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Of course, the 108MP sensor isn’t the only camera at your disposal. There’s also a 12MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide camera, as well as the aforementioned 48MP (f/3.5) telephoto zoom lens and what Samsung calls a “DepthVision” sensor, which is just a silly name for your run-of-the-mill depth sensor. Along with the rest of the S20 lineup, the S20 Ultra is also the first Galaxy phone to be powered by Samsung’s latest flagship Exynos 990 mobile chipset, or the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 equivalent if you happen to live outside the UK. It also comes with support for the 5G network as standard. There are things the Note 20 Ultra can’t do, but most of them don’t matter. Although the phone supports a QHD resolution, Samsung defaults it to 1080p – it still can’t do the 120Hz refresh rate and QHD at the same time, while the OnePlus 8 Pro and newer Galaxy S21 Ultra can.
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Instead of offering a more affordable alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 Plus, we’ve got a far pricier option in the form of the Galaxy S20 Ultra. During a period where consumers are holding on to their phones longer and spending less overall, this move seems somewhat odd. Of course, it isn’t entirely about how much the S20 Ultra costs, and besides, if you’re craving the very pinnacle of smartphone achievement, such a device is never going to come cheap in the first place. Speaking of which, the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s USB Type-C connector supports charging speeds up to a rapid 45W, although disappointingly Samsung only supplies a standard 25W charger in the box. Finally, the top-mounted SIM slot can house two SIM cards, or just one and a microSD card up to 1TB. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: 120Hz displayAs for the quality of the screen, this is one of Samsung’s Dynamic AMOLED panels – first seen in last year’s Galaxy S10 – with a native screen resolution of 3,200 x 1,440 and a sharp pixel density of 511ppi. As usual with Samsung phones, there are two screen modes to choose from, although I found the ‘Natural’ setting was the most colour accurate during my testing, with a 98% sRGB gamut coverage, a total volume of 104% and an average Delta E of 2.35. When the S20 Ultra does run out of juice, the included 25w USB-C PD charger gets you from 0-100% in just over an hour. Seriously impressive stuff for a 5000mAh cell. 30 minutes of charging got me from 0-57%, so even if you forget to charge the phone overnight you can top it up before you head to work. If you're a phone manufacturer without these basic features on your camera phone, we’re judging you. Hard. This is a section where there could be some differences if you have the Qualcomm version of the Galaxy S20 Ultra or the Exynos one. There were huge gulfs in battery life between the models of both the S10 and Note 10, with the Snapdragon variant seemingly lasting a lot longer. All my thoughts here are from the European Exynos version. If you’re not a fan of phones with large screens then the Galaxy S20 Ultra is not for you. It dwarfs other Samsung phones, even the historically big Note series, and almost makes the iPhone 11 Pro Max look compact – I didn’t think I would be saying that a few months ago.
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In fact, there’s currently no Android phone on the market that’s any faster than this. I say Android because Apple’s A13 Bionic – which powered the iPhone 11 lineup – still has everything beat. Not that you should worry though, as the S20 Ultra is powerful enough to handle absolutely anything you care to throw at it, and then some.
a bit like the 100x zoom, feels more like a feature Samsung hypes up rather than one the average consumer is going to really make use of. The footage, which is shot at 30fps, is very sharp – but you’ll need some form of 8K display to really see that come through. The Note 20 Ultra consistently lasted us a full day on a single charge with normal use. It’s not Samsung’s longest-lasting phone, and that comes down to the curbed battery capacity compared to the S20 Ultra – 4,500mAh for the Note 20 Ultra vs 5,000mAh for the S20 Ultra. That said, we found it to have enough juice for most power users who gravitate to a Note.
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