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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] AndroidPurity:
Been using it for 3 days and have not had any app reload from the background. Although I don't really game. So for all uses not gaming its flawless with RAM management.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] AndroidPurity:
Its good. Way better than any Samsung before 2020. However S20 a bit better since it locks 120hz. My OnePlus 8 Pro feels a bit smoother with its locked 120hz rate too. Still this phone is good but should be locked at 120hz for this $1300 price.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Being critical but it does get jitters and loss of frame rates when scrolling using Samsung browser or beta version with or without adblock extension.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] AndroidPurity:
Heat is so minimal when using the phone but have tested video extensively or gaming. Heat is nearly non existent in other tasks. I think it is actually a bit too low when charging. Seems they have the charging throttled to keep the battery temp under 100°F which limits charging speed slower than it cloud be.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cars1dA:
My exynos variant have a high temp at idle and load. Soc idle min 42, normal uses 50-58celsius, max soc temp is 68c.

Antutu scores after loop.

1.run 540k

2.run 520k

3. run 460k
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] kleinmischa:
My Exynos is cold in idle, cold in web browsing and warm while playing ragnarok mobile
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] @ Ayush Garg:
It heat like a hot fry pan. While using phone normally. if i get call. I can't even touch is to my cheek. Sometimes it feel it will burn my skin.

With my Note 9 this heating issue was even more worst. Due to overheat. I wasn't able to use camera more than 10-15 minutes. Camera app keep stopping because of overheat.

Worst phone brand. Even after having so much innovation. Samsung Note series always disappoint me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ggrant3876:
The only time I notice any heat build up at all is when it's on a wireless charger. Charging with the 25 watt included charger there's no heat at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] nawaf2816:
When using Camera and try all options , different zooms , Device starts heating and gets to an abnormal temperature , this is affects the 5G signal , as it disconnects the 5G recipient automatically and turns to LTE !!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
In my testing, the "Exynos" Note20U is not heating up like the previous Galaxies.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] imucarmen:
My SD version gets a bit warm just from normal tasks. And my battery life is atrocious :/ I really like this device but I may need to contact Samsung about a replacement and see if I got a defective one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Pag0n:
Exynos version at 120hz, a bit over room temperature screen off, warm when in use and hot when taking pictures. My note 10+ and oneplus 7t pro were never this warm. I'm also getting pretty bad battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] xdafallguy:
Note20 Ultra 5G 512GB Unlocked/Sprint

All around quite warm, charging, viewing, hotspotting.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
UHD60 capture definitely gets the transistors in George Foremen mode if you catch my drift. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] drockj:
For mine, heat issue seems exacerbated by being on 5G signal. No heat when on 4G LTE / CDMA Only mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Edit:

Forgot to add that it does warm up a bit in mobile data even when usage isn't high.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] nipuna:
Strange. Having used notes since the first, i must say this is the coolest phone ive had. By cool i mean temp - avg cpu is low 30°cs, multiple runs of back to back antutu only got me to 37°c - with performance varience less than 3%.

It didnt heat up much when charging, editing 108mp files, or 4K/60 recording

Of course this is SD 865+ (N986N South Korea), not exynos like my older notes.

But so is yours. Like Jerry Rigs, may be urs has graphite cooling.. I wonder if some phones (like SK version) have the SD chip with copper cooling = which would be the perfect combo...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] @ Ayush Garg:
Note 20 Ultra Exynos990 heat Up so much. I don't understand what samsung is doing with exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] VirtualWaver:
Snapdragon HK version here. No heat whatsoever. I am not playing games. The screen sometimes gets just warm when I use extensive tasks (camera, youtube, etc). CPU temperature always below 40C.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] shvyue:
UK Exynos990 from official pre-order, so bad in heating and battery life. Warm normal use anything slightly CPU/GPU intensive make the phone as hot as a fry pan.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] AtxX:
Note 20 ULTRA 5G 256GB "Exynos" - mine seems cool most of the time. Haven't been able to make it hot even with gaming or using camera.

