Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review

28 Feb 2020


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The Last Oracle, 29 Feb 2020Rhe amount of hate here would make people believe it's a te... moreNo problem with the Snapdragon version... everyone likes it...but Samsung pushes out their Exynos that everyone hates to all the markets except for US & South Korea...

Exynos is not capable and not on same level as Snapdragon chips...

This time they'll loose coz more ppl know the poor performance of their Exynos and there's more noise...a lot of ppl are not buying this expensive Exynos $hit...

I'll rather import there US version or buy a Sony with SD865 then get this poor Exynos phone...

They are already reporting low pre-orders & guess whose fault is it...lol

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    Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020Camera2api is available. Gcam fully functional. Can alrea... moreThen Exynos version of Samsung s10 doesn’t have camera 2api mode.

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      AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020If there is camera 2api mode unavailable on a device. That ... moreCamera2api is available.
      Gcam fully functional.
      Can already click RAW images.

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        The Last Oracle, 29 Feb 2020Rhe amount of hate here would make people believe it's a te... moreI saw Samsung only uses Exynos processor and its own camera sensor for my country India. But for other country they uses Sanapdragon and Sony camera sensor. Why ?

          Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020Saw Micheal fisher and other youtubers review the phone. Al... moreRhe amount of hate here would make people believe it's a terrible phone. It really isn't. It has a much larger battery, great 5G, much faster refresh rate and even better screen, much better onboard speakers, and a lot more. It isn't perfect, to be fair. But it definitely leads the Android pack, albeit by a margin.

          The only 2 complaints, IMHO, are:
          1. Price.
          2. It's not the absolutely best smartphone camera ever produced.

          The proce is definitely a lot, but it does bring huge improvements. Samsung should throw in better freebies or have a better exchange program.

          About the Camera, well its improving. I agree that Samsung rushed it. They need to tweak the algorithms to go easy on the noide reduction, digital sharpening and improve shadow details during daytime a little bit. Hopefully, once the Camera firmware comes out, testing will let us know the real picture. Also, if the Exynos version isn't capable enough, they should try to push out the Snapdragon to way more markets.

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            Flgshp2020, 29 Feb 2020Says the guy who never tweaked the HDR settings. You do re... moreWhat ever you say I don’t believe in single frame HDR. Even dslr camera stakes at least 2 to 3 frames for HDR. So, don’t make me laugh.

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              Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020Lol gcam is widely available for s10 series. Every instruc... moreIf there is camera 2api mode unavailable on a device. That mean gcam unable to access raw photo of that device. So, gacm only can access processed jpeg file. JPEG Photo stacking means not so detailed photo.

                AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020I don’t believe in single frame HDR. They looks huge noisy ... moreSays the guy who never tweaked the HDR settings.
                You do realize that HDR settings can be tweaked right?
                By default, different profiles for hdr modes also available.

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                  AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020How you are using gcam on s10 ? There is no camera 2api mod... moreLol gcam is widely available for s10 series.
                  Every instruction including files and best configuration settings are available all over YouTube.

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                    Flgshp2020, 29 Feb 2020Single frame HDR is the best on S20 Ultra. I don’t believe in single frame HDR. They looks huge noisy and unnatural.

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                      JayLeonard, 29 Feb 2020There is a lot of factors playing here, first the pixel siz... moreWho told you that today flagships phone uses plastic lens ? But I know only my iPhone 5s users plastic lens.

                        AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020Now a days so called computational photography is nothing b... moreSingle frame HDR is the best on S20 Ultra.

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                          Hello guys,

                          can you test how fast the card reader is? Does it support UHS-II cards at speeds above 100MB/s?

                          One big thing - it turns out that S20 Ultra is the first Samsung phone to support MicroSD card in addition to 2 SIM cards - one eSIM and one nanon SIM (You did not put this in your review)

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                            Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020I have three camera apps on my s10. Stock app for video an... moreHow you are using gcam on s10 ? There is no camera 2api mode on s10..so far I know.

                              Imagine having a $1350 smartphone with the standardized version of the Bright HMX which is HM1, be beaten by said experimental sensor found in Xiaomi phones like Mi 10 Pro and Mi Note 10 which costs more than half of the Ultra. See, Megapixels do matter 27MP > 12MP.

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                                Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020No it isn't, Modern day smartphones with computational phot... moreNow a days so called computational photography is nothing but a multi frame image stacking. But there’s huge con of multi frame image stacking like ghosting, blurred fine to very fine details. Single frame is best. Software trick has more con than Hardware trick.

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                                  Saw Micheal fisher and other youtubers review the phone. All of them report great battery life and upwards of 9hr screen on Time.
                                  But they are also using US variant with SD865.

                                  So it's clear that Samsung shutting down its custom core development has shelled out underwhelming performance compared to Snapdragon variant. Even though most users won't notice the performance difference in day to day tasks.

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                                    JayLeonard, 29 Feb 2020There is a lot of factors playing here, first the pixel siz... moreOnly 25% it doesn’t matter a lot. Tell me other cause.

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                                      Regarding the captured amount of light (regarding the total field of view) the raw file would be approximately equivalent to a Sony Rx100 VII at f/2.3 (which is not possible as the Rx100 VII has an f/2.8 lens) with the same exposure time, so yes, it captures approximately 45% more light per time than the Rx100 VII at approximately 25mm (full frame equivalent).
                                      In extreme low light conditions the SNR of the S20 Ultra raw files might be even equivalent to a Rx100 VII at f/2.1 due to the higher pixel count of the Rx100 VII.

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                                        Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020No it isn't, Modern day smartphones with computational phot... moreI am talking about rx100 m3 not rx100

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