ISSUE 73 • ANDROID ADVISOR 19Even if you have fingers long enough to
comfortably reach the upper corners of the screen,
the bulbous camera will complicate your grip. While
giant geometrical camera arrays are all the rage, the
S20 Ultra takes it to almost comical proportions, with
a bump that protrudes some 3mm from the back.
Because it’s such a broad bump, taking up about an
eighth of the rear case, your fingers will inevitably
butt into it.
The giant camera bump also makes it tricky to use
on a table, especially when tapping the upper left side
of the screen. It’s wobblier than the S10 and the Pixel,
and when a notification comes in, the haptic vibration
is downright startling. All said, it’s the first phone I
wanted to put in a case, which is a shame, because
the glass repels fingerprints surprisingly well.
Elsewhere, it’s easier to raise the volume, as the
rocker has been moved to the right side above the
power button. That leaves the left side completely
smooth, because Samsung has dumped the Bixby
button once and for all.
Gone, too, is the headphone jack, which we
expected after the Note 10+ dropped the port last
year. Samsung is offering a pair of USB-C earbuds in
the box and selling a set of Bluetooth Galaxy Buds+
earbuds for £139. It’s still a bummer that Samsung
couldn’t find 3.5mm of free space on a phone this big.
Pixel perfection
Samsung has delivered its most impressive display yet
for the S20 product line – and that’s before you even
touch it. The weirdly off-centre camera cut-out of the