The Galaxy Note line from Samsung is a great example of gadgets for which you don’t ask whether people ‘want’ it. After 10 odd years of Galaxy Notes — and the company has hiked prices every year — it’s evident that this particular stylus-wielding phone has takers, and millions of them.

The Galaxy Note Ultra is a $1,399 smartphone. Even by Samsung’s standards, this is a high-end luxury device. It’s the phone for people who board the plane early and derive a sense of pride in watching the rest of us slowly shuffle onto the plane, wondering just how close to the back we’ll get.

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Review: Priced upwards of Rs 1,04,999, this is a perfect upgrade for those on Note phones older than the N...

The Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is an impressive and forceful reconfiguration of the Android superphone goalposts and an assertive push for ultimate productivity and performance.

While the Note 20 Ultra 5G doesn't offer a huge leap forward from existing Notes and Galaxy S phones, it comes packed with the best specs around, is beautifully designed, and has one key feature that you can't really find anywhere else – that useful S Pen stylus.

Packed with powerful components; Giant; gorgeous-looking screen; The S Pen continues to improve

Costs a lot of money; Huge camera bump; Stock Android still superior

The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra camera is an incremental improvement of the great camera platform introduced with the Galaxy S20 Ultra, with noticeable improvements in low-light and zoom photography.

Excellent colors and, Incredible details, Natural color hues, Noticeably better noise-reduction vs; S20U, Excellent details preservation, The best zoom tested to date, Fewer filtering artefacts than competitors, Wider angle than some competitors, Excellent daylight quality

A 27MP resolution option would be great; Slow shutter speed; Nothing obvious; Not the absolute best in low-light

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra should easily knock out the competition. Instead, it's playing catch-up....

Solid display Good performance Sharp cameras High-quality hardware S Pen stylus Windows PC tie-in

Oversized Only average battery life Gets hot

At the time of testing, the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is one of the best smartphones available. The phablet shines in the test with a very bright AMOLED display, high system speed, a good and versatile camera, pleasing speakers, and a fancy design.

super-bright OLED display with HDR10; good speakers; S Pen; strong triple-camera setup; expandable storage; Wi-Fi 6; 5G; and eSIM; IP68 certification

slow microSD slot; 120 Hz only at Full HD; neither aptX HD nor aptX Adaptive; SoC policy

The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra feels a lot like a phone for the one percent -- and not just because it's expensive. It's because the things the Note 20 Ultra excels at, like note-taking tools and wireless desktop features won't really matter to most people.

Big fantastic screen; Excellent battery life; Top-of-the-range performance; Writing with the S Pen feels more immediate; Some new S Pen features are thoughtful

It’s expensive even by flagship standards; “Anywhere Actions” need some fine-tuning; Wireless DeX can be hit-or-miss; Cameras are solid but inconsistent

Features like the 120Hz display are fantastic and with Adaptive mode, you can enjoy it on the Note 20 Ultra without sabotaging your battery life, which is exactly the sort of refinement Note fans have waited for.

Versatile camera with excellent video; Vibrant 6.9-inch 120Hz display; Solid battery life; Improved S Pen; Most powerful Android processor

Pricey; Huge camera bump; Facial recognition fails at times