Stuff - UK (2020-05)

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FIRST TEST SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 5G

A Galaxy^

(that looks)

far, far away

emember when

a new Samsung

Galaxy flagship was

guaranteed to be the

centre of attention in the world of

smartphones? Heck, it was only

a couple of years ago...

Now, the Galaxy S20 finds

itself the mere starting point of

Samsung’s three-stage assault

on the Android world. Anyone

wanting the best will be skipping

straight to the no-compromise

S20 Ultra, right? Well, smaller can

sometimes be better.

This, the most compact S20,

gets almost all the goodies you’ll

find in the larger, pricier ones,

including a high-refresh-rate

screen, 5G connectivity and

multiple capable cameras. And

despite costing a lot less than

the Ultra or even the S20+, it

looks and feels like any other

modern Samsung – which is

to say, built to an incredibly high

standard. The design team really

hit its stride a year or two ago,

with only tiny tweaks needed

now to stay fresh.

The curved screen isn’t quite

so curved this time around, the

colour choices (grey, pink or blue)

are more conservative and the

metal frame is a little less blingy;

but when folding stunners like

the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip

are there to grab attention, you

can afford a little restraint in your

mainstream models.

By focusing on the things

we really want from our phones,

Samsung has made this every

bit the modern flagship.

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Samsung’s flagship phones remain a class apart for sheer quality, but they’re

big and expensive... which is where the slightly smaller S20 5G comes in