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Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ & S20 Ultra
On the 11th of February Samsung presented their new flagship phones for 2020. This year’s lineup consist of 3 new phones: Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 ultra! The phones will be available from the 6th of March (US AU UAE) and on the 13th of March (EU). In this post you can read everything about the specifications, features and price of the new models.
Models & Colors
Instead of the regular naming of the S-models i.e. S8, S9, S10 – Samsung named this years phones after the new decade: 2020. Previous years we saw that typically two new S-phones were released. This time the Ultra model was added to the line up. This new model has all the premium features like a 6,9 inch screen and 4 cameras! Depending on your country and provider you can choose from 4 colours: Cosmic gray, Cloud black, Cloud blue or Cloud pink.
Specifications of the Galaxy S20 phones
Below you can find an overview of the specification of the 3 models.
| S20 | S20+ | S20 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Screen | ||
| ● 6,2 inch ● Super-amoled QHD ● 1440×3200 px | ● 6,7 inch ● Super-amoled QHD ● 1440×3200 px | ● 6,9 inch ● Super-amoled QHD ● 1440×3200 px |
| Camaras (backside) | ||
| ● 3 cameras ● 64 MP telephoto (30x zoom) ● 12MP wide ● 12MP ultra-wide | ● 4 cameras ● 64 MP telephoto (30x zoom) ● 12MP wide ● 12MP ultra-wide ● time-of-flight-sensor | ● 4 cameras ● 48 MP telephoto (100x zoom) ● 108 MP wide ● 12MP ultra-wide ● time-of-flight-sensor |
| CPU | ||
| ● Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 ● 8 cores | ● Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 ● 8 cores | ● Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 ● 8 cores |
| Battery | ||
| ● 4000 mAh ● USB C fast charging | ● 4500 mAh ● USB C fast charging | ● 5000 mAh ● USB C fast charging |
| Storage | ||
| ● 128 GB ● extendable up to 1000GB | ● 128 ● 512GB ● extendable up to 1000GB | ● 128 ● 512GB ● extendable up to 1000GB |
| Memory | ||
| ● 12GB | ● 12GB | ● 12GB (128 GB) ● 16GB (512GB) |
| OS | ||
| ● Android 10 ● Samsung OneUI 2.0 | ● Android 10 ● Samsung OneUI 2.0 | ● Android 10 ● Samsung OneUI 2.0 |
| Sound | ||
| ● Stereospeakers ● No headphone jack | ● Stereospeakers ● No headphone jack | ● Stereospeakers ● No headphone jack |
| Fingerprint | ||
| ● In-screen | ● In-screen | ● In-screen |
5G
Although 5G is not yet available in many countries all the 3 models are equipped with a 5G modem. In theory 5G can be 100x fasted compared to 4G. However, there is a small side-note. The S20 is equipped with a different modem compared to the S20+ and S20 Ultra. In practice the speed increase on the basic S20 is marginal compared to 4G LTE. The S20+ and S20 Ultra are already able to make use of these super fast 5G network. When there is no 5G available the network will use the 4G network instead.
Cameras (a lot of cameras)
Samsung went crazy on the cameras this year! All the models are equipped with a telephoto lens, a wide lens and an ultra wide lens. With the S20 and S20+ you are able to have a 30X hybrid zoom (3X optical & 10X digital). On the other hand the S20 Ultra has the capability to zoom up to 100X. (10X optical & 10X digital)
The S20+ and S20 Ultra also have a time-of-flight or DepthVision camera. This type of camera measures the distance to an object. This enables the device to enhance the photo quality even more.
The selfie cams on the S20 and S20+ consist of a 10MP sensor. The S20 Ultra has a powerful 40MP camera!
Battery
All the 3 models are outperforming the current battery standards for smartphones! Specifically: The S20 is equipped with a 4000 mAh battery which has up to 28 hours of talk-time. A full recharge takes 75 min. The S20+ has a 4500 mAh battery which has up to 34 hours of talk-time. A full recharge also takes about 75 min. The S20 Ultra has an extreme 5000 mAH battery. This means you will have up to 37 hours of talk-time! A full recharge takes 70 min.
Price
Below an overview of the prices is given. These are US based prices
| S20 | S20+ | S20 Ultra | |
| 128GB | $999 | $1,199 | $1,399 |
| 512GB | – | $1,349 | $1,599 |
S20 User-agents
The user agent string of the S20:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-G981B) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.162 Mobile Safari/537.36
We will add this device soon in our device detection API.
Conclusion
Although the device will be available from the 6th of March we are really exited! Samsung raised the industry standard for smartphones for 2020. Please leave a comment below about your thoughts on the new S20 phones. And make sure to check out the device detection API! 🙂