Galaxy S20 FE is the iPhone competitor Android followers want in 2020

Samsung’s Galaxy Word 20 Extremely and S20 Extremely could be packed to the hilt with the newest, best tech, however in addition they include sky-high costs to match. That makes them a difficult promote at a time when purse strings are tightening and rivals like OnePlus are making nice telephones at extra inexpensive costs. The Galaxy S20 FE (which stands for “fan version”) goals to supply a lot of what you may discover within the firm’s top-end telephones however with just a few tweaks right here and there with a purpose to maintain the worth down. 

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That worth is $700 — the identical because the iPhone 11. Within the UK and Australia, it is £599 or AU$999 for a 4G model, and £699 or AU$1,149 for 5G. (Solely the 5G model will probably be provided within the US.) That is a major worth drop, on condition that the 5G Galaxy Word 20 Extremely retails for $1,300 (£1,179, AU$1,999). It additionally undercuts the OnePlus Eight Professional, which has the same set of specs however prices $899 (£799). A lot for OnePlus’ well-known affordability.

The worth could be extra inexpensive, however the important thing specs do not appear to have suffered all that a lot. There is a 6.5-inch, 2,400×1,080-pixel tremendous AMOLED show with a 120Hz refresh charge for clean scrolling and a lightning-fast Snapdragon 865 processor (for the 5G fashions; there’s an Exynos 990 chip within the 4G fashions — the identical one discovered within the Word 20 Extremely and S20 Extremely). 

There is a triple digital camera setup on the again, though the resolutions are decrease and it lacks high-end options just like the 100x house zoom (30x zoom is obtainable, however it depends closely on digital zoom) or 8K video recording, neither of which I feel you may miss. It nonetheless gives issues like 3x optical zoom, optical picture stabilization, evening mode photographs and the “single take” function which captures a number of variations of the identical shot once you hit the shutter button (zoomed in, zoomed out, a video, a GIF, completely different filters) permitting you to resolve which to share afterwards. 

Bodily, it appears to be like a lot the identical as the remainder of the S20 sequence. It has a Gorilla Glass 5 show (reasonably than Gorilla Glass 6 on the Word 20), and the again is created from a toughened, matte plastic reasonably than shiny glass. It nonetheless has IP68 waterproofing although, together with an in-screen fingerprint scanner and it is obtainable in a wider vary of snazzy colours, together with a vibrant purple, a lavender purple, navy blue, mint inexperienced and orange — all of which look a lot nicer than the sinfully uninteresting grey on Samsung’s costliest S20 Extremely.

The cellphone is obtainable for preorder globally, with in-store gross sales beginning on Oct 2. 

No, this cellphone is not a revolution in cellular know-how, however that is not what Samsung must do proper now. What it must be doing is providing a stable all-round expertise at a extra engaging worth, which on paper no less than is precisely what the S20 FE offers. We’ll learn how it stacks up towards equally priced rivals just like the OnePlus Eight Professional within the full assessment, however for now you may see how its specs evaluate within the chart under.