Galaxy Note 20 Ultra - BIG REVELATIONS

So we're just over two weeks away from the unpacked event and it's no secret the Galaxy Note 20 series will be the centerpiece of that event. Expected to tag along are the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the Z Flip 5G, the Tab S7 and S7+, and of course the Galaxy Buds Live. But the firmware of the Z Flip 5G went live and as usual Max from XDA did a lot digging into the codes and found out a lot of new stuff about the Galaxy Note 20, and the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Let's start with the Galaxy Note 20 first,8K video recording was debuted on the Galaxy S20 Ultra but since modern devices have along aspect ratio, a lot of people disliked the cap of 16:9 aspect ratio it had with the 8K recording. Thankfully, that won't be the case with the Note 20 Ultra, there will be an option for 21:9 aspect ratio while doing the 8K recording. Next is the S-Pen. There will be this new feature called double-tap launch on the S Pen where I guess you double-tap the button on the S Pen to launch a certain app, it could be the camera app or any other app of your preference. Exactly how this is going to work is unknown which we'll surely know in the days to come. Next is going to be a little controversial. 

You see there's a big difference in photos of the moon taken with the S20 Ultra and Huawei's P40 Pro. The one on the P40 Pro looks beautiful which you can't really say about the Ultra. Well, there's a reason for that. Huawei uses an algorithm that takes the information in your specific moon photo and then enhances that specific image by using known information about the face of the moon to fix the image. Now Samsung is going to do the same on the Note 20 Ultra to better compete with Huawei in this regard. In other words, the moon photo you take might not totally be “your” photo, but instead a hybrid of your photo and artificial augmentations. The fingerprint scanner has been updated on the Note 20 but it's only a software improvement. It won't feature that new larger sonic finger print scanner from Qualcomm. Next, the duration of Single take has been changed. Earlier it was fixed at 10 seconds on the S20 Ultra but now on the Note 20 they are giving an option to select how long you want Single Take capture to take. It's going to vary from 5 to 15 seconds. 

Samsung will give more control to people inthe camera pro mode, now you'll be able to select which microphone you'll want to use. Whether the Front mic, back mic, Omni mic(both front and back), Bluetooth mics, or USB. You can also change video resolutions in pro mode. There could also be an option to record at over 60fps and 8K. They are also introducing haptics in the camera such as the phone will give haptic feedback when you switch between the modes, zoom in,take pictures, and more. You can also save wifi QR codes to your gallery as an image that can be used to connect and share a WiFi network without revealing or typing a password. Samsung has also added the 50 times zoom option so the rumors of them getting rid of 100x zoom was indeed true. Now, about the processors. There is a mention of Snapdragon 865, 865+,and Exynos 990. No mention of the new Exynos processor so Europe and Asia will have to do with an inferior SoC yet again. It's possible that the smaller Note 20 might get the Snapdragon 865 to keep the costs down and the Ultra will get the latest 865+ tojustify that high price tag. 

Now moving to the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the aspect ratio of the front display is 25:9 and the main inner display is 5:4. The outer display will show things such as camera preview, timer, flash setting, and other info that wasn't available on the original fold. You can also take selfies from the rear camera of the Fold 2 while keeping the phone in an open position. The night hyper lapse has also been added tothe Z Flip. Speaking of which the new Z Flip will be available to purchase on August the 7th just two days after the event. Max said these were based on the Z Flip's firmware files so the Galaxy Note 20 and Z Fold 2 will have their own stuff and I'll keep you posted once he updates the information so consider subscribing for that and as always I'll see you tomorrow...Thanks for Reading!