Why We Picked It

If you want a Samsung handset with the latest and greatest technology, the S21 Ultra 5G is where it’s at.

It’s not quite Samsung’s most expensive model, but at £1,329 it’s a seriously pricey phone. For your money, you’ll get massive memory in the form of 16GB worth of RAM and 512GB of ROM. This means you’ll be able to handle more than even the most demanding applications without slow-down or stutter, and with more than half a terrabyte of storage you can download and capture media to your heart’s content.

The 6.8 inch display’s technology packs more pixels per inch than any other Samsung phone. At a resolution of 3200 x 1440, the phone has the closest thing to 4K you can get on a mobile and its 120Hz refresh rate should make everything look extra smooth.

It’s all powered by an octa-core processor capable of speeds up to 2.9GHz and a 5,000mAh battery that should see even heavy users through a full day between charges.For the photographers, the S21 Ultra 5G features Samsung’s most advanced camera array yet with up to 100x zoom capability. The Ultra’s wide-angle lens clocks in at a massive 108MP, while its dual telephoto lenses come in at 10MP apiece. It also takes selfies at 40MP.

What’s more, you can shoot video in 8K resolution, which is more than most televisions on the market can output, take advantage of an impressive f-stop range for a great bokeh effect on portraits and use Samsung’s S Pen for handwritten input.

It might be expensive, but next to the latest iPhone, this is the cutting edge of smartphone technology – at least for the time being.