Buy this instead of a Pixel 5! - Samsung S20 FE
ShortCircuit
·ShortCircuit
·2021-05-05
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1,998 words · ~9 min read
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- One question, Samsung, just how many Galaxy S20s do you need?
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(scoffs) Like, what is this? The eight or something?
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Remember when we used to release phones and it was just like the galaxy S2.
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And that was it. Now we've added not only a zero,
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but also a zero 5G, but then we've also got S20 plus
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5G, we've got the S20 5G,
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there's also vanilla non 5G versions of these phones. There's the S20 Ultra, there's the S20 Ultra 5G.
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I'm getting upset (fire rumbling) But I really shouldn't be upset about this phone because
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it's really something that everyone should be happy about
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everywhere because they essentially, what Samsung has done is
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they took one of the greatest flagships, Android flagships of this year,
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and basically kept all the really good stuff, took out the stuff that you don't really care about,
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most people and reduce the price and boom,
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it's called the Fan Edition because that's what fans really want.
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I would think that fans want the fancy stuff. No.
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This is some cool packaging. I prefer this kinda packaging to just like the black,
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featureless on the, like void on the S20.
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Yeah, I like this packaging. It's fun. And I think that's kinda the idea behind this phone.
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It's like fun, there's a bunch of new colors,
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they're trying to target the youth, the cool people,
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they had a whole like live stream. The whole unpack thing was with Millie Bobby Brown,
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and she's dancing around with the different colors and
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"Ow! I'm having such a fun time. I'm a young person." That's beautiful. I can't wait to unlock it
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Okay. Let's let's check it out. Actually wait, before we actually like play with the phone,
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we gotta find out what's in the box. What's in the box!
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There's nothing in- There's nothing. Oh, okay. (laughs)
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I expected there to be papers, but there's no papers. There's just a SIM removal tool.
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There's the phone. We'll look at. Ooh, we got the
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navy version looks like, but we'll take a look at that in a second.
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Wall charger. I think it's 25 Watts and a USB
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type A to type C charging cable. Nice. That's what you call an unboxing.
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I don't know if you've ever seen that before. That's what we do here. Okay.
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The phone itself. Very nice.
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Oh, we gotta peal some stuff off first. (indistinct chattering)
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I think Linus was talking during (mumbles) completely.
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(indistinct chattering)
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The big deal with this phone is that it is, supposed to be available for 699,
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whereas the normal galaxy S20 is available for
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999. Okay. So that's like a $300 difference.
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That's pretty good as we'll see, because this phone is in many ways,
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completely identical to the galaxy S20 in all the places that matter.
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It's got a Snapdragon 865, depending on the version that North American and I think East Asian,
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whereas the rest of the world has to deal with the Exynos 990.
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It's got six gigs of RAM, which is a little less than the S20
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I think you can get eight gigs and 12 gigs versions of that. But six gigs is fine.
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It's got 120 Hertz screen, which is the big deal.
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Very smooth, very nice. There are some concessions that Samsung made to make this,
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a little to take the price off. They had to do it somewhere. And one of the big things is
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the back. So this is not glass, it's apparently what Samsung is
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calling, "Glasstic."
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(chuckles) But it also feels real nice. I mean,
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like I'm one of these guys that don't really care whether the phone is glass or not.
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If it's got plastic, like who cares? I'm gonna put a case on there anyways.
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So one of the big things that they are talking about in regards to the S20 FE is the colors.
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It comes in six colors because the fans,
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that's also something the fans want is lots of colors on their phones.
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So this comes in cloud mint, cloud navy, which I guess we have right here,
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cloud lavender (chuckles) cloud red, cloud origin, cloud white, they're all cloud.
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Why do they bother putting the cloud in front of it?
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At that point is my question. In terms of cameras, I think we got a slightly worse
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set of rear cameras where there's still the 12 megapixel
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standard camera. There's a eight megapixel telephoto,
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whereas the S20 has a 64 megapixel telephoto.
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So you're getting a little bit more detailed when you zoom all the way in like that. And there's a 12 megapixel ultra wide on both of them.
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So it's not that different. I mean, you're gonna be able to not zoom in so much.
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But let's see. Can I zoom in on Hoffmann?
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Zoom way in on Hoffmann.
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Hi? - Hi. - You're gonna waiver.
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The more interesting bit about the cameras is that the selfie cam is actually higher quality on
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on the Fan Edition. This is a 32 megapixel selfie cam compared to a 10 megapixel
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on the S20. And we're seeing that in a couple of other places as well.
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The battery is also larger here, 4,500mAh battery
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compared to 4,000mAh power on the S20. And it doesn't stop there either.
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Let's grab the S20. It's actually a bigger screen.
