Samsung Galaxy Note 20 vs Ultra | Full Tour & Comparison By Tech Spurt

At Samsung's latest unpacked extravaganza. We had our first glimpse of a whole heap of new galaxy gizmos and the stars of the show were undoubtedly these two big buggers here, the note 20 and the note 20 ultra, both of Samsung's big new blows, will be released here in the UK and globally on August, the 21st and neither could be successfully described as cheap. The Galaxy Note 20 will cost you from 849 pounds, while the ultra costs from 1179 quid. In other words, the note 20 is a kidney and a lung and for the ultra you'll need to chuck in a few gold teeth as well. But if you love your smartphones to be large and shiny with a bit of bonus s pen, action on the side, then the Samsung Galaxy note 20 series will definitely scratch that itch with quite a few upgrades compared with last year's note 10. So what actually is the difference between the note 20 and the note 20 ultra, and is that big, father really worth an upgrade? Well, here's a full in-depth look at the specs and features you know exactly which one might be best for you and if you're on the latest greatest star, please do put subscribe and hitting that notifications bell cheers now on the design side of things.

Not much has changed compared with the note 10 series from last year, you'll once again get a glass finish on both phones as usual, and while the note 20 is suitably tough with its gorilla glass 5 curtains, that's been upgraded to the latest gorilla glass Vitus on the note 20 ultra and while Vitus may sound like some sort of comedy roman centurion. It's actually the toughest thing not to come out at Glasgow able to withstand a two-meter drop onto a hard surface without showing any signs of damage. It's basically just like Jason, stat ham and Minnie Jones had some sort of infeasible love child, and you know the Vitus has to be good because corny tests it out with the expertly titled mega slapper, and let me tell you I've dated a few of them in my time. So if you're, a bit of a butterfingers or your previous Samsung smartphones, have ended up coated in scratches and chips, then maybe the Galaxy Note 20 ultra is the one for you now, both of Samsung's new notes boast an edge-to-edge display as usual other one. The standard note, 20 Samsung, has shied away from the usual distinctive edge curvature, which makes sense to me that flat screen will work better for sketch and antics as well as gaming, on the go.

But if you do still love that bit of curvature, no worries the ultra model delivers those bendy edges with gusto the standard. Note 20 comes in a choice of three colors. You've got your signature, mystic bronze effort, which is very lovely indeed. You've also got a mystic gray and a mystic green version. Meanwhile, the ultra model comes in three different colors as well: mystic bronze, mystic, black and mystic white.

So go with a bit of a mystic theme for the note 20 series there: here's hoping the good old mystic meg comes out of retirement for the adverts and yeah. That is a really obscure reference that probably only about five percent of you will actually understand, but watch it'll still make the final edit and, as you'd expect from a naught device. Those screens are absolute whoppers. You get a 6.7 inches on the note 20 and that's boosted to a 6.9 inch on the ultra very satisfying. Indeed, it's full dynamic, AMOLED tech as usual brighter than ever before, and those colors are super punchy.

You got full HDR smarts too, for nice, strong contrast and natural looking colors and as usual, you got full customization in the display settings you can tinker around with the likes of the color output. However, a few media buffs the ultra- does have the superior screen of the pair starting with the resolution, because, while the standard note 20 tops out at full, HD plus the ultra can be bumped all the way up to who, plus for really crisp visuals watch them side by side. You can definitely notice the difference and, while the note 20 sadly tops off at a 60 hertz refresh rate, the ultra could be boosted all the way up to 120 hertz, although, as with the s20 flagship phones, you can only jump up to 120 if you drop the resolution to full HD plus. It is definitely a real shame that the standard Galaxy Note 20 doesn't offer even a 90 hertz refresh rate like a lot of mid-range smartphones like the motor, g5g plus and the OnePlus words. Now do hell.

Even the Realme x55g costs just 300 pounds and yet offers a 120 hertz refresh rate and yeah. It's not an essential feature by any means, but just makes everything feel that a little smoother and just gives you the idea that the performance is that much better and if you're into your gaming you'll also enjoy the ultra, because it's got a 240 hertz touch response rates, all those ports and swipes and everything will be immediately registered, definitely great for those life or death, instant reaction situations or the likes of PUBG mobile. Now the good news is both phones are only impeded by the dinkiest of selfie cam orifices, which once again stare at you from dead center and both phones, of course, once again. Unsurprisingly, sport, an in-display fingerprint sensor of the ultrasonic variety and no surprises that it seems incredibly responsive. You've also got full face.

Recognition support as well, although that is slightly less useful in the current plain climate here in blight, will unfortunately get Samsung's on exodus.990 platforms stuffed inside the same chipset used in the galaxy s20 flagship phones, while our lucky chums over in the states and various other regions. You'll get Qualcomm snapdragon 865 platforms instead, which overall is more efficient for improved performance and battery life. The standard note 20 comes in just one flavor. As far as the spec score. You've got eight gigs of ram plus 256 gigs of storage and, sadly, no expandability via micros, the ultra bumps that up to a whopping, 12 gigabytes of ram, you get 256 gigs of storage.

