If you're getting an S21, what phone are you replacing? Also, do you think there will be a new Galaxy Note this year? they can't replace it with just THIS kinda of s-pen right???

Dave2D: This is not a special black. MKBHD: And I took that personally.

MKBHD: “S21 Ultra Phantom Black kinda speaks to me” D2D: “It’s just a regular black phone”

I was bummed about the 1080p screen on the S21/S21+ until I realized I've been running my Note 10+ at 1080p for the entire 14 months I've owned it. 😅

Meanwhile in a parallel universe: Samsung : we have a dave2d teal Dave : this is a very high quality finish and awesome color MKBHD: this is a normal teal

Dave: There's nothing special about this black Samsung: Yeah take Dave off the receiving list for next year.

in Dave Lee's review we TRUST

1080p on a 15in laptop: eh, it’s fine 1080p on a 6in phone: THATS DISGUSTING, I COULD SEE THE PIXELS !

A comfortable 2 day battery Me with a 7 hour average of UKposts a day.... bring it on

me : hes gonna say OK dave :ALRIGHT me : shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

“This is not a special black” Batman liked this

Dave Lee : There's nothing special about this black MKBHD : Alexa...we need guns!

I felt that pinch

Does size matter? Dave: "No, but girth. Girth does"

Dave: It ain't a special black. Marques: *sad MKBHD noises

It’s impressive to me just how wildly different the experience of Dave2D has been from that of MKBHD in their respective reviews of the GS21 Ultra. On area like photography, design, portrait mode etc. They basically diametrically opposed 😳

First time I watch one of your videos. I love the way you communicate to the viewers. It's very simple yet precise and so relaxing to watch. Very clear and to the point. Will subscribe.

samsung next year: Here's a really really great D2D teal colour on our S22 ultra

Its just black, matt black nothing special MKBHD Wants to know your location

Flat edges is a perfect for me too. It's more durable design when it drops than curves and more ergonamically useful.

Always on point. Not even unnecessarily separate videos for the models. Respect! 🙌🏻

Why was he shooting videos in studio while having such a incredible view at the home?😅😅

Dave : This isnt a special black! MKBHD : so ive been fighting Dave for about a week now

Thanks Dave - Fabulous!! You already know my love for Toronto & your skyline shots - this was superb! THEN you talk about phones AS WELL - think I've gone to heaven 🙂 My S21 turns up Friday 29th - px'd my S20Ultra for it - so am very pleased to hear your recommendation - will be very keen to see how it flies side-by-side with my Nord & Xperia 5ii - believe Upper Mid-Range will be where it's at in 2021. More please! Thanks again.

I'm DEFINITELY into battery life AND the zooms! 👍😁 Expecting my S21 Ultra in a couple days! CAN'T WAIT!

Dave literally killed Marques with that take on BLACK color.

Great review man, love the change of scenery 👍🏾

Keep up the good work. I like your simple videos, plain and raw. Me likey.

13:45 Stalkers: *"My time has finally come"*

S21: No earphone jack, no memory expansion, no charger, no earphones, no glass, no curved edge, ah well Also no one is talking about the moving building in video at 9:37 on the iphone 12 -> Look at the top left and right.. artifacting from image stabiliser?

But how's the call quality in the earpiece? What's it like calling people and can they hear you on the other end? No one talks about this anymore only cameras, camera bumps , display and it's a fingerprint magnet.

Bang on! Would love Exynos comparison, for the market I am in!

I just realised that 80% of the comments are "dave: this is not a special black mkbhd: angery" Like, can you be original?

1:10 fishing for that Dave Lee "Special Black" edition since Marques got his Phantom Black shoutout 😂

Great review Dave. Always enjoy watching your videos.

This is a great review! Thanks Dave. Now for the enthusiasts, do we have a phone with a headphone jack and SD card to look forward to?

Me, coming straight from the MKBHD review, "Regular Black, Mate??" Marques raved about the colour more than Samsung did on their presentation.😂

I mean I'd include a charging brick, enthusiasts might have a million chargers, but the average consumers break/lose theirs all the time. And the people that hold me bro their phones for YEARS death definitely should get new cables when they upgrade their phones.

