WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:03.480 - Do you want me to (beep) on this phone? What is gonna get us the most clicks? 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:08.410 I wanna do whatever gets us the most clicks. (Jono laughing) (sultry music) 00:00:08.410 --> 00:00:11.560 This isn't the real box. - [Jono] Yeah, that's all they had. 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:15.353 - Is this a joke? - [Jono] That's all they had! - I'm a professional video host. 00:00:15.353 --> 00:00:18.720 - [Jono] Engineering sample! - We're about to get the Galaxy S22, 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.400 if all the rumors are right, in a short amount of time. 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:26.680 Here we have Samsung launching the Galaxy S21 FE, 00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:29.910 which stands for Fan Edition. - [Jono] Yeah, or founders edition. 00:00:29.910 --> 00:00:33.160 - Well, it's not founders edition because you're already almost a year late. 00:00:33.160 --> 00:00:36.540 And this is their shtick now, I guess what they do, right? They release the main phone 00:00:36.540 --> 00:00:42.910 and then they release an FE version of the phone, which is like a little bit stripped down, but cheaper. 00:00:42.910 --> 00:00:48.050 And is that, oh, new colors. Oh, the colors. I see them now. 00:00:48.050 --> 00:00:52.810 Oh, that one's really good. Yeah, so the Galaxy S21, in case you were wondering, Jono, 00:00:52.810 --> 00:00:57.530 I'll let you know it's 699 for the 128 gig version, 00:00:57.530 --> 00:01:02.530 which is $100 more expensive than the Pixel 6. 00:01:03.260 --> 00:01:07.940 This thing starts at 599 and this thing starts at 699, 00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:11.280 and so that's why we're gonna be kind of looking and comparing them a little bit. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:18.063 - [Man] It's recycling. - I do not feel respected in this moment right now. 00:01:19.451 --> 00:01:22.470 This is not the true unboxing experience I was anticipating 00:01:22.470 --> 00:01:26.583 when you asked me if I wanted to host this video. And I come on here, bubble wrap? 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:31.390 On the plus side, I think this is actually what comes in the real box, basically. 00:01:31.390 --> 00:01:36.240 You might have some like documentation and stuff. So it comes with a USB-C to C cable 00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:39.990 and a whatever, SIM ejector thing. 00:01:39.990 --> 00:01:43.250 And no power plug, no wall plug. 00:01:43.250 --> 00:01:48.250 And here comes the S21 FE 5G, 00:01:48.290 --> 00:01:52.944 oh me oh my. Olive is the color. Is that what that is? 00:01:52.944 --> 00:01:56.350 - [Jono] Yeah. - I am not usually someone to actually care at all 00:01:56.350 --> 00:02:01.490 about the aesthetics of a phone, but I like this color. It's plastic, but it's got this sort of like, 00:02:01.490 --> 00:02:06.190 like there's a bit of like a shadow too. Like it looks like the logo on the back is sort of raised 00:02:06.190 --> 00:02:11.260 a little bit above through like using some clear acetate or something. 00:02:11.260 --> 00:02:14.460 I don't know. I don't know materials, but it looks cool. 00:02:14.460 --> 00:02:17.700 We have the power button and a volume rocker I'm assuming. 00:02:17.700 --> 00:02:21.130 On the bottom, we got a USB-C type C port 00:02:21.130 --> 00:02:25.550 and one speaker grill. Disappointing a little bit, but it's the FE edition. 00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:31.020 It looks kind of like an iPhone with the metal ring on the outside and the bands. 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:37.770 Okay, so we got the hole punch situation going on. Okay, so 6.4" display, 00:02:37.770 --> 00:02:44.670 120-hertz refresh rate, which I believe is the same as the Pixel 6 00:02:44.670 --> 00:02:49.070 in terms of the size anyway. This Pixel 6 has a 90-hertz display. 