Mere days after Qualcomm unveiled the curiously named Snapdragon 888 sequel to the state-of-the-art Snapdragon 865 processor discovered beneath the hood of the overwhelming majority of high-end Android smartphones launched in 2020, one of many first-ever Galaxy S21 benchmarks seems to have cropped up on-line.
In case you are questioning, that mannequin quantity was extensively believed to correspond to an “international”
Galaxy S21+, whereas the SM-G991U clearly follows within the footsteps of the SM-G981U, aka the unlocked US
Galaxy S20 5G.
Meet the US Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
Yes, women and gents, that’s nearly definitely what we’re right here. Specifically, an entry-level configuration of the “regular-sized”
S21 with eight gigs of RAM (lower than 7 of which is able to apparently be user-accessible), and presumably, 128 gigs of inside space for storing.
New Galaxy S21 5G benchmark
More importantly, we’re positively a Snapdragon 888-powered handset (motherboard “lahaina”) able to producing… some pretty modest single and multi-core efficiency scores, no less than in the meanwhile.
We’re speaking a barely larger single-core end result than what the Snapdragon 865-powered
Galaxy S20 5G usually delivers, in addition to largely unchanged multi-core velocity. Granted, we’re nonetheless a few months or so away from
the industrial debut of the Galaxy S21 household, and a number of optimization work may occur between at times, however it’s definitely a little bit worrisome that these outcomes are additionally extraordinarily much like the aforementioned S21+ benchmark from a number of months again.
Older Galaxy S21+ benchmark
It additionally nearly goes with out saying that the Galaxy S21 5G can not rival the uncooked velocity of the Apple A14 Bionic-based
iPhone 12 sequence, which persistently recover from 1,500 and 4,000 single and multi-core level totals respectively. Once once more, you should not draw conclusions but concerning the remaining real-world efficiency of the S21 lineup, however on the similar time, chances are you’ll need to tone down your pleasure at seeing the Snapdragon 888 chipset unveiled with an built-in 5G modem.
While that is prone to contribute to a big enchancment in battery life for the S21 5G sequence in comparison with its forerunners, there’s an opportunity the uncooked velocity is not going to get an analogous enhance.
An general minor improve with an inexpensive value level
Although removed from being etched in stone, this decidedly unremarkable benchmark is simply the newest in a reasonably lengthy line of
underwhelming rumors, experiences, and
leaks.
Putting every part collectively, we are able to anticipate the smallest
Galaxy S21 mannequin to reach with a
6.2-inch or so flat display screen supporting 120Hz refresh price expertise, in addition to a divisive plastic construct, triple rear-facing digital camera system almost certainly consisting of a main 12MP shooter, 64MP telephoto lens, and 12MP ultra-wide-angle sensor, and final however not least, a 4,000mAh or so battery.
While it is positively secure to imagine
Samsung will be capable of enhance the imaging efficiency with out really boosting the megapixel counts of the three aforementioned cameras, it is exhausting to know why anybody would hassle to purchase the S21 5G… till you additionally take
the rumored $850 beginning value into consideration.
That’s 150 bucks decrease than the MSRP of this 12 months’s Galaxy S20 5G, and it may completely persuade a good variety of cash-strapped Android energy customers to drag the set off, particularly if the Snapdragon 888 processor seems to be considerably sooner than what yesterday’s benchmark suggests.
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