In the standard version you can throw more cash at Samsung to double that, to 512 gigs of storage and with the ultra. You also get the added bonus of micros memory card support as well up to one terabyte inside, so you can really pack that thing full of whatever you want. However, with the stun the note 20, you do get a choice of whether you want just bog-standard 4g or whether you want a nice bit of future proofing with 5g as well, which again will cost you a little more, although the rest of the specs stay the same with that 5g model. In the case of the note 20 ultra, it's just 5g all the way it's sub 6 in all cases, and you also get a nice bit of Wi-Fi 6 support on there as well. On the battery front, you get a respectable 4, 300 William cell on the naught 20 and a slight boost to a 4 500 William capacity battery on the ultra, which isn't quite as big as the 5 000 William whopper of the s20 ultra, but hopefully it'll still keep you going for an intensive day.

You get a pretty standard form of fast charging with both of these smartphones as well. You get around 50 charge in 30 minutes, so nothing too trouser moistening, but certainly not bad, and you've also got full support for 15 watt wireless charging and, of course, Samsung's power share feature is back on board as well, so you can slap your Galaxy Buds or whatever else on the back of it, and they will wirelessly charge on the go and, of course, these wouldn't be naught smartphones without a good bit of s pen, action and that s pen has been upgraded from last year as well. So now you've got a latency of just nine milliseconds down from 40 on the note 10, which is ideal for sketch and hi jinks. It really does feel impressively natural when you switch that ultra fine tip on the note 20s display the usual air actions are once again in place as well, complete with full customization on what each action actually does. Just push that dinky button on the side of the stylus and wave the s pen like I want and thy will be done, and both of these phones come with the Samsung notes.2 apps, which supports Samsung's, notes, sync feature and what that means is. Basically all of your documents will be saved immediately to the cloud, so you can access them from any other device, PC smartphone whatever using your Samsung account, you can import a range of file types, including PDFs and annotate them before sharing them as PDF word, docs and now even PowerPoint slideshows as well, and I really like the auto straighten feature as well, which is pretty handy, that'll, sort out any messily scribbled notes, and you can attach voice recording synced with your annotations too, and as you'd expect from such premium smartphones.

Both of the note 20s are absolutely stuffed to the gills with more awesome bonus bits for one they'll. Both support the Xbox game pass ultimate subscription service, which will allow you to stream over a hundred console quality games. Direct from the cloud onto your Galaxy Note, device complete with full support for the Xbox controller, and the ultra model also supports Samsung's new point to share feature which uses the same ultra-wide band tech found in the Apple iPhone 11. This allows you to vaguely point your ultra and another compatible device and instantly share files or whatever you want so pretty similar on the feature front there, but you do get different chunks of camera hardware, depending on which Galaxy Note, 20 handsets you nab, and you can tell the ultra- has got to be better because it's a proper chunky, beast slap there on the back end, so the not 20s 12 megapixel primary lens is replaced with a mega 108 megapixel shooter on the ultra, but both have a 12 megapixel ultra-wide angle, lens the ultra sports, a 12 megapixel telephoto lens, offering five times: optical zoom. While the standard note just uses a 64, megapixel lens for distant shots and then crops in so well with the ultra, you can do a 50 times zoom the standard note 20 tops off at 30 times now the hardware might be a bit different, but crucially, a lot of the camera features and the camera experience in general is basically the same.

You've got the same, upgraded laser order, focus on both of these notes for superfast focusing and that certainly seemed to work. A treat in my hands on session. Good old single take from the s20 is back in action again, although it's now customizable, so you can set it between five and 15 seconds, and you get plenty of other camera features slapped on both the note 20 and the note 20 ultra as usual. It's the same lineup on both, however, as usual with Samsung smartphones. It's the video chops, where it really impresses in your standard video mode.

You can shoot up to 4k resolution video at either 30 or 60 frames per second. Meanwhile, skipping between the different lenses and capturing sharp detailed photos at the same time, and you've also got a hdr10 plus option too, when the lighting conditions really suck bums. However, the pro video mode is where it's all at in this mode. You can once again capture up to 8k resolution home movies, but now in a 21x9 cinematic format, as well as the standard, 16x9 and you've, also got complete control over the audio capture, while you're filming. So you can record sound coming from all directions or concentrate solely on audio in front or behind the phone, and I really love the new super intuitive and super smooth zoom feature as well, which allows you to slowly pan in and out of a shot or just crash zoom to your heart's content.

I think any button cinematographers who don't want to splash out on a crazy DSLR or anything like that, will definitely get a major kick out of those note 20 handsets and if you're into your Instagram, it's a 10 megapixel selfie snapper on both the note 20 and the note 20 ultra and there you have it. That's how the note 20 and the note 20 ultra stacks up for specs features and everything else you need to know ahead of my in-depth reviews, certainly so far looks like some very premium tech. It's a bit of a shame. The note 20, as I say it, lacks the 120 hertz display who plus resolution things like that, but which one are you most tempted by this is what I'm really looking forward to here, and definitely please slap your comments down below poke subscribe during that notification. Bell, if you haven't already, and I'll be bringing you lots more sexy, Samsung content in the near future.

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