![The release date of Samsung Electronics' next strategic smartphone Galaxy S21 has been confirmed on the 15th of this month. The photo is an invitation to unpack the Galaxy S21. [사진 삼성전자]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/05/b773c840-2966-4802-8e72-48b43164cd87.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
The release date of Samsung Electronics’ next strategic smartphone Galaxy S21 has been confirmed on the 15th of this month. The photo is an invitation to unpack the Galaxy S21. [사진 삼성전자]
While Samsung Electronics announced that it will unveil the Galaxy S21 series, a strategic smartphone for the first half of this year, at midnight (Korean time) on the 15th, attention is paying attention to the detailed specifications of the Galaxy S21.
Online release at midnight on the 15th… Official release on the 29th
Bezel is thinner and’Katuktu’ is somewhat resolved
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Samsung Electronics sent an invitation to the global media and partners on the 4th, stating that’Samsung Galaxy Unpack 2021′, a flagship smartphone release event, will open at midnight on the 15th and 10 a.m. Eastern time on the 14th. At this event, Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil the Galaxy S21 series and the wireless earphone Galaxy Buds Pro.
Summarizing the information on the Galaxy S21 reported by foreign media so far, the Galaxy S21 series consists of three types of S21 (6.2 inches), Plus (6.7 inches) and Ultra (6.8 inches) similar to the previous Galaxy S20. The representative color is purple’Phantom Violet’, and 5 cameras are mounted.
As for the screen, the’Flat Display’ is applied to the Galaxy S21 and Plus, and the’Edge (a curved side of the screen) display’ is applied to the Ultra, the top model. The top, bottom, left and right bezels (borders) are thinner than in the previous work, and the size of the punch hole camera at the top of the front is also smaller, so the visible screen that catches the eye is wider.
![A leaked GIF file presumed to be the Galaxy S21. [사진 안드로이드폴리스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/05/6564f6f7-b465-4c73-9c42-4193ef522f02.gif?w=560&ssl=1)
A leaked GIF file presumed to be the Galaxy S21. [사진 안드로이드폴리스]
The rear camera has the module attached to the top left corner. It is evaluated that the so-called “katuk-tu” phenomenon that was pointed out in the previous work has improved somewhat. The cameras are arranged vertically with lenses of the same size. It is similar to the existing Galaxy Note 20 series. In particular, the camera is expected to have a sensor equivalent to that of an interchangeable lens (DSLR) class and an intelligent photo and video recording function. The Galaxy S20 Ultra has been equipped with a 180 million pixel main camera.
Noh Tae-moon, head of Samsung Electronics’ wireless business division (president), said through a newsroom at Samsung Electronics at the end of last year, “Many users are leaving important moments on their smartphones as video. It will provide a perfect video experience that satisfies the diverse needs of the company.” He also announced that there will be innovations in camera functions.
The Galaxy S21 is the first in the S series to support a stylus (S) pen. According to a document from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in which the detailed specifications of the Galaxy S21 Ultra are registered, the Galaxy S21 Ultra supports a’hover mode’ that performs a specific operation by moving the S Pen in the air instead of the smartphone screen. However, unlike the Galaxy Note, there is no slot for storing the S Pen. It is known that Samsung Electronics will sell the S Pen and the storage case separately.
![A rendered image of the Samsung Galaxy S21 (tentative name) recently released by tech tipster Steve Hemmerstopper (@Onleaks) on social media'Twitter'. [사진 헤머스토퍼 트위터 계정]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/05/e375d09c-9fcc-4480-b693-fd9accd41a0e.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
A rendered image of the Samsung Galaxy S21 (tentative name) recently released by tech tipster Steve Hemmerstopper (@Onleaks) on social media’Twitter’. [사진 헤머스토퍼 트위터 계정]
It is known that there is no SD card slot for expanding the memory. Roland Quant, a contributor to Winfuture, a German IT media, said through his Twitter account on the 1st, “The Galaxy S21 specification sheet does not have a memory card reader.”
It is known that the application processor (AP), which is the brain of a smartphone, installs the Exynnote 2100 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 differently depending on the country of release. In some countries, including Europe, the charger adapter and earphones are expected to be omitted from the Galaxy S21 package.
Samsung Electronics is releasing part of the Galaxy S21 as a long-term evolution (LTE, 4th generation) model. It corresponds to some countries that have not reached the commercialization of 5G, such as Southeast Asia and Latin America. It is expected to be released only in 5G models in Korea.
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy S series in mid-February every year so far, but this time it has advanced the schedule by more than a month. In the industry, it is interpreted as a strategy to contain the high sales streak of iPhone 12 released by rival Apple in October last year, and to fill the gap in China’s Huawei, which has stagnated as the US made security issues an issue.
The Galaxy S21 Unpack event will be broadcast live through the Samsung Electronics newsroom and the Samsung Electronics website. The Galaxy S21 will be pre-sale from the 15th, and the official release date is the 29th.
Reporter Park Hyung-soo [email protected]