ISSUE 72 • ANDROID ADVISOR 23- The S20 doesn’t
support mmWave 5G yet
Samsung is touting all of its S20 phones as 5G
capable, and that’s true, with one exception.
The smallest model only supports the sub-6GHz
spectrum while the S20+ and S20 Ultra can switch
between sub-6GHz and mmWave. - You can lock RAM to a game or app
All the S20 models have at least 12GB of RAM, which
is more then most people will ever actually need
on their Chromebook, let alone their phone. In
fact, there’s so much memory in the S20, Samsung
is letting users lock apps and games into the RAM.
That means that when you stop using an app that’s
RAM locked, it’ll stay in the phone’s memory, so
you won’t need to wait for a lengthy load the next
time it launches. - You can’t zoom videos to 100x
Samsung is so proud of its 100x Space Zoom lens on
the S20 Ultra, it’s plastered it right on the rear camera
array. However, if you’re hoping to take Cloverfield-
style videos from super far away, however, you might
be disappointed. Samsung says you can only zoom up
to 20x on the Ultra and 13x on the S20 and S20+. - They have awesome music sharing
Sharing and streaming music over Bluetooth is hardly
a revolutionary feature, but the S20 puts a whole new
spin on it. Here’s how it works. Let’s say you’re on a
road trip and your buddy wants to play a song through