This is Samsung's best smartphone yet, with the highest price yet.

Big; Beautiful Display; 120Hz refresh rate display; Big battery that lasts all day; Fast charging capable; Incredible camera system; Amazing zoom capabilities; Supports 5G across the board; Impressive gaming performance

Large camera hump; Big price tag; No headphone jack; Very boring color choices this year; 100x Zoom is more hype than feature

The Galaxy S20 Ultra costs Rs 97,900 , which clears the air on who the target audience of the smartphone is. The phone is made for loyal Samsung fans, something that is clear from how the company is marketing the device. I know, many of you think the phone is overkill.

While it's a shame that picture and sound quality haven't been upgraded, the iPhone 13 was great in these regards and the iPhone 14 is, too Excellent display Admirable headphone performance Solid build quality No upgrades to picture or sound Familiar design Notch is still present

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.

So if you simply want the best 5G flagship around then – at the time of writing – the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G is it, but most people would probably be better off spending a bit less and opting for the S20 5G or S20 Plus 5G.

Superb cameras; Massive screen; Super powerful

Super expensive; Familiar design; Can't use both 120Hz and QHD+

bright and color-accurate OLED display; fast storage; microSD support; Dual SIM (including eSIM); wide range of LTE frequencies; 5G; good voice quality

5G without mmWave; autofocus fails to operate properly in low-light conditions; 120 Hz only in FHD+; no 120 Hz gaming; slow microSD slot; no aptX HD

Zooming from 4X to 10X is better than on any other phone; 120 Hertz is buttery smooth; Beautiful display with almost no bezel; Battery life is solid; Very fast charging; Excellent loudspeaker

Very expensive; Hit or miss fingerprint scanner; 100X zoom is useless; there is no benefit to shooting 108MP photos; Uninspired design

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

Even if it falls short of being the iPhone 11 Pro-inspired paradigm shift that it so obviously aspires towards, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is still a spec-beast of a phone that shows Samsung still has what it takes to be competitive in the high-end Android smartphone arena.

As far as flagships go, Samsung’s latest stands tall but it doesn’t stand alone.

Capable camera; Empowering software; Flagship features;

Bulky form-factor; Autofocus issues; Inconsistent battery life; Expensive price; 2D Face Unlock;

A few weeks ago ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Larry Dignan and I attended briefings with Samsung to get our first look at the Galaxy S20 lineup and for the past week I've been using a Cosmic Gray 128GB Samsung S20 Ultra 5G as my daily driver on T-Mobile.

Future-proof 5G network support; Stunning large 120Hz display; Solid cameras in most situations; Good battery life

Flawed camera software; Huge phone and rear camera array; Expensive