- Gather around friends.

- 聚集在朋友身邊。

For now it is time to tell a story

現在是時候講一個故事了

about the Samsung Galaxy S21.

關於三星Galaxy S21。

I don't know what I'm doing here.

我不知道我在這裡做什麼。

It's this purple and gold phone that you're looking at.

你看的就是這款紫金手機。

And what's interesting

而有趣的是

about the S21 is that Samsung has found a way

關於S21的是，三星已經找到了一種方法。

to drop the price on this phone down to $800

以將這款手機的價格降到800元。

while still keeping a lot of flagship specs but,

同時還保留了很多旗艦機的規格，但。

not all of them.

不是所有的人。

I mean, look, bringing the price down means

我的意思是，你看，使價格下降意味著

that Samsung has to make some choices

三星必須做出一些選擇

about what's worth including

價值連城

and where it can save some money.

以及在哪裡可以節省一些錢。

And the story with the S21 is whether

而與S21的故事是，是否

or not Samsung made the right choices

三星的選擇是否正確

on what to keep and where to save,

哪些東西要保留，哪些地方要保存。

but more importantly

但更重要的是

whether Samsung's choices line up with your needs.

三星的選擇是否符合你的需求。

So let's just, review the phone to find out.

所以，我們就，複習一下手機，瞭解一下。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

So right at the top to

所以，就在頂部，以

I do wanna get one little re viewy bit out of the way

我確實想把一個小觀點說出來。

'cause I've got some other stuff I wanna say

因為我還有一些其他的事情想說

before we really get into it.

在我們真正進入它之前。

If you need a new phone

如果你需要一部新手機

and you like the way that Samsung does things

你喜歡三星的做事方式

you will like this phone and it won't do you wrong.

你會喜歡這款手機，它不會做錯。

There's no WTF fails here.

這裡沒有WTF失敗。

And there is one incredible thing in the S21.

而在S21中，有一件不可思議的事情。

It has a fast and powerful processor.

它擁有快速而強大的處理器。

As for the rest, well, it's good, but not great.

至於其他的，嗯，很好，但不是很好。

You see for the past couple of years now,

你看這幾年來。

basically since mid-range phones started getting really good

基本上從中端手機開始變得非常好的時候開始

I've been saying

我一直在說

that it's harder to buy an inexpensive phone

廉價手機更難買到。

than it is to buy a flagship phone.

比買旗艦手機。

With flagship phones like this S21 Ultra here,

有了這款S21 Ultra這樣的旗艦手機在這裡。

if you can afford to pay for this phone

如果你有能力支付這款手機

you don't have to think about what your trade offs are.

你不必考慮你的交易是什麼。

Everything on this phone is as good

這款手機的一切都很好

as Samsung can make it,

由於三星能使。

but with the S21 or really any other less expensive phone

但與S21或真正的任何其他較便宜的手機。

you have to decide what you care about

你必須決定你關心什麼

and what you don't care about.

以及你不關心的事情。

And also on the other side

還有在另一邊

every company is trying to bring

每家公司都在努力將

the price down on their phones

在他們的手機上降價

and so they have to place some bets.

所以他們要下一些賭注。

And on this phone,

而在這款手機上。

Samsung bet on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor.

三星押寶高通驍龍888處理器。

Here is what this processor gets you.

這就是這款處理器給你帶來的好處。

A very fast phone with decent battery life.

一款速度非常快的手機，電池壽命也不錯。

That's kind of the bottom line for most people.

這算是大多數人的底線。

You can get a full day

你可以得到一整天的時間

but you can also kill it in a day

但你也可以在一天內殺死它

if you really overdo it.

如果你真的過頭了。

The battery on the small Galaxy S21

小號Galaxy S21的電池

with a 6.2 inch screen is 4,000 milliamps.

與6.2英寸螢幕是4000毫安。

And for me, it's enough to get through a normal day.

而對我來說，這足以讓我度過正常的一天。

There is also a Plus version of this phone

這款手機還有一個Plus版本

which has a 6.8 inch screen and a 4800 milliamps battery.

它擁有6.8英寸的螢幕和4800毫安的電池。

I didn't get the test the bigger one,

我沒有得到測試更大的。

but it is a safe bet

但萬無一失

that it has a slightly better battery life

它的電池壽命稍好

than the regular S21.

