Just randomly go through the apps, so far everything is stable on my side. By the way, I performed the "clear cache" in recovery mode right after the update.

Now observing the battery life. Gonna try out the protect battery under "more battery settings".

anyone facing green bar sending video after update to one ui 4? exynos ver here. Seems a lot people facing same problem

Whichh seller you get from?

I tried to purchase s21 sd888 last month, but found out is refurbished set.. Its sealed with Samsung sticker, but its the fake sticker that you can buy online to stick on lol

U mean it stay 120 all the time?

Thats normal no?

haroldz123

We have 3 units of S21 Ultra in our household
2 units of local set (my wife's phone and my mom's phone).
1 unit of SD 888 from US (unlocked from Samsung US store; purchase through Shirogawa which myself using it. Bought it for the special color (Phantom Nay), not due to SD 888.

Initially, the SD version seems smoother compared to local Exynos version, but after numerous updates throughout the year, these phones hardly have any significant differences for day-to-day usage (from my personal opinion). Hence, I do think, if you're going for SD 888 for superior SoC, hence it's not worth the hassle (especially on warranty aspect). If you want it for the gaming capability aspect (rite now); might as-well get a gaming phone or further wait for next S22 series before making a purchase decision.
I don't play games hence can't comment about it.

As yesterday and this morning have some free time, so decided to do some comparison test which may (or may not) be useful for fellow forumers here. After all, despite almost 1 year old phone, people are still interested to know the differences.

Feel free to browse through and make your own conclusion out of it.

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Summary:

Network Aspect:
1. Telco download speed indoor 2nd floor: EX1 + Maxis > EX2 + Celcom > SD + Celcom. For the same model (Exynos S21U); Maxis > Celcom.
2. Telco download speed indoor 1st floor: EX2 + Celcom > SD + Celcom > EX1 + Maxis. For the same telco (Celcom); EX performed better than SD (expected as local unit tend to have better compatibility with telco).
Remarks: For the indoor comparison for telco aspect for same phone model, I do think it's more due to location and interference. Anyway, my sister's phone (Note10p + Maxis) and my dad's phone (S20FE SD 865 + Maxis) also seems to have more drop calls in first floor.
3. Telco download speed outdoor: EX2 + Celcom > EX1 + Maxis > SD + Celcom.
4. Wifi download speed: EX2 > SD > EX1.

Performance Aspect:
1. PC Mark: SD > EX1 > EX2.
2. Geekbench 5: EX1 > SD > EX2.
3. 3D Mark: SD > EX1 > EX2. SD S21U seems do provide a better consistent gaming capability with decent FPS compared to Exynos unit; based on 3D mark performance. EX1 seems performed better than EX2; and in one of the run, EX1 trump SD version.
4. Phone felt warmer after these series of test on S21U SD compared to S21U Exynos.

Battery Life:
Battery life difference seems negligible.



Some pictures comparison. Sorry no low-light comparison.
Pictures were taken in Auto mode with Scene Optimizer switched ON.

Scene 1 - Indoor



Scene 2 - Outdoor 1



Scene 3 - Outdoor 2

Just got s21 ultra, from oneplus 7. Wa the fingerprint sensor is terrible eyyyy. My old old phn oppo reno2 fingerprint is even better than this. Aiks!

Eh, the latest update also still Dec security patch level
It is to fix some refresh rate and performance issue ? :X

Since last update, my battery drain very fast.
Hopefully this will resolve

Does phone got Extra Dim after android 12 update? just notice is not available on my note 10 lite, and even my sister note 10

after google search say hardware not support, advise to use activity launcher app to open that setting

lasted 8+ hours
my s21u sometimes requires 2 charges within 12 hours period
i normally use until 35%+- then charge to full