The S20 was originally just a regular annual upgrade, but the naming jumped directly from 10 to 20, and Samsung seems to want to make a breakthrough on the S20 to cement its position as the king of Android. In fact, it does have the hardware of the emperor, but there are some regrets.
First of all, the product distribution of the Bank of China this time, S20 is still divided into three models, positioning from low to high are S20, S20+, S20 Ultra. The difference between the S20 and the S20+ is mainly in the battery capacity, screen size and TOF lens for the rear camera, the S20 is only 163g, focusing on thin and light feel, and the S20+ has a larger screen size and better battery life. They can still appeal to different user groups, but their biggest problem is that they only have a single storage capacity, which is only available at 128GB.
Of course, there is a demand for this capacity, but now that it is 2020, the volume of photo and video apps is getting larger and larger, for ordinary users who generally change their phones in 2-3 years, this capacity is not enough, and Bank of China users can only buy S20 Ultra if they want a larger capacity, while the S20+ of the American version and the Korean version have 256GB and 512GB options. If the S20 can only have one capacity in China because of the SKU, it should also be 256GB.
In terms of appearance, the S20 has a good selling point, and that is its front screen. This year, many flagship models will use the form of punch screen,S20Series is no exception,Its opening is in the center of the top,And the hole is only3.5mm,Smaller than Note10+4.5mm,The impact on the perception in daily practice cannot be said to be nothing,It's really not obvious。
Curved screen in 2019After the play of various manufacturers,In 2020, it will return to silence,S20The edge of the screen still has a curvature,But this arc is very narrow,And it almost coincides with the black bar,There is almost no mistouch in daily use,The arc reflection phenomenon is also much slighter than that of Xiaomi 10 Pro、Huawei Mate 30 Pro。 However,It is always a curved screen,Although it will come with a film when it leaves the factory,But when the finger crosses the edge of the screen, there will be an obvious cutting feeling,The matching degree of the film and the screen is not good,There are still no particularly suitable products on the market。
The back of the S20 series uses a matrix camera module, and the size of the camera module varies according to different models, with the S20 having the smallest rear camera module and the S20 Ultra being the largest. Although it is really not good compared to the triple camera of the iPhone and the bath bomb of the Mate 30 Pro, most models will adopt this design this year, and you will get used to it after watching more, and it is not a design flaw.
In terms of color, it is also a shortcoming of the national version, whether it is S20 or S20+, the Korean version has five colors, while the national bank S20 only has gray, blue and pink, and S20+ only has black, gray and blue, minus white and red. This product strategy is most likely also based on SKU considerations, but from the perspective of consumers, there are indeed fewer choices.
Feel is also a major selling point of the S20 series, after all, from 2019 to 2020, the weight of each flagship is basically more than 200g, S20 is even lighter than S102g, S20+6.7Inch screen plus 4500mAh battery is only 188g, 7.9mm thickness plus quad curved sixth generation Gorilla Glass back cover, the transition between the front and rear glass and the aluminum alloy middle frame is also very smooth, and the feel belongs to the first echelon in the flagship machine. The S20 Ultra weighs 208g, but if you want to find a flagship phone under 200g in 2020, only the S20 and S20+ are left.
In terms of screen, Samsung's Dynamic OLED used on S10 and Note10 has always been Display Mate's A+ score, and it is natural that this quality screen continues to be used in the S20 series. The S20 Ultra continued its traditional A+ score on the Display Mate, setting 12 new records at the time, although it was later overtaken by the Oppo Find X2 in some categories. In terms of parameters, this screen is also the top product in smartphones, with a maximum brightness of 828 nits for the full screen, a maximum brightness of 1342 nits for the local screen, support HDR10+, color gamut coverage of 110%DCI-P3 and 139% sRGB, support for two color management schemes, which can meet both users who like bright and saturated colors, and users who like cool tones, with an absolute color accuracy of 0.5JNCD, and a separate color calibration when leaving the factory. At present, there are not many models with separate color calibration before leaving the factory, and for the time being, only iPhone, Samsung flagship models, Xiaomi 10 Pro, and OPPO Find X2 will have.
This time, Samsung also added a 120Hz refresh rate option in the S20 series, which will have a more obvious smoothness improvement than the 90Hz refresh rate for daily use of information flow apps or left and right swiping, but it may be due to power management reasons, high-resolution QHD+ and 120Hz cannot be turned on at the same time. After all, 5G itself is already a big power consumer, coupled with high resolution and high refresh rate, even if it is a 5000mAh S20 Ultra, the screen time is not optimistic. Users can only choose one of 1080P+120Hz and 2K+60Hz, and there is no compromise between 2K+90Hz, nor can they turn on the ultimate experience of 2K+120Hz.
Another point worth mentioning is that although Samsung has increased the 120Hz refresh rate, the DC-like dimming still does not appear on the S20 series, and in low-brightness scenes, the screen will still appear strobe, and some users who are sensitive to strobe may feel sour and astringent in the eyes.
