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Hey Guys,
I have ordered the Samsung M20 for my friend on the 7th Feb Flash Sale. Received the phone today. We went for the 4GB and 64GB version and it costed 12989 INR. Brief review follows.
In Box:
Phone, 15W Charger, Type C cable and a SIM ejector. Cable is very short. No headphones.
Design:
Phone looks very good on the front side with dew drop notch (Infinity V display). Back side looks glossy, though it's plastic, but not slippery. The Ocean blue looks good. However, Phone feels heavy, may be because of the 5000 mAH battery. One hand operation is difficult on this phone, it's huge.
Display:
Despite being a TFT panel, the display looks excellent and I think it looks better than most LCD panels in this range. It will be a treat to use this phone for media consumption.
Connectivity:
Call quality is good and Wi-Fi was quick to scan and connect to our network. I didn't have a chance to check VOLTE performance, as we used it on a BSNL SIM card. It caught 3G network and the signal was not bad.
Software:
Out of the box, phone is running Oreo 8.1.0 and Samsung Experience UI 9.5. The touch response is good. There is a lot of bloatware as usual. Out of the box, there is around 49GB of free storage. Samsung have enabled a wallpaper carousel on Lock Screen. Every time we unlock, a new image is displayed, they are calling it Lock Screen stories. It might be refreshing for some users, I liked it. It can be disabled by selecting Wallpaper instead of Wallpaper+Stories!
Sensors:
Most sensor are available on this phone like Compass, Gyro and Proximity. Fingerprint sensor is not bad, but not as fast as some other phones I used in this segment. And also, there is no vibration feedback when we touch on the fingerprint sensor for unlocking. I don't know why Samsung disabled it. It's kind of odd not to get any feedback for unlocking your phone through a fingerprint sensor.
Camera:
We took few pics under artificial light, and they came good. However, outdoor pics are poor during night time, as expected in a mid range phone. Will post some pics taken through this phone later tomorrow.
Battery Life:
Will update after some usage.
Few Pics:
Camera Samples:
Day:
Night:
Please post if you have any specific questions and I will answer. Hope this helps!! Cheers!!
I have ordered the Samsung M20 for my friend on the 7th Feb Flash Sale. Received the phone today. We went for the 4GB and 64GB version and it costed 12989 INR. Brief review follows.
In Box:
Phone, 15W Charger, Type C cable and a SIM ejector. Cable is very short. No headphones.
Design:
Phone looks very good on the front side with dew drop notch (Infinity V display). Back side looks glossy, though it's plastic, but not slippery. The Ocean blue looks good. However, Phone feels heavy, may be because of the 5000 mAH battery. One hand operation is difficult on this phone, it's huge.
Display:
Despite being a TFT panel, the display looks excellent and I think it looks better than most LCD panels in this range. It will be a treat to use this phone for media consumption.
Connectivity:
Call quality is good and Wi-Fi was quick to scan and connect to our network. I didn't have a chance to check VOLTE performance, as we used it on a BSNL SIM card. It caught 3G network and the signal was not bad.
Software:
Out of the box, phone is running Oreo 8.1.0 and Samsung Experience UI 9.5. The touch response is good. There is a lot of bloatware as usual. Out of the box, there is around 49GB of free storage. Samsung have enabled a wallpaper carousel on Lock Screen. Every time we unlock, a new image is displayed, they are calling it Lock Screen stories. It might be refreshing for some users, I liked it. It can be disabled by selecting Wallpaper instead of Wallpaper+Stories!
Sensors:
Most sensor are available on this phone like Compass, Gyro and Proximity. Fingerprint sensor is not bad, but not as fast as some other phones I used in this segment. And also, there is no vibration feedback when we touch on the fingerprint sensor for unlocking. I don't know why Samsung disabled it. It's kind of odd not to get any feedback for unlocking your phone through a fingerprint sensor.
Camera:
We took few pics under artificial light, and they came good. However, outdoor pics are poor during night time, as expected in a mid range phone. Will post some pics taken through this phone later tomorrow.
Battery Life:
Will update after some usage.
Few Pics:
Camera Samples:
Day:
Night:
Please post if you have any specific questions and I will answer. Hope this helps!! Cheers!!
