Commercially released stateside three months ago to the day, the ultra-high-end Galaxy S20 family had a missing link until earlier this week. It was a big one, mind you, as the smallest and cheapest model in Samsung’s latest flagship lineup could not be purchased directly from the nation’s largest wireless service provider.
No love for digital hoarders
At first glance, those are some pretty cool deals for an enhanced version of a device that normally costs $999.99 with support for sub-6GHz 5G networks, aka low and mid-band spectrum, aka T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T. Then again, nothing is free in this world, especially in this mobile tech world, so as it turns out, Samsung and Verizon decided to quietly cut a few corners to maintain the aforementioned price point.
Multitaskers beware!
Heavy multitaskers are likely to notice the difference already, not to mention how things are expected to evolve further down the line for stuff like hardcore mobile gaming and even productivity tools.