Galaxy Note 20 vs Galaxy Note 20 Ultra - You Might Be Surprised

I don't know, Kirk, am I crazy? Which image looks best here? For sure yes. Hmm, now it doesn't really make much sense because this is the premium model, it has the best refresh rate and it also has the highest pixel. density ah we finally have the new

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devices, man, the strings, the strings needed to be pulled, but they are here in the studio, so I'm happy because they are the

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20 and note 20

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non plus models, this year they changed it. around a little bit and that's why I have other devices on the table to talk about how we got here starting with the note 10 this thing uh this form factor disappeared that's your little note I don't know how popular this is The model was, but was your entry level note for last year, of course you had the plus model which is somewhere close to the s20

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in terms of scale, although you can tell it's a bit fatter there, so now it just doesn't It's like that. 20 and not 20 ultra and as you can see here there's actually not much difference in size, it's like 6.7 inches versus 6.9, but there is a big difference in the design, the ultra model has these curved edges, this more premium feel is actually the first phone to feature the new Gorilla Glass Victus, which has this improved scratch resistance.

The glass will be on the back and front of the device, so it's a nice little improvement. In contrast, the regular Note 20 couldn't be more different. one, I know you're looking at it on camera, you've seen it on videos and I don't know if anyone has told you yet, but this one doesn't have that premium feel, this one is made of plastic, that kind of look like broken glass, the kind of matte finish we've seen on other brands but it doesn't feel like that at all, it's not fooling anyone, in fact when Kirk picked up this phone he said it was a dummy phone and was being Honestly it has some sort of attribute of dummy phone and to be honest it's kind of surprising, considering the thousand dollar price tag, to have a feeling like that and I started thinking: Hadn't Samsung made a plastic back before and did it?

They did it better in the past and then I looked up this device here which is a budget device series from Samsung and it has a plastic back but it has a glossy finish which of course is of no use for fingerprints but when you touch it, it's tight, it's tight to the internal components, so you don't feel some kind of air gap when you touch this one, on the other hand, I don't know if this can change much for retail units, but as it is now, I'd say that's not a very impressive first impression for a thousand dollar device.

Now I should mention that since you see these other devices using back cases, you could put a back case on the Note 20 and we're already taking preliminary steps. orders of this ultra slim kevlar textured case, whether it's the note 20 or note 20 ultra, this one gives you a premium feel on its own with the glass, but then you have to deal with fingerprints and the regular note 20 series It just doesn't feel premium in my opinion and if you apply this texture there you can get a significant improvement, but I use these cases on any phone I use and I feel like it improves almost any texture, but in this case it's even more important because of that type. cheap vibe that it gives off now out of the back of the Note 20.

I like its scale. I actually don't even care about the square shape of the edges because I'm one of those people who cares about the unintentional. Pressures that sometimes happen with these aggressively curved screens. This isn't the most aggressive one I've ever seen, so it probably won't be a problem here, but if you look to the side, you see how thin the frame is. Well, it's one of those engineering marvels where you basically have glass going as far as possible and a minimized frame wherever possible. This one, of course, due to the ultra name, will have some additional features than the regular Note 20. series has a higher price so that's what you would expect you have a 50x zoom in this camera module you have 108 megapixels in this camera module in the main camera while the normal version this will only be a 64 megapixel camera on the main camera unit and it will only have a 30x zoom, so if you like zoom, I don't know what the right amount of range is while maintaining quality, the 100x zoom on the s20 ultra is not something I use frequently, although I do use this device frequently, so 50x will probably be enough for most users.

Another thing I should mention about the ultra model is huge, it's a huge hump, it's an absolute beast, it even looks like it. even higher than what you have on the s20 ultra and I don't know if Kirk can pick it up or show us what we're working with there, they are very close, but I will say that the new one turns out to be Now these two devices are higher, there is so much crossover that it is difficult to say which one is preferred, obviously they have a different design, the node series is a little more square, the camera design is a little narrower, this model adds the plus version of the snapdragon 865. which is more or less the chip you want right now if you're using an Android device, this new Note, the ultra model, also has 12 gigs of RAM, so it has those kind of powerful specifications and of course we can't forget that both models come with the s pen and if what you are looking for in 2020 is an s pen or any type of pen input, this is almost as good as the experience you can get with a pen on a mobile phone as it is now and both on the regular model . note 20 and note 20 ultra will ship with this now, although they both have this s pen, the latency of the pen which has been improved over the previous model, which will give you a really smooth experience, it is actually a little better on the ultra model, so that's another thing to keep in mind when deciding between the two.