00:02:49.070 --> 00:02:55.060 OLED versus AMOLED. It's kind of interesting, the more budget friendly options that aren't the, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:58.500 these companies are now putting out are like this is the more budget friendly one, 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:04.000 it's got 120-hertz display. That was on the flagships a few years back. Nice job. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.340 It's also got a Snapdragon 888, so it's got that flagship power, 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:12.690 at least until the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1s start showing up. 00:03:12.690 --> 00:03:17.690 Six gigs of RAM by default, which is okay in these days. 00:03:18.140 --> 00:03:22.390 128 gigs of storage at the 599, at the 699 price point 00:03:22.390 --> 00:03:27.390 and then it goes up to 769 if you go for the 256 gig option. 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:32.330 On the back, we got three cameras. One's a 12 megapixel primary, 00:03:32.330 --> 00:03:36.410 then there's a 12 megapixel ultra wide and an eight megapixel telephoto. 00:03:36.410 --> 00:03:41.360 Apparently this thing can go 30 times combined digital and real zoom. 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:47.090 30 times is okay, you don't need more than that. On the front camera, you got a 32 megapixel. 00:03:47.090 --> 00:03:53.380 It's got an IP68 water dust resistance rating. It does have 5G, which I guess is just the default now. 00:03:53.380 --> 00:03:56.760 And that's about it for the regular specs. 00:03:56.760 --> 00:04:00.870 For me, the immediate comparison is going to be, as I said, with the Pixel 6. 00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:05.350 I'm generally a fan of the Pixel line. The Pixel 6 is a little bit bigger, 00:04:05.350 --> 00:04:08.600 but they're supposed to have the same size screen, 6.4". 00:04:08.600 --> 00:04:12.570 Google's whole like selling point is that it's a Google phone, right? 00:04:12.570 --> 00:04:16.740 They have their Pixel exclusive features. It gets Android updates first. 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:22.570 You know, they got their Tensor chip on here now, they're custom made with the good AI stuff. 00:04:22.570 --> 00:04:26.810 You know that good AI stuff. They got Magic Eraser on the Pixel 6. 00:04:26.810 --> 00:04:31.020 They got the Face Unblur. But the thing is that Samsung 00:04:31.020 --> 00:04:34.690 is not just another Android manufacturer. 00:04:34.690 --> 00:04:38.370 They have their own One UI custom variant of Android. 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:44.020 I mean like when you go to their settings, it almost seems like a completely different operating system 00:04:44.020 --> 00:04:49.150 compared to the Pixel operating system. They both have advantages over the other, 00:04:49.150 --> 00:04:55.150 but this one's $100 cheaper. Thankfully, Samsung knew that launching the S21 FE 00:04:56.890 --> 00:05:00.250 a month before the S22 is going to be, is kind of sketchy, 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:04.410 maybe they're not gonna sell as much, so Amazon was giving you a $100 gift card if you, 00:05:04.410 --> 00:05:07.660 I think they're done with that now. To be fair, Jono- 00:05:07.660 --> 00:05:12.160 - [Jono] You can go on Samsung's website and get a Samsung $100 credit. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:17.380 - Oh, what? - [Jono] Yeah. - Let's take a look at the camera, why don't we? Because that's probably one of the most important things. 00:05:17.380 --> 00:05:20.853 There you are. Oh, beautiful. 00:05:20.853 --> 00:05:24.810 Oh, that was pretty good. You're looking pretty nice, Jono. 00:05:24.810 --> 00:05:30.880 - Thanks, man. - You're looking crisp, bro. Okay, that was just like a regular rear photo, 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:34.618 but which, oh, okay. So I got the ultra wide. Whoa. 00:05:34.618 --> 00:05:41.540 - [Jono] You can't call me fat. - 0.5 times, one times, three times. 