almost everything you want, for a price you don't

After big marketing fanfare around the new photographic capabilities of the S20 Ultra, the end results were slightly disappointing. For the Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, Samsung engineers have tweaked the camera setup again, opting for a different sensor and lens configuration for the tele-camera and...

Vivid and pleasant color; Accurate target exposure and wide dynamic range; Acceptable level of detail; Good detail in long-range zoom shots; Accurate exposure and white balance in ultra-wide shots; Good exposure and color in very low light night scenes; High detail in flash portraits; Accurate...

Visible noise; especially in low light; Inaccurate white balance measurements under some lab conditions; Autofocus instabilities under benchmark lab conditions; Strong fusion artifacts in medium- and close-range zoom shots; Visible noise and artifacts in ultra-wide shots; Autofocus instabilities in...

Samsung Galaxy Note series has always been the best of what the company got to offer. And with the Galaxy Note 20 series-- Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, it’s the same story.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is the most versatile big-screen phone yet, making it best for power users who are willing to pay a premium. The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is nearly the pinnacle of Android phablets — and it should be for $1,299.

Dynamic 6.9-inch 120Hz display, Smoother S Pen performance, Streams Xbox games, Powerful 50x zoom camera and laser autofocus, Very good battery life

Expensive, Camera bump is pretty big, Curved display can annoy at times

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is big, bold and brash. It features almost every top-end spec you could want on a premium smartphone, and going on first impressions it looks capable of competing with the cream of the Android crop and Apple’s best iPhones, although we’ll need to test it more...

Top of the line specs; Strong design

Big for the hand; Oddly dated ‘fast’ charging tech

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has a good chance of being at the top of the list of the best smartphones of 2020, and the hardware is fantastic, and Samsung has also done a great job on the software side, especially when it comes to security features and S-pen operation.

Successful camera setup; Unbeatable pen handling; Great; high-end equipment; Chic design (new colors!)

Incredibly expensive; Stupid marketing

A faster processor and upgraded stylus is all Samsung can muster in these strange times...

Picking up a Galaxy Note 20 or Note 20 Ultra from Samsung? We have 10 things you NEED to do once you open up that box.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G sports excellent design, a stunning screen, impressive imaging capabilities and a best-in-class manual video camera - and its pen is excellent too.

Excellent stills and video camera; Premium design; Stunning screen; S Pen is class-leading; Smooth performance

Aggressive auto mode processing; Inconsistent battery results; Occasional heating issues; Expensive; Occasional accidental presses

The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is Samsung’s best phone to date, but it launches at a time when expensive superphones look like lavish exuberance, not must-haves. That’s not to say the £1,179 price-tag is actually that expensive in the high-priced world of top-end smartphones that scale to £2,000.