we've ever seen, with the best specs and longest name. Is it worth the $1400 though? We probably

already know the answer, but let's chat as to why.

Inside the box we get the USB-C and USB-C charger. Some USB-C corded headphones and

a clear protective case. Got to love free protection. Let's get started.

[Intro]

Now remember, this Ultra is Samsung's premium flagship for the moment priced at $1400. There

are still the regular S20's of course at the more reasonably unreasonable $1000 price point.

This review is going to be all about Mr. Premium here.

[Scratching sounds]

Samsung seems to be really liking the soft screens these days. Luckily when I peel off

this screen protector, the display underneath doesn't die like we saw on the Galaxy Z Flip.

Let's see if Samsung remembers how real glass is supposed to act. We'll take a look at the

large camera bump in just a second.

I've personally been using a Samsung phone for the past 4 years or so as my daily device,

so I am a pretty big fan of the phones that Samsung makes...usually.

As long as the advertising is pretty close to what gets delivered, and we aren't robbed

at the checkout. I'm pretty easy to please. With the S20 Ultra we start seeing scratches

at level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7. It's nice to see glass again. This phone

will be able to handle every day objects and fingernails without getting scratched or dinged

up. My razor blade does no damage to the top 40 megapixel selfie camera. The earpiece is

up here as well and it's super thin slit. There's no speaker grill to scratch or get

damaged. I'm a fan of this flatter screen design as well. If the phone ever gets dropped,

the frame is going to be what gets hit instead of the glass, which is good. Cuz glass is

glass, and glass breaks. Metal however, might scratch, but won't shatter. The power button

and volume button are made from metal and can still be removed. I don't recommend stealing

other people's phone buttons, but if being a terrible human is your thing, the option

is available.

There are no buttons on the left side of the device, nor on the top. But there is a SIM

and SD card tray. Thumbs up to Samsung for keeping the expandable memory alive. This

guy can hold an additional 1 terabyte of storage with a normal micro SD card. This slot helps

future proof the phone, which is pretty important considering that $1400 starting price point,

and how long you're going to have to keep using it to pay it off.

The bottom of the phone has a little clear plastic protector to keep it from rubbing

inside the box. The bottom stereo speaker and USB-C port are down here as well. There

is no headphone jack. Let's take a look for a second at the main selling point of this

S20 Ultra, and that's the camera. This boy is thick. For people outside the United States,

the rise is about 2.4 millimeters tall. For people inside the United States, it's a bit

thicker than a quarter, yet also still pokes out above a toothpick. The hump is a decent

sized fraction of a fruit snack, and it's just about the same size as a slice of

butter. I mean, if we think about it, the S20 Ultra has 4 cameras, one of which is 108

megapixels, and the other is the 48 megapixel telephoto camera. So the hump size is relatively

reasonable. And if you look closely, you can see how much space that camera hardware actually

takes up inside the phone. Check out how much room the 100x space zoom periscope camera

actually needs, so that size of the exterior glass lens does match the dimensions of the

hardware below it.

Happy to announce my Teardown skins with dbrand are officially back. We managed to hoard enough

printer ink to hopefully keep around long term this time. We're covering a lot more

phones with this batch. And there are now two different styles of Teardown instead of

one. You can see what they both look like on this grip case. The original version on

the right looks like it still has the shiny glass layer on the back. Or we have the new

ultra matte version which looks like you're just holding the bare circuit boards Personally,

I kind of like the glossy version. True story, I've had the Teardown Skin on my phones since

our last batch, and a stranger came up to me in public legitimately concerned that my

phone was falling apart...which means our skin is definitely doing its job. I'll leave

the link for the Teardown skin down in the description.

Of course, I am getting ahead of myself. This is a durability test video and not the teardown.

But there is one more thing. We also tore down MacBooks. Starbucks won't know what hit

them. You can see the dual fans with the batteries. And my favorite part: even the track pad has

its own see-through teardown protection. You can see the copper windings for the taptic

motor underneath. There's a good chance we have a skin for your phone in your hand right

now and we'll be adding more devices as the time goes on. Link is down in the description.

You're not going to want to miss this one.

Now, don't get me wrong, the Ultra is a cool phone. Top of the line and all that jazz.

But it's not really doing anything that we haven't already seen before. We saw the 108

megapixel camera already in the $500 Mi Note 10. And that periscope zoom camera we saw

inside the P30 Pro, which also currently costs around $600. Both of those phones with similar

features are less than half the price of this Ultra phone. Samsung has also taken their

S20 series and made 5G mandatory this time around and they charge a premium for it. 5G

coverage still isn't even a thing yet for half of the United States. And the Millimeter

Wave, the high speed portion of 5G is currently covering basically nobody. The 5G phones are

still very premature and paying a few hundred dollars out of your own pocket to sponsor

a futuristic 5G tech you can't utilize is very much not worth it here in 2020. Unless

of course you do live in a large city and know for sure that the Millimeter Wave 5G

system is right outside your window. Basically, the $1400 Galaxy S20 Ultra is made up of components

that we can find in other phones that cost half the price and includes a 5G system that

most people can never use. Sometimes verbal burns hurt the most.

The 1440p AMOLED display lasted about 30 seconds under the heat from my lighter and did eventually

recover. The screen is also capable of 120 Hertz refresh rate at 1080p. We first saw

this tech on the ROG Phone 2 that's currently selling for $500-600 on eBay. Just another

reason why this phone shouldn't be costing $1400. The S20 Ultra is using the underscreen

ultrasonic fingerprint scanner we saw debuted last year on the S10. I'll set my fingerprint

first before adding some level 7 deeper grooves to the screen. And even with this additional

artwork, my phone was able to sense and read my fingerprint every single time. The ultrasonic

fingerprint scanners are safe from scratches. I tried bumping up my exposure so we could

get a look at the transparent pixels that surround the rectangular fingerprint scanner

inside of the phone. But it looks like we'll just have to wait until the next video to

see how big it is. The rectangle is still currently invisible. Samsung hid it well.

Finally it's time for the bend test. Honestly, with how rock hard and rigid Samsung phones

usually are. I was surprised that this thick phone had a little bit of give to it. It's

the subtlest of sways of course. Probably due to the length of the phone and it's 6.9

inch screen. The S20 Ultra does survive my durability test however. No cracks, kinks

or permanent damage anywhere. All I'm saying is, if I had $1400 in my pocket, first of

all I wouldn't spend it on a cellphone. But if for whatever reason I had to, it would

not be this one. The S20 Ultra is a Frankenstein conglomerate of parts found in many other

much cheaper phones. And it doesn't bring anything new to the table. If I wanted a top

of the line phone that screamed 2020, I would get the Galaxy Z Flip. Even with its fragile

screen, it's futuristic design and form factor warrant the $1400 price point way better than

this S20 Ultra does. Either way, everyone is different. But the one place you can't

go wrong is with a Teardown skin. Link is in the description. Let me know what you think.

Tell me your thoughts on the S20 Ultra down in the comments, and come hang out with me

on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks a ton for watching, I'll see you around.