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modes to bring in three times more light than the
S10+ (which has always been a bit disappointing when
it comes to night-time shots).
During my hands-on demo, I didn’t get a chance
to test the camera in low light, but I did get to test
the S20 Ultra’s other over-the-top camera feature:
100x Space Zoom (also not a typo). Like the Huawei
P30 Pro and other long-zoom phones with periscope
lenses, the S20 Ultra’s telephoto camera sits sideways
in the device and refracts the light through a prism at
a 90-degree angle.
Samsung says this proprietary hybrid optical and
AI-powered digital zoom solution is able to achieve
10x lossless zoom and 100x maximum zoom, both
of which are impressive claims. I was in a pretty small
room (and I got yelled at when I tried to shoot out
the window), but the Ultra was able to zoom way
further than any other phone I used. Without OIS,
it was extremely hard to control at even 30x and
nearly impossible to keep steady at 100x, but a mini
We might be a little sad
that Samsung dumped the
headphone jack on the Galaxy
S20, but we can’t fault the
beautiful curves and contours
of the overall design
