Samsung Unveils New Flagship Galaxy S20 Family Of Smartphones

Samsung has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S20, at simultaneous events in London and San Francisco today.

The new handset, which was heavily leaked ahead of the launch, comes in three models - the 6.2-inch Galaxy S20, the 6.7-inch S20+ and the 6.9-inch S20 Ultra.

All three have 5G support and come with Samsung's Infinity-O display, which covers the entire face of the phone, with exceptionally thin bezels around the edge.

The distinctive ‘hole punch' selfie camera, which debuted on the Galaxy S10 last year, has shrunk and moved from the top right corner to the centre of the display.

It has a 10-Megapixel wide-angle lens, so you can fit more people in the frame, and comes with native integration of Google's video chat app, Duo. 


















All three Galaxy S20 models come with Samsung's Infinity-O display, which covers the entire face of the phone with exceptionally thin bezels around the edge







A large rectangular module on the back of the phone houses the Galaxy S20's ‘pro-grade' rear camera


But the Galaxy S20's stand-out feature is its ‘pro-grade' rear camera, housed in a large rectangular module on the back of the phone.

The standard S20 has a triple rear camera with one 12MP wide lens, one 12MP ultra-wide lens, and a 64MP telephoto lens.

The S20+ comes with the same array of lenses with the addition of Samsung's ‘DepthVision' Time of Flight camera, which can judge depth and distance and be used to create bokeh-effect pictures, where the subject is in focus and the background blurred.

Meanwhile, the S20 Ultra has a whopping 108MP wide lens, a 12MP ultra-wide lens and a 48MP telephoto lens, as well as a DepthVision sensor.

All three models come with ‘Space Zoom' - a combination of an optical zoom and an AI-powered digital zoom.

This allows you to zoom in up to 30x in the case of the S20 and S20+, and up to 100x in the case of the S20 Ultra, and crop photos while maintaining picture quality.






The Galaxy S20 Ultra can zoom in up to 100x using a combined optical zoom and an AI-powered digital zoom







The Galaxy S20+ and S20 Ultra come with Samsung's ‘DepthVision' Time of Flight camera, which can judge depth and distance







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'We want to make sure that consumers can capture content and really feel part of the action,' said Mark Holloway, Head of Smartphone Product Operations at Samsung.

'So if you're sat at the back a football stadium, you can still capture what's going on on the pitch and share it with your friends.'

The rear camera is also capable of recording video in 8K quality, which can be uploaded to YouTube in full resolution or converted to 4K, Full-HD or HD for sharing.

The S20 range comes with an array of software features designed to help you take better pictures including 'Pro Mode', which lets you tweak aperture, focus and exposure settings, 'Super Steady', which stabilises video footage, and 'Night Hyperlapse', which lets you take hyperlapse videos in low-light conditions.

There's also a new feature called Single Take, which lets you record images from all the cameras on the back of the device simultaneously, so you can flick between different views and choose the best shot.

Commenting on the new camera capabilities on the new S20 line-up, Ben Wood, chief of research at CCS Insight, said Samsung had 'stepped up'. 

'In some areas, such as the zoom capabilities it is merely in catch-up mode with some of its Chinese rivals who have been using stacked periscope zoom modules for a while,' he said.

'However, little touches such as the Single Take mode, the smoothness of the zoom as you multiply the magnification and also the window-in-window view finder when you are taking pictures at 30x zoom and more are innovations where Samsung should be applauded.'






The Galaxy S20 comes in ‘cosmic grey' (left)  as well as an assortment of other colours depending on the model







The phones will go on sale in the UK on March 13, and will all be available with 128GB and 512GB storage options


The phones will go on sale in the US on March 6 and in the UK on March 13, and will all be available with 128GB and 512GB storage options, expandable up to one terabyte through an SD card. 

They will all be available in ‘cosmic grey', as well as an assortment of other colours depending on the model.

Pre-orders open on February 21. Prices start at $999 (£799) for the standard S20 and go up incrementally with the S20+ costing $1,199 (£999), and the S20 Ultra debuting at $1,399 (£1,199). 

It will also be available on contract from a range of UK mobile operators including EE, Three, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, Sky Mobile and BT Mobile.

Samsung said that anyone who pre-orders the phone will get a pair of Galaxy Buds+ headphones free.