Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, 128GB, Cosmic Gray - Unlocked (Renewed)

I got this phone on refurb from seller Macalegin. They really know how to rate their phone condition, because I ordered "excellent" condition and that's what I got in the mail. Plus everything functions correctly and they even respond back to e-mails, because I wanted clarification whether I was going to get an unlocked phone with the sim card/expansion memory tray. They replied back the next day and said they physically checked that yes I'm getting the unlocked Samsung Galaxy phone with both tray slots. Macalegin also sends the correct 2.0 A Samsung fast charger and USB cable, unlike other vendors that send the cheaper after market charger/cable that doesn't do the fast charge. There seems to be some confusion on whether the Samsung Galaxy S20 works with Verizon's mvno (mobile virtual network operator) Visible. So let me provide some visibility to this unclarity. Sorry for the pun, I couldn't help it 😊 The US factory unlocked Samsung S20 has the designator SM-G981U1 and works on the big three: Verizon, ATT, and T-Mobile, as well as their mvnos. US carrier specific models will have the designator SM-G981U and you must verify with the vendor that they are indeed unlocked. Verizon has their own variant SM-G981V with less RAM 8GB, instead of the factory 12 GB, and the tray only has 1 sim card slot, compared to the factory model that has the sim card slot AND an expansion memory card slot. Markets outside of the US have the designator SM-G980, SM-G981B, and SM-G981F. Canada is SM-G981W, China is SM-G9810, and Korea is SM-G981N. These models may only operate on 4G LTE and have 8 GB RAM, depending on which one you get. The Galaxy S20's debut is March 2020, so keep in mind that this phone is getting a little long in the tooth technology wise. But it still does the basics well and is a rare beast in that it still has memory expansion if you take lots of pics or download huge pdf files. I installed the Visible sim card in the factory unlocked Samsung Galaxy S20 today, connected to wi/fi at McDonald's (thanks McDonalds free wi/fi), checked and installed updated software, opened the Visible app to activate the phone, and then restarted the phone. Everything works like a champ!! Two pics are included to show Visible locked onto the 5G signal without issue. Don't forget to call your voice mail and set that up also. Updates work good and Im currently on Android 13 OS. The only issue I noticed so far is that the voice mail icon that shows you have voicemail is missing in the top left corner, so you have to check your voicemail if you missed a call. Final thoughts: Make sure you get the correct phone sent to you, because there are different variants of this model that may or may not work with your cell provider. Click helpful if this info helped you out 💚

As the title says, there is not many options for WL charging and SD card in newer phones with Android 11 and up. Besides this phone, only Sony but they cost $800 and up. This one was $180 which is hard to beat. I have had it for over a month and it works great. Overall. Cons: 1. The finger reader under the screen is really bad. My old LG had it on the back and it was 100% reliable and super fast. You grab the phone and it's ON. With the Samsung, it's hit and miss. Maybe 50% success and you have to look where you put the finger and how. It's not intuitive at all and makers should go back to normal readers. 2. The face recognition is useless as the camera has to face you and you have to face the camera. Forget unlocking the phone while on the table (must be tilted first), or next to your body. Or if you wear sunglasses. Or with facial cover (in winter) or while you drink or eat... I would take back or side fingerprint reader any time. And no, Apple is not any better. 3. The USB port is very loose and detaches from USB cable (many tested) with the slightest touch. Forget charging in your bag. 4. The camera app is not user friendly. Like you have to switch between photo and video settings to take video. My phone 10 yrs ago had a dedicated video button in photo settings for a quick video snap. 5. The general UI is wonky. Not my first Samsung but I don;t remember the last one S6 was this bad. Pros: Besides the charging and SD 1. It's small 2. It doesn't lag. It has 12 GB RAM. Much better than most of new phones. 3. It's cheap! It's so much better deal than virtually any new cheap phone and better than new phone double or triple its price. So, even with the shortcomings, it's a clear 5 stars

