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As the year ends, it’s a good time to reflect on the top stories from the past 12 months. This is the first of four installments where we analyze the stories that shaped this year.
Welcome to our annual roundup of 2020’s top stories, broken down into quarters. We’ve listed the top stories for the first quarter below, from January 1 to March 31.
This was the exciting moment of the first flagships of the year. High refresh rate displays were a big trend, every phone had 5G added to its name (and a modem added to its guts), the Snapdragon 865 was the new thing everyone wanted to have. But it was also the moment when the ongoing pandemic that shaped 2020 took hold of the entire world and nearly brought the mobile industry to a halt.
The first quarter was defined by a few key announcements. Xiaomi gave us the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro, the latter being the first device to use Samsung’s gigantic new 108MP sensor and the pair that debuts the Snapdragon 865 chipset.
Samsung followed a few months later with the Galaxy S20, S20 + and S20 Ultra with 120Hz displays, Exynos 990 or Snapdragon 865 chipsets and new cameras. The Galaxy S20 Ultra was Samsung’s first device with a periscope camera and the first to use its internal 108MP sensor, which took 12MP photos with 9-in-1 grouping. The Galaxy S20 Ultra was huge too: the Galaxy S smartphone. largest to date with a huge 6.9-inch Super AMOLED screen.
Sony launched the Xperia 1 II in March, but it wasn’t until May and June that the device got into the hands of the people. It brought refinement to the Xperia 1 platform with larger camera sensors, faster lenses, the first eye autofocus on a phone, a bigger battery, while retaining what made the Xperia 1 so attractive: a design. unique industrial and a 4K OLED display.
Huawei delivered the P40 and P40 Pro in late March. The P40 Pro was a true photography tool with the largest camera sensor on a phone (a claim that lasted for all of 2020): Huawei’s powerful 50MP Quad-Bayer, a 5x periscope camera, and an ultra-wide camera. 40MP with a huge sensor and autofocus.
The Oppo Find X2 arrived in early March with an AMOLED screen that could run at 1440p and 120Hz, a 5x periscope camera, a Snapdragon 865 chipset, and a vegan leather finish that we enjoy to this day.
Just three days into the year, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note10 Lite as affordable options for their high-end counterparts. They were interesting devices to say the least: the Galaxy S10 Lite had a faster Snapdragon 855 chipset and better battery life, while the Galaxy Note10 Lite had better cameras and an S Pen.
There were a few other announcements: the Realme 6 and 6 Pro, the Nokia 8.3 5G, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. And then we started looking in the second quarter for the upcoming announcements of the OnePlus 8 Pro and the Apple iPhone SE (2020), among others. The months from April to June are next!
This is an unofficial method and there is no guarantee that it will work, but it worked for us.
Both are built around 6.67 “AMOLED panels.
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The Pro variant is still in development.
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On the bright side, the new prices for the S20 family make the Galaxy Z Flip seem almost affordable.
The iPhone SE 2 could end up being released as iPhone 9.
We finally have a good idea of everything that sets these three apart.
The next-gen Redmi Note series will come with a new quad-camera setup, premium design, and revised performance.
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The P40 Pro also has the largest camera sensor in modern smartphones – 1 / 1.28 “. The front camera and sensor placement have also improved a lot.
The phone arrives with four cameras on the rear and a hole on the front.
This device will play the affordability card hard, hoping it will make you ignore the vintage look.
Devices in all price ranges will receive the update based on Android 10.
It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The entry-level S20 will start at $ 999.
Samsung’s most affordable version of its current flagship … until now.
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The Realme 6 Pro also offers a dual selfie camera inside a lozenge-shaped drilled hole.
A 64MP main camera and ultra-wide snapper designed for low-light and video capture.
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The Galaxy S20 Ultra is the one to watch out for.
It’s a global version of the nova 6 SE launched in China last month.
The basic Galaxy S20 will cost more than $ 1,000, the S20 Ultra will cost around $ 1,350.
The phone is expected to have 5G, 65W fast charging, and a 108 MP camera.
The phone is expected to have the recently announced Snapdragon 720G chipset, a 5,000 mAh battery, and 18W charging.