比普通的S21。

Oh, and by the way, speaking of Qualcomm

哦，對了，說到高通公司

it has a bigger and faster fingerprint sensor now

它有一個更大和更快的指紋傳感器，現在。

and Samsung put it in this phone,

而三星在這款手機中放。

it's under the screen and it is really good.

它的螢幕下，它是真的好。

It's bigger and faster

它更大更快

and I'm really happy it's in here.

我真的很高興它在這裡。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

In terms of being a powerful, good performing phone,

在作為一款功能強大、性能良好的手機來說。

the S21 checks that box with a big old Sharpie.

S21用大號的Sharpie檢查這個盒子。

It also has a variable refresh rate screen

它還擁有一個可變刷新率螢幕

that goes from 48 to a 120 Hertz.

從48到120赫茲。

It has eight Gigs of Ram, which okay, but look

它有八個Gigs的RAM，這還好，但看

there's no lag on the camera or anywhere else.

攝影機和其他地方都沒有滯後。

And of course it has 5G.

當然它還有5G。

And you know, by the way,

你知道，順便說一句，

in the US I think

在美國

that 5G is starting to get good enough

5G開始變得足夠好

that I think you should get it if you can.

我認為你應該得到它，如果你能。

But to be clear, do not upgrade just to get 5G.

但要明確的是，不要為了得到5G而升級。

But if you have to upgrade this year

但如果你今年要升級

all other things being equal.

在其他條件相同的情況下

If a 5G phone is on the table

如果5G手機擺上桌面

you should probably opt for it.

你也許應該選擇它。

Anyway, Samsung's choice for the most important thing

不管怎麼說，三星的選擇是最重要的。

on this phone is the processor.

在這款手機上是處理器。

So let's talk

所以我們來談談

about the things that Samsung didn't choose to prioritize.

關於三星沒有選擇優先考慮的事情。

And the first one is glass.

而第一個是玻璃。

I mean, there's of course glass

我是說，當然還有玻璃

on the front of the screen

在螢幕前

but the back of this phone is made out of plastic.

但是這款手機的背面是用塑膠做的。

It does make the phone lighter and cheaper.

它確實讓手機更輕，更便宜。

You know what?

你知道嗎？

Yeah, go for it.

是啊，去吧。

It feels fine, it feels good.

感覺不錯，感覺很好。

I think it looks good.

我認為它看起來不錯。

And you can get it lots of different colors really easily.

而且你可以很容易得到它很多不同的顏色。

Honestly with plastic, this nice.

說實話用塑膠的，這麼好。

It's kind of hard to justify asking

這是一種很難證明問

for glass on the back of most phones.

為大多數手機背面的玻璃。

Plus maybe more importantly

另外，也許更重要的是

the S21 has this new updated design that Samsung has come

S21有這個新的更新的設計，三星來

up with where the metal rails blend into the camera bump

與金屬軌道融合到攝像頭凸起的地方。

on the side which is surrounded by metal now.

在現在被金屬包圍的一側。

And it makes the camera bump look nicer

而且它使相機的凸起看起來更漂亮

and makes this whole thing feel just more

並使整個事情感覺只是更

like an integrated whole and more elegant.

像一個完整的整體，更加優雅。

But then there's stuff that has been left

但也有一些東西，已經離開了。

out of both the regular S21

在常規的S21中

and the S21 Plus and even the very fancy Galaxy S21 Ultra.

和S21 Plus，甚至還有非常花哨的Galaxy S21 Ultra。

So for example, there's no MST Samsung's system for paying

所以，比如說，沒有MST三星的支付系統。

at credit card readers it only has regular all NFC.

在信用卡讀卡器上，它只有普通的全NFC。

That's fine by me,

我沒意見

but there's also no micro SD card slot

但也沒有micro SD卡插槽。

for storage expansion anymore which,

為存儲擴展了哪些。

I don't know you really just need to make sure

我不知道你真的只需要確保

that you pick the right storage option

選擇正確的存儲方式

if you go to buy this thing.

如果你去買這個東西。

So the base Galaxy S21 costs 799 99

所以基礎版Galaxy S21的價格為799 99。

for a 128 gigs of storage.

