Samsung has a cellphone for each funds, from the top-end Galaxy S21 Ultra, with its superb zoom abilities, and the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 folding telephones, proper via to a budget however nonetheless 5G-enabled Galaxy A32. Then there’s the brand new Galaxy S21 FE, which boasts some premium specs at a extra cheap price ticket. The quantity of telephones the corporate presents could be dizzying, but it surely means there’s doubtless a Galaxy cellphone for everybody, it doesn’t matter what your tastes are.
However, it does make it tough to sift via the whole lot the corporate presents to see which Samsung cellphone is definitely value contemplating. I’ve achieved the arduous work and have rounded up all of Samsung’s present foremost smartphones so you may work out precisely which may be the very best one on your wants.
But earlier than you store too critically, take into account that the corporate is because of launch its subsequent flagship — the Galaxy S22 — in February, so in the event you’re in search of the newest, biggest cell know-how Samsung has to supply (and you do not thoughts paying what is going to little question be fairly some huge cash) then it is value ready to see what the brand new mannequin has to supply.
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With its supercharged processor, 5G connectivity, S Pen stylus assist and superb digital camera abilities, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G represents the head of what Samsung presently presents in its telephones. The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is the one to go for in the event you actually worth taking superb pictures along with your cellphone, or just if you wish to know you’ve got bought the newest, biggest know-how stuffed into your denims.
Read our Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G assessment.
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The first S20 FE (seen beneath) critically impressed us with its steadiness of efficiency and worth, and the brand new S21 FE takes that additional with a stable triple digital camera, a giant, vibrant show and the identical highly effective processor discovered within the flagship S21. It’s bought some powerful competitors from Google’s Pixel 6, however in the event you’re after an incredible total Samsung cellphone and do not need to pay high greenback for the flagships, then the S21 FE is properly value contemplating.
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Although the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has come alongside to interchange it, you may nonetheless purchase final 12 months’s S20 FE for $100 lower than its alternative. We cherished the S20 FE sufficient to award it a coveted CNET Editors’ Choice award and its lineup of stable specs and reasonably priced worth means it is nonetheless properly value contemplating in 2022. Especially if you may get it with a neat low cost via a provider.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition assessment.
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Unlike the Ultra, the S21 Plus does not assist the S Pen stylus, it has a barely smaller display show and it lacks the unimaginable zoom abilities of the highest mannequin. However, this Samsung smartphone makes use of the identical processor, has a meaty battery and nonetheless has that 5G connectivity. Its lower cost makes this smartphone a extra reasonably priced Samsung cell choice 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 Android cellphone efficiency and worth that CNET reviewer Patrick Holland referred to as “the no-brainer improve cellphone.” It does not have the zoom abilities of the Ultra’s digital camera, however this smartphone can take nice pictures nonetheless, has the identical highly effective processor and a giant, vibrant display show. Plus, it is able to benefiting from tremendous quick 5G speeds.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S21 assessment.
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The Note sequence has usually been the place Samsung packs its best possible know-how and that is actually the case for 2020’s Note 20 Ultra. The cell phone’s show is superb, it is bought immense energy, 5G connectivity and a tremendous digital camera that critically impressed me on a pictures street journey. The S-Pen stylus makes it nice for notice taking, which implies this smartphone is a really stable choice for the extra skilled amongst you who need a cellphone for each work and play.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra assessment.
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Samsung’s unique folding cellphone was a novel concept however the newest technology — the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 — refines it additional. It’s nonetheless a Samsung machine that’s primarily a pill that folds in half to turn into a cellphone, however this smartphone has an improved hinge, higher specs all spherical, 5G connectivity and an even bigger show on the surface that truly makes it usable as a cellphone. Folding telephones might not be to everybody’s tastes they usually actually come at a premium, however in the event you’re after a futuristic foldable, the Z Fold 3 is the very best one to purchase.
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If the Galaxy Fold is a pill that folds in half to turn into a cellphone, the Z Flip is a cellphone that folds in half to turn into a smaller cellphone. When open, this Samsung Galaxy smartphone has a giant 6.7-inch show, however fold it in half and it turns into a small sq. that is simple 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 reasonably priced Samsung Galaxy Z Flip folding choice than the powerhouse Galaxy Fold 3.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Z Flip assessment.
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Samsung’s A52 5G sits on the high of Samsung’s extra reasonably priced A sequence of telephones. It has a giant 6.5-inch show, 6GB of RAM, a a number of rear digital camera setup (together with 64-megapixel foremost lens, extensive angle and macro cameras) and 5G connectivity. It’s a funds cellphone choice that gives 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 Android cellphone sits just under the A52, supplies 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 an even bigger battery and a slightly greater show, which may make it an incredible reasonably priced Samsung cellphone choice for these of you who watch loads of movies on the transfer.
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If 5G speeds are your high Android cellphone precedence however you do not need to spend a lot cash, Samsung’s Galaxy A32 5G is the place you ought to be wanting. Its low worth makes it one of many least expensive 5G-enabled telephones it is attainable to purchase proper now, but it surely additionally snags you a giant 6.5-inch show and a multi rear digital camera setup. It’s not difficult the general efficiency of the S21 line, but it surely’s a stable all-rounder machine for the cash.
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The Galaxy A12 is the most affordable 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 needn’t waste cash on extravagant cameras or supercomputer-levels of processing energy. It does not have 5G, but it surely does have 4 rear cameras, a 6.5-inch show and a capacious 5,000-mAh battery which, given the commonly low calls for of the specs, I’d count on to provide simply a full day of battery life energy.
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Usually you may decide up final 12 months’s Samsung cellphone fashions for a giant saving over the present technology, however not so with the S20 and S21 sequence. Last 12 months’s Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra are nonetheless out there via shops like Best Buy they usually’re nonetheless glorious telephones. However, Samsung made a specific push with this 12 months’s S21 sequence to be extra reasonably priced 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 are a little bit bit extra premium, however total we advocate shopping for the newest fashions, significantly on this case because it truly saves you cash.
Read our Samsung Galaxy S20 5G assessment.
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