Samsung Galaxy S20 5G

Great device, capable of high quality photos. My only concern is the battery is not easily replaceable. It would take a technician to remove the back cover, circuit boards and harnesses to install a new one. (Yes, I watched a video on that.) Be sure to go into your settings on the battery and have the charging set to a limit of 85% to prolong battery life. The speakers are also an improvement over my last Samsung J7. I love the 6 1/2" screen size but be advised the charging port is different than what older phones have but you don't have to worry about which side of the plug is up. It also doubles as the headphone jack so it will require a separate adapter for a standard 1/8" stereo plug.

Great phone. Did some comparison with S22 and S23 and other than S22 and S23 having a bit better main camera this phone is the same performance and battery life as S22 and S23. What I like is that I can put up to 1000Gb memory card (Micro SD) on this phone but cannot on S22 or S23. Currently got a 256 Gb in it. Also it has 12 Gb of RAM. And was able to upgrade Android to version 13 which is the latest version and same as S23. Overall this phone is great and did not break the wallet.

Very pleased with this device. Upgraded from a Galaxy 7 with a battery that was approach EOL. A lot of people complained about the lack of an expansion memory MicroSD and only 128GB of storage. But compared to my prior phones, this is more than enough for me. In general, this is a fantastic phone that is selling for a reasonable price, especially if you have a trade-in to offer. Yes, the hyper-sensitive techies will care about the concessions in this model for most of us "normal" users, the trade-offs won't mean much in terms of day to day use.

I bought this in order to utilize the Galaxy smart-watch I have more completely. The S20 was an upgrade over the Oneplus Nord 10 I had been using for a few years. This phone is faster, has a better, clearer display, takes better pictures, is lighter, smaller and works almost flawlessly with my watch. The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is the battery life is only 2 days. The Oneplus lasted for 5. Also finding a decent case with a screen protector has been more difficult than I would have thought.

This is a great phone! Battery life is better than iPhone mini that I had before. Screen is big enough for an old lady to see without carrying a bulky/heavy phone. Speedy phone with 5G coverage that I have used on AT&T as well as T-Mobile without problems. It has eSim and physical Sim capabilities, and I was most pleased with the screen clarity.

I love the phone. However, the thing I don't like is that the back is coated in tempered glass. It slippery. It's as if the manufacturer think you'd never drop it. I do not know why this was done when another substance would have been more durable. The good news is that replacements are easy to find and inexpensive.

I was a little underwhelmed with the phone size and the phone itself. The camera is great it has some good features but some I'm still learning some I don't like. such as if you have a contact with multiple numbers you can say send a message to the default unless you go in and change it

Great phone ! Has all the features I've been looking for. Works great, feels great. If you're looking for a new phone this is a great choice. Switching my Straight Talk account over was easy. They sent me a nano sim card, I installed it and called them, minutes later . . .I'm in business.

The phone is great so far. Zippy performance, everything works properly, no major annoyances. The size is perfect. My last phone was a Stylo 4 that was a bit too large for me, but this phone is large enough while still fitting comfortably in my pockets. So far, I would highly recommend.

Smaller than my previous phone. Very slippery and won't stay in my shirt pocket if I bend over. Battery life is not as good as I am used to with my old phone. I keep loosing my apps on the screen. Still learning about the phone on day 3.

I bought this phone because it has flagship specs and--with the release of the S21--it was cheaper than even higher-end mid-rangers (read, Pixel 5). It's a sleek and beautiful looking phone. I love that it's thicker than phones used to be and doesn't require a case to add bulk for it to be more comfortable to hold when I'm using it. And the battery life is phenomenal. Overall, I'm sure all the specs are great and I love the high-end screen (that's mostly why I wanted it), but it's a bit long in my opinion. It's good for fitting more icons per home screen, but it can be a little problematic when playing games. So far I've only played this one trucking game I love, but I definitely find it harder to handle on this phone than on my S6 Edge because the screen is so much longer and has no bezels to rest my fingers on. As far as streaming goes, if the phone's too wide for the picture you just get black bars on the sides, which defeats the purpose of the larger screen. Frankly, I'd much prefer a shorter (and slightly wider) phone. But, my biggest complaint about this phone is the lack of control I have over how the proprietary software works. Between Verizon and Samsung, the phone is full of bloatware, and deleting these apps or removing their permissions is not allowed. For example, Bixby has been granted permission to use location, storage, camera, contacts, microphone and phone without any option for me to deny these permissions or remove Bixby altogether, even if I don't use it. It just says, "Device requires this permission to operate" for every one, which is a cop-out BS excuse by any measure, since literally every other non-Samsung Android phone can work without Bixby or its permissions. Likewise, I use my phone on Tracfone and I periodically get a notification that the SIM card is not a Verizon SIM card. Going into this notification's settings, the option to turn it off is greyed-out, so I am sentenced to dismissing this BS reminder every couple days for however many years I have this phone. And Google has this annoying requirement that if you use what they term a "secondary tier authentication modality" (i.e. the fingerprint reader), every 72 hours you will have to enter your password or passcode ("primary tier authentication modality") in order to unlock the phone, whether you want to or not, with no way to change or remove this requirement except for going with no security at all. They say it's for "additional security", but that's a BS excuse, too. Now, there is no doubt that I paid good money for this phone and I OWN it outright. As the owner of the hardware, I should have the ultimate say in how that hardware is used--not Google, not Samsung, not Verizon. Greyed-out permission toggles should never be allowed or tolerated. I have purposely avoided upgrading to a new phone for the last few years precisely because I didn't want to have to deal with this type of encroachment on my property rights and autonomy by Big Tech. The S20 may be an eye-dazzling powerhouse, but it's self-defeating shortcomings and outright disrespect of my personal space is a deal-breaker. I loved my S6 Edge, but with the changes Google has made to Android in the past few years and Samsung's insistence on polluting my phone with bloatware, this phone has single-handedly ruined Samsung and Android for me, and I will never again buy another Samsung phone. Maybe the Android experience is more amenable from a "less-bloated" manufacturer or on the pure-Android of a Google Pixel, but between Samsung and Verizon's hijacking my permission controls and Google's "Big Brother" approach to security, I think I'll dump this phone and get an iPhone...and I hate Apple.

Last couple phones have been Samsung, most recent was an S9. Overall I like their phones, and this one is just as good with a couple exceptions. The biggest issue I have is the fingerprint sensor, now on the front screen. I prefer tempered glass screen protectors, and the sensor does not work well with them. It is constantly telling me "fingerprint doesn't match." Yes, i scanned my print with the protector installed, and that was a project in and of itself. Second, there are not as many cases or protectors for this model as there is for the Ultra,FE, or Plus. I chose this phone because it is smaller and these items aren't as plentiful. Also the volume buttons got moved from the other side. Otherwise still a very good phone

Its a bit smaller than my old S8+ which makes it hard for a bigger guy like me to type. Also, they put the front camera as part of the screen so now it distracts me qhen I am surfing the qeb because this camera is literally part of the screen, looking at me. Other than that its ok. Wouldnt recommend it though. Weird design.

The bottom left side of the fone is too sensitive. Texting is almost futile, because the keypad decides what is presented resulting in too many corrections. Holding the fone in various positions doesn't help either, and it's slippery! Otherwise i suppose it's an improvement. Update just altered the typing screen location away from the side!

The camera on this phone is amazing work great,it can be a bit slow when your open up a Browser but everything else works great