PBK Reviews has released a teardown video detailing what it found when it disassembled Samsung’s latest Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphone. The teardown of the S21 Ultra comes barely a week after PBK released its review of the teardown of the Galaxy S21. The teardown was done on the international version of the smartphone.

The teardown reveals some exciting features of Samsung’s flagship product in the S21 lineup, the Galaxy S21 Ultra. A look at the camera module of the S21 Ultra showed that the camera lens is embedded inside a metal covering similar to the frame of the smartphone. The durability of this lens, held by solid adhesive to the glass panel is a remarkable improvement from the approach of Samsung in using glass covers for the lens previously, as seen in the S-series line up of smartphones.

In addition, the disassembling also revealed that there are no mmWave aerials on both sides of the device although their slots were visible on both sides of the inside of the phone.

A scrutiny of the three cameras of the S21 Ultra also revealed that all three cameras have optical image stabilization capabilities to produced greater visuals. The internal ecosystem of the S21 Ultra also has graphite deployed for the NFC antennae as well as motherboard, yielding better efficiency in heat dissipation for the device.

The internal sound architecture of the S21 Ultra showed some significant differences from the S21 which was disassembled earlier. The speaker at the top of the device does not have foam ball insulation for a greater sound performance. In addition, the S21 Ultra does not have a detachable screen connector cable implying that it will be quite difficult to replace the screen. The S21 had foam ball insulation as well as a detachable screen connector cable, which yielded an above-average repairability score quite higher than that of the S21 Ultra.

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Samsung is expected to go official with the Galaxy S21 series in about a week’s time. The flagship series has continued to dominate headlines and even Samsung has been pretty generous with the device. A telecom carrier in Belgium – Voo has inadvertently unraveled the expected prices of the Galaxy S21 series.

The carrier accidentally posted the prices the three models will retail for in Europe and the specs sheet of the models. Although the pages have been taken down, a tipster was able to grab some screenshots (pictured) before the removal.

Going by the listing, the vanilla Galaxy S21 with 128GB storage will sell for €849 off-contract. On the other hand, the Galaxy S21+ will retail for €1,049 while the Galaxy S21 Ultra will sell for €1,399 for the base 128GB storage variants. This is similar to the €1,000 price tag for the Ultra which was earlier tipped. Another interesting aspect, going by this leak, is that the other two models are still cheaper than their predecessors.

Taking a look at the specs sheets grabbed from Voo’s website before the landing pages were removed, we can gather that the EU version may likely launch with an Exynos 2100 chipset onboard. Considering the efforts put in by Samsung in the chip development, we expect the performance to be topnotch. Samsung will equally launch Snapdragon 888-powered versions for select markets.

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Other details include Android 11 across the board, AMOLED screens, a USB-C connector, 3.5mm audio jack, and more. The models also come with fast charging and wireless charging support.

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 Samsung just confirmed today that the Galaxy S21 series will officially be unveiled on January 14, ending weeks of speculations about the launch date. The Galaxy S21 series will continue to keep the rumour mill buzzing until the official unveiling. The Galaxy S21 Ultra case has now appeared online and it seems to confirm a key feature that will find its way to the Galaxy S series for the first time. That is an S-Pen stylus.

The leaked S View Flip Cover with S Pen for the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra seems to suggest that the S21 Ultra will not have a housing on the fuselage for the stylus. Instead, you will need to get a case that will hold the stylus.

The renders which were uncovered by German blog WinFuture, show that the device will have a slightly wider frame so as to be able to accommodate the thick S pen. Also, the case will hold the stylus in the right position for it to be charged wirelessly by the phone. The Bluetooth functions of the stylus such as a remote shutter and an accelerometer and gyroscope to detect gestures make it mandatory to keep the stylus charged always.

The leak also revealed that the S21 Ultra’s S Pen will cost €40, the same price as the Note20 model. Samsung will also sell it in a bundle with the Flip Cover and select silicone case as well.

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Further, tipster Roland Quandt has tipped that the Galaxy S21 Ultra will be the only variant in the series that will have a MicroSD slot. In other words, both the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ will NOT have an SD card slot. The detail is said to have emerged from two different sources and not from an official specs sheet. However, the tipster scores the info a 9/10 confidence rating.

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