XDA Developers has obtained photos of what appears to be a high-end variant of Samsung’s next flagship phone for 2020 — and it looks like, instead of advancing the model number to the Galaxy S11, the company is heading straight to S20.
That’s from a photo sent to XDA by a leaker who did not wish to be named; it shows the boot screen of the device, with the moniker ‘Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G.’ The company is expected to reveal this model along with the rest of the lineup at an event on February 11 — less than a month away.
From the other pictures, it’s also evident that there’s a circular hole-punch camera at the top of the screen (similar to the one on the recent Galaxy S10 Lite, shown at the top of this story), and four rear cameras in a rectangular patch. According to XDA’s source, the display is flat, as opposed to those with curved sides like on the Galaxy S10 and previous iterations. It also appears to have a mic near the rear cameras, and no Bixby button on either side of the body.
XDA’s Max Weinbach noted that this handset isn’t the top-of-the-line model in the S20 series; instead, it’s somewhere in the middle. There’s apparently a ‘Galaxy S20 Ultra’ that we’re yet to see, as well as both 4G and 5G variants of many of these handsets.
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Along with the S20 range, Samsung is expected to unveil a new clamshell foldable phone next month. Stay tuned for our coverage of the Samsung Unpacked event on February 11 for more.
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