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1 SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 20 ULTRA
• From £1,179, samsung.com
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event hurled a whole stack of products on us all at once, from the Galaxy Watch 3 and bean-shaped Galaxy Buds to the Galaxy Tab S7 and the second generation Galaxy Fold. All exciting stuff, but the highlight of the event was the company’s latest refresh in the decade-long legacy of its Note family of phablets. The Note 20 and its bigger (and, arguably, much better) counterpart, the Note 20 Ultra, absolutely stole the show.
Like the 2019 release of the Galaxy Note 10 and 10+, which essentially positioned the 10+ as the lead device, we suspect the Note 20 Ultra is Samsung’s real take on the platform. There’s more to it than a simple design change, squaring off the rounded corners of the Note 20 and switching out the ‘glasstic’ polycarbonate back of the smaller model for a more premium Gorilla Glass 7 rear. Its AMOLED display is significantly different too, upping both the resolution and pixel density,
