| Dip down to other high-end Android phones and you'll start having to deal with compromises, like how the OnePlus 7T isn't protected against water damage and doesn't support wireless charging, or how the Pixel 4 has subpar battery life | |
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| It's annoying, but I suggest you do the same to get the most out of the phone | Its long-exposure method collects images over the span of several seconds |
The Galaxy S20 is expensive, but it's stacked with features that work effortlessly.
23| is the reviews editor at WIRED, covering personal technology and reviewing consumer products | What I really did miss is the Ultra's 10X zoom setting |
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| Yes, you can zoom in that far on the S20, but the details aren't as sharp, and color tones are a hair off | 7-inch Galaxy S20 Plus isn't as unwieldy as the gargantuan S20 Ultra with its 6 |
You should use Samsung's Super Steady mode more often instead—the footage comes out as 1080p, but it is wonderfully stabilized.
18| If you do use Night mode, be sure to stay very still, or you'll end up with lots of blurry photos | |
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| I also used a Verizon SIM in my testing, and while I was able to get blazing-fast speeds of up to a gigabit in select areas near a 5G node, I had to go to those nodes and rarely came across them naturally | Between the S20 and the S20 Plus, the latter has an extra depth sensor for better portrait mode photos and augmented reality effects |
Speaking of which, I always end up spending a good deal of time in the various menus of Samsung phones to configure things the way I want them, as so many features aren't enabled by default the Always-on Display when the phone's screen is on standby is another one.