I purchased this phone based on the reputation of Amazon and their 'Renewed' phones. About 3-4 months after I received it I had a few instances of being called and the phone calls went straight to voicemail even though I did not have my phone set to airplane mode. Over the next couple months I had times that my text messages would not go through. I knew it was not the Network Verizon as my 2 boys have their phones on my plan and they were right next to me and their phones worked. Then a big issue started happening in which the 'voice' part of the phone only worked intermittently. I use Bixby & Google Assistant, and even though they were set up properly, they only worked sometimes and not others. Bixby would perhaps hear and pop up on the screen, but not respond to my voice for the request. Other times it worked correctly. Just yesterday and today alone I have had to reboot my phone 3 times when I could not use either of those or my talk to text as the microphone and speaker were not working. I contacted the seller first - never heard from them. I next contacted Amazon two days in a row and was told there is nothing they can do. I just finished with my last chat being told this once again. I told them that had I known I was paying $200 for a phone that would only work a few months - I never would have purchased it. This is what was erroneously in their item description: About this item This pre-owned product has been professionally inspected, tested and cleaned by Amazon qualified vendors. This product is in "Excellent condition". The screen and body show no signs of cosmetic damage visible from 12 inches away. This product will have a battery that exceeds 80% capacity relative to new.

Haooy with my purchase. Only downside is the phone no longer gets support from Samsung so the most current update is from March 2025. Saya that the device is tested for 80% battery life but I'm not sure on that. With low brightness and only frequently using the device it drains from 100 to about 64 in a hour or two.

I bought this phone a while ago thinking I’d upgrade in a year. It’s been way longer than that and I still haven’t. Why? Because this thing refuses to die. Battery life? Still decent. Not “two days straight” decent, but enough that I don’t have to live next to an outlet like a phone gremlin. The screen? Stupid nice. Everything looks crisp and buttery smooth. I scroll through apps I don’t even use just because it looks cool at 120Hz. Camera? Way too powerful for someone who mostly takes blurry pics of their food and accidental front-facing selfies. Still, every once in a while I take a photo that makes me question if I should become a travel influencer. It’s fast, it still runs everything, and it hasn’t exploded yet. That’s a win in my book. If you’re on the fence about grabbing one used or keeping the one you’ve got—trust me, it’s still got fight in it.

I ordered the unlocked version and luckily got a T-Mobile version with dual sim for an external SD and 12GB RAM as I wanted since I heard the Verizon version has less RAM and a single SIM. To start the phone is in "near" perfect condition. The only small issues I could find were a tiny imperfection on the screen and some slight OLED burn in at the bottom of the screen where the buttons are. It looks like a small "P" with a circle next to it when viewing something on a white background but for the price I'm not too bothered. The phone also did not come with a screen protector but that was an easy fix. Everything I've tested works flawlessly including the battery life (which they guarantee at least 80% capacity). Note for Verizon customers: I activated it on Verizon and swapped in my sim from my old S10 and come to find out 5G appears to work out of the box with no changes to my plan or anything so I'll take it. One annoyance with Verizon is they use their own visual voicemail app that comes pre-loaded on their locked phones. Unfortunately there's no way to install it on an unlocked phone so now I don't get notifications for voicemail and I have to call in to check messages. I even tried sideloading the APK but it doesn't work so not sure if it's possible to fix or not. Kind of annoying atm but maybe that will push me over the fence to switch to another carrier (like one that offers their voicemail app on the playstore - ie pretty much every other carrier). Coming from an S10 that got a white screen of death after a small drop this phone is better in every way and can't be beat at the price. Even mid tier phones cost over 350-400 new and this phone is way superior being a top of the line phone when it launched and half the price. I'm glad I took the plunge and tried a renewed phone since I found my new way to upgrade my phone. No thanks to signing contracts and getting locked into a network. Buying a previous gen phone is the way to go for me for sure. I'm very happy with my purchase and just think you really got nothing to lose to try it out!

So I bought this phone renewed and overall I would say that it's basically spotless except for having a few small scratches on the back, which is completely covered by the phone case that I also bought. The screen is in perfect condition and the phone works great. It doesn't lag at all that I've noticed. When I first took it out of the box and put it on the charger it was at 70% battery which was very nice. It's also lighter than I expected it to be, my old galaxy s7 feels heavier than this phone, which was a nice surprise. The only downside is the charger that's included in the box was terrible, I ended up putting it in the trash. It didn't fit well at all and also took an insane amount of time to charge the phone. Before I switched to a new charging cable the phone was at 1% battery and telling me it would take 8 hours to be fully charged. Switched to a new cable 5 minutes later and it went down to 1 hour and 57 minutes to full charge. I'm not a super heavy phone user and I find that I charge this phone about every 2 or even 3 days if I'm not using it much. Overall I'd say go for it, just be sure to also have a new charging cable to, because the one they give you sucks. EDIT: I've knocked off a star because just today I've discovered the power button won't give me the menu to restart or turn off my phone. This thing isn't even a year old yet and I've ran into my first problem with it. To turn it off I have to press the volume and power button at the same time and to turn it on I had to plug it to a charger. So ridiculous and annoying that I'm starting to have problems THIS soon with it. I've been pretty gentle with it too. Plus is think I've only turned it off maybe 4 times since I've had it.

