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Samsung Galaxy M20 vs Realme 2 Pro:Waterdrop notch mid-rangers fight

| By Shandilya

For a quite sometime, Realme 2 Pro took its sway in mobile market as a midrange smartphone premium feature-packed device that comes with a starting price of Rs 13,990,the Samsung recently re-begin its midrange smartphone segment with its latest Samsung Galaxy M20 smartphone that got a highly attractive specs the device features all screen fascia and powerful internals starts with a base price Rs 10,990. Now here you are in a dilemma which phone is better to buy. So we bring you a comparison between Samsung’s Galaxy M20 and Realme 2 Pro to lessen your burden.

 

Design and display

Both these smartphones look alike at the front. There is an edge to edge display design with teardrop notches on top and chins at the bottom. On the back, the Galaxy M20 is made of a polycarbonate material, which is glossy and smooth to the touch. Yet it doesn’t give a premium glossy look like Realme 2 Pro’s plastic rear shell, that is designed by a 5-layer lamination technology. These two devices sport same number camera, biometrics and ports.

One major highlight of Galaxy M20 is it sports a new display called Infinity-V, which refers to the dewdrop nature of the screen. The screen size is 6.3-inch TFT panel with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,340 pixels. The Realme 2 Pro also grabs the same size and resolution, but it’s of the LCD type.

Hardware internals and software

The Galaxy M20 ships with a 1.8GHz octa-core Exynos 7904 processor which is paired with a Mali-G71 MP2 GPU paired by 3GB RAM and 4GB Ram Options with a 32GB and 64 GB internal storages.While Realme 2 Pro is armed by a Snapdragon 660 chipset that comes with a 2GHz octa-core CPU and an Adreno 512 GPU. The device paired by a 4GB,6GB RAM option with a 64 GB internal storage and it also comes with a whopping 8GB RAM with an expandable internal storage option via dedicated microSD card slots

On the software front, Galaxy M20 runs on preloaded Android Oreo-based UI which is fast and navigation to other apps is fairly smooth the software also offers features like face unlock, among other things. Coming to the Realme 2 Pro, it runs the Android Oreo-based ColorOS 5.2 software. A number of AI-based photography features and even a facial unlock functionality are present in it. A part from this it while device kept under heavy multitasking it works fairly better and it also has an improved gaming mode, app shortcuts and gesture navigation.

Camera and battery

Both devices boast dual rear camera setup where Galaxy M20’s rear camera setup includes a 13MP f/1.9 snapper and a 5MP ultra wide-angle sensor. This is quite tempting at such price segment. ts front camera is an 8MP unit. It can also offer live portrait mode. While the Realme 2 Pro features a 16MP camera with an f/1.7 lens and a 2MP depth sensor on the rear, which is meant to offer a portrait mode. It is a Selfie Junk as the Realme phone ships with a 16MP camera on the front.

The Samsung Galaxy M 20 takes the cake in the battery department, thanks to its incorporation of a 5,000mAh cell. And thanks to its Type-C port, it can offer 15W fast charging as well. As for the Realme 2 Pro, it comes with a 3,500mAh battery that just delivers 10W fast charging.

Final thoughts:

The Galaxy M20 with GB RAM variant will cost Rs 12,990 that is a real rival to Realme 2 Pro at Rs Rs 13,990 for the 4GB RAM version. However, the things are different while you choose the phone by depending upon departments that you mainly focus. The Galaxy M20 is primarily meant for those desiring great battery life and also offers good camera performance. The Realme 2 Pro is a stylish handset with great selfie capabilities and better performance.