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SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review: The last true Ultra Note — 120 Hz, S Pen, 108 MP.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2020·$1,299
Overall
82/100
Class rank
#26 of 182
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The Note that fans still miss.

Note 20 Ultra perfected the S Pen flagship before Samsung folded the line into the S Ultra. Big, capable, and the end of an era.

01Display

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeDynamic AMOLED 2X, 120 Hz
Size6.9 inches
Resolution3,088 × 1,440 px
S Pen9 ms latency

02Camera

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Main108 MP, f/1.8, OIS, laser AF
Ultrawide12 MP
Periscope12 MP, 5× optical
Selfie10 MP

03Performance

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

ChipsetSnapdragon 865+ / Exynos 990 (7 nm)
RAM12 GB
Storage128 / 256 / 512 GB + microSD

04Battery

74/100

74/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.

Capacity4,500 mAh
Wired25 W
Wireless15 W

05Build

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.

06Value

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

What works
  • Best S Pen latency of any Note.
  • 5× periscope + 108 MP.
  • 120 Hz QHD+ panel.
  • Gorilla Glass Victus debut.
What doesn't
  • Heavy 208 g.
  • Exynos variant ran hot.
  • No more updates.
  • 25 W charging modest.
Cross-shop it against
iQOO 8 Pro
$850 · score 86/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 182-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .