natürlich ist das auch immer etwas Geschmackssache und was man bisher so kennt bzw.

genutzt hat. ⬆️Guter und relativ schneller, optischer Fingerabdruckleser unter dem Display, der zuverlässig entsperrt und nur mitten in der Nacht, sollte man mal entsperren müssen, durch ein Leuchten (daher optisch) kurz zu erschrecken weiß.

⬆️In Zeiten von Maskenpflicht ist man nicht ausschließlich (wie bei Apple mit Face ID) auf eine optische Gesichtserkennung (hier zwar nur 2 D, unsicherer als Fingerabdruck) angewiesen, aber man hat diese Alternative eben auch als weitere Entsperrmöglichkeit.

⬆️Schneller USB C 3. 1 Anschluss zur fixen Übertragung von Daten, viele andere Spitzengeräte anderer Marken haben zwar USB C, dann aber nur das 2. 0 Protokoll, das kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. ⬆️Samsung Dex, Android im PC Modus nutzen und neu kennen Lernen, eine Art Windows Modus um Produktiv am Großen Bildschirm oder TV zu arbeiten.

⬆️Aktuelle Bluetooth und WLAN Protokolle, auf dem Stand der Technik. ⬆️Aufpreis von 128GB auf 256GB Speicher ist mit 70 Euro relativ human, da ist das Upselling von Apple aggressiver, trotzdem bewegt man sich leider in die falsche Richtung (Stichwort SD Karte).

⬆️Mit ‘Knox Privater Ordner’ zusätzliche zweite ‘sichere Oberfläche’ vorhanden. ⬆️Sehr gute Weitwinkel Hauptkamera, 12 MP, rauscharm auch bei Nacht, gute Nachtaufnahmen mit toller atmosphärischer Gestaltung, hoher Dynamikumfang, perfekte Fotos mit schönen aber nicht zu übersättigten Farben, nicht zu sehr nachgeschärft, das gleiche gilt auch für die Video Qualität, Maßstab und Benchmark im Android-Bereich, besser als Pixel 6, wenn auch nicht viel, 4K in 60 FPS sind wackelfrei, sehen extrem gut aus, insgesamt besser als beim normalen S21 (liegt sicher auch am SD 888).

⬆️Gute Ultraweitwinkel Kamera, 12 MP, bei gutem Tageslicht kaum schwächer als die Hauptkamera, baut bei Dunkelheit und Kunstlicht dann aber erwartungsgemäß ab, dann immer noch nicht schlecht, aber auch nicht mehr gut, nahezu gleicher Farbe und Weißabgleich wie die Hauptkamera und dadurch ziemlich einheitlicher Look, kaum Verzerrungen oder Unschärfen zu den Rändern hin, gleich gut wie S21.

Großer Winkel, damit so viel wie möglich auf den Bildausschnitt passt. ⬆️3 fach optische Zoomkamera, 8 MP, von der Auflösung der schwächste Sensor, was aber durch einen identischen Weiß und Farbabgleich, durch eine gute Zoomstufe und ordentlich scharfen Bildern wieder ausgeglichen werden kann, hier eindeutig besser als das S21, alle drei Sensoren können mindestens bis 4K30 für Videoaufnahmen verwendet werden, insgesamt wird diese Kamera Performance so ziemlich jeden Kunden zufriedenstellen, zumal ich auf unzählige Einstellungsmöglichkeiten, Filter, Modi usw.

gar nicht erst eingegangen bin. ⬆️Hervorragender Frontkamera Sensor, 32 MP, mit fester Brennweite, der aber auch Weitwinkel beherrscht und somit software-seitig mehr auf den Bildausschnitt bringt, kann auch Video bis 4K60 aufnehmen, ebenso sehr scharfe und natürliche Aufnahmen die nichts zu wünschen übrig lassen.

⬆️Sehr gute Empfangseigenschaften, bei Bluetooth, WLAN, Mobilfunk, gute Verständlichkeit beim Telefonieren und Freisprechen, hier gibt es keine Schwächen, auch beim Hotspot können anderen Geräte in 10 Meter Entfernung noch schnell mit Internet versorgt werden.

⬆️Ein großer Umfang an Zubehör wie etwa Schutzhüllen, Panzerglas, Ladestationen etc. , so das man überall etwas Passendes für dieses Gerät findet. ⬆️⬆️⬆️Zum Schluss, last but not least: der mittlerweile beispiellose und hervorragende Software Support von Samsung, die dickste Kirsche auf der leckeren Torte! Samsung liefert neue Sicherheitspatches manchmal sogar schneller aus als Google für seine eigenen Pixel Geräte, ich weiß wovon ich spreche und kann sehr genau vergleichen, Chinesen hinken teils bis zu drei Monate hinterher, zudem wird das S21 FE bereits mit Android 12 (und OneUi 4) ausgeliefert, und Samsung garantiert 4 große Updates, was bedeutet, dass das S21 FE auch noch Android 16 erhalten wird plus einem weiteren Jahr Sicherheitspatches monatlich.

Absolut zu empfehlen!.

IšverstiShow in original languageA escolha do meu Galaxy S21 FE 5G foi justamente por ser um telefone de porte intermediário sendo anunciado pela Samsung como primeira linha. Pois bem, entrei no site e li todas as especificações e vi que me atendia e fiquei bem interessado.

Mas, quando fui utilizar no dia-a-dia fiquei bastante decepcionado em relação ao desempenho, fluidez e alguns recursos que sinto falta, pois vim migrado do ecossistema iOS. Primeiro ponto negativo: Travamentos e engasgos constantes.

Telefones anunciados como primeira linha não deveriam apresentar isso, ainda mais possuindo 6GB RAM, pois bem, isso foi meu pior pesadelo e começou a travar até na calculadora, de cara fiquei nostálgico pelo meus outros dispositivos iOS anteriores que nunca apresentaram travamentos e alterava os apps com uma fluidez de invejar, senti muita falta disso.

Segundo ponto: Adicionar E-Sim / plano de celular. Nas minhas pesquisas da Samsung relatou que meu aparelho possui suporte para adicionar chip virtual, pois no iOS possuía essa tecnologia e isso também foi um fator para eu escolher meu Galaxy.

Apesar de possuir gaveta para 2 sim físicos, ainda prefiro usar o virtual pela segurança e a dificuldade dos criminosos em desativar o aparelho. Fiquei bastante decepcionado com a Samsung nesse quesito.

Esperava mesmo essa função e vocês não anunciam de forma clara quais modelos possuem isso. Terceiro ponto: bateria. Eu tiro da tomada e já fica 99%. Não está durando o dia todo como relatado nas propagandas da Samsung.

Já otimizei as configurações para gastar menos bateria, mas mesmo assim acaba rápido, e acredito que otimizar o aparelho limitando funções não e o caminho da produtividade e melhor aproveitamento do aparelho como um todo.