00:05:41.540 --> 00:05:46.590 This is the eight millimeter telephoto. Wow, the stabilization. Stabilization is really good. 00:05:46.590 --> 00:05:48.083 Now I'm on the 30 times zoom. 00:05:49.960 --> 00:05:55.340 Stop moving. Stop. There he is. (laughs) 00:05:55.340 --> 00:05:58.430 I have located the Object Eraser feature, 00:05:58.430 --> 00:06:04.406 which was the star of the show of my Google Pixel 6 Pro ShortCircuit unboxing. 00:06:04.406 --> 00:06:09.990 And I wanna try it out. Object Eraser, it's got an N there 'cause it's new. 00:06:09.990 --> 00:06:15.680 Okay, so just like on Pixel, we can just tap or draw around anything you wanna erase. 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.550 Get rid of that chair. Get rid of that chair, get out of here. Erase. 00:06:21.270 --> 00:06:25.530 That is pretty good. Dang, Google, watch out. 00:06:25.530 --> 00:06:28.970 What about this shelf? I wants the whole shelf. Get rid of it. 00:06:29.810 --> 00:06:31.973 Hmm, it's pretty ugly. 00:06:34.230 --> 00:06:39.450 We can bring up, oh, that was pretty good. We can bring up the comparison from the Pixel 6 Pro video 00:06:39.450 --> 00:06:45.880 and put it next to each other. But this is a battle of the content and ware fills on phones. 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:50.300 I'm pretty impressed, but it's a Snapdragon 888. Because part of the reason Google said 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:55.640 that their phone could do this fancy new AI stuff with the Magic Eraser is what they called it 00:06:55.640 --> 00:07:01.310 and the Face Unblur and stuff is because they were like harnessing the power of their new custom made Google Tensor chip, 00:07:01.310 --> 00:07:05.930 which is based on a Samsung processor. 00:07:05.930 --> 00:07:10.820 From what we hear. But here we have Samsung using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 00:07:10.820 --> 00:07:14.210 to achieve very similar results. I mean, it's a little different. 00:07:14.210 --> 00:07:18.793 Put them up side by side, I don't remember what it looks like, but that's pretty good. 00:07:20.130 --> 00:07:23.924 Did this just get scratched? Oh, is that? Wait, is this a screen protector? 00:07:23.924 --> 00:07:29.290 - Yeah, that's a screen protector. - Oh. Oh man, you don't want that to happen to your phone. 00:07:29.290 --> 00:07:33.040 So I guess you should get protective things from dbrand. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:38.670 - [Jono] Our sponsor. - Our sponsor, but not if you're buying the S21 FE 00:07:38.670 --> 00:07:42.200 because dbrand's not supporting it because they think that this phone is dumb, 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:46.230 which is fair enough. (laughs) But if you have other types of phones, 00:07:46.230 --> 00:07:50.300 dbrand has some good skins, I guess, do they even care about me saying that? 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:54.499 - No, just don't buy- - They got cases, they got screen protectors, they got skins. 00:07:54.499 --> 00:07:59.760 Go to dbrand and get your stuff or don't. It seems like they don't really care. 00:07:59.760 --> 00:08:04.580 - [Jono] The leather is pretty sweet though. - The dbrand leather? dbrand has leather apparently, I'm being told. 00:08:04.580 --> 00:08:08.800 dbrand, get a thing on your phone made from a dead animal. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:13.090 So now our Pixel 6 is charged. Thank you so much, Jono. 00:08:13.090 --> 00:08:18.600 And I'm gonna check out the camera. Oh man, I feel like I'm really softened more on the Pixel 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:23.050 instead of the, and less on the Samsung for some reason. I expected it to be the opposite. 00:08:23.050 --> 00:08:27.210 Okay, so this is an interesting benefit. If you're into selfies more, 00:08:27.210 --> 00:08:30.460 if you're doing TikToks and looking at your face a lot, 00:08:30.460 --> 00:08:32.360 'cause you're a narcissistic piece of, 00:08:33.520 --> 00:08:38.430 you might want the S21 FE. It's got a 32-megapixel selfie camera. 