Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra: Long Term Review! By PhoneArena

So, this is the Samsung Galaxy note, 20 ultra a pretty expensive phone, a pretty premium phone, a pretty phone. It's been out for over a month now, and I've been using it as my daily driver, and there are things that I love about it and things that continuously bother me about this phone. So is it worth it? Let's talk about the note 20 ultras design, it's still as pretty as the day I first saw it. It looks clean, sharp and pristine and that look just doesn't get old. The matte finish on the bronze color is kind of slippery in the hand. So, if you want a device that sticks to your palm more, maybe go for the black or white versions yeah, they do collect more fingerprints, but they are definitely more drippy.

Like the note 10 plus I have here. So it collects a lot of grease, but it sticks to the hand nicely all this is a bit more slippery, especially if you're cold or your skin is dry back to the note 20 ultra though this camera pump is definitely not something that I got used to not when holding the phone with the left hand, the right hand or in landscape. For those reasons, the note 20 ultra is one of the phones, which I put a case on more often than others, which is kind of a bummer, because this phone feels so great in the hand the dynamic AMOLED screen on the note 20 ultra needs no introduction, it's a fantastic screen which has been praised, left right and center. I really have nothing to add to this discussion. It gets super bright.

It gets super dark. Furthermore, it has very pretty colors and balance temperature. Furthermore, it's an all-around pleaser and yes, I have been using it with the 120 hertz refresh rate non-stop, and I am just loving it. Furthermore, it's kind of hard to get back to a 60hz phone right now. I know that having the note 20 ultra display, set to 120 hertz forces you to be stuck at 1080p resolution, oh terrible, but to be fair, even pixel peepers will have a hard time seeing the difference between FHD and quad HD.

So don't worry about that. The s pen is still great. I've been addicted to the s pen ever since the note 4 eras. Now it's faster, it's more responsive and the phone predicts where your lines will go. So it can draw your lines as fast as you move the pen tip across the display.

It's great for me. I don't draw, but I love taking notes by hand when coming up with review or article ideas or composing music. The artistic chaos of scribbling uneven lines across a white canvas is always better for me than sterile typewriting. So the note stays true to its name. It's a compact notebook which has all of my notes- and it's always with me now these new air gestures, where you wave the s-pen around to activate some certain functions and features, I'm not a fan.

Maybe they would have some use. If you have your phone docked or connected to an external, monitor, and you're trying to control it from a distance, but they are so clunky inaccurate and hard to use that it's not worth the trouble. The camera of the note 20 ultra is among the best phone cameras you can get, and it hasn't failed me so far, no matter what moment I have in front of me, I am always confident that I can capture pretty good memorabilia with the note in my pocket. Yes, it does tend to favor slightly yellowish hues, but it doesn't go overboard with that. What it does give me is fantastic dynamics, accurate and grounded colors, and very, very good details.

Personally, I am not a fan of the five-time zoom lens. I use Zoom lenses to take portraits with them and when you have five times zoom, if I want to take a portrait, I need to step back like quite a bit. I tend to use two times, maybe three times zoom for that, and I would have loved a three times telephoto on this phone as it stands right now. Furthermore, I take portraits by zooming in digitally with the main camera, which kind of leaves the five times telephoto lens unused most of the time and that's just a waste, and I dare argue that not many people will have a use for the super zoom lens. Yes, you can go all the way up to 50 times magnification, but the image quality is not something that you'll be bragging about.

Also, why like, unless you want to spy on somebody at the beach, why? Yes, yes, you may go to the zoo or to a football game every once in a while, and this will come in handy but for most use cases I feel like the super. Zoom lens is one of those features that we pay for, but we never actually get to use a lot on that front. I really like the Galaxy Note.10 plus better its telephoto lens is a two times zoom, which I get to use more often, and it also doesn't have a crazy camera module sticking way out of the body when it comes to performance. Of course, the note 20 ultra is a beast and mind you. I have the Enos 990 here, not the snapdragon 865 plus, which is sold in the US.

I use the phone for social media binging Netflix s, pen, jotting, pictures, slight image, editing and a bit of gaming. It has not failed me on a single front. I also like that. The note 20 ultra can connect and stay connected to my dual shock controller for some more serious gaming. Some android devices for some reason have trouble maintaining Bluetooth connectivity to PlayStation's dual shock controllers, but Samsung has a handle on that, and I appreciate it.

I also keep the note 20 ultra synced, to a windows' laptop, so I can transfer files between them and get my phone's notifications right on my computer. It works okay, it's a bit Jacky and slow to react sometimes, but it's useful to keep your eyes open. We might do a video on the windows link feature for the downline. The speaker of the note 20 ultra sounds pretty great. Now it's not the best right out of the box, but after a month of fiddling with the Dolby Atmos settings and the custom equalizer on here, I think I found my sweet spot here are my settings if you want to copy them to give you an idea of how much I like the sound from this thing, I haven't paired this phone with the Bluetooth speaker in my house, yet I just start my day, listening to Spotify straight from the note 20 ultra, which is pretty decent.

Lastly, let's talk about battery life on the note 20 ultra, it's not fantastic I'll stress once again that this is the Enos 990 version and that chip is notorious for draining more battery than the snapdragon 865 plus edition which is sold in the US. So how much do I get out of this battery? Well, I can last a day. Definitely, but the note 20 ultra has brought back my old percentage phobia from years ago. I get around 5 hours of screen on time for a day. If I happen to start my day off with some more active smartphone usage, I may be down to 60 battery around lunchtime, which is less than ideal for the new note, 20 ultra users out there don't worry, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

I can definitely say that the battery life I get now is a bit better than the battery life. I've been getting three weeks ago. Furthermore, I think it's because the phone is kind of learning my patterns of usage and doing some light battery saving. In the background, I can't be sure about that, though, still this is a phone for a person whose lifestyle allows them to get some charging throughout the day like if you work in an office, and you have a wireless charging puck right next to you, it will do fine, but taking it on that hike, uh, maybe not the best choice, but then again, why would you take a 1300 phone on a hike and that about does it for my month, with the Galaxy Note, 20 ultra, I love it. Some things about it bother me, but do the positives outweigh the negatives, I think, so maybe I would skip it for thirteen hundred dollars, but, let's be honest, Samsung phones very often have deals and offers running on them.

So if you can find this for 1k, it's definitely a solid purchase. What do you think about the Galaxy Note? 20 ultra, let us know in the comments down below don't forget to drop a like. Maybe subscribe and I'll see you next time. You.

Source : PhoneArena