Here, we are comparing the great flagship models of 2020 which is popular nowadays. You can easily decide which one you should buy after checking out our detailed comparison review of these phones.

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Samsung Galaxy S20	Apple iPhone 11
BUY NOW	BUY NOW
PROS	PROS
High refresh rate screen. Great battery life. Excellent fit and finish	Superb dual-lens camera. Blazingly fast. Good battery life. Nice design and build. Impressive audio.
CONS	CONS
5G is not worth the added cost. Cameras over smooth faces. Software updates only guaranteed for two years.	No zoom lens on the camera. LCD screen is not as good as OLED for movies. Only comes with a 5W charger.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Detail Review

INTRODUCTION:

Samsung Galaxy S20

Samsung has done pretty much everything we’ve come to expect of Samsung from the flagships. This one has major upgrades as come as possible from the old gen. 

Apple iPhone 11

The iPhone 11 is the cheapest model of the 11 series and the successor to last year’s XR. This Apple iPhone is a great budget option considering the new outcomes of Samsung.

DESIGN & DISPLAY:

Samsung Galaxy S20

The S20 is the smaller version of the S20 Ultra and Plus. There is no E-version this time, so this 6.2-inch panel flagship is the smallest that says the S20 still feels pretty convenient to hold in one hand. I like what Samsung’s done from a build perspective too. They’ve not gone ahead and reinvented the wheel or anything with the S20 series, almost everything’s been improved upon. We still get a glass design but it’s Gorilla Glass 6 to both the front and back. There are three cameras to the back of the regular S20. The S20 feels deceptively light after using a lot of 200 grams plus phones, 160 grams feels feather-light. You could say something has nailed ergonomics, of course, it is still glass so it’s slippery as all-glass builds are.

Since 2014, the Galaxy Note 4 launched Samsung made the jump from Full HD to Quad HD, ever since the display technology hasn’t seen a drastic change. There have been quite a few major changes, for example, there have been edge panels, the infinity, the punch holes, HDR, but now this time the display has received an update that feels quite as big as the quad HD jump. That causes the S20 series to get 120 Hertz refresh rate panels with 240 Hertz that sampling. The refresh rate going up to excess by these displays are being marketed as dynamic AMOLED 2X. They are super smooth, fluid displays. This display is amazing, it’s not just the display either, it’s the speed at which it responds.

Whether I’m using the 6.2 inch S20 single-handed or the 6.7 inches S20 Plus with both hands, the experience felt great. It’s only as long as you restrict yourself to Full HD Plus because once you switch to Quad HD Plus, you’re back on the regular old 60 Hertz so that is a bit of a bummer but we are hearing that Samsung is going to be supporting 120 fps in quad HD via software update if and when that happens the display experience was going to be as close to perfect. Quad HD Plus with 120fps might be harsh on the battery. Samsung is supposed to be solving that with a dynamic refrigerate option again that is a future update. With this, the refresh rate is expected to change by itself depending on the app in question.

Apple iPhone 11

Looks-wise, the iPhone 11 doesn’t bring many surprises. It’s quite similar in appearance to last year’s iPhones. It’s made of Ion-strengthened glass on the front and back. Its frame is made of brushed aluminum though, rather than the stainless steel you get on the more premium 11 Pro models. The iPhone 11 comes in a set of new colors and the purple one looks snazzy and fresh and also the new square camera setup makes it stand out.

Compared to the Pro model, the finish here isn’t frosted but glossy, so it will get smudged more easily and isn’t quite as scratch-resistant. The water resistance has been bumped up from IP67 to IP68 this year. So now, it can survive under 2 meters of water for half an hour. The size is quite comfortable in the hand, a bit larger than the 11 Pro but still okay for one-handed use. Actually, the dimensions and weight are the same as last year’s iPhone XR.

