Samsung, South Korean tech giant, once again came up with a bang by releasing the Note 20 series in Samsung's Unpack Event 2020. Samsung's Note series is very popular because of their unique features in the form of S-Pen. There is no such flagship in the market similar to the Note series. They refresh their Note lineup around Q3 of every year. This year they launched not just one but two Note flagship phones: Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Let's take a look at what they bring to the table.
DESIGN
The design of the both the phones, Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, is somewhat similar to Samsung's S20 series smartphones with a huge camera cut-out. They have maintained the boxy shape and sharp corners which is similar to the design of last year's Note 10 Plus smartphone. They have brought new Mystic Bronze color which looks absolutely great on Note 20 Ultra. Galaxy Note 20 is made of plastic whereas Note 20 Ultra is made of glass.
SCREEN
Talking about the screen, Samsung again passes on their flagship high quality display onto both Note 20 phones. Note 20 Ultra comes with 6.9 inch 120Hz QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED curved display whereas Note 20 brings 6.7 inch FHD+ display with 60Hz refresh rate and flat screen. Ultra has a Corning's Gorilla Glass Victus (also known as Corning's Gorilla Glass 7) and Note 20 is accompanied with Corning's Gorilla Glass 5 on the front.
PROCESSOR
Both the smartphones are powered by Samsung's own top-of-the-line processor known as Exynos 990 with octa-core chipset and comprises of Mali - G77 GPU on board.
SOFTWARE
Both Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra runs on Samsung's "One UI" version 2.5 over Android 10.
CAMERAS
1. Note 20: It has triple camera setup at the rear with a 12MP primary lens + 64MP telephoto lens with 3x hybrid optical zoom + 12MP ultrawide lens and 10MP selfie shooter as well. Primary lens can shoot 8K@24fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p upto 240fps and Slow-Mo at 720p@960fps. 10MP snapper can shoot videos upto 4K@60fps.
2. Note 20 Ultra: It also has triple camera setup at the rear with the main lens being 108MP + 12MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom and 50x hybrid zoom + 12MP ultrawide lens and 10MP selfie shooter. 108MP primary lens can shoot 8K@24fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p upto 240fps and Slow-Mo videos in 720p upto 960fps. 10MP snapper can shoot videos upto 4K@60fps.
BATTERY
Samsung Note 20 Ultra has a big 4500mAh non-removable Li-ion battery. Note 20 has comparatively smaller 4300 mAh battery. Both the phones support 25 watts fast charging.
PORTS
Both the smartphones have a USB type-C port at the bottom for charging and data transfer. It has got stereo speakers and also the iconic S-Pen. Note 20 Ultra's S-Pen has latency of 9ms whereas Note 20's S-Pen has a latency of 26ms. The latency is nothing but the touch response time delay on the smartphone. We will be discussing more about the S-Pen on our upcoming post.
SENSORS
- Under display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner, accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, barometer.
- Bluetooth 5.0.
- A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO.
- NFC support.
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual band, Wi-Fi direct.
OTHERS
Both the Samsung's Note 20 series come in single models: Note 20 with 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM and is priced at INR 77,999/- whereas Note 20 Ultra has 12GB RAM + 256GB ROM and it is priced at INR 1,04,999/- . There are two color options for Note 20: Mystic Green and Mystic bronze. Note 20 Ultra comes in two color options as well: Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black. Both the phones also support wired and wireless Samsung's DeX which when connected to a monitor provides you a desktop like experience.
What do you think about these smartphones? Do comment us about this. On Unpacked event, they also launched Galaxy Buds live, Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Z Fold 2, and Tab S7. These products are yet not launched in India.
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