Are we upgrading or nah?

[jhimmel]

Current plan is to skip this one.

 

[fanisk]

I bought the Note 10+ beg of last November for € 838 , the current price of the Note 20 ultra seems too much to me.
I will wait for the price to drop down ,otherwise I will skip this model and wait for the one of next year.

 

[dtones39]

I was thinking about this again this morning and maybe the reason they don't allow 120hz at wqhd is due to their own Exynos chips have issues with battery life using 120hz at wqhd? The OnePlus pro has it, the Pixel 4 series didn't seem to have issues with battery life when I ran it at 90hz all the time. I think their user base would be pretty upset if the SD version could do this but the Exynos version could not.

Maybe maybe not, its just frustrating that a $1,300 2020 phone has this limitation.

I couldn't see a hardware issue, maybe I'm wrong but couple other phones I know can do that.

 

[Mike Dee]

Wonder if we can enable 120hz all the time in developer settings

Why would you need it at all times?

 

[Mike Dee]

So If any s20 owners checked developer settings and can tell us might give a indication if the Upcoming Note can

The Ultra has 120 at all times except you can't use it at the highest resolution if that's what you mean. It is a hardware limitation.

 

[j_hansen]

I was on to my carrier today to try and get my pre-order in, new customers can pre-order on their website but not existing ones...
I can go to the competition and place the order today but not through my carrier.... how lame... they'll get back to me in 3-5 days ??????

 

[Apple2Droid]

I couldn't see a hardware issue, maybe I'm wrong but couple other phones I know can do that.

Maybe this will be available via an update, or through developer settings...

 

[mustang7757]

I was thinking about this again this morning and maybe the reason they don't allow 120hz at wqhd is due to their own Exynos chips have issues with battery life using 120hz at wqhd? The OnePlus pro has it, the Pixel 4 series didn't seem to have issues with battery life when I ran it at 90hz all the time. I think their user base would be pretty upset if the SD version could do this but the Exynos version could not.

Maybe maybe not, its just frustrating that a $1,300 2020 phone has this limitation.

Thats a possibility

 

[mustang7757]

Why would you need it at all times?

The Ultra has 120 at all times except you can't use it at the highest resolution if that's what you mean. It is a hardware limitation.

I seen it was adaptive, I was wondering is that in highest resolution or next resolution down ?
I like the smoothness.

 

[mustang7757]

Maybe this will be available via an update, or through developer settings...

Thats possible

 

[evohicks]

I was thinking about this again this morning and maybe the reason they don't allow 120hz at wqhd is due to their own Exynos chips have issues with battery life using 120hz at wqhd? The OnePlus pro has it, the Pixel 4 series didn't seem to have issues with battery life when I ran it at 90hz all the time. I think their user base would be pretty upset if the SD version could do this but the Exynos version could not.

Maybe maybe not, its just frustrating that a $1,300 2020 phone has this limitation.

Yeah us Exynos users are not the happiest but it is what it is and people will vote with their wallets, I understand how people get annoyed by this, the Snapdragon 865 was already a superior chip in the S20 series and now with the Snapdragon 865+ in the new Note series, even more so.
It's strange how these companies work sometimes, surely they will lose sales over this issue, they might as well have enabled 120hz @ WQHD in the 865+ just to p! §§ us off even more lol.

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah us Exynos users are not the happiest but it is what it is and people will vote with their wallets, I understand how people get annoyed by this, the Snapdragon 865 was already a superior chip in the S20 series and now with the Snapdragon 865+ in the new Note series, even more so.
It's strange how these companies work sometimes, surely they will lose sales over this issue, they might as well have enabled 120hz @ WQHD in the 865+ just to p! §§ us off even more lol.

I seen your unboxing of Mate xs the other day, not a bad gadget.

 

[evohicks]

I seen your unboxing of Mate xs the other day, not a bad gadget.

I'm using it now as my daily and really am impressed, just the old Google services holding it back for some prospective customers but for me right now I'm loving it.
I will write up an in depth review in a few weeks

 

[o4liberty]

T-Mobile is giving $550 for the note 10 trade in for either model but I might wait for the new iPhone to come out personally.

 

[Casey Cheung]

Wow. I just checked out the page for fun and they are giving $550 for a Note 9 trade in?????

What website page are you referring to? Do you have a link? I have a friend with a Note 9 from Sprint, the Sprint website does not even list the Note 9 as a trade-in phone, but it does list the older Note 8 and current Note 10+. Sprint is offering a pathetic $73 trade-in for the Note 8 and $355 for the Note 10+. My buddy wants to trade in his phone, but Sprint is not an option, is there a better place for higher trade-in value for his Sprint Note 9 phone? Thanks!

 

[Casey Cheung]

I'm still on the fence about the Note 20. Those who have not already done pre-ordering, do you plan to upgrade or are you gonna stick with the Note10 for now? The price for the Ultra gives me anxiety. That alone may keep me from upgrading. I'd like to see what promos the carriers come up with. Will there be any freebies? Any decent discounts? Hopefully Best Buy will get a demo soon so I can see it in person. Maybe that will help me make up my mind.

Best Buy has fully operational display models of the Note 20 phones. If you don't already have a current Note phone such as the Note 10+ then I would say the new Ultra is a good choice to get. But if you already have the Note 10+ then it's debatable whether it's worth it to upgrade. It's not much of an upgrade in my opinion. I played around with the Note 20 Ultra phone at Best Buy recently and I swear it's nothing special compared to my Note 10+. I was underwhelmed by the Ultra phone, it's not worth paying $1,300 for the spec bump in my opinion. The 5G signal is the only thing noteworthy about the Ultra, everything else about the Ultra is meh compared to the Note 10 plus.

 

[mak916]

Go to Samsung's website. Your friend can trade his Note 9 and get $550 for it towards the new Note 20 Ultra.

What website page are you referring to? Do you have a link? I have a friend with a Note 9 from Sprint, the Sprint website does not even list the Note 9 as a trade-in phone, but it does list the older Note 8 and current Note 10+. Sprint is offering a pathetic $73 trade-in for the Note 8 and $355 for the Note 10+. My buddy wants to trade in his phone, but Sprint is not an option, is there a better place for higher trade-in value for his Sprint Note 9 phone? Thanks!

 

[lateck2]

Not yet for me. 5G won't be in my area for some time, so that is no benefit.

 

[Casey Cheung]

Go to Samsung's website. Your friend can trade his Note 9 and get $550 for it towards the new Note 20 Ultra.

Aaah, thank you. I will forward that info to my buddy.

 

[Boogr]

I upgraded...from a 2 year old Pixel 3XL to shiny new Note 10+!

I haven't had a Note since the "3", mostly "s" series and the Pixel this last time.

The S-Pen has evolved beyond what I can initially comprehend - I see a lot of Youtube video's in my future. But the 10+ is barely larger than the 3XL, but that screen - wow. Seems more responsive, easier for 55 year old eyes to read, and so far has been very easy to set up.

So yes, I'm digging my upgrade.