Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Phone Review – Full Phone Specifications

 

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