Samsung Galaxy S21 vs S21+ vs S21 Ultra size comparison with the S20 and iPhone 12 series

Samsung also aims to refine its Infinity-O design significantly by not only reducing the chin at the front, but also blending the camera bump with the phone's sides, thus leaving the impression for one uninterrupted design flow. Samsung is so proud of its uniform display frame width creation at the Galaxy S21 models' front, that it has trademarked new design features called Blade Bezel and Blade Display.

The "blade" part may have something to do with the new Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra design that blends the side frame with the camera island but more likely it refers to Samsung's new Contour Cut Camera body design.

Samsung Galaxy S20 vs S21 vs S20+ vs S21+ size comparison

Since only the Galaxy S21 Ultra carries a slightly curved display, while the S21 and S21+ go with flat panels, Samsung resorts to a slight overall bezel thickening to achieve the uniformity. In other words, Samsung has evidently managed to shrink the bottom chin to 2mm, but that's as far as it can go, considering that this is the area that houses the display connector, and, instead of pushing further, it simply made the rest of the S21/S21+ frame of equal width.

This hits a new symmetrical look all around the display frame, but, together with the flat display, makes the S21 and S21+ ever slightly wider than their predecessors - 151.7mm x 71.2mm x 8mm dimensions, against the S20's 151.7mm x 69.1mm x 7.9mm, as you can see above.

Nothing beats uniform bezel width in an "all-screen" Infinity-O Samsung design when it comes to aesthetics, though, so we can't wait to peruse the new front and rear Galaxy S-series design in the flesh.

Needless to say, since the Galaxy S21 Ultra sports a curved 6.8" QHD+ display, it can't do uniform, but this way Samsung won't have to make compromises with the phone's width like it does for the S21 and S21+ in order to accommodate the uniform bezel that will now be a tad wider at the sides.

We'd rather have the curved display sides than bezel uniformity for the Galaxy S21 Ultra anyway, though, as its predecessor is positively gigantic and hard to handle even without a case tacked on. The shaved-off bottom chin is an added bonus that results in a tangible height decrease as, when it comes to overall size, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is a little smaller than the Galaxy S20 Ultra (166.9 x 76 x 8.8 mm), at 165.1 x 75.6 x 8.9mm in dimensions. Still a giant, heavy phone, though.

The display size of the Galaxy S21 is slightly larger than on the iPhone 12 Pro, hence the phone is slightly longer, but, thanks to the tall aspect ratio, it isn't wider, and that's the metric to watch when it comes to one-handed usage. 

Moreover, Samsung offers more screen real estate, as there is no unsightly notch at the top, just the front camera opening pierced into the screen in a so-called Infinity-O design.