8 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020NEWS 3 REASONS TO BUY A NOTE 20 & 3 REASONS NOT TO
THE GALAXY NOTE 20’S
PROCESSOR IS FASTER
THAN THE S20’S...
For the first time since Samsung has
been using Snapdragon processors in
the United States, the Galaxy Note
has a faster processor than the Galaxy
S. Samsung has opted to outfit the
Galaxy Note 20 with the Snapdragon
865+ processor, which brings a 10
percent boost in speed and graphics.
Whether that translates into a
performance boost that you can feel
is another story, but anyone who buys
a Note 20 will have the best chip
Samsung ever shipped....BUT THE GALAXY
NOTE 20 HAS LESS RAM
Like the Galaxy S20, the Galaxy Note
20 Ultra is loaded with 12GB of speedy
LPDDR5 RAM, but that’s not the case
for the Galaxy Note 20. The “cheaper”
Note 20 only has 8GB of RAM, so you
won’t be able to keep as many apps
open at one time or lock any of them to
the RAM for instant loading. Granted,
8GB is plenty for a phone—and the
Ultra still has 12GB of RAM—but if
you’re paying the same price, you’d
expect the same RAM.THE GALAXY NOTE 20
HAS A NEW SPEEDY S
PEN STYLUS...
The main reason for the existence of the Note
line is its onboard S Pen stylus, and Samsung
has made it even better on the Galaxy NoteThe Note 20 (right) is just a little smaller than the Note 20
Ultra but it’s missing a lot of features.The new Notes app gives the Note 20’s S Pen super writing
and drawing powers.