The iPhone 11 screen is also exactly the same as the XR, it’s a 6.1 inch IPS LCD with a sizable notch cut out and a pixel density of 326 PPI. The bezels are thicker here than on the iPhones with OLED screens, you get used to it but they do stand out when you first see them. Just like last year’s XR, the screen is excellent with good contrast and accurate colors. The true tone feature will automatically adjust white balance based on the ambient light and though the panel isn’t quite as sharp as the Pro models OLED screen, it was hard for me to tell the difference with a naked eye. However, something the iPhone 11 doesn’t offer is HDR 10 support or Dolby vision which are available on the higher tier models.

It does bring the same low touch latency though, thanks to 120 Hertz input polling. It’s a nice boost for gaming but sadly, the screens refresh rate is still capped at the regular 60 Hertz, maximum brightness is good. We measured up to 640 nits with a manual slider, there should be no problem using the phone outdoors.

FEATURES & PERFORMANCE:

Samsung Galaxy S20

This display is driven by a top-of-the-line snapdragon 865 chip in certain markets and in others like in India, the Exynos 990. There’s also 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB of UFS 3.0 storage with support for memory expansion via a hybrid slot.

We still have an under-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. Now, it’s gotten better. Actually, it’s more the software than the hardware because I think have improved it even on the S10 Plus. It’s not just that either, right from moving around the interface to a few One UI 2.0 transitions, it all feels beautifully done. Everything complements that high refresh rate panel very well.

What I really love about this phone here is the fact that we’ve gone back to the old power and volume key setup. In the S20, the power key and the volume keys are back where they’re supposed to be. This is Samsung’s newest flagship phone running on one UI 2.0. Samsung’s kept a lot of what we’ve loved about the S10 series.

Apple iPhone 11

Unlocking the phone is quite secure with Apple’s Face ID which uses 3D facial mapping, it’s quite fast as well but still requires you to swipe on the screen after you’ve been recognized. For audio, the iPhone 11 Pro has a pair of stereo loudspeakers, they’re not as balanced as those on the Pro model which has more bass from the top speaker but they still have a rich sound with a very good measured loudness and support for spatial audio. It’s no surprise that there is no headphone jack here and Apple still doesn’t bundle an adapter but you do get ear pods in the box that you can plug directly into the Lightning port.

The iPhone 11 runs the latest iOS 13.1 and it’s quite familiar, though does bring a few new features to the table. One such feature is a system-wide dark mode that can turn all of your white menus into black ones. Unfortunately, since this is an LCD screen, you don’t save power like you would on an OLED but it still looks cool. Another change from before is that instead of 3D touch which activated context-sensitive actions based on the pressure of your finger on the screen. Now, there is only haptic touch which triggers things with a long press.

Inside the iPhone 11 is Apple’s new a 13 Bionic chipset and along with that is 4 GB of RAM. The performance here is just the same as on the Pro version. It’s unmatched by anything in the Android world, the iPhone 11 aces benchmarks providing 20% better CPU performance over last year’s chipset. It does a great job of staying cool too, they say heat dispersing graphene layers. So, sustain performance for something like heavy gaming is great without much thermal throttling. On top of that, the A13 is more power-efficient than last year’s chip.

CAMERA:

Samsung Galaxy S20

The major upgrade to these phones is got to be cameras. This gets the same three sensors to the back. First a 12 megapixel F 1.8 with OAS, there is no dual aperture but we’ve gone from F 1.5 to 1.8, so is that a kind of downgrade? not really because the sensor size is gotten a lot larger, so the pixel size is gone from 1.4 microns to 1.8 so this should result in the F 1.8 lens still allowing for a lot more light in. Then, we have a 64 megapixel F to telephoto again with OAS. This is supposed to provide 3x hybrid optical zoom and 30x off the zoom and it’s the sensor that’s relied upon for the famed 8K video capture.

Finally, there’s a 12 megapixel F 2.0 ultrawide, this is from a resolution perspective down from the 16 megapixels on the S10 but the sensor size is what matters. The size of each pixel has gone from one micron to 1.4, so on paper, these cameras seem to be major upgrades for the most part. For the most part, since the selfie camera is still 10 megapixels, the same sensor size but it gets an F 2.0 lens instead of F 1.9, the depth sensor is gone too.

