Samsung Galaxy S20 5G 128GB - Cloud Pink - Dual Sim (e-sim) Unlocked (Renewed)

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Fully draining the 4,000mAh battery from full in our video rundown test, I found that the Galaxy S20 lasted 18hrs 28mins before needing to recharge, which is rather good considering this was performed at the phone’s default WQHD+ screen resolution – although only at 60Hz. It’s a deep, dark black that – thanks to the glass back – still manages to have a bit of shine to it. My introduction says it all really, but the Galaxy S20 is the “entry-level” model, if you haven’t already figured that out by now. Just like last year’s models, I actually prefer the smaller versions of Samsung’s handsets, as I feel they fit more comfortably in the hand. As I mentioned earlier, there are added benefits when it comes to the S20’s silky-smooth 120Hz screen, and that’s in high frame rate gaming.

I actually much prefer last year’s neatly-situated placement in the top-right corner, although the notch is noticeably smaller this year.

All of the phones are capable of 8K video recording, although the keen-eyed might have noticed that the S20 and S20 Plus don’t use the S20 Ultra’s 108MP camera, and neither are capable of 100x zoom – instead ‘only’ zooming up to 30x. Still, this is mildly upsetting because it means there’s no low-cost ‘e’ variant this year – last year’s S10e was my preferred choice of last year’s lineup, and was eventually crowned Expert Reviews’ favourite phone of 2019.

In the UK, the Galaxy S20 comes in three different colour schemes; ‘Cosmic Grey’, ‘Cloud Pink’ and ‘Cloud Blue’ (which is the one I was sent for review). Battery is not as good as new and will run out relativley quickly but still lasts a full day of low usage l. There are four shades to choose from at launch, but not all of them are available for all three phones, or in all regions.This is a light pink, and as with Cloud Blue it’s quite showy and will definitely catch people’s eyes, but it’s also a less professional, ‘safe’ shade than Cosmic Black or Cosmic Gray. In a sense, that makes it the most exclusive of the shades, even if it’s the most low-end phone in the range that you can get it with.

As before, the Galaxy S20 uses one of Samsung’s own Dynamic AMOLED panels, which has a native resolution of 3,200 x 1,400 (Quad HD+) but can be dipped down to FHD+ or HD+ in the phone’s display settings if you want to squeeze out a bit more battery life. is still big enough to watch any Netflix TV show without having to push the screen up against your eyeballs. However, you can rest assured that the screen has a pin-sharp contrast ratio of Infinity:1 and it’s also capable of reaching a blinding maximum brightness of 748cd/m2.Both pictures are filled with detail, although they both struggle a bit when it comes to distortion in the far corners of the frame. In testing, I found this to be the most colour accurate of the three screen profiles at my disposal, although it suffered from noticeably oversaturated red tones and undersaturated pink and purple tones, so it isn’t perfect. Of course, the Samsung is currently unmatched when it comes to sheer detail capture at 8K, but when the resulting footage is a shaky mess, it’s simply not pleasant to watch – a tripod or gimbal is absolutely essential in this instance. The Galaxy S20 also comes in either 8GB or 12GB of RAM variants, with the option to pay a little more for 5G connectivity. While I was self-isolating due to the ongoing coronavirus threat, I snapped a few gloomy scenes of London from my balcony and I found that the Galaxy S20 did a better job at suppressing visual noise, with slightly more contrast than its Apple rival.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that you can’t enable the 120Hz setting at the phone’s native screen resolution, only at FHD+ or below.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.