The Galaxy Note 20, Note 20 Plus and rumored Note 20 Ultra could be the best Android phones yet.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 20, the Galaxy Note 20 Plus and a possible Galaxy Note 20 Ultra are the most anticipated Android phones of the year.
The Galaxy Note 20 will face stiff competition this fall from the new iPhone 12 lineup, but based on all of the leaks and rumors we've seen, Samsung is poised to deliver some of the best big phones yet.
Here’s everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Note 20 Plus and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra so far, including the phone's potential release date, price, specs and features.
The Galaxy Note 20 is rumored to have a display ranking from 6.4 inches to 6.7 inches, and the Galaxy Note 20 Plus would have a 6.9-inch display.
The most recent evidence of the possible existence of a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra comes via a Bluetooth certification for the device, original spotted by MySmartPrice. .
The Galaxy Note 20 could very well come in multiple models, similar to the Galaxy S20 lineup.
They show the possible design for the Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Note 20 Plus and Galaxy Note 20 Plus Ultra.
Each design features Samsung's Infinity-O display, but Windows United says that Samsung could go even bigger with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, surpassing 7 inches for the screen.
A post by phone leaker Ice Universe said that there will be two Note 20 models — a Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Plus, which would be keeping with Samsung's recent history with the Note lineup.
However, more recently, an image of a Bluetooth certification listing for a supposed Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was published by MySmartPrice, indicating a third Samsung phablet may be in the cards for 2020.
A series of renders from Dutch blog LetsGoDigital, produced in cooperation with mockup designer Concept Creator, imagines a Note 20 that borrows cues from Samsung phablets new and old.
With the Note 10 series, Samsung introduced in-screen, ultrasonic fingerprint sensors that were a bit more sophisticated than the optical scanners used by most devices.
This is a mold for an inlay for the official Samsung Galaxy Note 11 (Plus) LED View Cover.
That could be a hint that the Note 20 is adopting the Galaxy S20 series’ imaging stack, with a triple-lens setup for the base Note 20 and perhaps the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s quad-lens setup (complete with a 108MP lens) for the Note 20 Plus or Ultra.
The Note series typically gets the latest Galaxy S cameras with slight improvements, so this upgrade seems within the realm of possibility.
A subsequent tweet from Ice Universe in May claimed that the Galaxy Note 20 won't have the Space Zoom camera featured on the Galaxy S20 Ultra earlier this year.
(Photos zoomed in at 100x look pretty blurry, unless you have a tripod to minimize shake.) We're hopeful that if it can't have the Space Zoom telephoto lens, the Note 20 will at least adopt the 64MP sensor that the Galaxy S20 Plus uses for its telephoto lens.
Even without the Space Zoom camera, the Galaxy Note 20 would still have the 108MP main camera found on the S20 Ultra.
To that end, IceUniverse has posted alleged camera specs for the Galaxy Note 20 Plus, the larger of the two upcoming phones.
It appears from that image that Samsung will use a periscope-style lens for the Note 20's telescope shooter.
Leaked benchmarks show the Galaxy Note 20 topping the Galaxy S20 Ultra in Geekbench 5 testing.
If there's no Snapdragon 865 Plus available, though, Samsung could turn to one of its own chips to power the Galaxy Note 20.
ZDNet Korea claims it's "highly likely" that Samsung will use a new Exynos 992 chipset in the Note 20 if the Snapdragon 865 Plus doesn't emerge.
The entire Galaxy S20 lineup introduced earlier this year supports 5G, and Samsung will almost certainly follow suit with its new phablets.
The S Pen remains one of the marquee features for the Galaxy Note lineup, so it's no surprise that the Galaxy Note 20 is expected to introduce new capabilities to the S Pen.
A report from Galaxy Club said that the standard Galaxy Note 20 will get a 4,000 mAh battery, which is a notable upgrade from the Galaxy Note 10's 3,500 mAh battery.
It's not clear what the Galaxy Note 20 Plus could get, but it's possible it could borrow the 4,500 mAh pack from the Galaxy S20 Plus or the even bigger 5,000 mAh battery from the Galaxy S20 Ultra.
Another Galaxy Club report indicated that Samsung is going with the 4,500 mAh battery for the Galaxy Note 20 Plus.
If true, that's an upgrade from the Galaxy Note 10 Plus, but still smaller than the Galaxy S20 Ultra's battery.
5G across the board: Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series is its first to support 5G connectivity out of the gate for every model, and we’d like to see the Note series follow suit. We'd say the likelihood of this, given the Note line's stature atop Samsung's range of handsets, is pretty high
Galaxy Note 20 comparison is an apt one, as the new phones from Apple and Samsung generally launch within weeks of each other
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