I still have my S10e. It came with a charger in box, it has a headphone jack (I listen to high quality IEMs) and it has a micro SD slot. Plus a great form factor at just 5.8".. I'll keep it, thanks.

Still haven't seen a good enough reason to upgrade from my S8. Resolution very important to me

When every comment under an informative video is literally the color black. Ya'll are a different class of special.

It’s weird seeing Dave not in his usual studio

Since google went to that back gesture with swiping from the edges, the curved display with a case that allows edge swiping, is the way to go. With a flat edge you get stickiness when swiping from the edge. I have the OnePlus 8 with curved edges and loving the back swiping from the edge. I agree, prior to the gesture navigation, curved edges were a gimmick 👍

Is that a Taeha Types video I see? Classy, Dave. :)

The purpleback and gold frame combo of the S21 with the smaller camera bump makes it arguably the best looking phone of the linup in my opinion.

Pretty sure Dave Lee doing video comparisons is the only person going outside in Canada rn.

Hello Dave! Nice review, I've always loved your content and your channel. Interesting analysis on the S21 family! By any chance are you planing on reviewing Xperia phones from Sony? The last models have had quite a few nice improvements and I think they are a nice option! Thanks!

Dave’s back video setting looks like a film studio with a giant wallpaper from show “Suits” - no any plane ✈️, no birds 🦅, no moving clouds ⛅️ , no people, no time change...

Bruce wayne : does it come in special black.

Thank you very much. I can always relay on you to give an honest review. You look at the product both as a normal consumer and also as a enthusiast and give the best balanced final decision.

Thank you for the detailed review on this, it helps.

Also once it drops in price(which it always does) it’ll be an even better value

Anyone else love the way Dave says "Important"

I'm all for sticking with 1080p. Especially on displays this size. And I'm all for the plastic. Though I do think those two cost-cutting measures justify a larger price drop.

your reviews are super helpful not like others that now are just focusing on how good they can take great videos

Good to see this. As my S21 Ultra just got delivered. Super excited!

MAN i click on a dave video and i sit here, eagerly anticipating the "alright". There is something so satisfying about it.

9:38 What's wrong with that building on the top left... Is it having seizures? 😂

Funny that he says the S21 is nothing special, but says the iPhone is amazing when it looks the same for the last 3 years! 🤷🏽‍♂️

When the outro music starts playing I always look to the left. It really sounds like a phone is ringing😂

Dave2D: This is not a special black MKBHD: It is the *PHANTOM BLACK*

It may be black to the layman “Dave2D” but look, Obsidian, onyx, midnight, lost soul, rolling blackout, sleeping panther, and void by Armani. *holds up orange tie* does this look black to you too?

Hi Dave awesome review. I have set your pic with the colorful chairs as my wallpaper until I find a better one.

Great review! Thanks! 🙏

I really hope the s22 next year will be like the s21 Ultra. Higher resolution, better battery, better cameras, glass, and UWB. I'm willing to wait

7:40 That difference between the dynamic range on the s21 and iphone 12 blew me away

finally rewatching this from my s21 ultra after a 6 years of iphone se 1st gen. ghad this is monstrously amazing phone 💕

10:42 what you mean to say is it’s a ‘telephoto’ lens, not a zoom lens. Zoom is when the focal length on a single lens physically changes from shorter to longer and vice-versa. Telephoto is anything which is longer than ‘standard’ focal length. Wide angle is everything shorter than ‘standard’. Standard is actually the focal length with is equal to the diagonal on the actual sensor.

Would you please do an Exynos vs Snapdragon shootout?

I justed tuned up my bass and I swear I just rewatched the intro a 100 times

the best youtuber-tech viewer ever! I usually decide whether I'll buy an x phone after watching his review. Not an ad (who am I to ad anyway?!), but with Dave Lee, you'll get what you need without that bla bla in less than 20 min. he's not a big fan of big numbers and focuses more on the user experience, which is something I admire in the middle of this messy jungle of big numbers. So spare and basic but much more effective than anyone else. Keep being simple and effective Lee! and waiting for your review of the next upcoming OnePlus 9/ 9pro.

