Is the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra WORTH IT? - Review By Karl Conrad

Hey guys, what's up it's Karl here back with my review episode of the Samsung Galaxy s, 20 ultra, it's been around 2 weeks, where I've got to use the phone and kind of tested. The ins and outs of Samsung's latest flagship well get the thing out of the way first, which everyone talks about. I've mentioned this in my unboxing, when I first saw the phone 1400 cookies for this device. This is the most expensive phone that Samsung has come out with, and it's even more expensive than other well-known flagships, and I'm hoping this isn't the reason for Apple to increase their prices in September. But what Samsung has done here has crammed every high-end, spec they've thrown the hardware sheet at this, packed it into one device and say yeah, it's justified! It's worth it's just looking in the numbers, because it is a beast, and it deserves that name ultra with that price factor out of the way, let's get into design and I think Samsung kept it safe, but made some very minor changes to make this phone really great colorways very much on this safe end. When we look back to the note and a hat or a glow, the CD, like finish they've, kept things very muted, and I'm, not necessarily against that.

This gray colorway reminds me for any of you. Car buffs, Weirdo, gray, I, like being super minimal, and I know that ends up coming down to personal preference. Obviously, we've got the large large large camera sensor on the back more on that in a bit. But when you flip around things to the front, the display Samsung hands down makes the best displays on the market. The Ultra is now six point nine inches, which makes it even bigger than the note 10 plus from last year.

Could we possibly see a 7-inch note 20 plus come at the end of 2020? Now it's a very, very tall device, even larger than my iPhone 11 Pro max. If you're using it one hand, it's almost impossible to reach the top, it does make web browsing easier. You get more content to say when you're scrolling through Twitter, but when you are watching media any sort of video in landscape, you get larger letter boxing's around. Besides, the screen out of the box does come in at full HD, but that's where you can take advantage of the 120 hertz, refresh rate and I kind of go back and forth, because unless you're really pixel peeping, you can't see the difference between Full HD, 2, quad HD. Maybe that's just the dilemma of building the perfect smartphone.

You can't have every single option. You want, and I'm sure if we could, that would really impact the battery, and maybe we'll talk about that. Next, it's been my favorite feature of the ultra 5000 Williams. That's a ton of juice inside I haven't even come close to draining it in one day and I typically have six to seven hours of screen on time, using it pretty heavily playing a ton of games, browsing social, always having GPS enabled there have even been days when I've got two full days of use if you're a power user, you'll, love it and to finish off design on the display, they've kind of toned down how far the screen wraps around, and I found that previous Samsung phones. It was almost too much with the wraparound glass this year.

It's more subtle and I, don't get any more accidental presses with my thumb or pom front-facing camera cut out is nice and small. We sadly have no more headphone jack, but we still get the bonus of adding a micros card, and we do have the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in the front. That's one of my biggest faults: it's still a bit slow still a bit sluggish, and I'm, really hoping they can fix that in software updates, which is a perfect segue actually into the cameras, because, once again, if you look at the specs, it's a beast: a hundred and eight megapixels and that's pretty nuts for a smartphone camera. The sensor is nice and large. So with that you get a ton more both, there's a shallower depth of field when you're snapping photos with it.

I do find, though, with that sensor there's a hint of lag on the shutter, sometimes focus isn't hit or miss, and I know. Samsung's addressed those issues. They said when the phone fully comes available. They'll already have a fix, but this is kind of where we stand now. Sometimes I think the photos are leaning a bit to the cool side, maybe a tad bit under saturated, but it is the best camera that Samsung has made its on par, maybe sometimes below, depending on the shot compared to say the pixel four or the iPhone, and I'm, not to sure.

If that's enough, as this is a new flagship in 2020, and we're expected to see the pixel 5 and the iPhone 12, obviously that's coming later on in the year. So you are the big selling point, which is the hundred times space soon. Is that super practical as it is a combination of both optical and digital, once you're, getting to that full zooming range? Obviously, stuff is gonna. Look grainy, I think it's nice to have the fact that we have it. It's awesome to see tech being pushed to its limits.

I think it's one of those times when the number is just more impressive and the practicality isn't always there but dope to see Samsung, pushing tech in the right direction. On the flip side, 8k video I find that way more impressive. Keep in mind. There are a few more limitations when you are in a KE. It is cropped in way more than when you're recording in regular stabilization doesn't work as well either so just ensure the phone's either on a tripod or just be very still when you are recording in 8k performance wise as you'd expect for a $1400 flagship.

It's an absolute dream. Everything is buttery, smooth, quick and snappy. We've got the snapdragon 865, and you can spec this guy with up to 16 gigs of ram. That's more than most laptops have Samsung has made huge improvements to one UI, and this is probably the best Android phone that you can currently get on the market.1,400 bucks yeah, it's a ton of money. You do get the overload or the ultra of specs, it's probably overkill for most people, but if you grab this device it'll easily last you three to four years.

I can see this phone aging really, really well. There are better options out there. Even looking further down the s20 lineup, the standard s 20 still packs, a great punch has very similar internals. You just don't get some higher-end camera specs, but, like I said, do you really need to zoom in a hundred times having the best of the best? Usually results in you having to pony up those cookies so do save up if you are eyeing this device? Let me know your thoughts on the Samsung S 20 ultra curious, to see if Samsung does bring those software updates to fix some of those minor camera issues. Fingerprint sensor is still a bit too choppy, so I don't even have a passcode yet other than those small arcs.

I'll continue to use the ultra, as my daily will probably use it until the next Android flagship comes around smash that like button, if you are a Weirdo gray fan because I just can't get over how close this colorway is hope. You guys enjoyed this episode and I we'll catch you guys in one of my next ones, or one of my vlogs face.

Source : Karl Conrad