Galaxy S20 in 2024 Is it Worth it

Yes, my friends, in this video I am going to review the Galaxy s20 after more than 4 years since it first came out. I will compare it to the iPhone alternative with the latest flagship phones and test them all. Just one of its components to know if it is still

worth

it right now in

2024

. Before starting, I want to remind you that at least for now this phone has a very good price on Amazon and since I assume that many of you will be interested. When buying it, I left a direct link to the description so that at the end of the video you can see it.

The first thing that caught my attention when I started using the Galaxy s20 was its design because it is surprisingly similar to that of the most current models. We still have the same aluminum and glass combination, the same button layout and the same 6.2-inch screen size, although hey, I also found a couple of differences

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pointing out, like, for example, the Bessel black around the screen is not completely symmetrical, as you can see. The sides are much thinner than the bottom chin and on top it has a curved screen, which is a strange feature that they decided to include in the Galaxy S6 and since then they have been slowly getting rid of it because many users including myself find it a bit uncomfortable and of course being a high end Android phone it has a USBC port it supports wireless charging and has ip68 water and dust resistance although Samsung does not cover water damage so I suggest you don't try to use it as a GoPro when it comes to internals, it comes with a Snapdragon 865 and 8GB of RAM, specs you'd expect from a regular mid-range phone in

2024

like a Galaxy a54 or even the a55, which kind of makes sense that all of these phones have the same price of around $400, it's funny because when this phone first came out, everyone was very surprised at how incredibly powerful it was and although I was also aware of its incredible capabilities at the time, I didn't know it.

I think it was going to age very well because, my friends, this phone has definitely aged like a fine wine after 4 years. The fluidity and stability of performance on this phone is absolutely brutal. Every app loads and runs at lightning speed. There is no game that can be played and the experience when browsing the phone is flawless, there are absolutely no bugs or hiccups which unfortunately are very common on other Android phones, obviously there are a few factors that help make this phone so fast, like it has a 120HZ screen or Samsung phones have a very good launcher installed or even more impressive because it has very fast animations that help with that fast feeling when you use it, but even if it didn't have any of these things, it would still That would be great.

I mean, for reference, I have an iPhone 15 Pro as my personal phone and I can't really notice a big difference in speed and fluidity compared to the s20 which, as I said before, is more than 4 years old, but my friends, it gets better Even more, I'm pretty sure a lot. Many of you already know this, but if you connect your s20 to a display via HDMI, you will automatically be greeted with a desktop display similar to your computer with which you can browse the internet and use all the apps you already have installed. on your phone, the technical name for this feature is Samsung Dex and honestly I'm not really sure why other tech YouTubers aren't talking about this because it's absolutely crazy, it's literally a computer in your pocket and although of course , it does not work.

Being as complex and advanced as a Windows or Mac computer for those casual users, it is the perfect replacement for an expensive Chromebook or iPad. That said, in order to connect to a display, you're already using the only port on the phone, so if you want to connect a mouse or keyboard, you'll have to do so via Bluetooth. As far as the battery goes, I'd say I'm also pretty happy considering it's a 4 and a half year old phone, of course it doesn't work. be as good as the s23 or s24, especially the s24, but it will be enough for a full day of use without having to touch a charger and, as I said before, it also gives you the option to charge wirelessly, which is a great advantage for those like me who don't like having cables bouncing around on their desk and on top of that you have the option to reverse the wireless charging of other phones or wireless headphones although well, I haven't been able to use it with any. of my phones or wireless headphones, so if you know how to set it up, tell me in the comments.

Obviously, being a Samsung phone, you also have the option to quickly charge the phone up to 25 watts, which is not the fastest speed in the world. world, I can assure you that it will be fine to take it from zero to 100 in about an hour and of course by far the strongest component of this phone is definitely the screen, it is literally as good as the screens on the latest Samsung phones of 2024 It has a 1440p panel with 120 HZ, 1300 nits of brightness and incredibly good viewing angles. This is actually a bit strange, but it has a higher resolution than the new Galaxy s24 which caps at only 1080p.