S20 series continues to use the previous ultrasonic fingerprint recognition scheme, the technical solution is provided by Qualcomm, because it is ultrasonic detection can scan the three-dimensional image of the finger, with higher security than the optical recognition scheme, but also to eliminate the finger broken, false finger, artificial skin and other inactive deception technology, fingers can be unlocked smoothly if the finger is wet. Compared with S10's ultrasonic fingerprint recognition, S20's recognition speed and recognition rate have been qualitatively improved, and its position is more reasonable than S10, and the thumb can be placed in the unlocked position naturally when held.
From the perspective of hardware configuration, S20 is already the ceiling of the current Android camp. In addition to the S20 and S20+, which only have 128GB of storage, the LPDDR 5 memory is given 12GB, and the S20 Ultra is also given 16GB. The Snapdragon 865 will occupy the first place in the Android camp for a long time before the next generation of Kirin SoC comes out, and there is no need to worry about performance. Although the flash memory of the S20 series is also called UFS 3.0, it actually adds Samsung Turbo Write+HPB technology, with the characteristics of UFS 3.1, so random read/write, sequential read/write are faster than ordinary UFS 3.0, and it will reflect a great advantage when loading games, but compared with UFS 3.1, there will still be a gap of tens of MB/s in random read/write.
Taking photos and videos has always been a very good part of Samsung, and the S20 series has a very good tradition, but there are some unsatisfactory points, but overall it is an improvement over the S10 series, and it is still the first echelon in the Android camp. It's just that the improvement of the flagship camera in the camera part has gradually become insignificant, and the exploration of certain functions by various manufacturers is easier to perceive than the image quality.
The S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra have noticeable differences in hardware specifications, with the standard series having an IMX555 main camera, an ultra-wide angle S5K2LA, and a telephoto S5KGW2, with the S20+ having one more IMX516 TOF lens for the rear camera than the S20. The rear camera module specifications of the S20 Ultra are much higher than the standard version, the main camera is Samsung's latest S5KHM1, the ultra-wide angle is S5KGH1, the telephoto is IMX586 commonly used by various Android flagships in 2019, and the TOF is IMX518.
The rear camera specifications of the S20 Ultra are much higher than those of the standard version, but in fact, the main camera imaging style of the Ultra version and the standard version are similar, and they are both Samsung's glamorous traditions, but the characteristics are different. The main features of the Ultra version are stronger resolution, slower focusing, and a very shallow depth of field, and sometimes the overall blur of close objects is particularly violent, while the standard version has fast focusing, high sharpness, and a deep enough depth of field, but it is relatively flat and lacks a sense of hierarchy when taking photos during the day. At night, both the Standard and Ultra versions perform particularly well, surpassing the S10 in detail and with a cleaner picture.
The Ultra version has two main selling points to mention, one is 100x zoom and the other is 8K video shooting. 100x zoom does lack use scenarios in daily life, and the photos taken at 100x magnification are not usable, but this sensor can take some very good photos at 30x hybrid zoom, which is better than the flagships of the same period, which is also the meaning of this function.
The Ultra version supports 8K video recording, but Super Stabilization cannot be turned on at the same time, so you need a pair of particularly stable hands or a tripod to record. Although at present4KThe TV has just become popular,There are not many devices that can watch 8K video,But the significance of this function is that it can capture 30 million pixel photos in the video,You can also crop out clips with lower resolution in the video,Improve the fault tolerance rate of video shooting。 What's more, record some commemorative moments, and watch back this clip after the playback equipment upgrade in the future will appreciate the advantages of 8K video.
In terms of system, now Samsung has launched One UI 2.0 version, the ease of use and fluency have been improved compared with the 1.0 version, ordinary users can also use it normally without making too many adjustments, but the characteristics of Samsung's system have not changed, many functions need to be downloaded separately App for adjustment, users who like to toss can find the fun of customization, but for ordinary users, the learning cost is very high, far less intuitive than MIUI.
Under the combined effect of 5G and high refresh rate,SamsungS20The battery life of the series is not too good,5000mAhS20 Ultra is used normally,The screen time is about 6 hours and 30 minutes,The battery life is worse than iPhone 11 Pro、Mate 30 Pro and Note 10+,4500mAhS20+ and 4000mAhS20 are even weaker,Although it is not a big problem to meet the moderate use of a day, However, compared with other flagship models in the same period, there is indeed a gap.
In terms of charging, the same original 25W charging head, the 4500mAh S20+ has a charging time of 72 minutes from 0-100%, which is not fast, while the 5000mAh S20 Ultra is much faster, and there is no trickle charging in the whole process, which only takes 59 minutes. When the S20 Ultra uses the original 45W charging head, it takes 59 minutes to fully charge, but when some devices that can trigger the PPS (Programmable Power Supply) protocol, the same 45W output power only takes about 48 minutes to fully charge, which can be considered that Samsung's charging strategy for 45W is too conservative.