Earlier this morning, Samsung has unveiled their newest Galaxy S20 series in the Samsung Unpacked 2020 event. The new S20 series comes with the standard S20, the S20 Plus and S20 Ultra. It also comes with whole new naming system as it jumps from S10 to S20.
The greatest highlight for the S20 series so far is their own camera, which supports up to 108MP resolution capture. The hybrid zoom distance can also reach over 100x and supports 5G dual connectivity, 5000mAh battery and more!
Samsung Galaxy S20:
- Running on Android 10.0
- 6.2-inch QHD + Dynamic AMOLED 2X curved screen, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 + certification
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 / Exynos 990 processor
- 8 / 12GB RAM + 128GB ROM (up to 1TB MicroSD expansion)
- Rear 12MP wide-angle + 64MP telephoto + 12MP ultra-wide-angle triple camera combination, 3x hybrid zoom, up to 30x
- Front 10MP lens
- 4000mAh battery
- USB Type-C interface
- Support 25W fast charge
- Support wireless fast charge 2.0
- PowerShare wireless reverse charging
- IP 68 waterproof
- Dual-mode 5G
- Support ultrasonic screen fingerprint recognition
- Support face unlock
- 151.7 x 69.1 x 7.9mm
- 163g
- Gray, blue, red
Retails at RM3599
Samsung Galaxy S20+:
- Running on Android 10.0
- 6.7 inch QHD + Dynamic AMOLED 2X curved screen, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 + certification
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 / Exynos 990 processor
- 8 / 12GB RAM + 128 / 512GB ROM (up to 1TB MicroSD expansion)
- Rear 12MP wide-angle + 64MP telephoto + 12MP ultra-wide-angle + depth-sensing lens four-shot combination, 3x hybrid zoom, up to 30x zoom
- Front 10MP lens
- 4500mAh battery
- USB Type-C interface
- Support 25W fast charge
- Support wireless fast charge 2.0
- PowerShare wireless reverse charging
- IP 68 waterproof
- Dual-mode 5G
- Support ultrasonic screen fingerprint recognition
- Support face unlock
- 161.9 x 73.7 x 7.8mm
- 186g
- Gray, blue, black
Retails at RM3999
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra:
- Running on Android 10.0
- 6.9 inch QHD + Dynamic AMOLED 2X curved screen, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 + certification
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 / Exynos 990 processor
- 12 / 16GB RAM + 128/256 / 512GB ROM (up to 1TB MicroSD expansion)
- Rear 108MP wide-angle + 48MP telephoto + 12MP prime wide-angle ultra-wide-angle + depth-sensing lens quad camera combination, 10x hybrid zoom, up to 100x
- Front 40MP lens
- 5000mAh battery
- USB Type-C interface
- Support 45W fast charge
- Support wireless fast charge 2.0
- PowerShare wireless reverse charging
- IP 68 waterproof
- Dual-mode 5G
- Support ultrasonic screen fingerprint recognition
- Support face unlock
- 166.9 x 76.0 x 8.8mm
- 220g
- Gray-black
Retails at RM4999
The Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra is sized at 6.2″, 6.7″ and 6.9″ respectively. All of them bring Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with QHD+ resolution. The display also supports HDR10+ and up to 120Hz refresh rate, while the display sensor can reach up to 240Hz!
The display still sports the Infinity O display which is basically the holepunch design, but it now adds an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor within the display.
As for its cover, the Galaxy S20 series brings the matrix camera module and the S20 Ultra comes with the iconic 100x zoom on its camera. Colour availability includes pink, blue and grey while the S20 Ultra only contains black and grey.
The major upgrade of the new S series goes to the rear camera. The Galaxy S20 uses a three-camera combination of a 12-megapixel wide-angle main camera + 12-megapixel super-wide-angle + 64-megapixel telephoto lens, and supports 3x optical zoom and up to 30x. The S20 + is equipped with an additional depth perception lens on this basis while the S20 Ultra a total of 4 lenses, including a luxurious 100-megapixel main camera, 48-megapixel periscope prime telephoto lens, 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, and a depth-sensing lens. It also supports 10x optical zoom and up to 100x Space Zoom digital zoom!
It is said that Samsung utilizes AI algorithm to quickly crop the screen when mixing optical zoom to ensure that the phone can retain a certain picture quality during great zooming distance.
At the same time, this 100-megapixel main camera of the S20 Ultra can synthesize 0.8um pixels of 108MP pixels to 2.4um pixels of 12 million pixels. The low light photography performance is also improve by combining 9 pixels into 1 pixel which reduces noises.
In terms of videos, the S20 series supports up to 8K video, so that the pictures taken by your mobile phone can also be displayed on 8K TVs. It can also take 33 megapixel high-definition photos when shooting video, and it has improved on the anti-shake Super Steady and night time-lapse Night Hyperlapse.
In addition, the S20 series also supports Single Take Mode, which can be regarded as an enhanced version of live focus, which allows you to take nine forms of photos / movies at one time and adjust the mode you want in the gallery. You can Take ultra-wide-angle photos, live focus, AI filters, AI to choose the best picture, and smart crop photos at one time and freely adjust after capturing.
To show the greatness of Galaxy S20, this livestream is made through the Samsung Galaxy S20 series and they will be collaborating with Netflix for upcoming content exclusive to Galaxy S20 users.
As for the front camera, the Galaxy S20 and S20 + are equipped with a front 10 megapixel lens, while the S20 Ultra is equipped with a front 40 megapixel lens. At the same time, the Galaxy S20 will also cooperate with Google to achieve higher definition and wider angle through Google Duo with the aid of 5G performance.
The S20 series starts from 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM while the S20 Ultra offers up to 16GB RAM and 512GB ROM! It is the first time that a smartphone brings 16GB whopping RAM and based on LPDDR5 technology! LPDDR5 has a 30% faster operating speed and a 20% lower power consumption.
It also supports microSD expansion up to 1TB with max capacity up to 1.5TB.
Samsung Galaxy S20 also supports Game Booster which improves performance through AI optimization. It is capable to execute 5 games at once and will be able to deliver exceptional performance with 120Hz display and 240Hz sensor sampling rate.
Samsung will also be collaborating with Microsoft Xbox for cloud based services.
In line with the era of 5G, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series is naturally indispensable for 5G network solutions. The new S20 series support dual-mode 5G for NSA and SA network while supporting DSS, mmWave, Sub 6 specifications.. This ensure that the Samsung Galaxy S20 will be able to used throughout the world by supporting 2G, 3G, 4G and even 5G network. For its 4G, it supports LTE Cat.20 with up to 2Gbps download and 150Mbps upload speed. 
Along with the Samsung Galaxy S20 series launch is the Galaxy Buds Plus. The new Galaxy Buds adds a new upgrade which allow the battery to last up to 11 hours and along with charging box it can reach 22 hours. There are 2 sets of speakers and 3 sets of microphone and support 1 click Spotify control.
According to Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S20 series will be launched on 6th March onward as the S20 5G retails at US$999, S20 Plus at $1199 and S20 Ultra at $1399. It also will bundled with Galaxy Buds Plus. As for the Galaxy Buds+, it will be available 14th February at $149.
Samsung Malaysia also announced the retail pricing and availability for the Galaxy S20 series. The Galaxy S20 starts at RM3599, S20 Plus at RM3999 and S20 Ultra at RM4999. It will be open for pre-order by 12th to 26th February and will be eligible to grab Galaxy Buds plus worth RM599 during pre-order.
Interested? You can grab it at Senheng, SenQ or Samsung authorized distributor today.
