The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra cements Samsung's place as one of the best phone makers in the world delivering a stunning display, great camera and a wealth of S Pen productivity perks

Bronze colour is really nice, and adds a matte finish ; S Pen even more responsive than ever ; Really good triple camera; The best looking phone around;

Battery life, on Exynos version, isn’t good; Screen resolution limits are annoying;

Go big or go home. That’s always been Samsung’s motto with the Galaxy Note series, and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is its biggest effort yet. The screen is even larger than last year’s Galaxy Note 10 Plus, and there’s also more power, more features, and more technology — all aimed at improving productivity and increasing its media capabilities. Your wallet had better be bigger too, as the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra starts at $1,299. Samsung’s approach to outdoing the competition is simple: Beat them into submission by offering everything a phone buyer could possibly want, in a phone that will last for years. Pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable in terms of device size and price, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra claims the top Android option among the best smartphones this year, even outdoing the Galaxy Note 10 Plus — a phone we called the best Android phone of 2019. Updated on September 23, 2020: After several software updates following release, I used the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra for another week. ...

Massive 120Hz screen looks great; S Pen is unique and handy; Versatile camera; Future-proofed hardware and software; Full-day battery even with heavy use;

Big and heavy; Security features are finicky;

How does this large-screen, productivity-focused flagship smartphone stand out in a crowded market, photography wise? Andy Westlake finds out

Useful set of lenses ultra-wide, wide and telephoto, Huge, beautiful 6.9in screen, Straightforward, intuitive camera app, Images look attractive on social media, Handy S-Pen stylus can be used as a remote release

DNG raw files can only be recorded from main camera, May be too large for some users, Pricey

The Galaxy Note is an unusual smartphone for one reason, and one reason only in 2020: its stylus, the beloved S Pen. And while everything else about it feels incredibly familiar, it's impossible to deny that no other phone can scratch the very particular itch Samsung does with the Note.

Display It's huge, it's bright, it's vivid, and has adaptive 120Hz refresh. In any practical sense, this is the best smartphone display on the planet right now., S Pen Lowering the latency to 9ms has a noticeable effect, and makes the S Pen feel significantly more realistic to scribble with (even if...

Cameras, again Samsung's processing is not for everyone, and while the periscope camera is good, it still has drawbacks, like its strangely soft optics. The 50x zoom claim is also nonsense.

The Apple iPhone 14 is no match for the just-released iPhone 14 Pro, but if you ignore that, it’s one of the most effective phones around.

Great cameras, front and back, Fast performance, Good battery life, Innovative safety features

Design too familiar, Some average features

The iPhone 14 isn’t much of an upgrade over the iPhone 13, but it’s still a great device and an upgrade for anyone coming from the iPhone 11 or older.

Great camera, Good battery, Emergency features are cool, Still excellent performance

Display could use some upgrades

Apple has given select media outlets and YouTubers access to the new iPhone 14 ahead of when it begins arriving in customers' hands on Friday, September 16. There are two models of the ‌iPhone‌ 14, the standard 6.1-inch ‌iPhone‌ 14 and the larger 6.7-inch ‌iPhone‌ 14 Plus.

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.