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It's a bigger screen Hoffmann! (laughs) So this is actually where I started to get confused
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in terms of the value proposition here, because what kind of person is gonna go and drop a
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thousand bucks on the S20 5G, instead of dropping
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$300 or $400 less
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for the S20 Fan Edition 5G. What are you getting for that extra money?
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You got a higher resolution screen, 3200 by 1440 compared to the 2400 by 1080 in this one.
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But I would argue that you're not gonna really notice
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that much of a difference unless you're- There's also a smaller screen. So you've got higher resolution on a smaller screen.
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So it's like, you're gonna have your phone up like this, like, "Wow, that looks great." (laughs)
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You got the 120 Hertz screen on both.
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You got a little bit more protection on the S20 5G because this is Gorilla Glass 6,
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as opposed to Gorilla Glass 3 on the Fan Edition.
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And the S20 also has HDR10+. You can also record 8K video on this one,
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as opposed to just 4K video on this one. But when it comes to the most important things,
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this is what's so confusing to me, IP 68, completely waterproof, larger battery,
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same type of fast charging, 25 watt, fast charging, 15 watt wireless charging, 4.5 watt wireless power share.
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So you can charge other phones. They both have under display fingerprint readers
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although the Fan Edition is optical as opposed to the Ultrasonic on the S20 5G.
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And beyond that, I mean like that's really, that's all it boils down to.
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So I guess what I should be doing is instead of being kind of just like confused and like
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asking what the deal is here, I should just be like, "Thank you, Samsung. This was a great idea."
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Apparently Samsung is planning to make Fan Edition
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for all their flagship phones going forward. Like they're gonna release the big phone and then they're
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gonna kinda pair the specs down a little bit to something more reasonable and then release a
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Fan Edition of it. Whoops, not founder's edition, Fan Edition.
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I guess, for like the people who still want that Samsung
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phone and who aren't content to like pick up a 349
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pixel foray or something. That's basically just got the bare bones,
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like it's got a pretty good camera, but other than that, it doesn't have the greatest specs or whatever.
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If you still want a Samsung phone, this is an incredible value proposition.
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Hoffmann? - Ow. - Say good gravy man.
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- Good gravy man. (chuckles) - Look at that guy.
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He's beautiful. Where is he? There he is. Always obscured.
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Oh, you can see a little bit more processing on Jono on the S20 5G.
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A little bit more sharpness added. Hoffmann looks about the same.
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The takeaway is that it's a fine camera, although we should check the selfie camera because this is,
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as I said, a 32 megapixel version versus the 10 megapixel
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on this one. (screams) Hmm, I don't know.
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My teeth are better in this one and they're a little yellow in this one. I don't know Jono.
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I like the colors in this one a little bit more. (laughs)
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This is my new profile picture. So there is a little bit more of a bezel.
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So that's something, I guess. There's a bit more of a premium look to the S20 5G.
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I mean, you don't have, you can't see the glass back on this one. Thanks D brand.
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But they're, most of the phones just have that glass back that you can
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see on the back. But this one has that plastic.
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I don't know guys. I think it's great. I wanna see more phones like this.
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For me, basically I look for the cheapest phone I can get
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that has like decent specs, but this one is also very impressive if you're like,
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"Okay, I do like Samsung. I do want their..."
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Their one UI is one of the best Android skins if you're not doing stock Android.
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If you're into Samsung phones and you loved the S20
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but you're just like, "It's just too expensive." It's got everything you want, Snapdragon 865,
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120 Hertz screen, micro SD card support up to one terabyte,
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didn't say that. That's what I'm talking about, man. There's so many specs that are just like the same.
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- [Jono] Have you tried the speakers? (upbeat music)
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- Okay. That's the regular S20. Drop the beat. FE.
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(upbeat music) Hmm, might be a bit weaker.
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(upbeat music) Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait till it comes in.
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(upbeat music)
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Oh! Jono. Good call.
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- [Jono] Yeah. (upbeat music) - Yeah, I think there's a bit fuller
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mids in the S20 5G.
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So that's something else. The high end and the low end seems to be pretty similar,
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but like kinda the middle part where it just kinda fills it out a little bit more.
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I think we're maybe it was maybe a little bit, a bit, bit better on the S20 5G.
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Okay, well, yeah, I'll play again. Guys who cares?
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Jono? You want me to buy this one instead? - [Jono] More money baby.
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(scoffs) - Whatever you're gonna be fine with 699, 599
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FE 5G Fan Edition (laughs)
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So at the end of the day, whether you're a Samsung guy or a Motorola guy,
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the Samsung galaxy Fan Edition,
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S20 Fifth Generation is the one
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for you. Or is it?
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Maybe. Hey, that's a ShortCircuit for you, everybody.
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