Samsung Galaxy s21

[Melle199]

Hey! I have a few questions regarding the Galaxy s21 (Exynos model). How’s your experience with performance and battery? I’ve read a lot of negative comments, but most of them are from early 2021. Has it gotten better?

How much screen on time do you get with moderate to heavy use!

From a concerned buyer

[GoanGeek]

Mine for today. With almost 2 days of battery life ( day,night,day).
Got the exynos model for almost a year now.
Used to get more than this but Android 12 and subsequent updates messed up the phone a bit.
Hoping with the January update it will pick up.
Awesome phone for me so far.
It got better until Android 12 came so hoping will get better again with updates.

Also using on 5g, wqhd, 120htz, Bluetooth. Etc.

[Melle199]

Is it the base model? I see you use dark mode, but are you using any other optimization settings? Running on 120 or 60Hz? Overall your battery life seems better than what most people get

[GoanGeek]

Mine is the Ultra on 120hz. I keep everything On Auto or Adaptive and let the phone do its thing.
This is not my Best as I said Android 12 messed alot of phones both Samsung and Pixels.
It should get better with updates.
Android 11 improved over the year.

This is with gaming

[adamlee]

Yes exynos, almost 1 year old and I've not used light mode so don't know.