Samsung is an official partner of the
Olympic Games, and as such has been issuing special editions of its current
flagships to be gifted to all the participating athletes. The Games in Tokyo
are scheduled to take place this summer, and Samsung has just unveiled the
Galaxy S20+ 5G Olympic Edition in Matte Gold in partnership with the local
carrier NTT Docomo. The big difference now - the phone will be available for
sale for end customers.
The version of the Galaxy S20+ 5G comes
with 12GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage. The quad-cam smartphone will be selling
at JPY114,840, which is just over US$ 1,050. For comparison, the non-Olympic
version is offered in Cosmic Grey and its price tag is JPY 113,000, which is
exactly US$ 1,039. NTT Docomo is Samsung’s partner and major reseller of the
Korean giant’s phones.
Users wanting to buy the device can
pre-order at Docomo’s website, but the first shipments are scheduled for June.
Interestingly enough, if you don’t want the Matte Gold color or the logo of
Tokyo 2020, you can also pre-order now and wait a bit - the regular Galaxy S20+
5G will start shipping in May.
Looking at the pandemic situation around
the world, the games might not take place at all, eventually making the Olympic
Edition phone a unique Collector’s Edition.