Now we are looking at $9.99 to start for the regular Note 20 and then the Note 20 Ultra starts at $300 so it is very premium device and of course this comes at a time when we are in a time of pandemic , so it's a pretty high price for a smartphone and when you compare it to some of the recent releases like, for example, the pixel 4a, it's hard not to see this as expensive, it's expensive and it's premium and it's in its own category when you consider the fact that it's pretty much all you can get with the pen, so let's move on. and see some of the attributes here.

I'm going to start with the ultra model, maybe we'll do some kind of speaker showdown to see how they sound and determine which one is better, honestly it's a preference and then which one is the day before. Neither photo is bad, in fact the ultra model sounds better, no surprise there, they both sound good for smartphones I should say, but I'm going to give the edge to the ultra model for dialogue, maybe we'll throw up a little. some music real quick yeah, it's the same here dialogue music the ultra model is uh, it's on par with some of the best ones I've heard, you'd hope that at that price this one wouldn't be terrible, but it's not in the same league level, the other thing I just wanted to check out was uh, the hole punch, the infinity, oh actually this one looks like it needs a little more polish, oh interesting, that's max, though what am I crazy?

What's going on here? These screens actually look a little different. Not even close to this graph, let's see, can we 720p? Let's do that 720p. It's the same video on YouTube. Wow, the screen on the regular model looks better. Well, at least it looks more saturated. Let me check something really quick. The adaptive screen is the smoothness of movement. we know this one is different, I should actually mention the upgrade from the 120 hertz ultra model, so smoother operation is something a lot of people are looking for at this price, but obviously it's a different screen and it's in vivid mode as it currently is . in the vivid color setting and in center for white balance and let's go ahead and look at this device also in vivid and in center for white balance oh this is strange is it possible that the model that is not ultra have a nicer image?

More saturated image, look at that, I don't know if Kirk got a good shot, definitely the top camera should get a good shot, that's not what I expected at all now, it's just a picture, it's just a YouTube video, but I do not do it. I don't know, Kirk, am I crazy? Which image looks best here? For sure yes. Now it doesn't really make much sense because this is the premium model, it has the best refresh rate and it also has a higher pixel density. That's all. It looks a little duller than the typical Samsung screen in this image, let me mention it, but I don't know why we don't find another photo, something, uh, let's see here, okay, so some screen specs here just got brought up . to my attention 6.7 inches flat fhd plus super amoled plus infinity oh 2400 by 1080 hdr 10 plus certified 393 ppi that is this the cheap guide a normal note 20. that 6.9 edge quad hd plus dynamic amoled 2x infinity o display 3088 by 1440 496 ppi It's also HDR 10 plus certified, so what are we looking at here?

What's happening is vivid mode is not the same Kirk, why is my cheap phone brighter? Yes, there is less contrast. I don't know what this screen looks like, it looks less on the surface. It looks more like it's embedded under glass, like it's just lacking a bit of punch. I'm totally picky. They both look amazing. I mean, like they're Samsung screens, their flagship level screens, but uh, yeah, I'm a little

surprised

. compare these two and I don't know just to make them comparable you have a total you have a different price you have a different name you have a different spec you have a higher resolution yes that will make some people difficult decisions, I don't know for me personally, go back to 60 hertz is going to be a problem, but if I had to choose without considering the refresh rate and if I didn't care a ton about the maximum resolution, there is something I really like about the way the Note 20's normal screen is configured at the moment , these two units in front of me, but I know like I said, I'm picky, they are both great looking screens, but it's strange to find that the cheaper model is the nicer one. both, but like I said, I'm not necessarily going to choose it because the 60 hertz thing that you know I like, you know what I like, I like the upgrade, it's going to let you select adaptive or standard, that's it. everything you get and that's something that bothers me too.