Apple iPhone 11

There have been some upgrades to the photo editor which has many new options and filters and intensity sliders to give your pictures just the right touch. It’s not just photos, there are plenty of options to customize your videos too. Just keep in mind when taking lots of photos and videos that storage is an expandable here. If you end up buying the 64-gigabyte option, you might run out of space pretty easily.

Unlike the iPhone XR’s single camera, now on top of the 12-megapixel main camera, there’s 12-megapixel ultra-wide shooter. The thing that’s missing though is the third telephoto camera that comes with a Pro version. In daylight, photos from the main camera have rich detail, impressively low noise, and excellent dynamic range. They aren’t perfect though, colors are accurate but if you enjoy a more vibrant look they seem a bit bland and washed out. Contrast is a bit lacking and there is some over-sharpening. One interesting feature is called capture outside the frame. When you snap a photo with the main camera, the phone will also take one with the ultra-wide too, then when it recognizes that you accidentally cropped a person out of the frame, it will suggest a wider angle that fits the man. The feature also works for videos.

The ultra-wide camera itself is pretty average as far as these type of cameras go, there’s no OIS or autofocus. Quality-wise, photos from this camera are decent with colors, contrast, and dynamic range matching the main camera but there is some visible noise and we wish there was more detail. Portrait mode uses the main camera. In good lighting, you get nice detail and colors but unlike the iPhone 11 Pro, this setup doesn’t use a second camera for depth mapping, so the subject separation isn’t quite as good with some defects here and there. When the light gets low, the iPhone 11 will automatically switch to night mode and will take a pseudo long exposure shot. The quality of these is superb, there’s plenty of detail, balance sharpening, excellent colors in contrast, balanced exposure. We didn’t get a single blurry photo while shooting either. If you ought to turn off night mode, the results are still good with plenty of detail and low noise but the exposure is dark. There is no night mode on the ultra-wide cam and if you try to shoot with it in low-light, the results are pretty bad.

This year’s iPhone brings an upgrade to the selfie camera, it’s now 12 megapixels with a wider 23-millimeter lens. Depending on the orientation of the phone, the selfie cam will switch between the new wider field of view or a cropped one similar to last year’s or you can toggle it manually. The selfies use Smart HDR and their quality is top-notch. There is more than enough detail, balanced sharpening, and great dynamic range. The colors are accurate though still a bit washed out.

The selfie cam can now take video and up to 4K at 60fps and it’s stabilized though it’s quite well, there’s no autofocus here. You can also take Slofie which are what Apple calls slo-mo selfie videos in 1080p at 120 fps. It’s kind of gimmicky but you can have some fun with it. Videos from the rear cameras can also be taken in up to 4K at 60fps, they all have OIS and can use smart HDR, and have a wide stereo sound recording too. 4k videos from the main camera look very good with plenty of detail, low noise, spot-on sharpness, impressive dynamic range, and true-to-life colors. The colors actually don’t look as washed out as in still photos either. 4K footage from the ultra-wide snapper is average in quality, it’s lacking in detail and the corners are soft but there are still good colors, contrast, and dynamic range.

BATTERY:

Samsung Galaxy S20

To be fair the battery capacity of these phones is nothing to scoff at either. The S20 has a solid four thousand milliamp-hour battery. That’s 600 mAh up from the last-gen respectively, that’s quite an impressive bump that Samsung has managed to include. In fact, they’ve done that while still keeping the weight and even the overall form factor similar.

They’ve seemed to have improved upon a lot of other areas, for example, the 15-watt wireless charging and the fast charging is now up to 25 watts. In some markets, the S20 series are available with 5G.

