The images and benchmarks of the Galaxy S20 have just leaked

The images and benchmarks of the Galaxy S20 have just leaked

Here it is. After multiple renders and leaks, everything turns out to be true: This appears to be the new Samsung Galaxy S20+, complete with four camera sensors on the back, thinner bezels, and more fingerprints.

There are also some disappointing benchmarks, camera information, and a few surprises, including a full lineup that is said to include a previously unrumored new model, and a Galaxy S20 flagship split between 5G and LTE only.

According to information obtained by XDA Developers writer Max Weinbach, Samsung's new flagship is indeed called the Samsung Galaxy S20, not the Galaxy S11.

The model in this purportedly leaked photo is the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G, at least according to the boot screen. According to a matrix posted by Samsung's meister leakster Ice Universe, this will be a "mainstream" model; Ice Universe believes the phone will be branded Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy 20 Ultra It believes that the "lightweight" will be the equivalent of the iPhone 11, the S20+ will be like the iPhone 11 Pro, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra will be like the iPhone 11 Pro Max, the phone with the largest screen and best specs in the pack.

In another tweet, however, Weinbach lists five models:

This is contrary to earlier reports that all S20s will have 5G connectivity. Weinbach and his sources seem to believe this is not true.

Weinbach claims that, like the Ice Universe, all models will not have the rumored 108 megapixel camera and will not have periscope-based optical zoom. Only the Ultra will have this feature; the S20 and S20+ will not, but the latter will have 8K video recording capability.

Weinbach's source also sent him the Geekbench 5 benchmark. According to him, this Galaxy S20+ is not running the latest Exynos, but the new Snapdragon 865. Keep in mind that these are newer Geekbench 5 tests and will score lower. For comparison, the iPhone 11 Pro scored 1,330 single-core and 3,436 multi-core in Geekbench 5.

This is surprising since the new Snapdragon 865 was tested outperforming last year's Apple A13 Bionic chip on multi-core. There appears to be a gap between Qualcomm's reference phone and the Galaxy S20+. Granted, we knew that the reference phone was tuned for speed at the expense of battery life. But in any case, it is disappointing.

You are not alone in being disappointed with the design of the new Samsung Galaxy S20. It's basically the same as last year's, but with a much larger camera cat-back, even larger than the dreaded patch on the iPhone 11. The bezel doesn't look much thinner than on previous versions, at least in photos. The same goes for the punch-hole front camera. Everything else looks like the same tired iPhone 6-derived candy bar design. And, like previous versions, it appears to be fingerprint prone.

The good news is that the Galaxy S20+ is "not very curved," Weinbach said. It actually feels flat in the hand. This is because Samsung uses 2.5D glass, which is the same curved type as the Pixel 2 XL." This is a good thing, because the curved screen thing is getting really ridiculous on some Chinese phones (thanks to Samsung's display).

Weinbach said in a tweet that the new Galaxy S20 Ultra looks much better than the 20+. But from what we've seen in renderings before, it looks the same, only bigger.

The Samsung Galaxy S20 will be unveiled at the company's Unboxed event in San Francisco on February 11.

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