00:08:38.430 --> 00:08:42.150 And I'm guessing this is something like 8 megapixels, maybe 12? 00:08:42.150 --> 00:08:45.203 It's a lot blurrier and that's super obvious. 00:08:46.562 --> 00:08:51.560 Let's take one of these. Oh, we got a little bit less visual noise on the S21 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:54.700 than the Pixel 6 in the dark areas of the photo. 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.970 Although it does seem like things are a little bit more, 00:08:57.970 --> 00:09:01.830 the brightness is up on the S21, but we got a little bit more color saturation 00:09:01.830 --> 00:09:07.020 on the Pixel 6. I mean, they're both great cameras and great photos. 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:10.633 And at the end of the day, we're really nitpicking here. But I don't know. 00:09:11.650 --> 00:09:15.387 The point being that there's not a clear winner. It's not like I can look at one of these and be like, 00:09:15.387 --> 00:09:19.060 "Haha, this thing's a piece of crap. No one should get it." And same thing for this one. 00:09:19.060 --> 00:09:25.980 I think there are pros and cons. If you're into the Google ecosystem, if you're in into the Pixels, the Pixel 6 might have some, 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:29.930 especially with the Tensor stuff. I don't know, are they gonna add more AI stuff? 00:09:29.930 --> 00:09:33.950 AI is a cool buzz word and that's not to be discounted. 00:09:33.950 --> 00:09:40.690 Whereas on the Samsung side, I mean, if you're kind of tired of Google slowly adding the features 00:09:40.690 --> 00:09:44.220 that other Android manufacturers have put in their phones already for years, 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:47.960 then you might wanna go with a Samsung because, or with another manufacturer 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:51.493 because they have their own features like the Object Eraser, which we took a look at. 00:09:51.493 --> 00:09:56.470 4,500 milliamp-hour battery is a little bit bigger than the regular one in the S21. 00:09:56.470 --> 00:10:00.500 The Pixel 6 has like a 4,600 milliamp-hour battery. But you know, it's around the same. 00:10:00.500 --> 00:10:04.820 It depends on how the software is gonna do. I think the moral of this story 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:11.120 really that I wanna tell though is that the landscape of budget slash value flagship phones 00:10:12.370 --> 00:10:15.930 is pretty good right now. I mean, we were in a dark spot there 00:10:15.930 --> 00:10:20.320 where literally every phone that people wanted to buy was like going for near $1,000. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.820 And now Google came back to the light with the Pixel 6, 00:10:23.820 --> 00:10:28.010 they priced it at 599. And then if you wanted something fancy, 00:10:28.010 --> 00:10:31.593 you'd go for the Pixel 6 Pro, which is like 999, 899? 00:10:32.430 --> 00:10:36.690 Whatever, it's more expensive. And Samsung has seen the light once again. 00:10:36.690 --> 00:10:40.797 They're doing another fan addition of the phone, so it's cool. 00:10:40.797 --> 00:10:44.370 You know, you don't have to buy a $1,200 phone if you don't want to. 00:10:44.370 --> 00:10:47.660 All right, one last thing we gotta look at is the speakers. 00:10:47.660 --> 00:10:50.243 (bright music) 00:10:56.687 --> 00:10:59.020 - [Jono] I like that better. 00:11:01.792 --> 00:11:06.130 - I don't know, one doesn't sound particularly worse than the other to me, they just sound like a little different. 00:11:06.130 --> 00:11:09.840 This one has a little, there's a little bit of mids missing from this maybe. 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:15.280 And like, you kind of hear it. This is a bit more fleshed out. Either way, they're fine. (laughs) 00:11:15.280 --> 00:11:19.280 Buy yourself a phone and subscribe to ShortCircuit, the YouTube channel. 00:11:19.280 --> 00:11:22.763 But more importantly, don't forget about TechLinked.