Here’s what we’ve managed to learn about Samsung’s first flagship phone for 2020. Samsung is getting set to unveil its newest Galaxy phones this Tuesday, Feb. 11, said to be called the Galaxy S20 5G, Galaxy S20 Plus 5G and Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G. We’ve been keeping our eyes peeled for new rumors and speculation in advance on the big reveal at Samsung Unpacked this week. Some of the more exciting rumored features include the 5G support thought to be baked into the phones’ names, upgraded camera tech, some fun new colors, a giant battery, a beast of a processor and extra-fast 120Hz screens.
The Galaxy S20 phones won’t be alone. We also expect Samsung to reveal a foldable phone called the Galaxy Z Flip, a clamshell design meant to challenge the Motorola Razr (which is available for preorder now and goes on sale Feb. 6). While the Galaxy S20 phones will anchor Samsung’s Unpacked event, we anticipate seeing more products come to light, like the Galaxy Buds Plus and maybe the Galaxy Watch 2.
These phones could help tip the scale in bringing 5G to the masses, at least in the top tier. After all, Samsung is the world’s biggest phone brand, and the Galaxy S should be the company’s most popular premium phones.
There’s good reason for Samsung to anticipate big sales. The company is already coasting off a strong 2019 that saw the excellent Galaxy Note 10 and unforgettable Galaxy Fold. If the brand has its way, big changes coming to the Galaxy S20 phones could spell out another blockbuster year.
The Galaxy S20 series to more or less align with the iPhone 11 series, with the standard version well under $1,000 and the most advanced model breaking the $1,000 mark. The base model price was all but verified Friday when a listing for the S20 appeared Friday on Amazon AE, the company’s site for the United Arab Emirates, for a price of 3,112.72 Arab Emirate dirham, or approximately $847.
The latest mix of rumor and speculation about the Galaxy S20 pricing comes from Max Weinbach of XDA Developers:
• Galaxy S20: $850
• Galaxy S20 Plus: $950
• Galaxy S20 Ultra: $1,200
The exact names of the three Galaxy S20 models have been bouncing around, but people are starting to settle on Galaxy S20 5G for the “standard” version, S20 Plus 5G for the middle version (not Pro) and S20 Ultra 5G for what is presumably the largest, most advanced of the three.
Galaxy S20 5G (rumored specs)
• 6.2-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
• Cameras: 12-megapixel main, 64-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide
• 10-megapixel single punch-hole front-facing camera (thank goodness. I don’t miss the S10’s side-selfie camera at all.)
• 128GB RAM
• 4,000-mAh battery
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
Galaxy S20 Pro/Plus 5G (rumored specs)
• 6.7-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
• Cameras: 12-megapixel main, 64-megapixel telephoto and 3x digital zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide, time-of-flight sensor
• 10-megapixel front-facing camera
• 128GB of storage (starting)
• 12GB RAM
• 4,500-mAh battery with 25-watt fast charging
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G (rumored specs)
• 6.9-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
• Cameras: 108-megapixel main, 48-megapixel telephoto with 10x optical zoom, 12-megapixel ultrawide, time-of-flight sensor
• 40-megapixel wide front-facing camera
• 128GB, 256GB, 512GB internal storage
• MicroSD card support, 12GB or 16GB RAM
• 5,000-mAh battery with optional 45-watt fast-charger
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor
Mobile tweeter Ishan Agarwal posted images said to be official renders of the S20 phones. According to Agarwal, the S20 Ultra will come in black and grey, with the S20 Plus available in black, grey and blue, and the S20 in grey, pink and blue.
Note that color availability often varies by region, and that Samsung typically introduces special shades and even special backing material for select phones and regions. The leaked Amazon listing showed a Cloud Blue model.
Here are the official, watermark-less renders of the Galaxy S20 4G/5G Cloud Pink Colour! Do you like the colour? Would you choose the Cosmic Grey, Cloud Blue or Cloud Pink? All 3 look really good and there will be no Black colour option. #GalaxyS20 #GalaxyUNPACKED #Samsung pic.twitter.com/3mxtuXxOIc
— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 24, 2020
Samsung has officially announced its Unpacked event for Feb. 11 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts. It’s widely believed that Samsung will also take the wraps off its second foldable phone, perhaps called the Galaxy Bloom, which bends into a square, similar to the Motorola Razr.
Look for the Galaxy S20 to go on preorder shortly after Feb. 11, with phones shipping a week or two after the reveal. I’ll continue to update this story with fresh rumors, so come back for more.
According to Weinbach’s recent tweet, the S20 Ultra will have:
• 128GB, 256GB and 512GB storage options
• 12GB and 16GB RAM configurations
• MicroSD card slot for external storage, with support for up to 1TB
