Note 20 Ultra camera quality degraded over time?

[gray2018]

I think I figured it out... Sometimes when devices are refurbished, and the device is opened, there can be dust or fingerprint smudges on the inside of the camera. I am guessing this is why the main sensor performs so poorly.

 

[hevmail]

I bought this phone when it came out for the camera, I have to say, extremely disappointed, from day one. The pics are not good, especially zooming, my Note 3 took way better pics. I regret buying this phone everyday.

 

[gray2018]

Well, Idk about that... But I found out the issue I was having, though. My device was a poorly refurbished piece of crap. Never again will I buy a refurbished device from a third party seller on Amazon.

I got extremely lucky, as a while back when I purchased this particular Note 20U, it was listed from the Amazon warehouse themselves and was "used - like new," and indeed, it was. Camera performs just fine. Like I said, I highly suspect it is because third party sellers sometimes cheaply refurbish devices with non OEM parts.