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Galaxy M20 review: The first Samsung with a 5,000 mAh battery and an Infinity-V display.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2019·$160
Overall
44/100
Class rank
#83 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Samsung's first 5,000 mAh phone.

Galaxy M20 was the first Samsung phone with a 5,000 mAh battery — a watershed for the M-series' identity as endurance-first phones. Sold online-only in India at $160, it kicked off the line's big-battery template.

01Display

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

TypeTFT LCD, Infinity-V notch
Size6.3 inches
Resolution2,340 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

Main13 MP + 5 MP ultrawide
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetExynos 7904 (14 nm)
RAM3 / 4 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 74-point average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired15 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • First Samsung with a 5,000 mAh battery.
  • 15 W charging — fast for entry.
  • Notched FHD+ display + ultrawide cam.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Exynos 7904 modest.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Plastic build.
  • No fingerprint variants in some markets.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .