Older flagship · 2021

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Name: Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
Brand: Samsung
Price: 220000 NGN
Availability: InStock

From ₦219,999 to ₦375,000 · 48 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

Best for

Strength , 120Hz AMOLED

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Optical zoom

Watch out No more updates, Smaller battery (4000mAh)

6.2″ AMOLED · 120Hz

2100 6 / 128 GB

4000 mAh 25W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 10 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.2″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.2"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

856 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Exynos 2100 (5 nm) · 8-core 2.9 GHz · Mali-G78 MP14

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Exynos 2100 (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

899,100

v11

GeekBench

3,238

Graphics test

GFXBench 60 fps

CPU

8-core, 2.9 GHz

GPU

Mali-G78 MP14

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2,91 GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2,81 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2,21 GHz.

Variant differences

International: Exynos 2100 (5 nm), Mali-G78 MP14 · USA/China: Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm), Adreno 660

Software & updates

Android 11, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 7 · 4-year support

End of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 11, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 7

Software support

4 years of updates

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

12 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 10 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

12 MP f/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

64 MP f/2.0

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

10 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Sony IMX555, 1/1.76", 1.8µm

Premium sensor

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

8K @ 24 fps

Battery

4000 mAh · 25 W wired · 15 W wireless

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4000 mAh

Lab endurance

93:00h

Wired charging

25 W

Wireless charging

15 W

Wireless charging

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.4 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.4 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

6 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

6 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

6/128GB · 8/128GB · 8/256GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C 3.2

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B32

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

169 g · 7.9 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

151.7 mm

Width

71.2 mm

Thickness

7.9 mm

Weight

169 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

DXOMARK test scores

Lab-tested scores from DXOMark — independent measurements, not manufacturer claims. Tap any card to view photo samples and the full review.

Scores are on DXOMark's open-ended 0–200 scale. Higher is better.

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Wins on most 3 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

Dynamic AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Better video capture

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 8K @ 24 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

23% larger battery capacity

4,000 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

899k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

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