 choices, choices, choices, which should I pick between the OnePlus 9 or the Galaxy S21? Let's find out. Hey guys, Thundie here and welcome to my comparison between the OnePlus 9 versus the S21. And as you guys know on this channel we do videos like this so don't forget to hit the subscribe button and also stay to the very end because I have a giveaway running this week so stay to the end to listen for the full details. So the OnePlus 9 is finally out, part of the OnePlus 9 series and I wanted to see how it compared to something within its same price bracket. I'm talking about the S21. So both devices are priced quite similarly. The OnePlus 9 in the US is priced at $729 and currently the S21 is priced at $700. Now in Europe the pricing is a little bit different, OnePlus 9 being around $626, $650 while the Galaxy is about $750. So there's a hundred pounds of euro difference there. So it depends on your region but in the US where I live they are priced similarly. So let's take a look at what is different, better or you know just the difference between both devices. Starting off with the display that's the very first thing. Both of them have some really lovely looking displays in terms of just knit brightness. You're looking at a max knit of roughly around a thousand three hundred sorry. In terms of just functionality both of them are 120 hertz display but the Galaxy S21 display is adaptive giving you that flexibility of 48 hertz to 120 as opposed to just the standard display here, the 120 hertz display here which is about 60 to 120 on the OnePlus 9. Display sizes are different, the OnePlus 9 is 6.5 while the Galaxy is 6.2 but again lovely looking displays here and it's great because they've got nice touch sensors in the 240 so those things you expect and love. Now when it comes to batteries here there is a difference in battery size and that can be something that you should account for as a user. A 4500 mAh battery on the OnePlus 9 while a 4000 mAh battery on the S21. So in terms of batteries you should be looking at maybe a slight of benefit with the OnePlus 9. I haven't done a battery test on them but just letting you know what those differences are and with that comes of course different charging speeds. Now the OnePlus 9 really has fast charging on here it charges with a 65 watt charger that gives you about you know 0 to 100 in about 38 minutes and a 55 watt wireless charging speed which is great. Well of course the Galaxy does 25 watts with its wired charging and roughly around 50 to 20 watts on wireless which is nice but definitely not as fast as the OnePlus. You're looking at least at an hour plus with the Galaxy and you're looking at less than an hour for either the wired or wireless charging. Another difference of course is packaging. Now both devices have two different size packaging this is the Galaxy packaging here with this size you know all it fits is just the device that's it. OnePlus packaging is much bigger and it comes with the 65 watt charger so this comes with the device which means out of the box you would get the fast charging you expect from the OnePlus 9 which is great so that is a huge benefit as opposed to the Galaxy here where honestly if you don't already have a charger you still have to spend roughly around 20 to 25 dollars to get charging for that so that seems pretty cool. Now we get down to the performance aspect of both devices. They both have Snapdragon AAA processors for both the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus and the Galaxy S21 and they both start with 8 gigabytes of RAM and they move up of course in storage. Geekbench performance you can see them side by side for both the Galaxy and the OnePlus they're similar the Galaxy might look a little bit less but it's pretty much similar in that respect. When it comes to gaming performance while you're using both devices you're getting also similar performance in all the games and again you can check out my gaming video for both for details on that but things like PUBG mobile when you're playing on the highest settings ultra HD or smooth extreme both of them will give you an ultra HD 40 frames per second and smooth extreme 60. Genshin impact is also similar as well I think the OnePlus 9 X eeks out just a little bit more but it's around that 55 you know 50 to 55 for range which again is similar gaming performance. I will say the OnePlus 9 fares slightly better in heat than the Galaxy because I'm not sure if the Galaxy S21 has any special cooling down here but again they're around similar temperatures about a hundred and between like a hundred and eight to hundred and twelve depending on how long you are gaming. So you're looking at this and saying you know what Thunder E the OnePlus 9 has a lot of great benefits I'm liking it the S21 is nice and cute but OnePlus 9 really has that charging that I like and those kind of speeds what about the cameras now this is where Samsung tends to set things apart now we do know the OnePlus 9 has they have some bad you know collaboration and that's of course due to the color science tuning it comes with two lenses here it does come with the a new 50 megapixel ultra wide sensor and it comes with a 48 megapixel sensor as well there's a two megapixel depth sensor that's it there is no telephoto so you use the the main sensor to crop in for telephoto while the Galaxy on the other hand has a 64 megapixel sensor it's got a 12 and a 12 12 ultra wide and 12 telephoto and they both have front facing cameras now when it comes to video hands down the Galaxy is the clear winner here it records in front facing camera 4k 60 the OnePlus just does not do that it still does 1080p which is a bummer here also rare video in the galaxy is really solid pretty much the best on the android ecosystem so on the video aspect I give the Galaxy in terms of images I do like both images I think the OnePlus does a good job and I do like the more muted Hasselblad color science but I think it's a more more amount of preference and choice I think you'll find that low light on the Galaxy is still better than the OnePlus but overall it's really solid but I'll give the edge to the Galaxy here when it comes to photography one aspect that you guys will probably not understand or look too much into is the 5G connectivity both devices are 5G devices and which is great to see with both the Galaxy and the OnePlus here but there's a slight difference with both devices I found out that the OnePlus 9 does not support millimeter wave in the US at least at this point in time so if you're picking up a device to use on a network that supports millimeter wave like Verizon the S21 is basically the device you have to go with because it does support all the bands millimeter wave and sub six as opposed to the OnePlus right now currently supporting just sub six and again it's available on T-Mobile which generally uses sub six right now at this point in time so on 5G connectivity the S21 is the device to give you the connectivity that you are looking for I think the last thing to kind of focus and look out here is just usability and something that users will think about when picking up a device like this this is not an ultra device this is not a pro device this is the entry level into either the the 9 series from the OnePlus or the S21 series for Samsung and I think the sizing here is very indicative for a lot of customers while I personally like a larger size device like the 6.5 inches here I do appreciate the 6.2 inch device size here for the Galaxy and I think it makes more sense because it gives a lot of users a better size device to actually use on a day-to-day basis than something that is much larger especially since there is a pro version of the OnePlus series that some consumers can go forth and pick up so you're going to ask me Thundie which device should I pick up to use I think it all depends on what you want to do but I am leaning more to the Galaxy because it still gives you more of an overall feel where you do have you know great display you've got a better camera in here yes it does have a smaller battery but it's also a smaller size device and I think when you look at all those features it makes a lot of sense for you so let me know which device you would pick is it the OnePlus 9 or the Galaxy S21 leave your comments down below but also don't forget guys as I mentioned earlier we do have a giveaway on the channel and we'll be giving away a OnePlus 9 Pro so all you have to do is follow all the channels in the network I'm talking about following board at work board firm board gamer board shorts as well as Daniel Sin leave a comment down below as well as also either your Twitter or Instagram handles and we'll select the winner in two weeks this is Thundie E same thank you definitely check out more videos on the OnePlus 9 series on the channel don't forget to like share subscribe and always enjoy your entertainment