Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra vs Galaxy Note 20: What's the difference?

 


(Pocket-lint) - Two new versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note were launched by Samsung earlier in 2020 - the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and the regular Galaxy Note.

As fans of the series will remember, Samsung offered two sizes of this phone in 2019, taking the Note 10 smaller as the larger size model while pushing the Note 10+. In fact, while the 'standard' model slipped into a smaller and more affordable place, it was the Note 10+ that was the true successor to the Note crown.

The distance between the Note 20 and the Ultra model in 2020 has widened. Here's how they compare themselves.

Design

  • Note 20 Ultra: 164.8 x 77.2 x 8.1mm, 208g Gorilla Glass 7
  • Note 20: 161.6 x 75.2 x 8.3mm, 192g, polycarbonate back
When it comes to two phones in the same family, never has so much been written about design. In the past, between standard and plus versions, Samsung has always offered most of the same design. With the launch of the S20 Ultra, that has changed - and the Note 20 Ultra is also different from the standard Note 20.

While it is to be expected that the size difference is because the displays are a different size, the design itself is also very different. There are flattened ends and square corners on the Note 20 Ultra, while the Note 20 has softer curved corners.

Instead of glass, the Note 20 also switches to a plastic back - or 'glasstic' as Samsung calls it. This is quite a step, given that Samsung has for some time been using glass for its rear panels. It also means that the Note 20 is placed very differently from the Note 20 Ultra, with the much more premium model being the Ultra.

Display 

  • Note 20 Ultra: 6.9in, 3088 x 1440 pixel (496ppi), 120Hz
  • Note 20: 6.7in, 2400 x 1080 pixels (393ppi), 60Hz 
Although the screens are of a different scale, there is also a major technological gap. With a 120Hz refresh rate and Quad HD+ resolution, the Ultra gets a 6.9-inch AMOLED display. This is about as much of a flagship as you can find.

The Note 20 screen has the same display as the Note 10 Lite screen. This is a 6.7-inch AMOLED Full HD+ at 60Hz and flat - so the signature curved edges of Samsung's flagship are missing.

It's a pretty big difference, although the lower resolution or refresh rate won't matter to those who will be there. What is important is that it still provides the features of the S Pen on a monitor that is wide and that is a Galaxy Note family hallmark.

What is different from previous years is that, like the Note 10 offered, which was 6.3 inches, the Note 20 does not get the smaller display.

Hardware

  • Note 20 Ultra: Qualcomm SD865 Plus or Exynos 990, 8GB/12GB RAM, 128GB/256GB/512GB storage, 4500mAh
  • Note 20: Qualcomm SD865 Plus or Exynos 990, 8GB RAM, 128GB/256GB storage, 4300mAh
We are returning to some form of parity between the two Note models when it comes to the core hardware. Both are powered by either the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus or the Exynos 990, as we've previously seen from Samsung, clearly utilizing Qualcomm in certain regions and Exynos in others.

In the LTE model and 12 GB RAM in the 5G model, the Ultra comes with 8 GB of RAM and the Note 20 sticks to 8 GB in each, reinforcing the different placement of these phones. Depending on LTE or 5G, storage choices vary too.

The Note 20 LTE comes with 256 GB of storage in one package, while the 5G model is provided with 128 GB and 256 GB options, all depending on the area. The Note 20 Ultra comes with storage options of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB in the 5G model and storage options of 256GB and 512GB in the LTE model, again depending on the area. As the Note 10+ did, only the Ultra provides microSD support for storage expansion.

The Note 20 Ultra has a capacity of 4500mAh when it comes to batteries, while the Note 20 has a capacity of 4300mAh, so the smaller Note 20 gets better endurance than the Ultra, due to lower battery hardware requirements.

Cameras

  • Note 20 Ultra
    • Main: 108MP f/1.8
    • Ultra-wide: 12MP f/2.2
    • Zoom: 12MP f/3.0 5x, 50X SpaceZoom
  • Note 20
    • Main: 12MP f/1.8
    • Ultra-wide: 12MP f/2.2
    • Zoom: 64MP f/2.0 3x, 30X SpaceZoom
If you're a fan of Samsung, then the cameras on these devices may look familiar. They are identical to the load-out on the S20 Ultra and S20 models at first glance, but the S20 Ultra's 48-megapixel zoom has been exchanged for a 12-megapixel zoom, which now gives you 50X zoom instead of the S20 Ultra's 100X zoom with 5x optics.

A decent camera load-out is also obtained by the standard Note 20. With a 12-megapixel main sensor with wide pixels, it has a device very similar to the Galaxy S20. It also provides zoom, but only digital 30X - which is 3x optical. The 64-megapixel sensor is used here to allow 8K video capture (as it did on the S20), while the Ultra uses an 8K 108-megapixel sensor.

An ultra-wide camera is also offered on both phones, which is the same. Both also have the same 10-megapixel selfie camera on the edge.

What's obvious here is that this is an environment where Samsung doesn't seem to go too far with the Note 20. Sure, it's not the same as the Ultra, but then raising the resolution only so that you can blend pixels back to 12-megapixels doesn't make a better camera instantly - a lot of the computation behind the lens can come down to it and it's almost the same in that regard.

Summing up 


This year, the two Galaxy Note 20 models are drastically different, with Samsung apparently trying to open up a wider gap than it did in 2019 between these two products. That may be a result of the receipt of the Galaxy Note 10, or the Galaxy Note 10 Lite.

The Note 20 captures some of the offerings of the Note 10 Lite, but sticks to some of the premium features of the core hardware and the camera. This is somewhat mirrored in the handset's price. The larger display is much more useful for the S Pen, even without the top specs.

Rather, the Note 20 Ultra is more predictable. It is the real flagship with a high matching price and the best of everything that Samsung has to offer. That's what the Galaxy Note should be at its heart, but we think that's what's motivated Samsung to make the standard Note 20 a little more ordinary with so many big screen - cheap - phones around.

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