@DaveLee That background brought back memories of my corner office at 181 University Av😅

Prices you mention for the case and pen are still incorrect. Both together is 70 dollar. Not the case alone.

Absolutely no bs and on point. This review influenced my buying decision. Thanks Dave!

Great review! Love the detail review of the camera and video. I think they are doing away with the Note Series now that they have pen functionality. Just not at the asking price that Samsung is asking for.

Woah, I was genuinely shocked when you had the video footage from the S21 phones and then the iPhone 12. There is 0 competition in the video field when it comes to iPhones damn

Samsung: "No microSD slot" Me: "Oh so did you switch to a faster UFS card slot to take the faster UFS cards you made nearly 5 years ago?" Samsung: "Nope" Me: "Understandable, have a nice day✌🏽"

D2D: It an't special black MKBHD: How dare you?

This quality and fresh new style in videos is fire

Thanks for the review Polyp - Been debating on trading in my note 9 for this but I love my built in stylus to much. Have a good one brotha - Path

that 10x zoom on the s21 looks like my default camera resolution on my hand-me-down iphone 8

Has everyone just forgotten about the Samsung Galaxy S10e and its perpetually 1080p resolution screen? Of all the phones I’ve owned, I’ve held onto the S10e the longest.

Great video, Dave! Am I the only one who feels like he's a bit close to the camera in this one?

I was just going to get the FE and this came out. I see what you did there.

Reviewers need to start calling out OEMs for removing features.... Remove the SD card and now charge extra for cloud storage. Remove headphone jacks and charge extra for wireless earbuds....

This is basically the exact opposite MKBHD said in his video. Interesting.

Was waiting for it eagerly 😀

The fingerprint reader from the OP8 Pro you were comparing too is not nearly as secure as the ultrasonic ones Samsung uses, since they are optical.

Unlike literally everyone, I really loved the curved display on my S9. I wanted to switch to S21 but now I'll go with S20, it's also cheaper and that's a really good bonus!

his apartment must be damn expensive, just looking at the back view as a fellow Torontonian, I can tell that he's like super damn close to the finance district.

Wow! the new background is a beauty.

Hey Dave, is the shutter speed on your camera different for this video? Something looks different and not as pleasant in this video

No headphone jack, no SD slot, no holeless screen, just like the S20...I'm genuinely disappointed ...... Oh wait, there IS a change, the S21 has no charger.

Do some laptop reviews dave, Miss the old days!

Coming from a note user, I currently have a 512gb version of the note 10 plus but also also have a 512gb sd card on board. I don't need it all but am used to having at least a 256 or 512 gb phone with sd card support. If the ultra had sd card support of be all over it as ot looks the part and that battery sounds impressive. I'm torn however as I was gonna buy the best speced version of the note 20 ultra, but couldn't justify the purchase as its only a bit better than the note 10 plus. (Battery is actually better on 10 plus UK variant). I'm hoping there is still a chance that we will get a note 21 that has all the featurs and looks of the 21 ultra but with a flat screen and sd card expansion. A phone with no compromises that's what us enthusiasts want. Particularly note users. We want that identity to come back as the phone that is a powerhouse with options and no compromise! Lets see what happens this summer?

Really good video I think for me is going to be the S21 plus, as I have an S10 lite & I really enjoy using the 6.7” display and the 4800 mah large battery on the S21+ it be perfect for me as I have been very happy with the battery performance of my s10 lite with 4500 mah & with the Snapdragon 855 & the 8gb ram, so here in the UK s21 plus is going to have the new 5 nanoMeter Exinos 2100 with 8gb ram & I’ll get a zoom this time, so a perfect upgrade for me. Ok 👌 thanks for your great videos peace ✌️

9:36 It would be really nice if anyone would explain me why that building in the top left corner is behaving so weirdly.

I really don't get this premium = glass, it's fragile. People think it's expensive because that's how they marketed it. Glass isn't anything special it's everywhere. It's not gold ffs. People react to glass finish like it's diamond. There's like hundred glass items in your house, doesn't matter gorilla glass or dinasour glass, we have all seen Jerry rig's video. Glass is glass.

After discounts and trade ins, the amount of phone you get in the ultra is mindblowing. I want that battery and S pen

Finally the review that I want to see..