Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Phone Review – Full Phone Specifications
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Desgin
According
to samsung the galaxy fe is a smartphone
built for the fans not sure what that
means exactly. but it does bring premium
features like a flagship chipset and
high refresh rate screen for a competitive price not all galaxy fes are the same. there is a 5g capable version. which uses a snapdragon 865 ours is the 5g model and it has this smooth cloud navy finish. overall it looks elegant though. you will notice that the bag is made of plastic here not
premium gorilla glass. the frame is aluminum
though and you still get full ip68 water
and dust resistance. you'd expect from a high-end samsung phone
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Display
The
front is a flat 6.5 inch super amoled
display with a small punch hole for the
selfie cam the resolution is a bit lower
than the regular s20 at 1080p. but it still brings that fast 120hz refresh rate
and it's worth noting that if you turn
the regular s20s display to its fast
120hz refresh rate its resolution
would dial down to 1080p as well. the high refresh rate makes scrolling and moving elements on screen look much smoother to the eye. it isn't adaptive to content like some other solutions we've seen though as you'd expect from a samsung the galaxy s20 fes amoled is great with nice contrast super deep blacks and vivid colors.
you can adjust colors to be fairly
accurate to specific color spaces and
settings and brightness is just
as good as the other s20 models. we measured 400 nits maximum with the manual slider
and it boosts up to 820 nits when in
auto mode in bright conditions. unlocking
the phone is done with an optical under
display fingerprint reader rather than
an ultrasonic one like. you'd find on
other samsung flagships. this isn't the
fastest reader around but it is quite
reliable.
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Audio & Storage
The
galaxy s20 fe has a stereo speaker setup with one bottom firing speaker and the earpiece acting as the second one. it's quite nice the phone scored a good loudness rating in our tests and the sound is clean with well-defined highs and decent lows. unfortunately this device that's built for the fans doesn't include one of the fan favorites
a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. you'll
have to buy a usbc adapter if you want
to plug. in your storage is
expandable though on top of the 128 or 256 gigs on board .
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Softfare
The
s20 fe interface is samsung's latest one
ui 2.5 over android 10. it's the same as
you'd find on the other galaxy phones. you get support for gesture navigation as well as a system-wide dark mode. which can be configured for certain times of the day. edge panels give you quick access to customizable shortcuts by swiping on the edge of the screen. it also contains useful features like the toolbox
and there's something called smart
pop-up view it allows apps to appear as
a floating bubble. when they have a
notification for you clicking on
this will open a floating window great
for multitasking and there's a game
launcher that groups all of your games
in one easy to find place and provides you some interesting stats for your gaming.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Performance
Galaxy
s20 fe is a flagship grade snapdragon
865 chipset and it provides support for
5g networks. however the 4g only version
will come with either a snapdragon or
exynos chipset. depending on the region performance here is excellent
as you'd expect from this level of
hardware benchmark scores aren't quite
chart topping as the newer
snapdragon 865 plus exists. but you
wouldn't be disappointed here for
intensive tasks or gaming the
performance is also quite consistent and
we didn't notice any significant throttling
due to heat.
Samsung
Galaxy S20 FE Battrey & Camera
The
galaxy s20 fe is a 4500 milliamp hour battery the same capacity as the s20 plus
and the note 20 ultra this phone aced
our battery life tests with the
display set to 120 hertz. it was able to
score an awesome 110 hour endurance
rating and turning the refresh rate down
to 60 hertz resulted in a bump up to 118
hours. the galaxy s20 fe supports fast
wired charging up to 25 watts. however the phone comes with a 15 watt adapter in the box with it. we were able to charge the phone from a dead battery to 37 percent in half an hour
not terribly slow but not very impressive
either. there is support for 15 watt
wireless charging too as well as reverse
wireless charging. where you can use the s20 fe to charge other devices. the galaxy s20 fe has the same 12 megapixel main camera with ois. that you'd find on the other s20 models. its other two cameras are different though.
its 12 megapixel ultra wide cam has
smaller pixels and there's an 8
megapixel. three times telephoto cam during the day 12 megapixel. photos from the main camera are sharp detailed and noise free. they're very similar in quality to those from the galaxy s20 plus