Samsung had quite the event at its Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, unveiling the long anticipated Samsung Galaxy S20 series to the world. It’s a major upgrade from its predecessor, so let’s not waste time and dive right in.
Samsung Galaxy S20
The Samsung Galaxy S20 screen shares the same specs as the S20 Ultra, but comes in a smaller size at 6.2-inches. As for storage and memory, the S20 only has 8GB and 12GB RAM options, and 128GB for its internal storage (microSD expandable up to 1TB). In terms of battery juice, due to its size, the S20 only has a 4,000mAh battery. Now, let’s take a look at the camera setup:
- 12MP wide angle main sensor
- 12MP ultra-wide angle sensor
- 64MP telephoto sensor
- 10MP selfie sensor
- 30X Super Resolution Zoom
- Colour Options: Cosmic Grey, Cloud Blue, Cloud Pink
Samsung Galaxy S20+
As for the Samsung Galaxy S20+, it has a slightly larger 6.7-inch screen with the same specs on the S20 Ultra. It also has RAM options of 8GB or 12GB, and for storage, customers could choose from 128GB or 512GB on the S20+. It still supports microSD expansion of up to 1TB as well. Battery wise, it has a 4,500mAh cell powering the device, but with a slower wired charging at only 25W. However, the S20+ does share the same wireless charging capabilities as found on the S20 Ultra. As for the camera specs:
- 12MP wide angle main sensor
- 12MP ultra-wide angle sensor
- 64MP telephoto sensor
- DepthVision sensor
- 10MP selfie sensor
- 30X Super Resolution Zoom
- Colour Options: Cosmic Grey, Cloud Blue, Cosmic Black
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is the only smartphone of the bunch that has 5G capabilities. It has a massive 6.9-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, complete with a 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ certification. Running on an Exynos 990 octa-core processor that’s built on the 7nm process, it is also paired with either a 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Storage wise, users could choose from 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB variants, with microSD expansion up to 1TB. Powering the device is a huge 5,000mAh battery that supports 45W fast charging, Fast Wireless Charging 2.0, as well as Wireless PowerShare. In the camera department, you will find a quad camera setup that consists of:
- 108MP wide angle main sensor – f/1.8
- 12MP ultra-wide sensor – f/2.2
- 48MP periscope telephoto sensor – f/3.5
- DepthVision sensor
- Colour Options: Cosmic Grey, Cosmic Black
These camera sensors all work together to provide Samsung’s latest signature camera feature called “Space Zoom”. Now, as its name suggests, this is a feature that enables Super Resolution zooming of up to 100X (double Huawei’s zoom on their P series). There is also a 10X Hybrid Optic Zoom on the Galaxy S20 Ultra. To achieve greater quality in their photos, the S20 Ultra is capable of something called “nona-binning”, which combines the nine pixels in the 108MP sensor into just one pixel, producing a much clearer 12MP image with all details retained. Not only that, the S20 Ultra also does 8K video recording at 30 frames per second. Not forgetting selfies, on the front there’s a 40MP sensor in the Infinity-O screen for ultra clear selfies.
Comparison
| Samsung Galaxy S20 | Samsung Galaxy S20+ | Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra | |
| Display | 6.2-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz Refresh Rate | 6.7-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz Refresh Rate | 6.9-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz Refresh Rate |
| CPU | Exynos 990 | Exynos 990 | Exynos 990 |
| RAM | 8GB / 12GB | 8GB / 12GB | 12GB / 16GB |
| Storage | 128GB (up to 1TB microSD Expansion) | 128GB (up to 1TB microSD Expansion) | 128GB / 256GB / 512GB (up to 1TB microSD Expansion) |
| Camera (Rear) | 12MP Wide 12MP Ultra-Wide 64MP Telephoto | 12MP Wide 12MP Ultra-Wide 64MP Telephoto DepthVision | 108MP Wide 12MP Ultra-Wide 48MP Telephoto DepthVision |
| Camera (Selfie) | 10MP | 10MP | 40MP |
| Space Zoom | 30X | 30X | 100X 10X Hybrid Optic Zoom |
| Video | 8K / 30fps | 8K / 30fps | 8K / 30fps |
| Battery | 4,000mAh | 4,500mAh | 5,000mAh |
| Water Resistance | IP68 | IP68 | IP68 |
| Misc | Wireless Charging, Reverse Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging, Reverse Wireless Charging | 5G, Wireless Charging, Reverse Wireless Charging |
| Colours | Cosmic Gray Cloud Blue Cloud Pink | Cosmic Black Cosmic Gray Cloud Blue | Cosmic Black Cosmic Gray |
| Price | RM3,599 | RM3,999 | RM4,999 |
All three smartphones from the Samsung Galaxy S20 Series come with in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, complete with face recognition too. They are also IP68 water resistant, and incorporate stereo speakers developed by AKG that supports Dolby Atmos. Being Samsung smartphones, they also support NFC and MST Samsung Pay, along with the entire suite of Samsung’s ecosystem features.
For those of you who want to get your hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S20 series, check out the pre-order information page right here. There’s even a free Samsung Galaxy Buds+ for the S20+ and S20 Ultra.
