While I resisted getting this device for exactly the reason that it is not that much of an upgrade from the S21Ultra, so why spend the money, I pulled the trigger anyway. Looking at my Samsung shopping history I only paid a hundred and some change for the device vs what I got for it as a trade in so I've decided to look at it that way. In the meantime I keep seeing things like faster charge times on the S21, longer battery life on the 21, slightly and subjectively better pics on the 21 from one of the cameras (yeah I don't know which one and truthfully that isn't one that bothers me all that much) and blah blah blah. So yeah I'm a little tentative to say the least, wondering if I'm giving up more than I'm getting.
If you had asked me when I got my first Samsung, an S10+, I would have said I don't understand the excitement over an S-Pen, I don't like the square flat bottom and I just don't understand the hype surrounding the Note series. Fast forward to today and I'm looking forward to the S-Pen. While I think I'll mostly use the photography features, it'll be nice to be in a photo or two for a change, I am also excited to be able to take notes on the phone without opening the phone and an app to do so. Is that worth the expense? Maybe not but I have also become addicted to new devices having owned the S10, 20, 21 and soon the 22. Still upset with Samsung over MST and feel like an open letter is needed to try and get that back.