Verizon Samsung Galaxy S21 5G White 128GB

I thought the S21 would be better than my S8 being new but it is far from it. The response to gestures and typing is slower. The screen is lower quality and resolution. The glass doesn't wrap around and curve. There is no SD card slot. No headphone jack. It doesn't support my Gear 360 camera pod, nor my 360 VR headset. My service provider said I have to upgrade due to the 3G sunset otherwise I'd still be with my S8. I loved that phone. The S21 is ok I guess but not worth giving up my S8. I think I'll keep the S8 running on wifi only for use around the house and just take the S21 with me when I leave the house. It's sad what I've lossed in features "Upgrading" to a new phone. I regret having to buy a new phone. Maybe I'll find something about the S21 that will make it worth it. Crosses fingers.

I bought this phone a month ago because my s7edge was no longer being supported. Samsung has removed some of the handy features that we all enjoyed: This phone no longer has tap to answer an incoming call(unless you turn on acceptability mode-then it has an annoying floating icon that stays on each page your enter, now need to swipe to answer, no longer has the LED blinking light to show that you missed a call, voice mail, or text message, no longer has phone jack or sd card ability. the camera is nice and sharp but that doesn't make up for the other losses. in addition, samsung has added more bloatware that you can't remove. the color choices for the s21 5g does not include silver or gold. It is less user friendly in changing various setting that it was before. Many of the settings are not able to be changed. I would rather have kept my s7edge if they were still supporting it. I hope Samsung will send an update at least putting back the light notification, and making changing settings easier. If not, maybe they will put these helpful features back on in two years when my contract is up.

Sure the phone is great but the lack of a headphone jack is super annoying. I understand this is the way of the future, but they literally created a problem for hundreds of thousands if not millions of users. This on top of the lack of charging base and even wireless headphones or a dongle reeks of greed. You can claim you did this to be green, but it was done in the hopes of making people buy even more of your accessories. I have only ever had a Samsung since I have had a smartphone. So far, this is the least impressive offering

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have always been a Samsung user -- always. My phones have never failed me and the S21 is awesome. Pictures are the best I have seen. I just bought the Active 2 watch and am very pleased with it. Thank you

I was happy getting a new phone. However, I am very disappointed that my Galaxy 2 watch will not sync. I loved that it worked well with my Galaxy S 20 plus phone, connected by Bluetooth. We are retired, and I can't pay for a sim card for my watch servi9ce and my phone service too! You need to make a fix for this (says unable to find connection) Love this watch and like the new phone but if I could use them together It would be heaven