On paper, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is a huge spec monster. But that brings with it huge expectations and a huge price, which ultimately it struggles to quite live up to. There's a lot that's impressive in the camera, but it falls short in some areas, while the battery life isn't competitive.

Lovely bright display; Lots of power; Great sound quality from speakers; Great collection of cameras; Telephoto up to 10x is fun

Bulk and weight; 100x zoom is a gimmick; Main camera very shallow depth of field; Display polarising layer; Questionable battery life at times; Eye-watering price

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra: Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra is as exciting as it is outrageously expensive

Silky-smooth 120Hz screen; 100x ‘Space Zoom’ is impressive; The first phone with 8K video recording

Samsung’s priciest (non-folding) phone yet; Pre-release camera quibbles; Brutish design

The Galaxy S20 Ultra is top-spec in almost every respect, but design, battery & camera flaws hold it back

Futuremark's PCMark for Android Work 2.0 Battery test takes workloads from the benchmark itself (image and video editing, email and web browsing) and scripts them in a loop that runs until battery levels drop below 20 percent.

Gorgeous Build Quality And Ergonomics; Beautiful; Fast Display; Exceptional Battery Life; Top-Notch Performance; Great Camera Features; Wireless Charging And IP68

Pricey; Spotty Camera Issues Currently; No Headphone Jack

The Galaxy S20 Ultra is a big, ugly brick of a phone that does its best to make up for it in sheer specs. It almost succeeds too, with best-in-class display, phenomenal performance, and a compelling camera offering that’s let down only by its inconsistency. Factor in rubbish battery life on the Exynos variants available in the UK and Europe, and the S20 Ultra is really only for the specs-obsessed.

The Galaxy S20 Ultra is the sum result of Samsung’s technological prowess crammed into a relatively compact shell. The next generation hardware on offer here is best-in-class with a 120Hz display and a camera capable of capturing 8K video though this is also one of their most expensive phones to...

Breathtakingly beautiful 120Hz display, Excellent rear camera, Beefy performance, 8K video capture, 5G ready

All the high end bells and whistles drain battery life fast, 100x space zoom is a novelty, Not cheap, Camera bump is huge, No 3.5mm audio jack

The Galaxy S20 Ultra is the highest variant of the S20-series . The device top the two other variants from display to camera, and battery. It even has a larger 16GB of RAM, which is the highest RAM size seen on any smartphone till date.

If you’re a Samsung fan, I don’t think I’ll have to convince you to buy this phone. It’s exceptional. However, if you’re on the fence about upgrading or maybe not familiar with Samsung phones, or you’re simply turned off from the idea of a $1,400 phone, let me tell you that this is a phone I could...

Specs; everything; Display; Software; Camera; Performance; Battery; Hardware; 5G; Buy Galaxy S20

$1,400 is a huge amount of money for a phone, but the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G gives you a lot in return – figuratively and literally. Siping the rarified air at the very top of Samsung’s 2020 phone line-up, the biggest of the S20 trio has the most excessive camera, the largest screen, and the...

Incredible 120Hz display; 10x lossless zoom is great; Performance can't be faulted; Huge battery

Some camera focus issues; 100x Space Zoom is more gimmick than useful; Very expensive

That’s the most obvious feeling you get when using the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which will be available in March starting at $1,399.99. If there ever was an embodiment of the chip on a tech company’s shoulder, this behemoth of a phone is it.

Huge; 120Hz screen; Great battery life; Quality zoom photos at 10x; Very good selfie camera

Main camera softens faces too much; Main camera hunts for autofocus; 100X zoom and 108-megapixel photos are mostly gimmicks; Expensive for the value