Customer Ratings & Reviews

To put this review in perspective, I upgraded from an old Galaxy S7. The S7 was slow and severely showing its age. But when I took off the case, it appears the battery was swelling up and pushing the back off, and was very hot on the right side... time for a new phone before a total meltdown. Best Buy seemed to have a better offer than Verizon by opting for the payment plan to save $400. The S21+ is really not physically much bigger than my S7, just a little longer and just slightly wider, so I was pleased about that. I was also able to keep my current cheap plan and not have to move to unlimited. Transfer for my old S7 to the S21 was painless and did it wirelessly using their smart switch app. I did have to re-sign in to all my email and apps though, but that was expected. All photos, videos and apps were moved. There was one or two old Verizon specific apps that did not transfer, but I just had to re-install an updated version of the app. One was the NFL app and the other was the Verizon Call Filter. There is practically no delay in opening apps now, and with 256GB of storage, I don't have a need for a SD card... so the lack of that feature doesn't affect me. I also like that it can auto-sync photos to Microsoft Onedrive. The onscreen fingerprint reader has been good to excellent and I like the smart lock feature which allows me the ability to avoid the frequent task of unlocking it while at home or near specific devices. The only downside for me, and it is probably specific to my situation, is that the photos do not seem to have depth information in them for use with the new Looking Glass Portrait holographic display device. So I took off a star for that because it appears Samsung deliberately removed depth maps from this series. It might be that it is in their raw (dng) format via AI (no depth camera), but Looking Glass does not support that format. I might have been better off just getting the S20 FE which I believe has been verified to work with the Looking Glass.

I wanted the 256 GB storage so that I don't have to worry about pictures or videos that I take. A nice seamless upgrade for my old Samsung S7 with lots of storage and so much faster. There are lots of other small changes/upgrades but the interface is nearly identical. Got a great price with $300 off just shortly before the release of the S22.

The Samsung - Galaxy S21+ has a excellent display and takes really good pictures. I would suggest getting the model with the extra storage since you can't add storage.

Upgraded my husband's phone and he loves this one. plus he got the 256gb and it's really fast

It's a great phone. No problems at all. Great camera and storage!

Great upgrade from the S10. On sale, it was a good value along with trade. 256 GB is plenty for my music, photos, and files.

When decided to purchase a new phone the Samsung Rep recommended the 256GB it was the same price as the 128GB.

So far so good. Love getting the extra memory deal!