Samsung Galaxy Note 20

The **Samsung Galaxy Note 20** and **Galaxy Note 20 Ultra** are a line of Android phablets designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics for its Samsung Galaxy Note series. It was announced on 5 August 2020 with the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds Live, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7. This was during Samsung's Unpacked Event with shipment starting on 21 August 2020. It was the last model in the Galaxy Note series. Samsung started to make its Note series into its S series "Ultra" models, starting with the Galaxy S22 Ultra.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of the phablets was streamed online via Samsung's online platforms and channels. At the event, Samsung said that they would have support for 5G network and that their pens would have 4x better reaction speed than the other generations. The Note 20s does not feature a "+" model.

### Hardware

The Note 20 series come with a 120 Hz refresh rate display that uses energy efficient technology called _“LTPO”_.

Like the S20 Ultra, the Note 20 series might not have a curved display and will feature a totally flat display. A 6.42 inch display (2345×1084) is also rumored for the Note 20 whereas a 6.87 display (3096×1444) is rumored for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra with a 20:9 aspect ratio for all phones. The Note 20 series is rumored to be equipped with faster 45W charging capabilities and a higher-capacity non-user-replaceable batteries. Up to 128 GBs of storage is rumored for the Note 20 whereas 256/512GBs of storage is for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra. It is expected that a Snapdragon 865/Exynos 992 octa-core processor will power all three phablets and either 8GBs or 12GBs of RAM will hold memory for each.

More progressive biometrics and faster RAM storage are also some rumored specifications for the phablets. All three phablets are rumored to come with 5G standard connectivity. Bluetooth certification listing might also be a first for the three phablets.

### Cameras

The Note 20 series is rumored to become equipped with a more improved camera system than that of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra .

## Related pages

- Samsung Galaxy Note 10
- Samsung Galaxy S20

## Other websites

- GALAXY FOLD 2, GALAXY NOTE 20 LAUNCH CONFIRMED 04-30-2020

## Infobox (mobile phone)

- **name**: Samsung Galaxy Note 20
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
- **codename**: Canvas, c1, c2
- **logo**: Samsung Galaxy Note20 wordmark.svg
- **image**: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 front.png
- **caption**: **Left**: Galaxy Note 20
**Right**: Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
- **brand**: Samsung
- **manufacturer**: Samsung Electronics
- **slogan**: _The power to work and play._
- **series**: Samsung Galaxy Note series, Galaxy Note
- **modelnumber**: **International models:**
SM-N980x (Note 20 LTE)
SM-N981x (Note 20 5G)
SM-N985x (Note 20 Ultra LTE)
SM-N986x (Note 20 Ultra 5G)
(Last letter varies by carrier and international models)
**Japanese models:**
SCG06 (Au (mobile phone company), au, Note 20 Ultra 5G)
SC-53A (NTT Docomo, Note 20 Ultra 5G)
- **predecessor**: Samsung Galaxy Note 10
- **successor**: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
- **related**: Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
- **type**: Phablets
- **form**: Form factor (mobile phones)#Slate, Slate
- **memory**: 8 or 12GB LPDDR5-5500 Random Access Memory, RAM
- **charging**: *Supports Fast Charging at 25W
*Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging
*Reverse wireless charging at 9W
*USB Power Delivery 3.0
- **connectivity**: GSM/CDMA/High Speed Packet Access, HSPA/EVDO/LTE (telecommunication), LTE/5G, WLAN, List of WLAN channels, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual band, Wi-Fi Direct & Hotspot (Wi-Fi), Hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE & aptX, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, BDS & Galileo (satellite navigation), GALILEO, Near-field communication, NFC, USB 3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
- **gpu**: **Exynos:** Mali (GPU)#Variants, Mali-G77 MP11
**Snapdragon:** Adreno#Generations, Adreno 650
- **storage**: 128, 256 or 512GB Universal Flash Storage, UFS 3.1
- **battery**: Non-removable

- **cpu**: **Exynos:**
Multi-core processor, Octa-core (2x2.73 Hertz, GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz ARM Cortex-A76, Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55, Cortex-A55

**Snapdragon:**
Octa-core (1x3.09 GHz Kryo#Kryo 500 Series, Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)
- **soc**: **Europe, UAE, Asia Pacific (Except East Asia), and Brazil:** Exynos#Exynos 900 series, Samsung Exynos 990
**East Asia (Greater China, South Korea, Japan), North America and Latin America (Except Brazil):** List of Qualcomm Snapdragon systems-on-chip#Snapdragon 865+ (2020), Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
- **os**: **Original:** Android 10 with One UI 2.5
 **Upgradable:**   Android 13 with One UI 5
- **rear camera**: **Both:**
8K resolution, 8K@24Frames per second, fps, 4K resolution, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, High-dynamic-range imaging, HDR10+, stereo sound recording, gyro-EIS & Image stabilization#Optical image stabilization, OIS, LED flash, auto-High-dynamic-range video, HDR, panorama
- **front camera**: 10 MP, ƒ/2.2, 26 mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.22µm

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Dual video call, Auto-HDR
- **ext display**: Always on Display
- **sim**: nanoSIM, eSIM
Single SIM or Hybrid Dual SIM in dual stand-by
- **display**: **Both:** 16M colours, HDR10+
- **sound**: 32-bit/384kHz stereo speakers tuned by AKG (company), AKG
- **input**: *Stylus (computing), S Pen
*Biometrics, Fingerprint sensor (under display, ultrasonic)
*Accelerometer
*Gyroscope
*Proximity sensor
*Compass
*Barometer
*ANT+
*Samsung DeX
*Bixby (virtual assistant), Bixby
- **networks**: 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, 5G
- **other**: Samsung Galaxy S20
- **water resistance**: IP68, up to  for 30 minutes