2020 Winners and Losers: Samsung

24 December 2020
Samsung's 2020 was a good one. This is its yearly report card, if you will.

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The most loss is marketshare:
Huawei limited by Trump ban,but Samsung do not gain back some market share in gloabl market
Instead,Chinese company like Xiaomi,Realme,OPPO are followeing the Huawei's path,get a lot of market share in gobal market,fulfill Huawei's leave.

    PhoneClone, 26 Dec 2020The Note 20 Ultra has a terrible camera. Reviews are biased... moreApply basic camera lens science.

      note20/s20/+ got the best 8K and best hi res stills in combination with one of the best colors in lower res(similar to xperia colors). They lack hi zoom over 3x though or better body materials, which made them less cool, but performance of normal fov is like what's written above.
      Fold is as the only widely available foldable phone/tablet with full google stuff, if there was mateX with google, I can imagine it being more popular as it got full size cameras and you could use it as phone too(compared to 1st version), compared to 2 screen way it should be lighter/thinner too.

        the editor should have noted that with the S20 FE only the 5G model has snapdragon, the normal version has the Exynos chip. The wording in the article might mislead people and make them thing that the normal version has snapdragon, which it doesn't.

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          • 26 Dec 2020

          SizN80, 26 Dec 2020Lackluster battery life out of a huge 5000mah battery is si... morePathetic battery life is there on your iPhone 12 mini and iPhone SE.
          Within 1 year, battery dead.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 26 Dec 2020

            PhoneClone, 26 Dec 2020The Note 20 Ultra has a terrible camera. Reviews are biased... moreI understand that you don't like the note 20u but don't go around spreading false info about reviews.i have no problem with my note 20 ultra and believe it and it's camera to he excellent (yes the camera has slight differences with other flagships but nothing special)btw the issue you're talking about was fixed for me 3 months ago.

              PhoneClone, 26 Dec 2020The Note 20 Ultra has a terrible camera. Reviews are biased... more"Auto focus blurs any and every close up at less than 40cm"
              Huh? I'm sorry but what the heck were you expecting from a huge 1/1.33 inch sensor??? Of course its shallow depth of field blurs the background heavily when shooting objects in close distance, and that's perfectly normal.

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                • 26 Dec 2020

                I chose the S20 FE, it's just a feature packed phone for the 💰? I think Samsung hit a home run with this guy!

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 26 Dec 2020

                  I totaly agree about s10e succesor ( i am an s10e user) . S20 is way to big for some of us , but let s hope that s21 or at least s22 will have a compact version

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                    • 26 Dec 2020

                    The Note 20 Ultra has a terrible camera. Reviews are biased and probably paid for. This is my 2nd time with a Samsung device in the last 10 years and most def my last. Auto focus blurs any and every close up at less than 40cm. For a flagship that's not acceptable. Push notifications are hap hazard. Seriously Samsung?!

                      Bring back Exynos 9611. I miss the comments for those articles :)

                        Lackluster battery life out of a huge 5000mah battery is simply pathetic.

                          All Samsung phone with exynos 990: fail ( they are different variants in different countries so put into account)
                          All Samsung phones with SDM 865,865+: winners
                          Galaxy z fold 2 : winner
                          Galaxy a series: losers
                          Galaxy m series: winners (thanks to the big battery and yeah they are same as the a series in performance)

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                            • 26 Dec 2020

                            joe nodden, 25 Dec 2020How is the S20 FE a winner when it was plagued with touch issues.Yeah I bought one then went back to my s10e. Its faster and has better camera and has less heating issues.

                              I found it odd that the Note20 is a Loser here. Give me the choice between that and the Note20 Ultra, and I actually would think very seriously about picking the former. I never care much about the 108MP Nona Bayer sensor and also the 120Hz refresh rate, so that is alright for me. I don't even care about the Note20's plastic back - I'm going to use a phone case anyway.

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                                • 26 Dec 2020

                                Good Article

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                                  AnonD-948658, 26 Dec 2020S20 FE has a disappointing 3.3 star rating on Amazon India ... moreThat is coz it has Exynos over there in India.
                                  Another reason why price dropped significantly there after launch.

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                                    • 26 Dec 2020

                                    S20 FE has a disappointing 3.3 star rating on Amazon India with only 93 reviews so far and as you would guess most of them complaining about heating issues and battery drain.

                                      joe nodden, 25 Dec 2020How is the S20 FE a winner when it was plagued with touch issues.You're exaggerating and you know it. There aren't many phones affected by the touch issues and they've been mostly covered by 3 software updates already. Grow up.

                                        Apart from the Exynos Disaster, Samsung has done really well this year.

                                        Samsung is the runner up for the Smartphone manufacturer of the Year 2020 with Xiaomi winning it.