Galaxy Note20 Ultra's camera sees little love in DxOMark review

05 October 2020
It fared slightly worse than the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

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1. Many people arguing about camera performance, and it isn't even the most important aspect of a phone.

2. Benchmarks mean nothing if you do/don't like photos taken from your phone's camera, regardless of the score achieved in any benchmark.

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    • Nickdick
    • LhW
    • 05 Oct 2020

    The note 20 ultra camera is garbage and an insult to customers.
    I own the phone I love it because of the usability the spen.
    But the pictures are hit an miss often with blurr.
    Trying to take a picture of a fuse from close proximity the letters came all blurred I was unable to read them.
    My wife with a iPhone 8 plus took an excellent picture from a phone which is now 4 years old.
    Its truly pathetic for Samsung to screw up the camera like that.

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      • Anonymous
      • wr7
      • 05 Oct 2020

      Suddenly the Nokia 9 shows up and says, "You clowns! You guys are too busy with the Samsung Note 20 ultra score and forget about me. How unfair the world is."
      In my opinion, cover your ears and don't shut up other people's mouths, if you don't like someone's opinion. DxOMark is up to their opinion. But I have an idea. Rather than becoming a fuss, it would be better if in the future all cameras on every cellphone were removed. Interesting right? How frustrating is DxOMark because they have no reason to mock the camera at a cellphone.

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        • AnonD-945200
        • DkP
        • 05 Oct 2020

        if yor favorite brand got a low score from dxomarks
        what would u do ?
        yeah, start yelling at dxomarks.
        an unethical company like samsung deserves this kinda looooow score from tech sites of allover the world

          Anonymous, 05 Oct 2020I think he means mi‌‌ 10 ultra not regular mi 10 or pro one... moreThe sensor is by omnivision

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            • Anonymous
            • auX
            • 05 Oct 2020

            sagar1312, 05 Oct 2020You know right Mi 10 (and Pro) has Samsung sensor. I think he means mi‌‌ 10 ultra not regular mi 10 or pro one
            Mi 10 ultra doesn't have samsung sensor

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              • Anonymous
              • TRF
              • 05 Oct 2020

              Anonymous, 05 Oct 2020There's more than sensor in a camera. Lenses, stabiliz... moreDid you even read the message he replied to before firing off this comment?

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                • Anonymous
                • 0p}
                • 05 Oct 2020

                sagar1312, 05 Oct 2020You know right Mi 10 (and Pro) has Samsung sensor. There's more than sensor in a camera. Lenses, stabilization system, and above all, processing.

                  Nothing New, 05 Oct 2020In dxomark Person 1 : " so which device do we have to... moreHahaha.

                  Considering that the autofocus alone is miles ahead of the S20 Ultra, WHAT was DXOMark thinking?

                  Samsung's Night Mode does need little better noise reduction foe the sky.

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                    • nuwann
                    • w9K
                    • 05 Oct 2020

                    There is a bug in the zoom camera.
                    I cant understand why other reviewers praise Note 20 Ultra camera compared to Mi 10 Ultra and DXO don't.

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                      • JDK
                      • ybx
                      • 05 Oct 2020

                      Anonymous, 05 Oct 202011pro max hahaha my buddy have it and my p40pro is wiping f... morewas the 11 pro max's camera score compared to the p40 pro? No.

                      It was compared to the note20 ultra.

                      Do you have an note20 ultra? If not, you don't have anything to do with this.

                        (fix for wrong type)but if you cant even get a good score in a open-book examination,

                          DXO is somehow a test which they announce their test question before the test start.
                          So some company can adjust their phone to meet the require of the test,in order to get a high score.These(getting great score in exam) is what Chinese(and other East Asia people,including South Korea's people) are fond of.Samsung also sending S10+ to the DXO test before it released
                          IMO,getting a high score in DXO test≠camera is good,but if you even get a good score in a open-bokm examination,your camera is somehow bad

                            Using both S20U and Note20U for 1month.
                            Honestly,the performance of camera is close,N20U dont do something better.
                            It not mean DXO score for both two phones are correct(compare to other brand phone),but samsung dont make great leap between these two phone.

                              As a Note 20 ultra owner, I find the camera very disappointing.

                                Wily2020, 05 Oct 2020” Yeah, dxo is losing any meaning. Mi 10 ultra is a great c... moreYou know right Mi 10 (and Pro) has Samsung sensor.

                                  AnonD-754814, 05 Oct 2020And Samsung haters are enjoying very much, stupidly. Care ... more(S20 ultra)

                                  Con:   **Slow autofocus in low light**

                                          
                                  (N20 ultra)

                                  Con :  **Autofocus instabilities under benchmark lab conditions**



                                  So we can reasonably conclude that there are multiple
                                  SUB categories within each MAIN category and that an improvement in a sub category could be offset by a new flaw elsewhere


                                  The OVERALL score could then be the same

                                  the cons are highlighting two different areas for weakness but the quality of  demerit might be the same according to them


                                  In relation to your "everyone knows" please take into consideration that often times the firmware used for dxomark is completely different versus reviewers users etc.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • S9u
                                    • 05 Oct 2020

                                    JDK, 05 Oct 2020Exact same story with iPhone 11 pro max. Somehow the mi ... more11pro max hahaha my buddy have it and my p40pro is wiping floor with 11pro max when it comes to photos (night or day).

                                      Anonymous, 05 Oct 2020the scores you see from dxomark are from professionals who ... moreSo much trust on photography holy grail. :D

                                        Nick Tagataka, 05 Oct 2020A few video reviews where you cannot zoom into samples you mean?Some professional one, from unbiased people. It may help trust me!