Samsung Galaxy S20 range: first look at 100x zoom, 120Hz screens, 8K video recording
- Unveiled this week, the Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra boast new features including 120Hz screens and new image stabilisation
- The S20 Ultra includes a 100x digital zoom function and 6.9-inch display, but is even more expensive that Apple’s iPhone 11 and the Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Samsung’s new top-end smartphone range is the Galaxy S20 and it comes in three versions: medium, large and would-you-look-at-that-zoom. From the impressive new camera to the iPhone-topping prices, here’s what makes Samsung’s new flagships special.
Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 Ultra is a smartphone of superlatives. The camera sensor has a resolution of 108 megapixels, the front is made up almost entirely of screen and the zoom goes up to a mind-blowing 100x.
But that is just the top model, and it comes with a painful price tag to match.
Here are the big details on the latest Galaxy generation, from the complex camera set-up to the many variants.
Unveiled in San Francisco on Tuesday, the new Galaxy series is split across three phones: the medium- and large-sized S20 and S20+, as well as the S20 Ultra. Breaking with its naming tradition, Samsung has decided to skip a few numbers and call the S10 successor series the S20 – matching it up with the year in which it was released.
Visually, the S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra look like a combination of the S10 predecessor and the Note 10. There’s a glass front and back with a metal frame and barely noticeable edges around a 6.2-inch, 6.7-inch or 6.9-inch display.