I'm not quite sure why Samsung has been downgrading its latest models, but now you know that if you want a sharp screen, the s20 is your choice. The only complaint is that Samsung doesn't allow you to enable 120HZ and 1440p at the same time, in my case it's one or the other. I prefer to have a high refresh rate enabled because I feel like it's a lot more noticeable, but you can do whatever you want if you want me to say something bad about this phone. Definitely, as I said before, the screen has curved edges. I'm sure it's because of my hands, but even since I started using it, this particular thing has bothered me a lot.

I constantly false press the screen with my palm because it literally rests on the screen because there is no Bessel side and on top of this. Also, due to the curved screen, the phone is very slippery, so yes, if you end up buying it, make sure you get a case as well, but anyway let's move on, let's talk about the most important component of the Galaxy s20, which is of course , the camera. the one I'm using to record this video right now and which looks very, very, very good in terms of dynamic range background blur color detail, it's a very decent improvement over the old Galaxy S10, more specifically, We have three cameras on.

On the back of the s20 we have a 12 megapixel main sensor, which is the one you were looking at before, we also have a 3X telephoto sensor with 64 megapixels for some reason and then we have an ultra wide angle camera in addition to the main sensor. 12 Maps Let's start by talking about the main sensor, which curiously has practically the same hardware specifications as the Galaxy S10, which led many people to believe that the results were going to be identical to those of the Galaxy S10, but no. The photos and videos it takes look much better than what we were able to get on the previous model and this is because the processing engine dedicated to modifying the images after they have been taken is much more advanced in the s20 and will calibrate the exposure .

Much better colors, much better details of all the variables that the phone edits after you press the button, so the results will be more attractive and generally better. So we have an ultra-wide camera that is very, very good compared to the one on the iPhone. 12 results look practically identical, apart from the colors, which always look a little more striking on the Samsung and a little more natural on the iPhone and I also think it is the same ultra-wide camera that we can find on the S21, s22 and s23, so yeah, the results. with this camera it will be very good for any phone practically like the current one, unless you compare it with the latest Samsung s24 Ultra and, last but not least, we have the zoom camera which, although it has, as I said, 64 megapixels and therefore it is It will have a lot of detail, it is a little smaller, it has a slightly smaller sensor unlike the latest models, so we will not get as much bokeh as on the most recent phones, but thanks to this new model is more advanced. processor in the s20's color dynamic range exposure and almost everything will look great in the image despite not having as much power, which I think is the most important factor for a zoom camera and of course it couldn't forget about the selfie camera, which like the other cameras has also seen an improvement thanks to the new processing unit that helps everything look better and because it has a slightly larger sensor compared to the S10, perhaps You might not notice it but I'm shooting in 4K so you can see as much detail as possible and I'm also very surprised by the active stabilization of this camera because I mean most selfie cameras don't have any stabilization so when you are recording a video it looks a little shaky.

In this case, the only complaint I have is that the sensor could be a little bigger. You know, everything is in focus and that's because the sensor is small and I mean for most people that doesn't matter, but if I want to get that slightly more cinematic look, this could be interpreted as a defect and now I do it. The only thing left is to answer the question: is the Galaxy s20 worth it in 2024? Well, I think the answer is yes, firstly it is worth it because, as I said before, it has a very good price on Amazon and secondly, because the packaging is excellent.

I mean like I said it looks amazing the screen is just as good as the s22 s23 or even the s24 it has a fingerprint scanner under the screen it's 120HZ and it feels super fast and super fluid it hasn't aged not one bit, it feels as snappy as the first day so yeah if you're trying to decide between a s20 or a mid range samsung phone i would go with the s20 100,000% let me remind you once again you have a link in the description that will take you to that incredible prize on Amazon and well I hope you enjoyed the video and see you in the next one.