However, successive leaks in January 2020 revealed the title of the phone to be the Galaxy S20, because it was released in the year of 2020.

Leaker Max Weinbach obtained the actual phone a month before the release, confirming everything the community already guessed.

[22] S20 phones sold in Europe had news aggregator upday in partnership with Axel Springer SE preinstalled, triggering notifications.

For the S20+, Prism Blue, is exclusively sold in Korea, Best Buy in the United States and through T-Mobile, Samsung Nederland and Tele2 in the Netherlands, while Aura Red is exclusive to Korea Telecom, Vodafone UK, Malaysia,[25] and United Arab Emirates.

[26] Cloud White availability varies by country; in the United States it is exclusive to Verizon for the S20 with Ultrawide Band support.

All devices utilizes a wider 20:9 aspect ratio in addition to a 120 Hz refresh rate double that of the S10.

[33] They support reverse charging at 4.5 W.[34] The S20 series comes with 5G standard connectivity, though some regions may have special LTE variants.

[36] The cameras on the Galaxy S20 series improved considerably over its predecessors, although unlike the S9 and S10, the aperture on the main lens is fixed.

[40] A new camera mode was introduced called Single Take, which allows users to capture photos or videos at the same time with different sensors automatically.

[27] The S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra can also record 8K videos at 24 fps with a bit rate of 80 Mbps,[40] which will consume about 600 MB of storage per minute.

[47] Even before the general release, reviewers have seen autofocus and skin smoothing issues with the cameras, especially with the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

[54][55] Some users reported instances of the Galaxy S20 FE suffering from touchscreen issues such as "ghost" touches and jittery movement when scrolling or zooming.

[56] Some users in India reported that after being updated to One UI 4.01, a vertical line started appearing on the front display.

The mobile is Commercial Solutions for Classified Program (CSfC) component approved,[60] with support to night vision, stealth mode,[62] drone feeds and laser range finders.

[63] It can connect to tactical radios and mission systems, and runs applications like Battlefield assisted trauma distributed observation kit (BATDOK) etc.