Samsung Electronics hosted its first-ever Galaxy Unpacked virtual event live-streamed from Korea to introduce a new suite of power devices. Five devices were revealed during the event, in which it unveiled the Galaxy Note 20 series alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable phone, Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ tablets, Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch, and Galaxy Buds Live earbuds.
The 2020 generation brings improvements on all fronts, from software to hardware, to make the S Pen even better. The Galaxy Note20 Ultra is built on the S20 Ultra platform. It has the same screen, a 6.9” Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with 1440p+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate.
The S Pen and the supporting Wacom layer on the screen have been updated to achieve 9 ms latency. Samsung says that at this point the experience is very much like writing on paper. Notes you take can be converted to Microsoft Office formats and synced with your other devices via Samsung Notes.
Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra Overview
The rear camera still features the large 108 MP main sensor. It produces 12 MP photos with binning, records 8K videos at 24 fps with a cinematic 21:9 aspect ratio (this ratio is also available for 1080p at 120 fps videos) The Note20 Ultra still boasts a periscope lens with 5x optical magnification as opposed to 4x. There is now a 12MP sensor sitting behind it, replacing the 48MP sensor of the S20 Ultra.
The chipset divide remains, with a partial upgrade. Much of the world will get the Snapdragon 865+ chipset, which is 10% faster than the 865 found inside the S20 phones.
The Note20 duo is the first phone with special optimizations baked into their software. There will be over 100 Xbox titles available in mid-September with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The screen's 240 Hz touch sampling rate matches dedicated gaming phones.
Key Specs at a glance: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G
- Display- 6.90-inch; Dynamic AMOLED 2X capacitive touchscreen; 1440 x 3088 pixels; 120Hz Refresh Rate
- Chipset- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
- CPU- Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
- OS- Android 10
- Front Camera- 10-MP; Dual Pixel PDAF
- Rear Camera- Triple :(108-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 12-megapixel)
- RAM - 12GB
- Storage- 128GB
- Battery- 4500mAh non-removable; 25W fast charging; 15W fast wireless charging
- Colour - Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black & Mystic White
The battery has been bumped up to 4,500 mAh, which is 200 mAh more than the Note10+ but 500 mAh less than the S20 Ultra. The phone is bundled with a 25 W charger, which is the fastest supported. The phone will be available in three colours at launch: Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black and Mystic White.
Price and availability
The Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra starts at $1,300/€1,266/£1,180 for the model with 256GB of storage. There is a 512GB option as well. Shipments will start “in select markets” on August 21. There will be both 4G and 5G (with mmWave) models available, but availability will differ by market.
The Phone is available in the Nepalese market from September 7, 2020. The 8GB/256GB storage variant is available in Nepal at the price of Rs. 139,999.
Samsung Galaxy Note20 Overview
The Galaxy Note20 comes with a larger screen than its predecessor – 6.7”, up from 6.3” – making it only slightly smaller than the Ultra. However, it is a flat panel rather than a curved one. This is a 1080p+ panel with the old Gorilla Glass 5 (even the Note10 used GG6). Those aren't the only downgrades compared to the Ultra either. The one that hurts the most is the refresh rate, a standard 60 Hz.
The rear camera is lifted from the S20/S20+. The main 12MP sensor has large 1.8µm pixels, which features Dual Pixel autofocus and OIS. A 64MP sensor (1.0 µm) is used both as a telephoto camera (3x lossless zoom, 30x Space Zoom) and as an 8K video cam.
Key Specs at a glance: Samsung Galaxy Note 20
- Display- 6.70-inch; Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen; 1080x2400 pixels
- Chipset - Samsung Exynos 990
- OS- Android 10
- CPU- Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
- Front Camera- 10-megapixel
- Rear Camera- Triple: (12-megapixel + 64-megapixel + 12-megapixel); Dual Pixel PDAF
- RAM- 8GB
- Storage- 256GB
- Battery- 4300mAh non-removable; 25W fast charging: 15W fast wireless charging
- Colour- Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black & Mystic White
Price and availability
The phone will be available in three colours at launch: Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black and Mystic White. The Samsung Galaxy Note20 4G will start at €950/£850, same as the vanilla Note10 last year. The 5G model starts at $1,000/€1,023/£950. Shipments will start “in select markets” on August 21.
The phone is now available in the Nepalese market from September 7, 2020. The Galaxy Note 20 8GB/128GB storage variant is available in Nepal at the price of Rs. 1,09,999.
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