I would like to lock it at 120 or lock it at 60. Now I know I guess the standard locks it at 60 but I want to be able to lock it at 120 as well and not have it just decide for me which other brands allow you to do this. I hope Samsung considers letting me do that too. The screen resolution here can be increased, so let's do it, maybe that will fix things well for good. the resolution improved, I mean, yes, but the image is still less impressive, it

might

be to someone's taste, but some people would probably be

surprised

to see them side by side.

You can see here the difference in infinity or the way infinity is applied or in each model it's quite a bit larger on the budget model and you have less screen that you're working with so the screen to body ratio is quite different between the two devices. differences between these you have 12 gigs of ram versus 8 gigs of ram both have the 865 plus chip if you get it in north america if you are not in north america you will get the exynos chip and I know a lot of people contacted me about this a lot of people are not happy with this because there is no option for the 865 plus in your region, I mean, that is the chip that is the aspirational chip in the Android universe at the moment, Samsung says they worked on it. the x and o stuff you like would be Samsung, but I think a lot of users would appreciate maybe even having the option to buy the Snapdragon model.

I understand it's more complicated, but I feel bad that I'm posting about the Note series. I'm using the 865 plus and other people tell me they're complaining, they say why can't I get what you have Lou and I say let Samsung give it to them if that's what they want, it's time for us to see these cameras hit the world floor famous is back a minute has passed but don't worry, don't worry, the plant doesn't survive. This object has never been presented as a model before. Is this what Vin uses to clean the sensors? Incredible, how are you? it's a combined effect look at this, the plant can be a lot of accessories look at that, okay, first let's look at the ultra model and as expected, the number of different settings here in the stock photo, three different camera lenses , we have the 0.5 the 1x and the 5x and we can continue from there up to 50x.

I'm looking at little chips on the table, so there are a lot of different options. There we will use the plant to get an idea of ​​the range of options. Here we have the ultra. wide followed by the 1x and 5x setting and the 50x setting, let's do that, let's try to get the knife, so obviously we have some pretty tremendous versatility here, I mean 50x indoors, what are we doing? What isthis dough? We're probably not going to use it. to use that now this on the other hand the 5x which is usable and quite detailed wow the standard camera the main camera should say that's all that's doing something for me which is quite nice, I'm cropping it is surprisingly once again now I don't know if is the screen or the image, but once again the green is not the most saturated for a Samsung screen camera combination and not Forget the ultra wide, I find it very useful and practical, it is all the scope and versatility represented in the department of cameras, it's all you really need in a smartphone camera, when you go further you start adding extra units, yeah they don't get used to it. largely, it's kind of bragging rights, so this camera setup has everything you need now, the other model, the other model is obviously doing something different with the zoom, it won't take the zoom as far and the main camera sensor is different, so let's do the same with ultra wide angle 1x 3x 30x, okay, the strange thing is that this 30x and the 50x in the other one are quite similar and equally useless in most cases, that's your 3x, that's a decent looking image of course.

Here is its main camera, its 1x, very nice, and its ultra wide angle. I see a slight change in the color balance between those two. I want to compare the main camera results of each of these two real quick, if you don't mind. The main camera units are becoming more and more interesting, it's important to note that there are multiple factors at play here, it's not simply the photo, you also have the attributes of the screen on the right. I have something that is a little warmer. I have something that if you look at the shadow detail here, you're preserving more data there, but you end up losing some of the depth in the black that you get here, I'm on this, this is not kind of crazy, but again and Part of this has to do with the screen, but if I'm just comparing these two I'll probably go with the one on the left, this one is more like iPhone performance, the way iPhones currently deal with the shadow department of photos , it's interesting. it's a matter of preference, they both look great now, the camera, the video camera, it's a completely different deal because these things shoot up to 8k at 24 frames per second, of course this will load in 4k, but let's try it anyway modes. let's see what the 16x9 8k behavior is like, at 7680 by 4320 resolution, let's do it and this will be a tremendous file size, obviously now we're working with 8k resolution on a smartphone in the past, these have been a bit susceptible to the micromovements.

