Samsung Galaxy M20 Review: The Renewed Challenge to Take on Xiaomi Starts Off Well

Last year was truly unique for Samsung. The smartphone giant was wading through murky waters. It was unchartered territory for a company that has more often than not set the benchmark in the Android smartphone space. But there it was, pegged back by the onslaught from the likes of Xiaomi, Huawei, Honor, Asus, Moto and Realme in the affordable and mid-range Android smartphone price points. The bunch that really brought their A-game to the party. It isn’t to say that Samsung did nothing. Because it did launch a few phones, but you’d be hard-pressed to really pick them over the more exciting rivals. But you can only peg back a company as efficient as Samsung, for so long. Cue the start of 2019, and Samsung has a response ready. It is this background which makes the new Galaxy M series of phones all the more important. The Galaxy M10 (Rs7,990 and Rs8,990) and the Galaxy M20 (Rs10,990 and Rs12,990) are all poised to take on the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro, Realme U1, Xiaomi Redmi Y2, Huawei Y9 2019 and the Honor 8X to name a few. What we are reviewing here is the Galaxy M20, which is priced at Rs10,990 (3GB RAM and 32GB storage) and Rs12,990 (4GB RAM and 64GB storage).