- The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series is a few months away,
but we've already started
to see some solid leaks and rumors.
What's up, guys?
Saf here on SuperSaf TV, and let's break all of these down,
SuperSaf style, to give you an early look at what to expect.
Now, a lot of these early leaks do come from
founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants,
Ross Young, and these leaks have also been verified
by serial leaker, Ice universe,
which give them that much more weight.
So, firstly, it looks like we're going to have
two Samsung Galaxy Note 20s,
a Note 20, as well as a Note 20+,
but no Note 20 Ultra, like we had with the S20 series.
Now, based on sale figures the S20 Ultra
did not sell as well as Samsung had hoped,
so this may be one of the reasons
why we're not going to be seeing a Note 20 Ultra.
But Ross Young has said that the Ultra
will be the Galaxy Fold 2,
which we'll talk about in a separate video.
So the Note 20 and Note 20+, what are they going to look like?
Well, from the front, they're going to look very similar
to what we've seen from Samsung before.
So boxed off designs with smaller bezels
and a center punch out.
Now, the center punch out is something
that I personally don't mind.
It actually allows me to get
a little bit creative with wallpapers.
But, unfortunately, we're not going to be seeing
any under-display camera tech, this year, anyway.
Now, because of the smaller bezels we are going to be seeing
slightly larger displays.
So the Note 20+ is going to go up from 6.8 inches
to around 6.87 inches.
And the Note 20 is going to go up from around 6.3 inches
to 6.42 inches.
Quad HD+ resolution for the Note 20+
and Full HD+ resolution for the Note 20,
and, of course, a 120 hertz refresh rate for both.
The most interesting thing, however,
is that both displays are likely to have LTPO technology.
So LTPO stands for low-temperature polysilicon oxide
and, not to go to technical, but, essentially,
this is much more power efficient
and it's great for variable refresh rates.
So, when you are not watching any fast-moving content
on your screen, maybe you've got static content on,
then it's not going to need to use 120 hertz for a refresh rate
and it can go all the way down.
And, from what Russ Young is saying,
you should be getting around 15 to 20%
better power efficiency with this technology.
Now what this may also mean, it's just me speculating,
is that the Note 20+ may have quad HD+ at 120 hertz.
As we know, at this point in time, the S20 series,
if you do want 120 hertz, then this does go down
to full HD+ resolution, not quad HD+,
and this may have been a reason around battery life.
We're not sure exactly why Samsung had done this.
But if we do have the LTPO technology
then Samsung may no longer have to limit the resolution
when you are using 120 hertz on the Note 20+.
So this will be quite interesting.
Now another very interesting thing
about the displays of the Note 20s
is that they are likely to have the 3D Sonic Max
in-display fingerprint scanner technology from Qualcomm.
Now, this is much improved to the
ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanners
that we've got on the S10,
the Note 10, as well as the S20 series.
The area is 17 times larger,
so this would make it the largest area on any smartphone.
It's going to make things a lot more reliable,
you're not going to have to get the specific target.
But things will also be faster as well as more secure,
and that's because the 3D Sonic Max does allow
two fingers to be used simultaneously.
So, for instance, if there are certain apps,
such as banking apps, where you do need that extra security
you could potentially assign two fingerprints to those apps
and this will make things a lot more secure.
My good friend, Tom The Tech Chap, has then a detailed video
about this technology, so I'll link that
in the description and in the cards,
if you want to check that out for more detail.
So what's going to be powering the Note 20 series?
Well, it's likely that we are going to be having
the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865,
as well as an Exynos variant for other markets.
Unfortunately, this is something
that we've talked about a lot before,
but it looks like Samsung will have to stick to this,
at least for the Note,
maybe we'll see a change in the future.
I don't know, I'm hopeful.
Now, I am speculating, but it might be that we are going to see
an improved version of the Exynos 990
so that it matches up a little bit more with the 865.
Last year, on the S10 we did have the Exynos 9820,
but then when you did go over onto the Note
we did have the Exynos 9825,
which was a little bit improved.
So it's likely that we might see
something similar this year.
Now, another piece of information
that we do have from Ross Young is that the Note series
is going to come with a base of 16 gigabytes of RAM,
which is going to be absolutely awesome.
The Note series always known for its multitasking abilities,
so this would make some sense.
Whether or not these devices
are going to have expandable storage
is still a bit of a question mark.
On the Note 10 we did not have expandable storage,
but on the Note 10+ we did have.
So this may be a similar case here for the Note 20 series.
Now, of course, there's going to be the S Pen,
this is something that makes the Note series unique.
It's going to come with some improved features.
Last year we did have some of those Air commands,
which honestly speaking, on my Note,
I haven't really used after the first time.
The only thing I've ever used it for is a remote trigger.
We might be seeing some new features here, we'll see.
Now for the batteries, Ross Young has said
that we're likely to see between
a 4,000 to 5,000 milliamp power battery on the Note 20s.
The Note 20+, of course, will have a larger battery
compared to that of the Note 20.
What's interesting is that
if we do have the LTPO display technology
then this should make things a lot more power efficient,
so we should be getting better battery life
on the Note 20 series.
Now in terms of the design and the camera,
these are things that we've not heard about too much as yet.
Of course, we can expect a metal and glass sandwich,
like we've seen from Samsung before,
with IP68 water and dust resistance.
The camera module, right now Samsung
is going for a rectangular camera module,
so this is something that I guess we can also expect.
This is just me speculating, however.
And in terms of the camera tech,
it is likely that we would see
the 108-megapixel camera sensor
that we've seen on the S20 Ultra.
Whether or not we're going to have the zoom
is still a bit of a question mark,
but hopefully something will be improving
a lot of the issues that we've faced on the S20 Ultra,
such as the autofocus.
Now, of course, when you do have more information
about the cameras, as well as the design,
with leaked renders and images,
then I will be doing some more updated videos.
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Now, for the announcement and the release
of the Note 20 series we are likely to have
the official announcement early August,
this could, of course, change because of circumstances.
And the release is likely to be end of August
or early September.
What's interesting is that the announcement
of the Note 20 series is also going to be alongside
the announcement of the Galaxy Fold 2.
If you do want me to do a detailed leaks and rumors video
of the Galaxy Fold 2
then definitely let me know in the comments below.
And also let me know in the comments below
what you think of the Note 20 series,
based on all of these leaks and rumors.
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