Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra: A love note to Note lovers

Our Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review found three clear reasons to make the jump to this new flagship phone: Mystic Bronze, laser autofocus, and the S Pen’s new 8ms latency. And if you’re looking for any reasons not to, well, there are plenty of those in this review too—namely, it’s gigantic, expensive, and not a huge upgrade over the S20 Ultra.

But if you’re a Note fan, you know exactly what you’re getting and you know you want it: the biggest, fastest, and most powerful Android phone you can buy. For everyone else, it’s not so simple.

Samsung’s flagships have gotten so good that reviews of them are all basically the same: Yes, they have the best specs, but they’re also the most expensive (although the Note 20 Ultra actually costs $100 less than the S20 Ultra). The math is brutally clear: Even with trade-ins and carrier offers, you’re still going to be paying more for this phone than for any other Note that came before it.

There’s no doubt that you’re getting a lot for your money with the Note 20 Ultra. But Samsung has raised the bar so high, the best might not be worth the price of admission anymore.

BIG, BOLD, BRIGHT, AND BEAUTIFUL

There’s no nice way to say it: The Note 20 Ultra is the most unwieldy phone I’ve ever used. Granted, it’s about 15 grams lighter than the