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Samsung Goes Big on Power, Size, and 5G With Galaxy Note20, Note20 Ultra

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September 2020

Are you ready to get to work? Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra phones are refinements on the Galaxy S20 lineup that add an S Pen stylus, fix some notorious camera issues, and link up better with your Windows 10 PC.

- SASCHA SEGAN

Samsung Goes Big on Power, Size, and 5G With Galaxy Note20, Note20 Ultra

The Note20 starts at $999, and the Note20 Ultra starts at $1,299.

The Galaxy Note20 comes in two main models. First is the $999 Note20, which has a 6.7-inch, 1080p 60Hz screen; 8GB of RAM; 128GB of storage; a 4,300mAh battery; and a camera array similar to the Galaxy S20+ with a main 12MP sensor, a 64MP telephoto sensor that simulates 3x zoom, a 12MP wide-angle sensor, and a 10MP front-facing shooter. Then there’s the fully-loaded $1,299 Galaxy Note20 Ultra: It has a 6.9-inch, 2,560-by-1,440, 120Hz screen; 12GB of RAM; either 128GB or 512GB of storage; a 4,500mAh battery; and a modified version of the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s camera array, with a main 108MP camera, a 12MP, 5x optical zoom lens, a 12MP wide-angle sensor, and a 10MP front-facing lens.

Both models run Android 10 on Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipsets, which are a little bit faster than the Galaxy S20’s Snapdragon 865 chips. The phones look like Galaxy Notes, more squarish than Galaxy S models, and this year with a prominent camera bump on the back.

“We wanted to develop a form and shape that is unique to the Note [20] while making sure it still resembles the Note [series],” Samsung senior designer Yunjin Kim said. In her view, that means a “geometrically extruded” camera bump that echoes the shape and edges of the phone. The big bump is “revealing the high-performance aspect [of the camera] with confidence,” which might be true, but it also might just be required for the camera assembly.

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