Samsung Unpack

This week Samsung held its Unpacked event and presented new phones:

Samsung Galaxy S20 & S20+

The successors to S10 model have following specification:

• 6.2-inch 120Hz QHD+ OLED display in S20,
• 6.7-inch 120Hz QHD+ OLED display in S20+,
• Snapdragon 865 CPU,
• 12GB of RAM,
• 128GB of storage + microSD in S20,
• 128 or 512 GB of storage + microSD in S20+,
• 10MP Selfie camera,
• Triple (12+64+12MP) rear camera system,
• 5G compatible,
• 4000mAh battery in S20 & 4500mAh in S20+.

Samsung Galaxy S20 starts at $999,  and S20+ starts at $1199. Both will be available on March 6th.

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

Samsung also revealed the premium model in S20 lineup.

• 6.9-inch 120Hz QHD+ OLED display,
• Snapdragon 865 CPU,
• 12GB or 16GB of RAM,
• 128GB or 512GB of storage + microSD in S20+,
• 40MP Selfie camera
• Triple (108+48+12MP) rear camera system with additional depth camera,
• 5G compatible,
• 5000mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra starts at $1399, and will be available on March 6th.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung presented another foldable phone -  Galaxy Z Flip,  but it's not a successor to Galaxy Fold. Here is the spec:

• 6.7-inch FHD+ AMOLED main display,
• 1.1-inch Super AMOLED cover Display,
• Snapdragon 855+ CPU,
• 8GB of RAM,
• 256GB of storage,
• 10MP Selfie camera,
• Dual 12MP rear camera system,
• 3300mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip costs $1,380 and launched on February 14th.

Xiaomi Mi 10

Despite of the Coronavirus outbreak in China, Xaomi managed to launch, at online-only event, the new flagship phones - Xiaomi Mi 10 & Mi 10Pro. Here is the spec of presented devices:

• 6.67-inch 90Hz AMOLED display,
• Snapdragon 865 CPU,
• 8 or 12GB of RAM,
• 128GB or 256GB of storage in Mi 10,
• 256GB or 512 of storage in Mi 10 Pro,
• 20MP Selfie camera
• Quad (108+12+8+20MP) rear camera system in Mi 10,
• Quad (108+12+2+2MP) rear camera system in Mi 10 Pro,
• 5G compatible,
• 4780mAh battery in Mi 10 & 4500mAh in Mi 10 Pro.

Xiaomi Mi 10 starts at ~$575 and will be available in China from February 14. Xiaomi Mi 10Pro  starts at ~$715 and will be available in China from February 18.

$450 production cost of PlayStation 5

According to Bloomberg manufacturing costs of the PlayStation 5 are around $450 per unit. The biggest reason for higher cost is limited supply and high prices of DRAM and NAND flash memories.

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