Samsung Galaxy S20 series officially presented
from Nils Ahrensmeier 
on February 11, 2020, 20:00 am | 🔥 popular | Write a comment
After countless leaks and speculations, the new Galaxy S20 smartphones from Samsung were officially presented this evening. Wear this the names Galaxy S20 (Successor to Galaxy S10e), Galaxy S20 + (successor to Galaxy S10) and Galaxy S20 Ultra (successor to Galaxy S10 +).
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Design
The smartphones do not differ as drastically from the design of the Galaxy S10 series as from the S9 to the 10, but more than from 8 to 9. The "Hole Punch" which celebrated its debut with the S10 devices has now moved to the middle and became like with the Note 10 smaller. The screens are no longer as curved as the Galaxy S10 smartphones, but all smartphones are curved.
Galaxy S20
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- The Galaxy S20 in all colors: Cosmic gray, Cloud blue and Cloud pink
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- The Galaxy S20 in "Cloud Pink" and the Galaxy S20 + in "Cosmic Gray" and "Cloud Blue"
Galaxy S20+
The Samsung Galaxy S20 + will appear in Cosmic Gray and Cosmic Black
The Galaxy S20 + stands out from the "normal" Galaxy S6.2 due to its size (6.7 inches vs 500 inches), a time of flight sensor and a 20 mAh larger battery.
The highlight of the series should be the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which differs not only in the camera design:
Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
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- The Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G will only appear in a 5G variant
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- The Galaxy S20 Ultra has a larger camera cutout
Specifications
The Galaxy S20 devices sound pretty strong on paper. The most important upgrades in a nutshell:
- All devices have 120Hz, but only in Full HD. QHD + is only supported in 60Hz
- All devices support front camera videos in 4K 60 FPS and with the main camera 8K 24 FPS
- All devices have 12 GB of RAM in the 5G variant or even 16. With LTE there is “only” 8 GB.
- The batteries have grown significantly. While the S10 only had 3400 mAh, the 20 starts directly at 4000 mAh and goes up to 5000 mAh.
- In Germany we only get the Exynos processor variant. Experts consider this to be the weaker and less energy efficient one, but perhaps something has changed with the new 990.
For those of you who are interested, you can find all the specifications here.
| Specs: | Galaxy S20 / Galaxy S20 5G | Galaxy S20 + / Galaxy S20 + 5G | Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G |
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| System on chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 /Exynos 990 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 /Exynos 990 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 /Exynos 990 |
| Display | 6.2-inch "Dynamic AMOLED" 3200 × 1440 120Hz @ FHD + | 6.7-inch "Dynamic AMOLED" 3200 × 1440 120Hz @ FHD + | 6.92-inch "Dynamic AMOLED" 3200 × 1440 120Hz @ FHD + |
| Fingerprint sensor | In-display ultrasonic | In-display ultrasonic | In-display ultrasonic |
| Front camera | 10MP IMX 374 Record video up to 4K 60FPS | 10MP IMX 374 Record video up to 4K 60FPS | 40 SM Record video up to 4K 60FPS |
| Main camera | 12MP wide angle 12MP ultra wide angle 64MP 3x zoom Record video up to 8K 24FPS | 12MP wide angle 12MP ultra wide angle 64MP 3x zoom ToF sensor Record video up to 8K 24FPS | 108MP wide angle 12MP ultra wide angle 48MP periscope telephoto: 10x optical zoom, 30x hybrid, 100x digital ToF sensor Record video up to 8K 24FPS |
| RAM | LTE 8 GB / 5G 12 GB | LTE 8 GB / 5G 12 GB | 12 GB / 16 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB / 256 GB UFS 3 Micro SD card slot | 128 GB / 256 GB UFS 3 Micro SD card slot | 128 GB / 512 GB UFS 3 Micro SD card slot |
| Rechargeable battery | 4,000 mAh | 4,500 mAh | 5,000 mAh |
| Water resistance | IP 68, 5 meters | IP 68. 5 meters | IP 68, 5 meters |
| Price | 4G (8/128 GB) 899 euros 5G (12/128 GB) 999 euros | 4G (8/128 GB) 999 euros 5G (12/128 GB) 1099 euros | 5G (12/128 GB) 1349 euros 5G (16/512 GB) 1549 euros |
| Availability | From March 13th | From March 13th | From March 13th |
Cameras
One of the greatest "disciplines" is that of the perfect camera/s. Samsung prois ready to show all her engineering skills here and installs three cameras in all smartphones and several sensors in the more expensive smartphones.
Galaxy S20
The Samsung Galaxy S20 comes with a triple camera, consisting of a wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle and telephoto camera
With the S20 devices, Samsung is also entering the "megapixel battle" which is already being waged by Xiaomi, Oppo, OnePlus, etc. The S20 and S20 + use a combination of a 10 MP “punch-hole” front camera, 12 MP wide and ultra-wide angle and a 64 MP telephoto camera; the 64 MP is of course heavily advertised. The S20 + also uses a TOF sensor, which is good for depth information.
It gets more interesting with
Galaxy s20 ultra
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- Samsung strongly advertises the 108 MP sensor in the Galaxy S20 Ultra
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- The Galaxy S20 Ultra cameras at a glance
With the Galaxy S20 Ultra, Samsung wants to install absolutely everything they have in stock. First there would be the developed in cooperation with Xiaomi 108 MP wide angle sensor. This should convince photos with incredibly high details. In addition, there is a 12 MP ultra-wide-angle sensor and a TOF sensor. The role of the telephoto camera is also exciting. This provides 10X optical zoom, 30X hybrid and 100X digital. You should really be able to photograph everything with it.
Prices
The Galaxy S20 devices and their versions are more complicated than ever this year. There will be a 20G (LTE) and a 20G version of the S4 and S5 +. These differ from the price at € 100 each. The starting price is € 899 for the Galaxy S20 LTE with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
If you then spend € 100, you can get the 999G version of the Galaxy S20 and 5 GB of RAM or the LTE version of the Galaxy S12 + with 20 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage for € 128. From now on we exceed the 1000 €.
The Galaxy S20 + with 5G costs € 1099 and accordingly has 5G and 12 GB of RAM. The most expensive is the fully equipped Galaxy S20 Ultra, which is only available with 5G and a whopping RRP of 1349 € with 12 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
But if you want to go “all-in”, you can still have the Ultra with 1549 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage for 512 €. You already notice: The devices are not cheap and we in Germany / Austria are still switching to 4G / 5G. In the USA, the devices are only available with 5G.
What do you think of the Samsung Galaxy S20 devices? Top or flop? Are you going to buy one?