為128gig的存儲。

To get 256 you just have to spend 50 bucks more.

要想得到256個，你只要多花50塊錢就可以了。

And it's the same with the S21 Plus.

而S21 Plus也是如此。

It starts at a thousand dollars

一千元起

and for 50 bucks more, you can double the storage.

而多花50塊錢，你就可以把存儲空間擴大一倍。

See, I've been talking a lot about choices

你看，我一直在談論很多關於選擇的問題。

but the choice of which stores option you should buy

但選擇哪個商店的選項，你應該購買

it really seems like an easy one.

看起來真的很簡單

But as long as we're talking about prices

但只要我們在談論價格的時候

remember that Samsung phones get pretty heavily discounted

記住，三星手機的折扣很高。

by carriers and everybody else all the time

運營商和其他所有人一直以來

and actually pretty fast too.

而且其實也挺快的。

So honestly, if you're interested

所以說實話，如果你有興趣

in a Galaxy S21 OR S20 Plus or even the Ultra

在Galaxy S21 OR S20 Plus甚至Ultra

it's worth looking for a deal

值得一試

or maybe even waiting for a deal.

甚至可能在等待交易。

Another choice that Samsung made to save money is

三星為節省成本而做出的另一個選擇是

that the screens are only 10 ADP,

即螢幕只有10個ADP。

but look the screen still looks great.

但看螢幕還是很好看的。

It's also perfectly flat and not curved on the edges

它也是完全平坦的，邊緣沒有弧度

which I know a lot of people prefer.

我知道很多人都喜歡。

It's nice.

這很好。

It's a nice screen, but it doesn't work

屏風不錯，但不能用。

with the S pen like the Galaxy S21 Ultra can.

與S筆一樣，Galaxy S21 Ultra可以。

So, no stylists for you on the small one.

所以，小號上沒有你的造型師。

That leaves one more set of choices to talk about.

這就多了一組選擇的話題。

And it's probably the most important choices.

而這可能是最重要的選擇。

It's the choices on the cameras.

是相機上的選擇。

And with the cameras

還有攝影機

Samsung basically decided to do, nothing.

三星基本決定了，什麼都不做。

Other than a little sensor swap on the ultra wide,

除了在超廣角上換了一點傳感器外。

this camera system is the exact same thing as we had

這套攝影機系統和我們的一模一樣。

on the Galaxy S20 last year.

去年Galaxy S20上。

There's three cameras

有三個攝像頭

a wide and ultra wide and a 3X telephoto.

一個廣角和超廣角，一個3倍長焦。

And then the selfie camera

然後是自拍相機

on the front is a 10 megapixel sensor.

前面是一個1000萬像素的傳感器。

Now look, I know it's not totally fair to say

聽著，我知道這樣說不太公平

that Samsung did nothing.

認為三星什麼都沒做。

They are taking advantage of that Qualcomm processor

他們是利用高通處理器的優勢

to slightly tweak the way that they process images.

來稍微調整他們處理影像的方式。

There are a kajillion camera features too.

還有千千萬萬的相機功能。

You can shoot 4k 60 on all the lenses

你可以在所有的鏡頭上拍攝4k 60。

you could use director's mode

你可以使用導演模式

which lets you get a little preview

可以讓你得到一點預覽

of all the lenses and switch between them as you shoot.

的所有鏡頭，並在拍攝時在它們之間切換。

Although it does drop down to 10 ADP.

雖然它確實降到了10個ADP。

There's pro modes for both photo and video

照片和視頻都有專業模式。

so that you can adjust the ISO whatever else

這樣你就可以調整ISO什麼的

you want whenever you want.

只要你想，你想。

There's also space zoom

還有空間縮放

which lets this thing zoom all the way

這讓這個東西變焦所有的方式

up to 30 X, but don't do it.

達30X，但不要做。

It's pretty bad.

這是相當糟糕的。

Anything over three, five, 10 here is not really usable.

這裡超過3、5、10的東西都是不能真正使用的。

But set all of those features aside

但拋開所有這些特點

and just look at the photos

看看照片就知道了

and you would have to be

而你必須是

the persnicketiest the pixel peepers to

的像素窺視者，到

tell the difference between this year's Galaxy S21

區別於今年的Galaxy S21。

and last year's Galaxy S20.

