Samsung launched the Galaxy S21 sequence just a few days again on the first-ever Unpacked occasion of 2021. All these three smartphones, specifically Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Extremely are up for pre-order in a variety of international locations. Additionally, not like final 12 months, all of them are 5G-ready. However now, out of nowhere, a 4G variant of the vanilla Galaxy S21 has popped up on Bluetooth SIG.

For these unaware, final 12 months, Samsung launched two variants of the Galaxy S20 sequence. One with 5G for the international locations the place the community is dwell and one other with 4G. However for the Galaxy S21 sequence, the corporate didn’t say something about 4G fashions.

Regardless of that, a 4G variant of the common Galaxy S21 with mannequin numbers SM-G990F and SM-G990F_DS has been licensed by Bluetooth SIG. This implies that the South Korean tech big could launch this model of Galaxy S21 in areas the place there aren’t any 5G networks. 

Additional, because of the lack of a 5G modem and antennas, the Galaxy S21 4G may very well be cheaper than the usual Galaxy S21 with 5G connectivity. It’s price noting that although the Galaxy S21 sequence is cheaper than its predecessor in international locations with 5G, it’s the reverse for these areas that received 4G-only Galaxy S20 sequence final 12 months.

Therefore, we expect the Galaxy S21 4G may very well be a backup plan from Samsung to scale back the beginning value of the Galaxy S21 sequence in these areas the place it’s costlier than the predecessor. Final however not least, there appear to be no 4G variants of Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Extremely as of now.

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