latest device to enter the fray, carrying the billing of Samsung's ultimate phone

David WiliamsJan 17, 2021Life Style

The smartphone rivalry between Apple and Samsung looms ever larger this year, as a pair of super-sized phones will clash over which one deserves your dollars.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is the latest device to enter the fray, carrying the billing of Samsung’s ultimate phone. The S21 Ultra improves upon last year’s model in a number of ways while also cutting its once astronomical price down to something more reasonable.

Galaxy S21 review (hands-on): Our first impressions
How the other models compare: Galaxy S21 vs. iPhone 12
That makes the Galaxy S21 Ultra a formidable challenger to the iPhone 12 Pro Max, already considered one of the best phones available since its release last fall. Apple’s largest phone boasts a best-in-class chip, terrific cameras, and the usual Apple flair for design as it looks to stave off any pretenders to the throne.

We’ll need to finish our review of Samsung’s phone before we can pick a winner in the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs. iPhone 12 Pro Max battle. But here’s how this showdown is shaping up so far.

The full ROG Flow X13 package includes the laptop with AMD’s new Ryzen 9 5980HS processor, up to 32GB of LPDDR4X RAM, up to a 1TB SSD and a GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card, as well as the external GPU and a GeForce RTX 3080 in a custom package. And that’s set to cost $3,000.

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Now stop laughing in the back, seasoned PC gamers, I know you can get a powerful desktop PC for $1,500 to $2,000. And even if you can’t find where to buy the Nvidia RTX 3080, there’s a whole slew of gaming laptops with the mobile versions of the GPU coming out soon, for around $2,000.

So a three-grand uppercut to my bank balance might seem like madness. But hear me out.

2-in-1 ultraportable GeForce power
For a start, I don’t have a decent 13-inch ultraportable, let alone one with a GTX 1650 and a 120Hz refresh rate display. So the Flow X13 has that going for it, especially as it looks rather neat and doesn’t scream “I’m a gaming machine.”

There are also precious few 2-in-1 laptops that have dedicated graphics in an ultraportable frame. And the new RTX 3080 laptops we’ve seen so far certainly don’t pull 2-in-1 duties, or sport a 13-inch frame.

You might argue that for $3,000, I could get a powerful gaming desktop and a solid ultraportable. But for my use case, where I like to do as much as possible with as little clutter as possible, the Flow X13 scratches a particular itch.

To clarify, I need to explain my current work and gaming setup. When I’m in work mode, bringing you readers hot tech news, I use an HP Spectre x360 15. It’s a rather attractive 2-in-1 laptop, with a decent specification and an impressive 4K display, though it’s a little bulky.

Work and play — all on one slim machine
As I need to work on two screens, I have the Spectre x360 folded back into its portrait mode and sitting below my monitor. I then use a wired gaming mouse and the rather excellent wireless Microsoft Surface keyboard; I’m a huge fan of the tactile feel of Surface device keys.

But when the working day is over, I unplug the mouse and push back the 2-in-1 display so it fits beneath my monitor stand. I then break out my gaming keyboard and plug the mouse into my gaming desktop, which sits unceremoniously beneath my desk.

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