Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review

28 Feb 2020


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  • 29 Feb 2020

Only thing I don't like about the s20 ultra is the no headphone jack. Yeah it is a bit pricey, but so is everything else as time goes by, its life, get over it.
Some people want to complain saying we don't need 16 g of ram, or the 120 refresh rate. Well I'm a gamer, I don't have a TV at home so I watch movies and play games on my phone so I welcome it and would like more.
So far everything that people complained about this phone is very petty, this phone beats apple in all kinds of ways. You petty complainers should complain about something important.

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    • 29 Feb 2020

    AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020Still image quality of Sony rx100 m3 is superior despite ha... moreIt depends on your use of the phone. The s20 ultra has 16 g of ram. 120 refresh rate.

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      • 29 Feb 2020

      Is it a Dual Sim phone ?

        JayLeonard, 29 Feb 2020There is a lot of factors playing here, first the pixel siz... moreApparently the gap is narrowing faster with mobile cameras performing way better than with its limitations. RX 100 series still having 1 inch sized sensor for its 7th edition unlike mobile phones having many flexibility. Due to lack of in built software, dedicated cameras depend more on the skills in post processing, additional software tools etc for very simple tasks (portrait, stage lighting). For an average Joe there are too many hassles to put the output into consumption unlike mobiles which has most of them very nicely integrated and make your work immediately available for consumption. Now a days, no one is waiting for the professional photographers to printout the life events after many weeks of post processing!

          Yet another victory for Qualcomm in the SD vs Exynos war.

            AnonD-914443, 29 Feb 2020Sensor of galaxy s20 ultra is slightly small than 1 inches ... moreThere is a lot of factors playing here, first the pixel size differs: 20.1mp vs 108mp, just imagine how different their pixel sizes is. Next is surface area, the Sony RX100 M3 image sensor is 25% bigger than the S20 Ultra sensor: 1.0 inch vs 0.75 inch (1/1.33), I wouldn't call 25% difference 'slight'. The other factor is lens optical quality: plastic lens of mobile phones vs glass lens of dedicated cameras.

              PeterThePanda, 29 Feb 2020So, Samsung's Exynos SoC is still inferior to SD? Not s... moreProbably, in those markets, Exynos helps by being cheapper for Samsung and making the device not to cost more that it would be if they use Snapdragon. You can't use the same price in every market becuase they have different costs.

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                • Anonymous
                • LQu
                • 29 Feb 2020

                Many comments on reddit and other tech sites that sales are 50% down compared to s10 series.

                  Normal daylight images are still easily beaten by phones like the Pocophone or Mi9T, embarrassing situation. The way the x2 images are nice and sharp in the middle and rubbish elsewhere... well i don't know what to say about that. Samsung simply do not care at all about the genuine quality of their photography so long as it looks good downscaled on a high pixel density phone screen, which it does, but then so does my first gen Moto G. I'm simply baffled. It's hard to see this as anything other than catering to fools who don't care or aren't educated to know the difference. I say fools because why else would you spend such premium money on something so demonstrably bad?

                  The standard mode night shots are very nice so the hardware is capable. Night mode hugely increases the quality of the darker parts but processes the quality out of the the parts that looked good in the standard mode. Can't win!

                  You can stick with the full featured stock app with terrible quality or go with GCam and gain the quality back but lose half of the features. I'll continue complaining about this in the hope that it helps change things and, more importantly, that other manufacturers don't start doing the same.

                    those designs with hole, hunchback and so heavy should be prohibited from selling

                      Very expensive for what it offers, an exytek and a low resolution screen should not cost more than 700 euros, And the camera many tricks and poor quality

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                        • 29 Feb 2020

                        ILoveSmartphones, 29 Feb 2020you said yourself you hate samsung so there is no need to c... moreYou said Samsung is greedy ? Then what about Apple ?

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                          Anonymous, 29 Feb 2020 The individual photosites are 0.8µm big, just like ... moreStill image quality of Sony rx100 m3 is superior despite having same Pixel size of Samsung galaxy s20 ultra. Why ? Can you explain the cause ?

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                            • 29 Feb 2020

                            Anonymous, 29 Feb 20201" sensor is more than 50% larger than Isocell HM1. 116mm... moreI knew that you will reply my comment.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 29 Feb 2020

                              LG Superfan, 29 Feb 2020Gsmarena do a comparison of low light images P30 Pro Vs S20... moreGo look at the studio low light shots for yourself.

                                ILoveSmartphones, 29 Feb 2020you said yourself you hate samsung so there is no need to c... moreI have just watched a comparison video between the S20 Ultra and Iphone 11 Pro from supersaf. There is no winner, because the other is better at one area, the another at another area. If you want better dynamic range go for the Iphone, if you want better zoom and low light, go for the S20 Ultra, if you want sharp yet steady video go for the Iphone. So overall, there is no camera phone which performs the best in every aspect. And the price is ridiculous of the S20 Ultra.

                                  AnonD-843592, 29 Feb 2020Man I hate Samsung so much. Those greedy money scamming che... moreyou said yourself you hate samsung so there is no need to convince you...go to youtube and watch samsung s20 ultra. it beat your iphone in every aspect. except video rendering. your hate is showing off

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 29 Feb 2020

                                    Anonymous, 29 Feb 20201" sensor is more than 50% larger than Isocell HM1. 116mm... more
                                    The individual photosites are 0.8µm big, just like in the vast majority of Quad Bayers on the market, and bundling them in 3-by-3 squares makes for 2.4µm resulting pixels - that's the same pixel size you'd get on a 20MP 1" sensor like the one in the Sony RX100 VII compact camera.
                                    - GSMarena

                                      Gsmarena do a comparison of low light images P30 Pro Vs S20 Ultra vs Mi Note 10 so see can see if Nonabayer is better in anyway or not

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 29 Feb 2020

                                        Andrew, 29 Feb 2020I don't know, photos really look great, especially low ligh... more686 is being used by midranges mostly.
                                        It was never meant to be flagship sensor.

                                        Midranges wont get same processing given to flagships.
                                        ISP of SD series 600 and 700 is not that advanced compared to 800 series.