The fight in the India premium smartphone segment has intensified and Samsung which enjoys a tremendous brand loyalty in this price range in India has now brought in Galaxy S20 series -- Galaxy S20 Ultra, the S20+ and the S20 with powerful cameras -- to the country.
According to the South Korean tech giant, it has completely re-imagined the camera system in the new Galaxy S20 series to entice users to upgrade from previous gen Galaxy phones.3 colours are available for S20+.
Features and Specifications of Galaxy S20+ (8GB+128GB storage variant) launched for Rs 73,999 are:-
- The new device is pretty much like the flagship Galaxy S flagship device -- usual big displays, small bezels and a glass sandwich design with a metal rail pressed between two sheets of glass.
- Like previous generation Samsung flagships, the S20+ also has an impressive screen with ample RAM for smooth performance.
- All the new Galaxy S20 models have a display panel refresh rate of 120Hz. And that does make a huge noticeable difference in user interface (UI) smoothness.
- Notably, the 120Hz rate is only accessible at FullHD resolution.
- The Samsung Galaxy S20+ has a 6.7-inch display, which is quite a leap from its predecessor's 6.4-inch display size.
- The Galaxy S20+ misses out on the 108MP camera and 100X zoom feature that the pricier Ultra has. It, instead, has a time of flight (ToF) sensor, a 12MP primary camera, 64MP 3x telephoto lens, and a 12MP ultra wide camera. We especially liked the 3x hybrid optical and 30x digital zoom range.
- The S20+ took excellent images in almost every lighting conditions. The images lost details in yellow lights though.
- The camera has a wider hump, which makes it look more proportional. The S20+ can also capture 8K video like the Ultra which makes sense from a performance point of view.
- The selfie camera brings in a nifty addition that detects more people outside its default cropped frame and automatically toggles into wide mode. The selfies looked a little over-processed though.
- Also, the blur on the portrait mode looks more artificial than before. The new 'Single-Take' mode essentially takes both an image and a video. It shoots a variety of shots over a 10-second span -- photos, ultra-wides, portraits, hyperlapse video, regular video, and so on.
- It let us clip 33MP photos from video, which was really handy.
- The device comes with Samsung's own UI 2.0, on top of Android 10 OS.
The Samsung Galaxy S20+ has the same 4,500mAh battery that the recently launched S10 Lite also houses. Battery depletion on S20+ was quick and strictly lasted a day on a single charge with heavy to moderate usage.