Released August last year, the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is aimed at serving a very specific target market. Perfect for those who take ‘work’ wherever they go or for content creators who record or make content in the most random moments, this phablet is everything you need for a portable ‘studio’.

If you’re considering buying this specific model from the Samsung cosmos, let’s take a look and unlock its features.

Top-level Overview

Pros 

• The brightest AMOLED Screen so far 
• Sharp Space Zoom cameras 
• Long battery life 
• Powerful new features 
• The gaming experience is amazing
• The S Pen has become much more intuitive

Cons 

• Very expensive 
• Less memory capacity compared to previous Note models 
• The curved display is aesthetically pleasing but annoying at times. 
• Fingerprint resistant finish 
• The camera bulges too much and it’s too bulky

Design and Build Quality

What you’ll like: 

If you’re buying a Note for the first time, you’ll definitely fall in love with the Note20 Ultra. It is a beautiful phablet (phone and tablet) with a matte bronze finish standing 6.9 inches tall. The weight of the phone is just about right, it is substantial enough to assert itself as a premium flagship device, but not too heavy that it feels like it’s made with cheap materials. 

The whole phone is made of Gorilla Glass both front and back and has a stainless steel frame. It is fingerprint resistant so you don’t have no need to wipe it too often. 

And if you’re feeling like taking your phone underwater to take incredible beach pictures, have no fear, because this flagship can stay submerged in up to 1.5m underwater for 30 minutes (IP68 dust/water resistant ). For sure you’ll have been able to take a lot of pictures by then. 

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What you won’t like: 

Design-wise, there are many things you wouldn’t like about the Note20 if you were to compare it with other flagships. Just like its predecessors, the Note20 Ultra has a curved display, although Samsung has managed to keep the apps away from the edges, it does cause accidental screen taps. 

The cameras at the back bulge off the back too much that the phone can’t lay flat on a surface. It makes the phone rock when you lay it down and because they hit the surface first, they are prone to breakage. Good to remember if you’re a butterfinger. 

It does make up for its 5X optical zoom ability which is very stable even up to 20x. You can zoom up to 50x and still get a decent photo, but it might be a bit too shaky for some. And if you’re not a leftie, you probably wouldn’t appreciate how they have moved the S-pen to the left hand side in this series. 

Lastly, this flagship is very, very expensive. From T-Mobile, the full price is $1299.99 when bought

The Note20 Ultra has an advanced chipset and operating system making it one of the fastest phones today. 

What’s in the box:

Cameras.

The cameras at the back may look unsightly but it captures way better than the Note20 5G. It has a dedicated autofocus sensor at the back that helps ensure your images are steady and sharp even when you zoom in up to 50x. 

It can be a preference type of issue, but the Note20 Ultra cameras make faces washed out or too ‘filtered’. 

If you’re a filmmaker or video content creator that takes a lot of raw videos, the Pro Video Mode is an absolute treat for you. You have the ability to tweak anything from the exposure to the white balance. Moreover, you can choose your bluetooth earbuds as the audio source so when you’re recording videos or vlogging outside, you can effectively reduce the background noise.

The S-pen.

Whether you’re taking notes or drawing, the S-Pen is your companion for your day-to-day work. It feels natural and smooth, and you will love how it came with new intuitive features. 

Samsung added new air gestures for the S-Pen and it’s a fast shortcut for when you’re in a hurry or multi-tasking between apps. You can even take screenshots you can write on or annotate! 

Gaming 

Whether you play small or play big, the Note20 Ultra is able to keep up with your needs. You can use DeX Mode and play on a 4K TV and you can stream XBox games and play with no lags. 

Aside from gaming, you can cast your Note20 Ultra screen on a TV and open multiple apps. You can also show your whole Note20 Ultra screen on a laptop or PC and be able to take calls, or run multiple apps side by side. 

With its 4500 mAh battery which can last a day on normal use, with music or video streaming, gaming, calling and more. 

Conclusion:

In conclusion, we can say that the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is the ultimate dream phone for content creators who take their craft seriously, and a great phone for multi-taskers who take work everywhere they go. 

Is it worth its hefty price? 

For all the features it offers and the quality of the build, it is every bit worth its thousand dollar price tag. 

Compared to other flagship manufacturers within the same price point, the Note20 Ultra boasts superior features than the rest- moreover, with so many trade-in discounts nowadays, you will still be able to slash off a good amount from the original price making this phablet a steal. 

That’s it for our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, we hope this helped!

