Galaxy S20 rumours
Here’s everything we’ve heard about the new Samsung’s phone in 2020, from 5G and Camera specs to a giant battery.
The new Samsung phones to be revealed on the 11th of February. The name Galaxy S11 is dead before it’s even arrived. With the new Phones being called S20 5G, S20 Plus 5G and S20 Ultra 5G. We are also expecting Samsung to reveal a foldable phone called the Galaxy Z Flip. 5G is the most important new feature to impact the industry.
Price: Galaxy S20 Ultra could cost $1,200 (£922)
It’s expected for the new Galaxy 20 range to pretty much come align with the iPhone 11 range.
The latest mix of rumours about the Galaxy S20 pricing comes from Max Weinbach of XDA Developers:
- Galaxy S20: $850 (£653)
- Plus Galaxy S20: $950 (£730)
- Ultra Galaxy S20: $1,200 (£992)
Here are the rumoured specs based on Max Weinbach from XDA Developers, My Smart Price and Twitter leakers Ice Universe and Evan Blass.
Galaxy S20 5G (rumoured specs)
- 2-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
- Cameras: 12-megapixel main, 64-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide
- 10-megapixel single punch-hole front-facing camera (thank goodness. I don’t miss the S10’s side-selfie camera at all.)
- 128GB RAM
- 4,000-mAh battery
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
Galaxy S20 Pro/Plus 5G (rumoured specs)
- 7-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
- Cameras: 12-megapixel main, 64-megapixel telephoto and 3x digital zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide, time-of-flight sensor
- 10-megapixel front-facing camera
- 128GB of storage (starting)
- 12GB RAM
- 4,500-mAh battery with 25-watt fast charging
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G (rumoured specs)
- 9-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
- Cameras: 108-megapixel main, 48-megapixel telephoto with 10x optical zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide, time-of-flight sensor
- 40-megapixel wide front-facing camera
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB internal storage
- MicroSD card support, 12GB or 16GB RAM
- 5,000-mAh battery with optional 45-watt fast-charger
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
New colours!
Samsung embracing a lighter pastel hue, for their latest range. Mobile tweeter Ishan Agarwal posted images said to be official renders of the S20 phones. Also stating that the S20 Ultra will come in black and grey. The S20 Plus in black, grey and blue. And the S20 in grey, pink and blue. *
*(Note that colour availability often varies by region)
A new feature: Quick Share
The rumoured tool will make it easier to transfer photos, videos and other files between compatible devices. The software could mimic the effect of Apple’s AirDrop tool.
Cameras
We’ve already mentioned which phones will have which cameras. But let’s talk more about the rumoured 108-megapixel main camera sensor for the S20 Ultra.
It is known that the larger the camera pixel, the more light that can flow in. Therefor better pictures. But don’t forget that more megapixels won’t always make the image better. The camera processing also plays a huge role in the quality too.
Chinese brand Xiaomi already beat Samsung to it with the Mi CC9 Pro, which has a 108-megapixel camera.
The Snapdragon 856 chip mentioned earlier can support a 200-megapixel camera. You probably won’t use the whole 108 million pixels at the same time. The extra resolution will probably to help with the quality of zooming and cropping.
leaker Ice Universe tweeted that the S20 and S20 Plus will have 12-megapixel cameras. As well as the higher-end devices having time-of-flight sensors (ToF).
Screen
We should also be getting the ability to turn on a 120Hz screen refresh rate. Making animations and scrolling a lot smoother than that standard 60Hz we have now.
It is great for gaming but does come at a price, battery draining. But Samsung could allow you to switch between the two. 60hz to preserve battery and 120Hz for animations.
Storage and RAM
According to Weinbach’s recent tweet, the S20 Ultra will have:
- 128GB, 256GB and 512GB storage options
- 12GB and16GB RAM configurations
- MicroSD card slot for external storage, with support for up to, 1TB
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