The Galaxy S20+ is no everything phone - there's the Ultra for that. Instead, it's a more restrained high-end device for those capable of moderation instead of striving to have it all. We knew that from the get-go, but spending extra time with this one has allowed us to appreciate its strengths and more or less turn a blind eye to its weaknesses as you get used to them.

It's got a great display, no doubt about that. The high refresh rate has become a given in the high-end segment, and it's one of those features you don't care about when you don't have it, but miss when you lose it. Some sort of adaptive refresh rate handling would have been nice, and logic would dictate that the next generation will deliver.

However, rumors point to only the new Ultra getting it, and that means the S20+ is no worse than what the S21+ is going to be in this respect. In fact, the S20+ is one better than the S21+ - it's got the QHD resolution if you're willing to prioritize display acuity over fluidity, while this year's non-Ultras will be FullHD if rumors have their say. So what Samsung's got left to make the S21's display look better than the S20's is brightness, and it's not like the S20 is lacking in this respect.

The S20+ takes nice pictures too. Unless you have a problem with certain aspects of Samsung's color science (skies are a really polarizing topic at the office), and most people don't, there's hardly anything to complain about in the imaging department. The non-tele tele works very well up to its advertised 3x zoom, and for most folks that's easily enough reach, while the main camera is in some ways better than the 108MP on the Ultras. Samsung thinks both are good enough to be reused in the next generation, and we agree on that.