Seems huge improvement compared with Note 8 in this area.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] davidsmash098:
Wow are your temps still that low? How about when wireless charging? I have the South Korean version too and I hit about 40c when wireless charging, and a lot of times it just sits around 35c when doing normal tasks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ca12bon:
I have 3 phones atm - Note 20 Ultra, P30 Pro (global), and Xiaomi Mi Note 9S w/GCAM. I never imagined the N20U would be able to match the camera quality of Mi Note 9S w/ GCAM, however after taking some daytime and also low light photography, N20U takes the best pics out of all three of my phones. Even night mode. However, I don't like the all white balance, and even though you can change that in Pro Mode, when you take pictures in Auto Mode, I hate the color that all Samsung phones give out, and prefer iPhones and Huawei phone color temperatures / hues. Also, there were certain scenarios (although not many), where the P30 Pro or the Note 9S w/GCAM took better pics, but that's expected. N20U took better pics than both of the other phones 75-90% of the time, even night time photography
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] skoobz:
it's all subjective. You like it 75-90% of the time. It doesn't mean 75-90% of everyone else will like it 75-90% of the time. With camera modules basically being made all by Sony or Samsung, they all look the same. besides, I haven't known anyone to print their pics. it's being compressed or filtered onto VSCO or IG anyway does it really matter? Just take your picture and be happy with it. Unless you have a 99 dollar tracphone, it's the same quality...and even if you do have that $99 tracphone, your grandma can't tell what phone it was taken on when you post it on fb.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Keive:
Software & image processing makes an immense difference - hence the constant desperation for broken GCam ports.

As a S20 Ultra owner - that phone has supposedly great hardware but has demonstrably awful image processing in a myriad of everyday situations (it's still way below par compared to its peers, after all the updates).

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On topic, the processing on the Note 20 Ultra is significantly better than my S20U in basically every scenario & camera mode I tried it in, including Low Light (my S20U's photos look like watercolor messes in comparison). The S20U only takes passable images with bright sunlight or sunlight-equivalent indoor lights. It fails miserably at processing images the dimmer the lighting gets, which I didn't find to be a problem on the S20U out-of-the-gate on Auto mode.

Can they bring the software updates to the S20U?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
The Note 20 Ultra camera is identical to the S20 Ultra.

Low light on the S20 Ultra is better.

Clearly there needs to be an update for the Note 20 Ultra.

And like the S20 Ultra, it's impossible to take a picture of a document and have clear text across the frame.

Hopefully they go back to the drawing board for the S30 and choose a different sensor/lens combo.

The iPhone 12 camera is going to blow this one away as the 11 Pro is already better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] skoobz:
auto low light example that's lit by LEDs. Not bad.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ca12bon:
Actually even with same cameras and sensors, you can have Vastly different output. Just look at Pixel phones, alot of other manufacturers use the same exact sensor however its the software engineering that makes pixel phones take great pics. You just sound like an argumentative person, I was just providing my personal experience, and never mentioned that other people's experience would be the same
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] skoobz:
cool story bro. fact remains, still looks the same when filters are applied and compressed when posted on social media.
[HTC Vox] ia1:
Dears can some some body tell me how i can display digital font or lcd font in clock with slide theme

I am using fireburned wm6.1 xip20202 ver1.0 rom

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Allesa:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjQ2s_Aj9N/?igshid=1dxoigutseqyk

Went to local galaxy unpacked event and tried the camera. PROMISING! Definitely better than the whole S20 ultra fiasco
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
Had a hands on, the focus issue is completely gone. This is by far the fastest one yet. Pictures are also a lot better than the S20 ultra....over contrast and sharpening is not there and looks to be finally what they promised.

Unfortunately at the mall the zoom lens didn't look as good to me....still pics at a distance were good, but anything with a a slight movement was a mess with the periscope camera. Also, the images were terrible compared to note 10 plus from 2x-4.9x, which I'm assuming was just a crop from the main pic as opposed to the telephoto from Note 10 plus. Ultra wide I preferred note 10 plus for some reason....tad more in the image and more details.

Just my 2 cents...getting free buds live , 256 gb storage, Exynos 990 for 1225 dollars in UAE - edit * freaking thing is only 8GB RAM at this price.....insane
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Notefan161:
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108mp picture from Danny winget
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
I use a program called Cam Scanner a lot.

Things like asset tags and some field documents/plates on turbines, et al.

