Second that.

Exynos 990 probably scared a lot of people.

Exynos 2100 & above
You are fine.
They are competitive against SD888. Still lost a bit to SD888...but you are not going to feel it. It's just as fast as the SD888.
Overheat? - Nope. It's warm...but definitely not overheat. SD888 is not anything better
Battery life - Nearly identical (don't compare with S20Fe...it's not running on SD888)

Seriously, if you want long battery life & less heat...go mid-range or anything SD865 & below.

Anything with SD888 or Gen 1 class CPU will struggle with battery life. Unless, manufacturer slapped a 6000Mah battery or higher in it. Cortex-X1 leave a lot to be desired.

Just look at S22 thread...folks there are struggling with battery life. The S22U fare better bcoz of that 5000Mah battery...others...expect a 1 stop at least if you are heavy user.

I own a S20FE 5G and there is no issue with the screen already
Mostly affected are the first batch (10/2020-11/2020) + exynos units

To be fair, having owned a Snap S20 myself (and now running a Baby 22), I'd say things aren't as rosy TBH as people say it is? Despite the Gen 1 being notorious for drinking battery and heating up, battery life isn't really all that much better TBH.

Go to the + model or the FEs if you need better battery life for sure. Yes the 865 is quantitatively "better" as far as power consumption goes but its not an earth shattering difference IMHO.

If you can stomach the spotty repair options (might want to get from DirectD and bundle together the insurance if you can), the S20 5G Snap is marvellous, except for the fact that internal storage is capped at 128GB. Sure it has SD expansion but you'll be surprised how much you actually need actual internal storage and how much stuff you can't transfer over into the SD without breaking the OS

That 12GB RAM is a gem however, even if that darned curved screen is so freaking fragile you're gonna have to baby that phone all the time, even with a TG (and getting a good TG for that screen is another long story altogether).

That screen (and related repair misadventures) literally pushed me over to the Baby 22 BTW.

Also, the Snap 5G 20FE in 256GB, if not of the iffy camera and touchscreen issues (yes even some new units have them) is actually a perfect phone IMHO. I don't think the Snap 4G 20FE has any touchscreen issues so that is also an option, considering 5G is not even widespread yet here in Msia anyway.

Well TBH even back on my S20 I never really pushed the reso up to 1440p anyway as that + 120hz will literally slay the battery faster than you can say whyisthebatterysosmall.

For me, the higher refresh is what you wanna upgrade for. The lower PPI you can probably get used to in time but higher refresh is a legit drug and isn't something you can come back from

Using sd S21 so far so good didn't game for me so i gt about 6hrs sot at 15%

Yes. The SD865 & below is fine if you are not seeking cutting edge technology. But I do agree...the low internal storage on these devices could be a deal breaker for some (at least for me). WA take a lot too.

S20FE is nearly the good phone for me...until I realise the virtual proximity sensor is a hit or miss

S21FE return the hardware proximity sensor...but you loose the SD storage.

Oh well...you can't have everything I guess.

My old S20 got in a bit of a misadventure, as i mentioned before, so I traded it in and got a Baby 22 instead. Don't really run backup phones nowadays, so no real need to keep it around.
Oh yeaaaa the VirtProx. Yeah it's kinda horrible TBH. Only really works if the phone is held upright (gyro implementation). For pocket protect purposes it's legit useless.

Also, I stand by my thoughts that the Exy 2100 isn't bad, so the 21FE only really loses on not having SD expansion IMHO.

And as for TSMC doing better, perhaps. Somebody's saying the Gen 1 Plus is fabbed by TSMC and it is not actually doing any better either. These new chips unfortunately are pushed so much for total performance that even at the smaller fab processes efficiency is taking a back seat, which also inadvertently leads to all these thermal hoohaas.

It's probably an issue with the chips design philosophy itself at this point TBH, and Tensor is actually doing it right by NOT focusing on pushing the numbers alone IMHO.

Heck, Mediatek is actually outperforming SD and Exy both while being more efficient. Let's not even take Apple silicone into the equation here.

It's like Intel vs AMD all over again (and once more, let's not take Apple silicone into THAT fight either)

Haha s 20 ultra still going strong here

Next year will be last major update ever huhu

is it a good jump from S21ultra to S24ultra? Since S21 dont have Spen built in.

Malaysia confirm bring in SD version? If they bring in exynos, I will go for S23 ultra instead   

ya, same with me

ya, but i want to trade in my phone also