although charger looks great, it gave an alert it's not right for phone. other than that, it appears this seller is getting it together, my order is very satisfactory, at least. I'd say almost excellent condition, if not. it is working perfectly with Mint Mobile, no difficulties, Samsung switch makes it so easy, this "new" gem is really not much different than the new s23 variants, & I wouldn't pat an extra grand anyway for a "new" phone. this particular seller & Amazon renewed both get my 5* stamp of approval! I've only has the phone a few hours, but already ordered all the needed protection. so, the phone was my only concern. I was certain I'd get a Verizon locked device in poor condition. instead, I indeed have an unlocked and very good condition older flagship. pretty sure it's a s20+ 5g as well. 12 gigs ram, expandable storage, snapdragon 865, the works is all here. great seller & between this & the tcl 10 5g uw (Verizon only) I will use Amazon renewed indefinitely, with the certainty that if anything ever isn't actually wonderful, Amazon would make it right. I am thankful! If Samsung doesn't send a slowing signal, or if this doesn't end up being stolen property (as some have), I look forward to years with this device! thank you...... so edit: few days with phone I have figured out mine is ATT version. stuck android 12 one ui 4.1. won't go android 13. haven't tried voice-mail. there's other things I can't think of but as long as this is all, I should be fine. I'm sure I'll find more I like & dislike about this purchase. but I'm satisfied for now. Maybe final edit:? OK so, it's got issues with charging port, sometimes connects sometimes doesn't. the block they sent doesn't work at all. the phone auto updates EVERYTHING randomly. things I've deleted or force stopped. &....I'm worried it will go black & just stop working soon like the others. why no Android 13 One UI 5.0? I got worthless screen protectors I've already returned, case is OK I bought, & I don't want to lose $220 because I was too nice to return an Att bootloaded version that won't get software or security updates.......jeez. Aren't all S20s & newer supposed to get Android 13? yea...sad.

Nice cover

Battery very fast down

Llevo aproximadamente un mes con el celular, todo ha funcionado bien, los primeros días se calentaba un poco, cambie la calidad de la resolución de pantalla y ya no se calienta. Recibí un celular de buena calidad por un precio muy económico. Me encanta

Me gusta el acabado que tiene, realmente está impecable, no tiene rajaduras ni cosas rotas, el cargador incluido es de 12w, decente. Mi única queja es que viene extrañamente sucio, en la parte de las bocinas y alguna que otra endidura. Pero nada que no pueda limpiarse. Les recomiendo que para una limpieza más profesional lo lleven a un centro de servicio samsung, me dijeron que el mantenimiento/limpieza es gratis y no pasa de 15 minutos. Edicion: investigando, vi que este equipo modelo se supone puede actualizarse a android 13 sin embargo hasta ahora no he podido actualizarlo, sigue usando android 12. Edicion 2: tuve que actualizar mi celular por la mala usando firmware. Si no saben moverle al sistema y les interesa tener un equipo actualizado, no les recomiendo que lo compren. Si saben moverle al sistema y quieren un equipo actualizado, comprenlo. Hay una buena noticia, en algunas zonas de la CDMX hay cobertura 5G y este equipo SI recibe la señal 5, solo tienes que ver con tu compañia celular si tienen esta funcion disponible, pero el equipo si es capaz de recibir la señal en Mexico. Espero no tener que editar mi opinión en unos días o unas semanas. 97% RECOMENDADO Edición 2 (1 mes después de la compra): si el equipo lo vende amazon si recomiendo que lo compren ya que SI actualiza pero solo si el vendedor es Amazon. Para que que sepan si su teléfono actualiza a android 13 sin batallar, el modelo debe terminar con U1, de lo contrario van a batallar. La pila me dura todo el dia, rara vez lo tengo que cargar en el dia, y el rendimiento sigue increíble.

Un dispositivo en condiciones excelentes y a un precio competitivo. La entrega fue anticipada.