Never had an issue with clarity until the S20 Ultra. The focus uniformity across the frame, frankly, sucks! With the camera app I can usually find a somewhat happy medium. But I don't like it and on a $1450 flagship device, it's unacceptable!

HOPEFULLY, the Note20 Ultra does NOT have this issue. Is it a dealbreaker? Depends on how much better "everything else" is compared to the S20 Ultra. Since e-sim is about as useful as tits on a bull in the US, I have to carry two phones, the second being an iPhone 11 Pro Max. Camscanner works beautifully on that.

Thanks to the pandemic, my live gig days have come to a fat screeching halt, so recording live music isn't happening so any enhancements to video in that regard aren't going to matter much. Alternate audio sources may get rid of the metallic rain sound when recording outdoors in the wind, and I will be curious as to what mics will work. That could be interesting.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Elastep:
Some photos from local best buy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] worldsoutro:
Pretty much if you like Samsung's photos on previous phones then you'll like the ones from this phone. The photos have the same look i.e. colorful and bright exposure.

Night photos look slightly improved and so does tele photos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Allesa:
Definite improvement on night mode from s20u..

(Exynos)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
I love CamScanner! As a teacher, I use it all the time!! I hope I don't have issues with this phone with that app.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] BlinkThinks:
Microsoft's Lens Scanner does a great job, too! Especially if you're heavily invested in Microsoft apps like Office 365.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Roland Deschain:
Holy smokes, the Note 20 Ultra's pic is MUCH better in that side-by-side comparison.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Keive:
I took quick photos of my dog in normal Auto Mode to compare how my S20 Ultra (Left) processed the image vs. how the new Note 20 Ultra (Right) fared. I already knew my S20U struggled in less than perfect lighting & with fur textures, so I was curious if the N20U did too.

I'm glad the Note 20U has significantly improved processing right out of the box (even after the S20U's many updates, which did very little). Is it actually possible for the the S20U to be updated to be on par with the N20U? From walking around & taking random everyday photos, the differences in image processing have been pretty staggering between the 2 phones despite their similar hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] socalstagetech:
I feel you there ... I'm local 33 in la... I miss working the shows too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] rockky:
With you on the 10+ comparison. I was shocked actually to see my 10+ take better pics
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] worldsoutro:
Disappointed in the pictures compared to my note 10+. The pictures seem overly exposed and really colorful
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] devilsmack:
The night mode is terrible compared to my s20 ultra! I'm starting to think something is wrong. I took the same photo at the same time and the s20 ultra is clear while the Note is grainy and no detail. Anyone else having this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] pigglett:
I'm getting the opposite N20U better than S20U both exynos
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] rockky:
Note 10 + still Image quality Tops Note 20 Ultra Images for me

Note 10+ is the more interesting comparison vs S20+. Have them all

With all but images beyond ^ 5X and Night Mode the 10+ pics are just richer and more vibrant.

Saw this on a number of UTube comparisons so have checked repeatedly.

Sure enough it's true.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
Absolutely! Especially at 10X, the S20U blows the Note 20 Ultra out of the water.

And space zoom, 50X on both phones looks nearly identical.

This is definitely a downgrade especially if you had the 16GB RAM on the S20 Ultra.

This is essentially an S20 Ultra, aka gimped, with a bigger screen and s-pen.

Definitely disappointed, usually the Note series stands out from the S series. This is essentially a sidegrade at best and if you're noticing these things, a big disappointment.

Kind of silly my nearly year old 11 Pro Max camera trashes this one, especially video and night mode. iOS 14 night mode is incredible!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Elastep:
The funny thing is if you read note 10's plus topic for the camera it turns out s10s camera was better, if you read, s10s topic it turns out note 9s camera was better... You get the point, hah? To me the camera is great, and don't forget that it's just the start of the note 20s life cycle and the quality will improve significantly with the software updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] pafc66:
exynos appears to have the better camera
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] VirtualWaver:
I also heard that - at least, on S20. But I am really want to know if Note 20 is the same. I ordered Hong Kong version to have Snapdragon but really curious about camera.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] duckfart:
All I know is that this blows the Galaxy S20 away.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
Every comparison I've watched has the Note20 Ultra tied or beating the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Picture AND video.