Apple iPhone 11

The iPhone 11 has a 3100 milliamp-hour battery, just a little bigger than the XR but battery life is much better here. We measured a great endurance reading of 94 hours in our proprietary battery tests, this is even better than the iPhone 11 Pro perhaps due to the different power drop from the screens. There’s support for 18-watt fast charging like on the Pro models but here it doesn’t come with a phone. You only get a 5-watt one that charges the phone from zero to only 18% in a half-hour whereas the faster charger would get you up to 55%. There’s support for QI wireless charging too, Apple doesn’t make a charging pad so you need to use a third-party one.

WHICH TO BUY?

Though the iPhone 11 is the budget option still brings some top-notch features like a water-resistant design with plenty of color options, a bright LCD screen, nice stereo speakers, world-class performance, great photo quality especially at night, and really good battery life. Compared to the Pro versions, you don’t get the brilliant OLED screen or the telephoto cam, and the glass on the back isn’t frosted for what that’s worth, also the lack of a proper charger in the box but overall the iPhone 11 still brings pretty much the same experience as the Pro versions at a much more competitive price is even cheaper than the XR. The Samsung Galaxy S20 also has flexible features, great camera features, a display, and everything is nice and upgraded and also, it has the 5G connectivity in some markets, so it will be an added advantage for the future. 

At last, you have to consider the price. In dollars, there is a huge gap between the Galaxy S20 and the iPhone 11. If you can spend $1000 on a mobile phone, then Samsung Galaxy S20 is the best one to buy but if you have some budget restriction, then the iPhone 11 is the great budget option and there, you also should compromise some things as per the price.

Expert Reviews of Samsung Galaxy S20:

By IGN
The Samsung Galaxy S20 is every bit a flagship, and while it stumbles trying to live up to the hype of special features like Space Zoom and 5G, that shouldn’t overshadow all the ways it otherwise excels. The $1,000 price tag may be steep, but carrier deals and the inevitable price cut to come later this year will make it an incredibly enticing option.

By Hardwarezone
108 megapixels. Space Zoom. These phrases have been helping the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra hog the limelight from the moment the first image leaks of its substantial camera hump were published. The fact that my colleague Wanzi crafted two reviews – one of…

By Engadget
Few Android flagships look as good as the Galaxy S20, and fewer even sport features this advanced. Samsung’s latest sports a smooth 120Hz screen, versatile triple-camera setup and 5G support (depending on your carrier), making it one of the best Android phones on the market.

By Techradar
The Samsung Galaxy S20 isn’t the most cutting-edge of Samsung’s S20 lineup – that honor goes to the Galaxy S20 Ultra – but it’s still a powerful phone with an ergonomic and attractive design, and the introduction of new features like 5G, the 120Hz…

By Techadvisor
The Galaxy S20 is the best phone in Samsung’s S20 series, and simply the best phone the company makes right now. It’s compact, powerful, and packs a versatile camera system that may not match the Ultra on zoom or detail, but it meets – and sometimes…

Expert Reviews of Apple iPhone 11:

By Dxomark
The high price tag of flagship iPhones means that people who are wedded to the Apple eco-system and looking for an upgrade might be attracted to the more pocket-friendly iPhone 11. If photography is an important factor in that choice, the good news is that by and large the less-expensive device lives up to the excellent all-round image quality of the iPhone 11 Pro Max.

By Camerajabber
If you are keen to get a brand new iPhone but don’t quite have the budget for the iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone 11 makes a lot of sense. Two of the onboard cameras are the same, only sacrificing the telephoto lens here. There are other compromises to be made elsewhere, but otherwise it’s a great option for Apple fans on a budget.

By Firstpost
The iPhone 11 is easily the best choice for most people, but if you care about display or design, skip it.

By Indiatoday
For iPhone XR users, I wouldn’t recommend upgrading to the iPhone 11 just yet. You can wait for around 6 months and hope for the prices to drop in India, or wait for the iPhone 12 to come out, which should offer a more substantial upgrade in terms of hardware and display.

By What Hi-Fi?
The iPhone 11 is arguably the pick of Apple’s new brood and a brilliant all-rounder.