However, from Samsung's own perspective, the curvature of the curved screen has been decreasing almost every year since the S7 edge. By the Galaxy S20 generation, the feel is almost the same as that of 2.5D glass. Only a little bit of the curved screen can be seen from the edge.

Attention, I am going to start talking about Samsung Galaxy S20 series.

I am not a star fan, and I have never had any faith in Samsung. What attracts me to Samsung is its ability to control the entire industry chain, and its design evolution since the Samsung Galaxy S6 suddenly transformed from an ugly duckling to a swan.

I have purchased two generations of Samsung flagships, Note 9 and Note10+, since the year before last. Due to work reasons, I don’t often buy mobile phones myself. Every time I spend real money, I really like them.

The next thing I want to say is-why the Samsung Galaxy S20 is currently the most worthwhile flagship.

Full of configuration specifications, and the same weight of feel

From last year to this year, more and more flagships have used hyperboloid screens, and the curvature has also become so large that it is close to 90° waterfall screen. For a while, everyone seems to be " "Little Samsung".

But from Samsung’s own perspective, the curvature of the curved screen has been decreasing almost every year since the S7edge. By the Galaxy S20 generation, the feel is almost the same as that of 2.5D glass. Only a little curve can be seen from the edge. screen shadow.

I tried to compare it with last year’s flagship Galaxy Note10+ and found that the screen has really become smaller in terms of curvature. The smaller curvature once made me wonder whether the bezel would become wider. After careful comparison, I found that it is still about the same as Note10+, and it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

The Galaxy S series and Galaxy Note have always had a different point in design language. The former is more rounded overall, while the latter is more square overall. The S20 series continues this design style from the smallest S20 to the largest S20 Ultra.

Maybe the Note10 generation has reached the current limit of Samsung in terms of bezel control. The S20 series is not significantly smaller than it, or the difference is difficult to detect with the naked eye. The biggest difference is that the R corner of the Note series is much tougher, and The hole punch for the front camera has been further reduced.

Last year’s Note10 series was famous for its small hole punch, but this year everyone has made progress in process technology, and the Note10 series is not good enough. On this basis, the S20 series has further reduced the aperture of the front camera. And all use the same centered punch hole as the Note series.

It seems that Samsung has finally discovered that the front-facing “dual pill camera” is of no use. This time, all S20 series use single-camera punch holes, including the most high-end S20 Ultra.

Since I don’t have an S20 in my hands, I don’t have much idea about the most compact and lightweight model in the S20 family. Let’s talk more about the two big guys, S20+ and S20 Ultra.

Last year, it was often said that Samsung was a bit unprogressive after years of polishing its cameras. This year, Samsung went crazy and piled up terrifying specifications, but it also brought a side effect - it became heavier.

The 175g of S10+ has become 188g in S20+, which has brought about evolutions such as larger batteries and lens modules, but the overall thickness is still controlled at 7.8mm, which is equivalent to last year's S10 series, and the S20 Ultra has a larger and more compact camera module. It is thicker and has a larger battery. The thickness and weight have greatly increased, jumping to 8.8mm and 221g. It feels heavy in the hand.

Considering that hundreds of millions of people can accept the iPhone 11 Pro Max, the weight does not seem to be a big problem. In my opinion, the more obvious constraint is the ultrasonic fingerprint.

Today, when optical screen fingerprints are no longer inferior to physical fingerprints, Samsung, which chose ultrasonic fingerprints, seems a bit "stubborn". The advantage of

ultrasonic fingerprint is that it does not have to flash you when unlocking like optical fingerprints, and it can successfully unlock even when your hands are slightly wet. But this advantage comes in exchange for the fact that the response is always a beat slower than that of an optical fingerprint, making people feel like it is stuck every time it is unlocked.

Fortunately, the S20 series has made some progress in unlocking speed. After comparing it with the Note10+ in my hand, I found that the S20 series is slightly faster every time. Improvement is always good.

By the way, remember to change the fingerprint prompt and screen-off display to always display, which can maximize the unlocking success rate when the screen is off.

Unlike the Note10+, which places all the buttons on the left side, this time the power button and volume button return to the right side. The position of the power button is very comfortable and can be reached naturally with the thumb. The S10 series was criticized for being too high after the change. shortcomings.

If you ask where the Bixby key is, press and hold the power key to wake it up. Short pressing the power button and volume down will still take a screenshot, long pressing will bring up the shutdown menu. Samsung also realized that this was not very convenient, and actually guided users to use the notification bar shortcut button to call up the shutdown menu.

There is no doubt that this is the best screen on the market

If the screen of last year's Note10+ is replaced with 90Hz, then I think this machine will still be able to compete this year. Judging from the conclusions of professional display review websites such as Displaymate, Samsung has mastered the best AMOLED screens on the market for several consecutive years.

Unfortunately, the popularity of 90Hz last year suddenly sharpened the tastes of users, and high refresh rate screens began to gain momentum in the second half of last year. By this year, it has been difficult for mobile phones without high refresh rates to confidently join the flagship mobile phone camp.

