Google Pixel 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S21, who will be the true Android flagship?

Google Pixel 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S21

Our series of contents dedicated to the brand new Google Pixel smartphones continues. After putting the brand new Pixel 6 head to head against the arch-rival Apple iPhone 13, today it is the turn of an analysis that is entirely internal to the world of the green robot. In fact, how will Pixel 6 behave in comparison with the mainstream Samsung smartphone par excellence, or Galaxy S21?

Aesthetic and dimensional comparison

As in the comparison with the iPhone 13, also in this case the two challengers do not represent the most extreme and strongest vision of the respective company line-ups. As for the dimensions, in fact, a battleground perhaps too neglected by companies but which still represents for many users an important data on which to determine their purchase choices, Samsung Galaxy S21 and Google Pixel 6 try to represent a compact proposal inside. of the market, with the Korean device that certainly succeeds best in this task.

Device Dimensions Weight Display Samsung Galaxy S21 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm 169g 6.2 ″ OLED 120Hz, 1080 x 2400 pixels Google Pixel 6 158.6 x 74.8 x 8.9 mm 207g 6.4 ″ OLED 90Hz, 1080 x 2400 pixels Not only differences in the diagonal of the display, with obvious reduction of the overall size. It is also the materials that differ, with Samsung's choice of polycarbonate for the body as opposed to the glass present on the Google device to favor the reduced weight, but making the user experience less valuable in terms of touch & feel. >

Processors and datasheets

In the year in which Samsung undoubtedly brought to market an extremely competitive chip, the Exynos 2100, Google is called to prove the match with its first SoC designed and designed entirely at home.

The challenge has certainly shifted from the simple issues of power and speed to more important considerations on efficiency and computational capabilities inherent in the world of artificial intelligence. In this, Google and its Tensor propose themselves as the maximum realization of this concept, perhaps sacrificing the maximum extreme in terms of power, but in favor of machine learning potential never seen in the smartphone market.

In a world therefore where benchmarks and simple and cold numbers no longer represent a reliable yardstick for determining the choice of your device, it will be necessary to see how many of these promises from Google will be able to be kept, with Samsung instead seems to have finally, after too many negative years, found the perfect way of balancing performance and autonomy.

Device Processor RAM memory User memory Battery Samsung Galaxy S21 Samsung Exynos 2100, 1x Cortex-X1 2,9 GHz + 3x Cortex- A78 2.8GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 2.2GHz 8GB 128GB - 256GB 4000mAh Google Pixel 6 Google Tensor, 2x Cortex X1 + 2x Cortex A76 + 4x Cortex A55 with Mali-G78 MP20 8GB 128GB - 256GB GPU 4615mAh

Which of the two will be the best cameraphone?

This is perhaps the terrain where the victory seems to be easily assigned to Google. The photographic sector has in fact always been one of the main prerogatives of Pixel devices, with this new model revolutionizing the lens park for the first time in the history of the series, with the new 50MP main sensor capable of representing a real point. turning point compared to the past 12MP of the past generations.

On the other hand, Samsung has always developed excellent photographic sectors, although over the years the greatest efforts have been increasingly dedicated to the more expensive and valuable variants. The challenge that could be defined, rather than by qualitative terms, by the simple aesthetic preferences of the users, with the Samsung software richer in options and with a greater saturation of the shots, something that has always found the satisfaction of users.

However, the challenge appears to be uneven, knowing that in the South Korean house there are models with qualitatively better optics (direct reference to S21 Ultra), while as regards the Pixel series there are no such marked variations between the basic model and the Pro such to be defined clearly superior to the other.

Device Main cameras Front camera Samsung Galaxy S21 12MP f / 1.8, OIS

telephoto lens 64MP f / 2.0, 3x zoom

ultra -12MP f / 2.2 10MP f / 2.2 wide angle Google Pixel 6 50MP f / 1.9, OIS, laser AF

ultra-wide angle 12MP f / 2.4, FOV 120 ° 8MP f / 2.0

Two different views of Android

Samsung's One UI on the one hand, and its own customization on the other Google based on Android 12. Over the years Google has certainly tried with its Pixels to break away from the simple canons of fluidity and meager customization of the Nexus series, understanding the importance of the aesthetic modification options already inserted by default within the software, going to develop the brand new language of Material You design.

Samsung in response, on the other hand, is on the strength of a ten-year path of proprietary customization, with the latest and most recent versions of the One UI able to make you forget the slowdowns and delays during the '' use of the first versions, guaranteeing perhaps the best package in terms of customization options and useful functions for the user, with proprietary services ranging from the cloud to the world of digital payments, including the famous DeX features.

Prices and availability

Google Pixel 6 is on the market, with the possibility of being imported also in our territory, with a n interesting promotion that sees as a gift a pair of headphones with a commercial value of 300 euros, while the Samsung Galaxy S21 is perhaps in its most interesting period, thanks to the devaluation that has occurred in recent months.

The over 800 euros of The price list at the launch of the South Korean smartphone now appears much more focused thanks to the many Amazon promotions and beyond, with the 649 euros of the Pixel 6 that put the two devices in direct opposition as well as for the many technical characteristics described above, also for the simple economic question.

Which of the two smartphones will be able to convince Android users and become the flagship of the green robot in the coming months?

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