There is so much detail in a smartphone and you are really asking for a lot, so sometimes you give up the stability and fluidity of your video stream, so it is an 8k video at 24 frames per second recorded on a smartphone with 8k resolution on a smartphone. You're also listening to me through the phone right now, so that should give you an idea of ​​the audio performance. Plus, that's pretty cool. You know, one thing that's been a problem for me on the previous model, especially out of the box. before it was updated a couple of times, the ultra s20 ultra model I was using for a while, my SIM card was there for at least a couple of months and one of the big drawbacks for me was the autofocus in video and also in high resolutions.

This is my first sample of Ak. It was pretty good with autofocus. Now I think I should emphasize it a little more. Let's try this again. Okay, this is test number two. I'm curious about the autofocus on this thing, especially this one. really high resolution, so I'll hold my hand in front of the camera and see how quickly the focus changes. Oh yeah, it's definitely sped up from the previous model. Now I'll just grab a different phone here. put that in front try something else yeah and back to the plant oh they did it they did it did you know kirk they did it now you didn't expect them to do it you thought it was a speck you thought it was just us?

We could do ak, we could do 8k, that's how the meeting went, it was like a jingle and we were able to do 8k, yes we were able to do 8k, no, they actually ran it, it's not like my first attempt with the s20 ultra, there was once, this is a It's a different story now, the thing can focus automatically, so now it's really useful. I

might

have to get out all these professional cameras quickly, including the one you're holding there, it'll be all note 20 ultras 8k 24 frames per second, you know. I'm kidding, Kirk, you can answer.

It's just a joke, but it's still a very good thing. I'm not surprised. I expected these to be chamber actors. I expected them to be premium. One of them feels really premium. The other one not so much. I have a limited amount of time here to evaluate these things and these are not retail units so you know some things could change, particularly in the area of ​​color balance and what appears to be a slightly nicer saturated image found in the cheapest version. two models that could change a little, but that's what I'm seeing here right now.

Camera versatility is a little better on the ultra model. The power is a little better in the ultra model. The speakers are a little better in the ultra model. I modeled the refresh rate a little better on the ultra model, but as you saw in this video, there are a couple of areas where I actually prefer the non-ultra model and I would say, hey, save 300 bucks, that's actually what only thing I don't do. What I don't like is the plastic bag, but I already told you how you can fix it. All you have to do is choose a back case for yourself, which is something I use on all my phones anyway, that's the s20 ultra, but you know.

I'm doing the same thing right now on the oneplus 8 pro, but I think this one is actually out of stock right now, but anyway, if you get the non-ultra version of the new note, you might want to check that it's in pre-order right now and in fact we also launched another new product which is this one here. Additional unboxing. This is the latest case for the Airpods Pro and could you please check if it fits? Everything is very elegant. It is very precise. This just happened before. Order too, buttons still have access, goes on nice and easy and doesn't come off.

It's a permanent installation and it protects, and you also know that it adds a certain style to your airpods pro when you put them on. together, I mean, check it out, although it's a Samsung, so some people might not be happy with it, but I think it looks good, to be honest, designed in Canada, made from ultra-thin kevlar, featherweight 0.6 millimeters, 6 grams of superior texture, more resistant than steel. 5x magnets. also in the 100 Dupont Kevlar packaging you open it and look at the presentation yes, we improved, we listened to the criticism, it's a work in progress, that's the beauty of it, you can follow it as things happen and it won't really be any different.

For these two models that just came out, I have to say that I think Samsung is doing some good things, however, I have to reiterate that these are some premium tickets, some premium price tags in 2020, when people are being quite sensitive to the costs and you'll really have to have that extra money to look at a flagship or really want that stylus functionality, otherwise you might be looking a little closer at something like the pixel 4a and yeah, that thing finally showed up so I'm going to record that video. right now and maybe even compare it to some of my findings in this, this unbox therapy episode was brought to you by nordvpn, that's my VPN of choice.

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