On the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung is also rushing to adopt a high refresh rate. The screen is still Dynamic AMOLED, but 2X is added at the end to become Dynamic AMOLED 2X. This is a simple and direct indication that Samsung on the S20 series It brings a 2x speed drive screen, and the refresh rate directly reaches 120Hz.

I have to say that the pleasure brought by 120Hz can enter from the eyes and fill every pore of you. With the new animation brought by One UI 2 (actual version 2.1), Samsung can finally make people feel comfortable on the system.

Unfortunately, although the 6.7-inch S20+ and the 6.9-inch S20 Ultra have a resolution of up to 3200×1440, the two features of WQHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate cannot coexist. Samsung may have considered the impact on power consumption. Therefore, this option is turned off, but I think it would be better if users can choose. Some people may not care about power consumption and just want the ultimate screen experience.

Since you can only choose one of the two, how to choose between WQHD+ and 120Hz? I personally prefer the 120Hz mode, because after using the 90Hz screen continuously, it is difficult for my eyes to return to the 60Hz screen. Moreover, choosing the high resolution will not have any effect on me who has been using Note10+ for several months. Freshness.

The screen look and feel of the S20+ and S20 Ultra is still excellent. According to Displaymate data, the full screen can reach up to 828nits when lit, and the local brightness can even exceed 1300nits. When

was reviewing Note10 last year, the first subtitle created by my colleague Mr. Musi was "Most of the amazing feeling of Note10 comes from this screen." Last year's Note10+ was indeed invincible if the refresh rate was excluded, but this year's Galaxy S20 is still alone in its indicators and has made further progress.

This time it has a bigger battery, dual speakers and "dong dong dong" motors.

The earpieces of the S20 series are hidden at the edge of the top frame like the Note10 series and are almost invisible, but the top of the Note10 series is removed. In fact, I love small details like the Note10 series, like there is a microphone on the edge of the rear camera to improve sound pickup.

Whether it is S20+ or ​​S20 Ultra, such detailed designs have become fewer, and the reduced openings further increase the integration of the whole machine. In fact, the dual speakers of the S20+ and S20 Ultra are quite good. When the volume is turned to the maximum, there is no sound breakage. The volume is also quite loud, making the entire body tremble slightly.

What can bring the same feeling to the hand is the vibration motor. Except for the smallest S20, which uses a Z-axis linear motor, both the S20+ and S20 Ultra use a square X-axis linear motor. From the shape, it should be similar to the one on the Note10+. It's one.

In terms of feel, the vibration feel of S20+ and S20 Ultra is the same as that of Note10+. The vibration is short and crisp. Compared with products such as Xiaomi and OnePlus, it feels tighter and denser. Personally, I prefer it. This kind of vibration is not very large overall.

For me, a good vibration motor is like this. No matter how many people talk about vibration on the hand, I always think that the vibration has a kind of silent magic that moisturizes things. For example, when long pressing on the desktop to enter the home screen settings, there is no That "thud" just feels different. The core configuration of

is very simple. All national banks use Snapdragon 865 processor + X55 dual-mode 5G baseband. The current configuration of the S20+ in my hand is 12GB+128GB. It seems that the National Bank currently only has this configuration. The S20 Ultra is 12GB+256GB, and the National Bank also has a higher configuration of 16GB+512GB.

What, you ask about benchmark scores? That’s too low-level. Does Samsung still need running scores to prove itself?

In order to cope with the more power-consuming 120Hz and 5G networks, the batteries of the S20 series are obviously larger. The battery of the S20+ is 4500mAh, and the battery of the S20 Ultra reaches 5000mAh. The actual battery life is not bad. The first factory version of Samsung has a battery life of It won't crash, but 120Hz will reduce some battery life.

In terms of fast charging, S20/S20+ supports 25W PPS fast charging, and S20 Ultra supports 45W PPS fast charging, but all models are only equipped with 25W charging heads. At present, there is actually no need to buy a 45W charging head. Although the initial charging is more intense, the S20 Ultra should have optimized the charging curve. The total time of 25W and 45W is almost the same. According to the actual measurement of

, the charging time of both 25W and 45W is about 60 minutes. If you look at it according to 25W, it is already very fast. This 45W is a bit empty. In addition, traditional wireless charging and wireless reverse charging are of course still available.

You always say taking pictures is the best way to squeeze out toothpaste. This time Samsung squeezed out a tube of

. The upgrade of the rear camera can be said to be the most important upgrade of the Samsung S20 series. Let’s first take a look at the camera specifications of the S20+ and S20 Ultra.

