Samsung Galaxy M20 Unboxing And Hands On

Samsung has been teasing the launch of their latest ‘M’ series for quite a while now. And while there have been a tonne of speculations and leaks regarding the device, nothing was confirmed then. But today, Samsung has officially released the Galaxy M20 along with the Galaxy M10 in India exclusively on Amazon. The phone boasts of a modern design, with a blend of good specifications and an aggressive price to boot.

Inside the Box

• Samsung Galaxy M20
• USB Type C Data Cable
• Fast-Charging Adaptor
• Ejection pin
• User Manual

Design

The Galaxy M20 takes an entirely different approach than what we have seen Samsung doing. Samsung Galaxy M20 is the first smartphone from the brand to sport a notch. The notch is a teardrop design which is considered the least intrusive among the other notches. Other than that, there is a small chin at the front, giving it an all screen look. Over at the back of the phone, there is  a dual camera setup with an LED Flash. There is a Fingerprint sensor beneath it and a Samsung below the sensor.

Over at the bottom, there is a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB-C post and a microphone along with a speaker grille.

Display

The Galaxy M series is the first smartphone from Samsung to use their Infinity-V display. The screen on the Galaxy M20 is a 6.3-inch PLS TFT display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 px and a Pixel density of 410 ppi and a screen-to-body ratio of 83.6 and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9.

Processor

The Galaxy M20 runs on the 14nm Exynos 7904. The Exynos 7904 is an Octa-core CPU and is combined with Mali-G71 GPU. The CPU consists of Dual Cortex A73 running at 1.8 GHz and a Hexa Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.6GHz.

Memory and Storage

The Galaxy M20 comes in two variants, one with 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB of Internal Storage and another with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of Storage. The smartphone supports two separate sim cards and has a dedicated memory card slot that supports memory cards upto 256GB.

Camera

The Galaxy M20 has a dual camera setup at the back. The smartphone is equipped with a 13MP f/1.9 sensor with a 5MP f/2.2 wide angle sensor with 120 degree field of view. Over at the front is an 8MP f/2.0. The phone supports 1080p recording at 30fps. The 8MP front camera also supports 1080p recording at 30fps.

Battery & Operating System

The Galaxy M20 has a massive 5000mAh battery powering it which means that the phone will last for more than a day on a single charge. The phone supports the Samsung fast charging technology up to 15W. A full charge takes 2.5 hrs or 150 mins to complete and according to Samsung, you will get 3hrs of talk time with a 15min charge.

The phone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung Experience 9.5 out of the box.

Connectivity and Other features

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The Galaxy M20 has support for Bluetooth 5.0. The device also has a fingerprint sensor at the back and a support for VoLTE. The phone also has a face unlock feature for faster access to the device.

Pricing and Availability 

The Galaxy M20 has been launched in India for Rs 10990 for the 3/32GB variant and for Rs 12990 for the 4/64GB variant and will be exclusively available to buy from Amazon India and Samsung Online Store starting February 5th.

You can watch our unboxing and hands-on videos below.