和去年的Galaxy S20。

Which means that the images and photos

這意味著，影像和照片

that this thing shoots are good.

這東西拍攝的是好的。

They just don't keep up with the S21 Ultra

他們只是沒有跟上S21 Ultra的步伐。

Or the iPhone 12.

或者iPhone12。

So what I thought made the most sense to do

所以，我認為最合理的做法是什麼？

is to compare it to the Pixel 5

是將其與Pixel 5進行比較

which is kind of the same idea as the S21

這和S21的想法差不多。

in terms of having to make choices

在不得不做出選擇的情況下

to get some cost savings.

來節約一些成本。

And when you're looking

而當你在尋找

at the photos that these two phones take, honestly

在這兩部手機拍攝的照片中，說實話。

it's a choice between the pixels aesthetics and consistency

這是一個像素美學和一致性之間的選擇

or Samsung's technically superior photos

還是三星的技術優勢照片

and a telephoto lens.

和一個長焦鏡頭。

Looking at the images.

看著這些圖片。

I prefer the pixels color choices.

我更喜歡像素的顏色選擇。

I think that Samsung still over brightens a little bit.

我覺得三星還是過於亮眼了一點。

I mean, just look at these greens

我是說，看看這些綠色的蔬菜

but Samsung just does a little bit better in the details.

但三星只是在細節上做得更好一些。

It's nicer in night mode

夜間模式下更漂亮

and it has an optical zoom at 3X.

而且它的光學變焦為3倍。

The pictures are overall sharper too, which usually works

圖片整體上也比較清晰，通常情況下，這也是一種效果

but sometimes it just goes a little bit too far.

但有時它只是去有點過頭。

And also between these two phones

而這兩部手機之間也

the S21 clearly wins on video too.

S21顯然也是在視頻上勝出。

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

Okay. There's one final set of choices to talk about.

好了，還有最後一組選擇要談。還有最後一組選擇要談。

It is the choices that Samsung makes with its software.

是三星對其軟件的選擇。

Now I've ranted about this, my Galaxy S21 Ultra review

現在我已經滔滔不絕的說了，我的Galaxy S21 Ultra評測。

I'll like that down below, you can go watch that.

我喜歡下面的，你可以去看。

Here I'm just gonna keep it short.

在這裡，我就不多說了。

There are ads in Samsung apps for no good reason.

三星應用中無端端都有廣告。

And there are dozens of features in the settings

而在設置中，有幾十種功能。

and a bunch of stuff in the quick settings.

以及快速設置中的一堆東西。

And it's not immediately obvious what they are

而且它不是立即明顯的他們是什麼

or if you should care about them.

或者你是否應該關心他們。

Now I've done all the work and like looked

現在，我已經做了所有的工作，像看著

into what all the little buttons do

進入所有的小按鈕做什麼

and I've turned a bunch of them on and,

我已經打開了一大堆，並。

I really get a lot out of this phone.

這款手機真的讓我收穫很多。

It's really powerful.

它真的很強大。

But if you haven't used a Samsung phone in a while

但如果你有一段時間沒有使用三星手機了

and you pick this thing up

你把這個東西撿起來

just prepare to invest some time to figure out

只是準備投入一些時間來弄清楚

what all of these options and buttons and features do.

所有這些選項、按鈕和功能的作用。

And if you actually wanna turn any of them on.

如果你真的想打開其中任何一個，

(upbeat music)

(歡快的音樂)

So those are all of the choices that Samsung made

所以這些都是三星的選擇

in developing the Galaxy S21.

在開發Galaxy S21。

And when you put them all together, what you discover is

當你把它們放在一起時，你發現的是

that the S21 is basically a refresh

S21基本上是一次更新

of last year's Galaxy S20

去年Galaxy S20的

with a faster processor in a different,

用更快的處理器，在不同。

and I think nicer design.

而且我認為更好的設計。

Which means that the biggest choice here

也就是說，這裡最大的選擇是

is that instead of making a fan edition low-cost version

是，而不是做一個粉絲版的低價版

of the Galaxy S flagship phones

的Galaxy S旗艦手機

Samsung just made the Galaxy S phones themselves

三星只是自己做了Galaxy S手機