• Galaxy S20+: 12 million main camera (f/1.8) + 64 million telephoto (f/2.0) + 12 million ultra-wide angle (f/2.2) + ToF depth of field
• Galaxy S20 Ultra: 108 million main camera (f/1.8) + 48 million Periscope telephoto (f/3.5) + 12 million ultra-wide-angle (f/2.2) + ToF depth of field

Compared with the 12-megapixel main camera that has been polished for several generations with a 1/2.55-inch base, this time Samsung has improved the camera The improvement is very gorgeous. The S20+ adopts a similar dual main camera architecture. Although the pixel count of the 12-megapixel main camera has not increased, the size of the cmos has changed from 1/2.55 has grown to 1/1.76 inches, officially entering the large sole camp.

64 million can be used for cropping when zooming. In fact, it also retains the full pixel mode. It also has a 1/1.7-inch outsole and can be regarded as an enhanced version of GW1. The

ultra-wide-angle specifications are similar to the previous main camera, 12 million pixels, 1/2.55 inches, providing a rare 120° ultra-wide angle in mobile phones, with the largest field of view, and of course the most severe perspective distortion.

S20 Ultra is even more powerful. The main camera is equipped with S5KHM1. It is different from the model sold to Xiaomi, but it has the same 108 million pixels and 1/1.33-inch specifications. It supports 9-in-1 mode and is equivalent to 12 million pixels. 2.4μm large pixels. The periscope telephoto lens of

is 48 million pixels, with a 1/2-inch base, and can support up to 100x digital zoom. The ultra-wide angle is the same as the S20+ with a 1/2.55-inch base and 12 million pixels.

Didn’t you always say that Samsung’s main camera is “ancestral”? This time Samsung has taken a serious step and made it the strongest on the market.

However, it should be noted that the one I have is still an engineering machine, which does not represent the final effect of the launch. In fact, the Korean version has updated a version of OTA to further optimize the camera effect. I believe that the actual camera experience will be better than mine after it is launched in China. This one is better. Time is tight recently, so it would be great if I could do a photography-specific review if I have the chance later.

S20 Ultra main camera actual sample:

S20 Ultra periscope telephoto:

▲ 5x zoom

▲ 10x zoom

▲ 30 100x zoom

exposure.

ultra-wide-angle sample:

S20 Ultra’s ultra-wide-angle lens has a different color tendency than the main camera. The saturation is higher than that of the main camera and is more pleasing to the eyes. This inconsistency may be the reason why Samsung’s training is not mature enough.

S20+ Some samples:

Super night scene:

In terms of night scene mode, both the main camera and the ultra-wide-angle night scene mode are very usable, and the animation has also been changed this time. In my test, it supports handheld long exposure of up to 7 seconds. The tripod should be longer (28 appeared for a moment while holding it in hand) Second). But the problem is that the traces of multi-frame synthesis are too strong and the picture is over-sharpened.

Generally speaking, Samsung has set high expectations for photography this time, such as the outsole sensor and the 100x zoom features that were exposed early. In order to stack up the cameras, the camera matrix even makes the bulge on the back of the S20 Ultra look larger than a mahjong tile.

The actual performance of the S20+ and S20 Ultra engineering machines is also in line with Samsung's usual level, but I think the expectations for the retail version can be raised a little higher, because it is the first time for Samsung to use several outsole cmos, so it is adjusted in the early stage. There may be a lack of experience, and subsequent OTA versions may continue to optimize photography.

▲ 8K video screenshot

By the way, the S20 series also supports 8K 30fps video shooting. It is not Xiaomi’s AI 8K, but a real 8K video. It also supports HDR. The branch branches in the background in the screenshot are very clear (website with compression). Of course, the practicality of such high-resolution video is still open to question. Samsung is more like showing off its technical capabilities.

Finally, let’s experience the process of periscope zoom to 100 times.

This is the best Andorid flagship at the moment. What reason is there not to buy it?

Since last year, the status of the "true flagship" of the Samsung Note series has been under serious threat. The Galaxy S series of Samsung has also been under severe threat in terms of time. Whether it’s in terms of actual product performance or not, Samsung has done its best. The birth of the

Fold product line has allowed it to replace the Note product line. It seems that only the pen is missing. Under such a swinging situation, the importance of the Galaxy S series has been further consolidated, and the position of the annual flagship has become more stable.

Judging from the Galaxy S20 series, the upgrades are mainly focused on high refresh rate and camera. For Samsung, which has already strong overall quality, this move is more like checking for omissions, if it is not WQHD+ resolution and 120Hz It cannot be opened at the same time yet, and the Samsung S20 series is almost the most perfect mobile phone at the moment.

If you were still lamenting that Note10+ was not radical enough last year, then the answer sheet submitted by Samsung this year seems to be full of sincerity. Now the question is, Samsung has squeezed out all the toothpaste this time, will you pay for it?

Finally, here is the price of the Chinese version of the Samsung S20 series:

Galaxy S20 (8GB+128GB): 6999 yuan

Galaxy S20+ (8GB+128GB): 7999 yuan

Galaxy S20 Ultra (12GB+256GB): 9999 yuan

Galaxy S20 Ultra (16GB+512GB): 11199 yuan