10 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020NEWS 3 REASONS TO BUY A NOTE 20 & 3 REASONS NOT TO
could be one of Samsung’s longest-lasting
flagships in years....BUT THE EXACT SAME
CAMERA AS THE GALAXY
S
While Samsung has added laser autofocus
and refined the Space Zoom system on the
Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, the camera on the
Galaxy Note 20 is identical to the one on the
S20 released in March:
Camera 1: 12MP ultra-wide (
degrees), f/2.
Camera 2: 12MP wide, f/1.8, OIS
Camera 3: 64MP telephoto, f/2.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The Galaxy S20 has one of the best cameras
this side of the iPhone 11 Pro, so the Galaxy
Note 20 will take fantastic photos with very
little effort. Still, it would have been nice to
get a new feature or two.started as a full dock turned into a charging
pad, then a cable, and now you don’t need
any extra equipment at all. If you have a TV or
monitor with Miracast support, you can beam
your Galaxy Note 20 to it with just a tap....BUT THE GALAXY NOTE
20’S SCREEN IS SLOWER
THAN THE S20’S
The Galaxy S20 was Samsung’s first 120Hz
phone, and we naturally assumed it would
also come to the Galaxy Note 20. We were
wrong. While the higher-priced Note 20
Ultra has a fast 120Hz screen, the cheaper
Note 20 has the old 60Hz one. And while
it’s a good deal larger than the S20 (6.
inches versus 6.2 inches), it also has a lower
resolution.THE GALAXY NOTE 20
HAS A BIG BATTERY...
The Galaxy Note 20 has a
6.7-inch display and 5G
onboard, so it’s going to need
a big battery to make it
through the day. Samsung has
fitted the Note 20 with a
4,300mAh battery, about 10
percent bigger than the
4,000mAh battery inside the
Galaxy S20. That might not
seem like much, but with
fewer pixels and a 60Hz
screen, the Galaxy Note 20The Galaxy S20 has the exact same camera as the Note 20—and a
very similar bump.