SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy S20+ 5G review: The balanced S20 flagship with 120Hz and a ToF camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2020·$1200
Overall
86/100
Class rank
#2 of 16
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

The balanced S20.

Galaxy S20+ 5G was the sweet spot of the S20 line — a 6.7" 120Hz QHD+ display, a quad camera with 64 MP telephoto and ToF, IP68 and microSD. It brought high-refresh QHD flagships into the mainstream, just short of the Ultra's extremes.

01Display

92/100

92/100 puts it above the 86-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

TypeDynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+
Size6.7 inches
Resolution1440 x 3200 px
FingerprintUltrasonic under-display

02Camera

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

Main12 MP wide, f/1.8, OIS
Telephoto64 MP, hybrid 3x, OIS
Ultrawide12 MP, 120 deg
ToFDepthVision
Selfie10 MP

03Performance

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 865 / Exynos 990 (7nm)
GPUAdreno 650 / Mali-G77 MP11

04Battery

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4500 mAh
Charging25W wired, 15W wireless

05Build

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 83-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

What works
  • 120Hz QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED
  • 64 MP tele + ToF quad camera
  • IP68 + microSD + AKG stereo
What doesn't
  • Exynos 990 variant ran hot
  • No 3.5 mm jack
  • 8K video footage huge

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 16-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .