Continuing its tradition of launching flagship Galaxy S smartphone every year, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S20 series at an Unpacked event held today in San Francisco. Alongside, the S20 lineup, the South Korean brand also introduced its second-generation foldable smartphone dubbed as Galaxy Z Flip. The company also announced the successor to last years Galaxy Buds called as Galaxy Buds+. Let’s take a look at everything Samsung announced at the event:
Samsung Galaxy S20:
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S20 lineup consists of a standard, Plus and Ultra variant. All three smartphones come with a higher 120Hz refresh rate screen for smooth animations and transitions. They are also equipped with an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner. The standard, Plus and Ultra variants of Galaxy S20 sport a Super AMOLED display measuring 6.2, 6.7 and 6.9-inches respectively. In terms of design, the smartphones feature a centrally-aligned punch-hole display and a rectangular camera module on the rear.
In the camera department, both the Galaxy S20 and S20+ are equipped with a 12MP primary sensor, a 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 64MP telephoto shooter with up to 30x zoom. The Plus variant also gets an additional DepthVision camera. On the other hand, the Galaxy S20 Ultra features a 108MP wide-angle lens with a whopping 100x Super Resolution zoom. The rest of the camera setup on Ultra variant comprises of a 48MP sensor, a 12MP ultra-wide main camera and a DepthVision lens.
On the front, the Galaxy S20 and S20+ are fitted with a 10MP front camera while the Ultra variant features a 40MP selfie snapper. All three smartphones are capable of recording 8K videos.
The Galaxy S20 series will be available in 4G and 5G variants. Under the hood, the 4G variant will be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 990 SoC while the 5G model will be equipped with Snapdragon 865 processor. The former packs 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage while the latter will be offered in 12GB RAM and different storage configurations up to 512GB. The Ultra variant is available with a whopping 16GB RAM coupled with 512GB onboard storage. The standard S20 and S20+ are backed by a 4,000mAh and 4,500mAh battery unit respectively with 25W fast charging support. The Ultra variant draws its power from a 5,000mAh battery with 45W charging tech.
The vanilla Galaxy S20 starts at $999 (~Rs 72,000) and the Plus model starts at $1,199 (~Rs 85,000). The Ultra variant carries a starting price tag of $1,399 (~Rs 1 lakh). All three smartphones will go on sale starting March 6.
Galaxy Z Flip:
Samsung’s second-generation foldable smartphone is different from last year’s Galaxy Fold. The Galaxy Z Flip features a clamshell design as found on the Moto RAZR 2019. It can be folded vertically instead of horizontally. The device sports a 6.7-inch AMOLED display bearing FHD+ resolution and HDR10+ support. There is a secondary 1.1-inch screen on the outside that displays notifications, time, weather updates and more. It is placed alongside the dual rear camera setup comprising of a 12MP primary and 12MP ultra-wide-angle sensor. On the front, the device gets a 10MP camera for selfies and video calling. The foldable phone features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
The Galaxy Z Flip is powered by a Snapdragon 855+ chipset coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. The foldable smartphone is a 4G-only device and runs on a 3,300mAh battery unit with 15W wired and 9W wireless charging. The Galaxy Z Flip boots Android 10 with OneUI 2.0 on the top.
The Galaxy Z Flip is priced at $1,380 (~Rs 98,000) and goes on sale on February 14th.
Galaxy Buds+:
The Galaxy Buds+ comes with improvements over its predecessor. It comes with three microphones on each earbud compared to two on the original Buds. Apart from controlling music playback, the touchpad on Galaxy Buds+ comes with a Spotify button. The latest offering retains the same design from its predecessor.
The Galaxy Buds+ are equipped with two-way speakers tuned by audio brand AKG. However, the audio accessory doesn’t come with an active noise cancellation feature. The latest wireless earbuds come with improved battery life. Each earbud packs an 85mAh battery unit while the wireless charging case has a 270mAh battery. Samsung claims that the Galaxy Buds+ can provide 11 hours of usage on a single charge. The battery life goes up to 22 hours with the charging case.
The Galaxy Buds+ will cost $149 (~Rs 10,630) with sales starting from February 14th in the US. Customers who have pre-ordered the Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra will receive the Buds+ bundled with the smartphone.
