Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review

28 Feb 2020


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AnonD-754814, 05 Mar 2020It's not their fault. It's your government fault. I bet t... moreNo

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    PartTimePhoner, 05 Mar 2020But all prices are skyhigh Mi 9 Lite cost almost as much... moreIt's not their fault. It's your government fault.
    I bet the VAT+import duty+ others might be as high as 35 to 40% .
    Where are you from ? Pakistan ?

      AnonD-754814, 05 Mar 2020You are the luckier guy. Think it this way. Then you will... moreBut all prices are skyhigh

      Mi 9 Lite cost almost as much as A71

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        PartTimePhoner, 04 Mar 2020Consider yourself lucky. It costs $2050 here.You are the luckier guy.
        Think it this way. Then you will feel better.
        Your resell value of S20 ultra will be more than the price of brand new S20 ultra.
        Chill man.

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          higher, 05 Mar 2020My "problem" is that Apple doesn't use ARM design, they lic... moreWhy are you keep talking about ARM cortex ? It's core architecture(like A7, A55, A77).
          I was not talking about it.
          I was talking about ARM design like ARM V7, ARM V8 .
          And I always look down low to those who read anandtech.
          Sorry I am not gonna read that.
          You said Apple design from scratch. Designing from scratch means designing from 0 help of others. Which is not the case.
          The way you are saying feels like The ARM base architecture is nothing and it's found in Earth naturally.
          This is the main architecture.
          The ARM cortex design is more like consumer shape of the ARM base design.You should read about both ARM cortex core design and ARM V design. Because it looks like you don't know what ARM V design is.
          Samsung's mongoose has always been better than ARM cortex since it was introduced. You might say the Multi core score is much lower. But it was never their intention. If it was then the would have gone all custom core, not just the high perf section. Mongoose was supposed to challange Apple SoC as the single core perf between Apple SoC and ARM SoC was huge. Samsung just tried to lower the gap. But as ARM has managed to close the gap and also doing better at multi core lately Samsung felt no longer the necessity to continue mongoose core.

          SN: Would you mind telling what is your point on this topic exactly ? Because I don't remember arguing with you on this topic. You and I were arguing about the Oled screen as I remember. There you also gave misinfo like Samsung use Apple design to Produce display Which was shit-talking. Now you are doing it again.
          And don't show me anandtech article.
          You also should know what licensing is.

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            higher, 05 Mar 2020My "problem" is that Apple doesn't use ARM design, they lic... moreMongoose cores were ahead of the Snapdragon Kyro custom cores which in turn was better than the standard cores.

              AnonD-754814, 04 Mar 2020What is your problem man !!! Apple do use ARM design. So... moreMy "problem" is that Apple doesn't use ARM design, they license only the ISA from ARM. I'm not biased, it's the truth. Apple's designs have nothing in common with ARM Cortex microarchitectures. Samsung designed their custom Mongoose cores from scratch as well but it turned out to be subpar to ARM's own Cortex microarchitectures.

              https://images.anandtech.com/doci/10366/1.PNG

              I think this picture (ARM's own slide) explains it well and I got no probs with you.

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                Anonymous, 04 Mar 2020Laser AF does not work for video. As I said, if you hav... moreYou logic is good.
                But if the 108 is capable of doing it then why would Xiaomi add laser AF ?

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                  So I need Flagman phone. What to do? Buy S20 Ultra or wait til Huawei P40 release??

                    Anonymous, 04 Mar 2020Cheapest version is $1400 in USA. Too obscene price. Consider yourself lucky. It costs $2050 here.

                      AnonD-754814, 02 Mar 2020The way you are saying isn't possible. But they certainly... moretrue, i would the reviewers also do some re-visit after a year, since usually the phone would change quite a lot (either battery life, performance, camera, etc.). If I remember correctly, there is one youtuber that make a full explanation about this 'first-time' review and apparently, this is what the manufacturers do. (i'll post the link if i found it)
                      Plus, since the competitions are very tight now, with minor 'innovations' here and there in any new flagships, companies seem to aimed to get as much as pre-orders in the beginning. I quite understand this, since samsung wants to 'trap' buyers before they have a second thought when p40 pro, OP 8, iphone new SE (or 9 or whatever), or even new mi 10 pro and oppo find x2 release.

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                        higher, 04 Mar 2020Apple licenses the ISA and designs their microarchitecture ... moreWhat is your problem man !!!
                        Apple do use ARM design.
                        So, how is Apple designing from scratch ?
                        You are too much apple biased.
                        Yes apple doesn't implement Arm Cortex design directly like Qualcomm, Kirin or MediaTek.
                        But Samsung used to design custom core(mongoose) just like Apple.
                        You just poked in the middle from out of nowhere without knowing the initial debate.

                        FN : I replied to your reply. But you went silent on that. Now you are debating on someone else's comment against me. Do you have have any particular problem with me ?

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                          AnonD-754814, 04 Mar 2020Don't give example with pro Camera. Nothing is as fast as... moreLaser AF does not work for video.

                          As I said, if you have 5 phones with dual pixel, they wont have same AF speed. It is softaware implementation.

                          S7 got 91 points for AF, X Performance (Hybrid without Laser AF) got 95.

                          My phone has PDAF only, no hunting in daylight videos and photos.

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                            Cheapest version is $1400 in USA.
                            Too obscene price.

                              I would guess that the 100x Zoom has improved about 150-250% after the Firmware Update.

                              https://mobile.twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1235058916876152832

                                AnonD-754814, 04 Mar 2020I don't know what small pick means to you. It doesn't mean ... moreApple licenses the ISA and designs their microarchitecture from scratch. This is a "bit" different from Snapdragon and Samsung who license complete off the shelf microarchitectures (A76, A77, A55) from ARM. The only similarity is that all SoCs are able to run code in ARMv8 but that's it.
                                Going by your logic Intel designs AMD processors (x86 is an Intel property) but at the same time AMD designs Intel processors too (x86-64 is AMD property). They only licence the ISA from eachother and both are able to run x86 and x86-64 code but that's the only similarty.

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                                  Anonymous, 03 Mar 2020There is already laser AF +PDAF. They missed out on Dual p... more"There is already laser AF +PDAF"
                                  What are you trying to tell by this ?

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                                    Anonymous, 03 Mar 2020Problem is the software was poorly done. Almost all pho... moreDon't give example with pro Camera.
                                    Nothing is as fast as dual pixel and laser autofocus.
                                    Samsung has proved it. Have you hit your head somewhere ? The Sony XZ had Laser autofocus. So, definitely it will be better though the difference will not be noticeable to the normal eye as both are pretty fast.
                                    If you look at the Xiaomi phones with almost the same 108MP camera.
                                    They used laser autofocus. They have no problem with focusing.

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                                      Paul, 04 Mar 2020Why dont you guys review the most accesible phone of the bu... moreWhy would someone pre-order it if they can't trust the Brand ?

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                                        Nick Tagataka, 04 Mar 2020"small pick" It would be still illegal if it ever touched ... moreI don't know what small pick means to you. It doesn't mean small copy. And to me small pick means taking a look and use it as your advantage.
                                        Anyway, are you telling there is no similarities between Samsung Tetracell and Sony's Quad bayer ?
                                        I think the difference is very little.
                                        And I think you didn't know this, Apple design their SoC based on ARM's architecture too.
                                        So, even if Apple find small similarities with exynos they can do nothing as Apple's design is also based on ARM and Exynos is also based on ARM.
                                        How will Apple prove it unless it's the exact same copy.
                                        Their origin design is same. ARM V .