Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra live images leaked

[HEXUS]

And a report from Korea says it will be launched in August alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 2.

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[Ttaskmaster]

August, huh?

So hopefully the Note 10+ will drop in price, perhaps even being available with what seems to be the typical September package of Phone + free Galaxy Watch package deal....

[CustardInc]

Glad to see 7 inch tablets have made a comeback

[Stu C]

Why does a phone need 12GB of RAM? That's the same as my desktop!

[Ttaskmaster]

Why does a phone need 12GB of RAM? That's the same as my desktop!

But it's not the same type of RAM, is it?
12GB of DDR1 or DDR2 is not the same as 12GB of DDR4.....

But it probably needs 12GB to run all the corporate spyware and carrier bloatware and government tracking and Chinese hacking stuff.

[Tabbykatze]

But it's not the same type of RAM, is it?
12GB of DDR1 or DDR2 is not the same as 12GB of DDR4.....

But it probably needs 12GB to run all the corporate spyware and carrier bloatware and government tracking and Chinese hacking stuff.

Except this is LPDDR4X or LPDDR5X which is just a low power mobile focused version of desktop ram.

And this isn't an american phone so no worries about all the spyware!

[Yoyoyo69]

Why does a phone need 12GB of RAM? That's the same as my desktop!

But it's not the same type of RAM, is it?
12GB of DDR1 or DDR2 is not the same as 12GB of DDR4.....

But it probably needs 12GB to run all the corporate spyware and carrier bloatware and government tracking and Chinese hacking stuff.

Because despite how inefficient many believe Windows to be (it's better with Windows 10), Android is just terrible.

Add to that bloatware and "always on" tracking, monitoring, data harvesting and advertising.

12Gb still isn't required yet, but they need to have the "oooh numbers" marketing appeal.

Samsung stopped being innovative or market leading years ago. They are in fear of being overrun by Chinese competition, who can now offer similar performance at a much lower price.

Once they nailed branding and awareness. But of course Samsung are much more than just a mobile phone company.

[philehidiot]

Why does a phone need 12GB of RAM? That's the same as my desktop!

Because people can't program any more. These days a calculator can be 80MB. They just seem to use an API and throw every library they could ever need into the final version. So software that needs to be a few KB is nearly 100MB.

Back in the days when I was coding, a large program would fit on a floppy and if I was really going for it with the external resources, it'd go on a Zip disk (100MB!).

[3dcandy]

Because people can't program any more. These days a calculator can be 80MB. They just seem to use an API and throw every library they could ever need into the final version. So software that needs to be a few KB is nearly 100MB.

Back in the days when I was coding, a large program would fit on a floppy and if I was really going for it with the external resources, it'd go on a Zip disk (100MB!).

True but also because a larger camera sensor or multiple sensors needs more memory to actually process images and the same with 4k video recording and even 8k on some models

[3dcandy]

Why does a phone need 12GB of RAM? That's the same as my desktop!

I haven't got a pc here with less 12 gig anymore and 3 have 32 gig

[philehidiot]

Phones are basically PCs now. They are making laptops using SoCs based on phone SoCs. These Samsung phones also have Dex which allows you to plug in screen, keyboard, etc and have a full on PC. Anyone spending what is likely to be £1500 or something utterly stupid on a phone like this has every right to expect to edit the phone's video on it, using a screen and mouse if they're an on the go solo reporter or something. That requires a lot of RAM. They also have a right to expect to use it for research and multitasking. How many tabs, word documents, PDFs, excel spreadsheets, etc can you fit into 4GB? Not much. If they're selling this as a powerhouse device then it has to be a powerhouse in the context of what you can now do with a mobile device. If a basic, cheap phone can edit a word document but be a bit slow, this has to do it instantly. Whilst playing music. Whilst browsing multiple reference documents and webpages with several youtube videos racked up and ready to play.

Phones like this are not phones. They have nearly full on PC capabilities and double up as a phone to make use of the data connection and justify carrying them around. Most higher end mobile phones are limited by their form factor / interfaces rather than processing power. Samsung's Dex gets around this and is great for certain applications (such as if you want to set up an 'office' in your hotel room using their TV and a keyboard but want to be able to take all data with you for security or to work elsewhere) but it's certainly a power user kind of thing.

[Ttaskmaster]

So basically multiple tabs in mobile pron websites, then, yeh?

[mtyson]

A hands-on video has now been shared by the same 'Jimmy is promo':

[zenfortech]

Wow camera Note 20 Ultra

[half_empty_soul]

i trully deeply hate all these mobiles with multiple cameras stick out from the main body of the phone