The Note 1 had the best camera! /s

:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
And that's where the problem lies.

Yes I've seen them too and I would not say it's better across the board...

But video? iPhone 11 Pro is the one to beat. Samsung's audio is laughable especially outside. And you can hear it in the reviews. Sounds like it's raining. They still have YET to fix it. Perhaps, perhaps using a different source may but I suspect there is no way to bypass a bad DSP which is the same as post in photography...

Indoors audio is pretty decent and can capture a kickdrum close mic'd on stage over 125dB. Just remember to turn off that audio zoom feature! Which incidentally, Apple is using some sort of audio zoom that cannot be turned off. It doesn't clip/distort when in use on stage but it does wreck the sound of the horns. Can't have it all.

And night mode, iOS14 which is a beta and a real reviewer shouldn't be running it, is demonstrably superior. I've put the (Note 20 Ultra) on a tripod and it goes up to 20 seconds but still cannot compare to Apple's capture even at 10s. Manually overriding iOS will get up to 30 seconds with expected improvement.

Not to say it won't improve with updates but the sensor/aperture/lens combo on both the S20 Ultra and Note 20 Ultra have serious focal uniformity issues. Some like how it will make bokeh effects without gimmicky processing. No decent mirrorless or SLR kit does this.

It's disappointing when I snap a pic of a nameplate on an engine or instrument cluster and the corners are showing serious blur artifacts. My S9+ takes perfect shots, embarrassingly so in such example.

I "live with it" because in USA there is no dual sim option, yet for the past two generations it's worked perfectly with Apple. So I carry two phones (again) and use the 11 Pro Max for the text/panel shots. Thank goodness for dropbox photo upload/sync. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] xfaega:
I took this with the note 20 Ultra yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] devilsmack:
Mine is the US unlocked version. I think it's a software issue. Since then the s20 ultra got updated to One UI 2.5 and now the pictures are just as bad as the note. The problem was with 20 sec exposure or greater. It would look fine until the last few seconds, then it would all of a sudden get out of focus and blotchy.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] leftcb17:
I don't know if it's just me or the settings, it just something Samsung does but there's definitely a softness, or smoothness, to my photos vs. my previous phone, the iPhone 11 Pro Max. My wife is using the iPhone currently and I took a few photos to compare, the iPhone definitely showed more detail. Has anyone else noticed this, and it's there a way to fix/change it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
That's typical Samsung post processing. try this setting, it might improve your experience a little bit.

In camera setting, turn scene optimizer off, and in save options, choose HEIF. Helps a bit in details from my experience.

If you really want the sharpness, contrast and less blur in slightly moving images, you have to install Gcam.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
This 50x moon click surprised me. Never a smartphone camera reachee to this level of zoom that is so clear.

Snapdragon N986N

Exynos might differ
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] bondro:
Exynos do same job

Odoslané z SM-N986B pomocou Tapatalku
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Notefan161:
My note ultra takes amazing photos

Certainly better than my 11 pro max in most areas
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] VirtualWaver:
Thanks, is this Snapdragon or Exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] navalynt:
Show me the footprints. Then I'll be impressed and people will shut up about the conspiracy theories.

I've used pretty much every Galaxy S and Note device and I've never had great detail in pictures with the Samsung stock camera. With a lot of ambient light you get some great scenery pictures, but indoor shots where you want great details (like pet photos) always lose details in postprocessing. A few things you can try are using Pro mode and keeping the RAW files (which seem to have more details) or try turning off scene optimizer while also turning on HEIF. Someone with a tripod that can accurately recreate the exact same picture with various settings should give those a try and post the results. I'm just relaying things I've tried that appear to help.

My ultimate hope is that the Adobe Photoshop Camera delivers on it's promise to be a truly universal camera app for Android that can take advantage of the hardware and processing power of various makes/models to be the best all-around camera experience. They've already acquired some of Google's talent behind the Pixel 4 camera which, IMHO, is still the absolute best Android camera.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
As suspected, laser autofocus makes it impossible to shoot video or take stills at night through a window pane!

It's not a matter of acquiring focus or lock, but the IR is picked up by the sensor and produces all sorts of pink looking artifacts.