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For its $1000 price tag, the Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G is a pricey flagship device. It is among the most expensive phones on the Android flagship range and just a hundred dollars shy of the price of the latest iPhones. 

If you’re considering buying this specific model from the Samsung cosmos, let’s take a look and unlock its features.

Top-level Overview 

Pros 

• Good screen 
• Good camera 
• Premium look 
• Good battery life 
• Powerful features

Cons 

• Plastic back cover 
• No headset in the box 
• High price 
• Too pricey for its build

Design and Build Quality 

Right off the box, the Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G is eye candy. It is available in several metallic colors (only one color available for T-Mobile), and its glossy, matte finish will not disappoint your imagination. 

It looks beautiful, and its substantial weight makes it feel premium on the hands. 

The S-pen’s new location is a welcome surprise. It is now on the left side, and many left-handed people love this new orientation. 

It has aluminum sidings, and it still has the usual boxy Note design, but without the edgy corners, the Note usually has. The Note20 5G has rounded corner edges that fit easily to the curve of your palms. 

What you’ll like: 

Right off the box, the Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G is eye candy. It is available in several metallic colors (only one color available for T-Mobile), and its glossy, matte finish will not disappoint your imagination. 

It looks beautiful, and its substantial weight makes it feel premium on the hands. 

The S-pen’s new location is a welcome surprise. It is now on the left side, and many left-handed people love this new orientation. 

It has aluminum sidings, and it still has the usual boxy Note design, but without the edgy corners, the Note usually has. The Note20 5G has rounded corner edges that fit easily to the curve of your palms. 

What you won’t like: 

For its price, it is a disappointment to see that the Note20 5G doesn’t have the glass case like in other Samsung flagships within its price range. 

Its polycarbonate back cover looks a lot like the glass back of the Note20 Ultra 5G, but you can feel how glossier the glass back cover is. 

But it comes with an upside- because it is plastic, dropping the phone may not incur as much damage as you would with the glass back ones (if you are not using any rubber or plastic cover case). 

Overall, the Note20 5G has the casing and the looks of the previous Galaxy S-series flagships before it. 

Tech Specs 

When it comes to its tech features, you wouldn’t be disappointed with Note20 5G. It is what Samsung says it is: a powerphone. 

With all-new apps, features, and tech upgrades, this phone is a match made in heaven for artists, multi-taskers, and avid gamers. It runs on the Android 10.0 OS, has a wide and beautiful FHD+ display, and a 4300mAh battery. 

You also get three cameras at the back that is powerful enough to shoot in 8K quality. It has 3x hybrid optical zoom and up to 30x hybrid zoom. Its powerful cameras let you take noise-free images even when you’re shooting pictures at night. 

As the model name itself suggests, the Note20 5G is part of the galaxy series that is made to help you take advantage of the hyperfast 5G network.

What’s in the box:

Cameras.

The Galaxy Note20 5G has a 10MP selfie camera in front, which also occupies a tiny hole in the front screen.

It has three sets of rear cameras: one 12MP Ultra Wide camera, one 12MP Wide-angle camera, and one 64MP Telephoto camera. 

As mentioned earlier, the cameras let you shoot videos in 8K quality. It has Pro mode that lets you control the zoom speed. You can zoom in slow and zoom out fast with easy screen controls. 

If you’re a content creator, you definitely won’t need to bring bulky high-resolution cameras to make great quality videos.

The S-pen.

The S Pen has always been part of what makes Galaxy Notes so appealing. The Note20 and Note20 Ultra have new S Pen features that allow you to navigate without touching the phone. There are five new gesture control features:  Back, Home, Recents, Smart Select, and Screen Write. 

Our personal favorite, Screen Write, takes a screenshot of whatever’s on your screen at that moment and allows you to annotate or write on it and then share. 

Gaming 

If you’re looking to get the best gaming experience with the Galaxy Note20 5G, you can add the MOGA XP5-X+ Controller. This Bluetooth controller has a clip phone holder that lets you play Xbox games from the cloud-like a pro. 

Conclusion: 

One major downside of this model is the fact that it doesn’t come with a headset. There’s usually an AKG headphone that comes with the box, and for a $1000-dollar phone, it is a disappointment. It may not be a big deal for some who have greater quality earbuds than the basic AKG headphones, but they surely add value to the whole package. 

Despite that, Note20 5G packs new features, a new operating system, and faster, much better hardware. Although the experience is not that far from the previous Note phones, you’ll surely feel how much better it is to use than the rest of the other flagships within and beyond the Samsung cosmos. 
That’s it for our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G, we hope this helped!

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