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why do i still daily drive a two generation old note 9 well thing is when

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i switched to the note 10 for a few weeks for my review my complaints were

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as follows it lost features over the previous gen

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like the headphone jack and iris scanner pinhole cameras are obnoxious the side

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bezels were too small and because of that last one there wasn't enough space

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at the top of it making the note 10 work better as a vibrator than it did as a

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speaker when you turned up the music so i jumped ship immediately back to my

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note 9 after handing the 10 off to our camera guys for b-roll fortunately

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though the time has come again i have samsung's next iteration of their

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flagship of flagships the note 20 ultra

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let's see if it's going to end up in my pocket or

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back in the box ridge wallet wants to redefine the

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wallet with its compact frame and rfid blocking plates check out how ridge

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wallet can keep your bulge down and use offer code lioness to save 10 percent

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and get free worldwide shipping

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before we get into my experience we need to talk about positioning because this

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phone is in a bit of a confusing spot and it's funny because

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samsung's lineup hasn't always been this messy even just a few short years ago it

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was a lot simpler if we ignore the

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mid-range mess the s-series was the daily driver with

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top-tier specs in a reasonably sized chassis at a high but not exorbitant

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price then for those who wanted the biggest and best of what samsung had to

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offer there was the note sure it cost a pretty penny but as you'd expect it was

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a mostly zero compromises experience

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until the note 10 started shedding features compared to the previous gen

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and launched alongside a confusing smaller note 10 with a lower pixel

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density display and no expandable storage so no longer was the plus model

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simply a larger version of the same phone there was this weird feature

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disparity sure enough when the s20 launched it got even more confusing

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there was the s20 the s20 plus

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oh that's the ultra whatever the point is there are three different phones so

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the ultra ended up with a completely different camera array different RAM and

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storage options and a mammoth price tag

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at the very least at least the s20 ultra looked like the other devices in its

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family which is more than i can say today this is the note 20 ultra

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and this is the note 20

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really very not ultra not only does this look like a completely different device

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but it's actually plastic instead of glass has a 60 hertz screen compared to

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120 hertz on the ultra not to mention that all the s20s also have 120hz

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displays it's got less memory than all the s20s and the ultra no expandable

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storage no ultra wide band connectivity more on that later and it's got a

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thousand dollar price tag so here's my quick review of the note 29 ultra buy an

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s20 or s20 plus unless you need a pen in which case you should just save yourself

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a bunch of that hard-earned bunny and buy a used note 10 or note 10 plus

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or pony up for the note 20 ultra honestly

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it kind of feels like the note 20's only reason to exist is to make samsung's

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other phones look better by comparison like this one because on paper the note

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20 ultra is looking pretty fine improving on the note 10 lineup in

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practically every way while managing to actually cost less than the s20 ultra

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now as before i am not a huge fan of the

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hole punch display see look at it but to samsung's credit the hole is way

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smaller to the point where it's in line with the notification shade icons and

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all right i'll allow it don't get me wrong i still can't wait for these to be

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replaced with under screen cameras but if the punch is this small it's

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probably worth the slight aesthetic hit over the durability concerns of a

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motorized camera at least for clumsy people now the actual screen itself

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though is visually stunning the bezels are still tiny but samsung seems to have

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tweaked their edge rejection enough that accidentally opening the notification

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shade during a movie or accidentally bumping letters when you're reaching

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across the keyboard is practically a non-issue i also noticed what appears to

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be a proper earpiece speaker grille up top unlike the note 10 meaning that it

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doesn't vibrate when you turn up your movie like a cheap toy but man

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back to the screen if you guys thought samsung's industry-leading displays

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couldn't get any better you obviously haven't been paying attention because

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they just keep doing it not only is the note 20 ultra around 20 brighter than

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last gen but samsung continues to set the standard for color accuracy and

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outdoor readability believe me if there's one thing this phone is amazing

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at it is content consumption it will probably be the best looking display in

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your household and it'll probably look closer to brand

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new for longer than you'd expect corning's brand new gorilla glass victus

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is on both the front and the back of this device with corning claiming that

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for the first time they've made significant improvements to both

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drop and scratch resistance within a single generation this new version can

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apparently withstand a drop of six and a half feet compared to five and a quarter

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for their previous gen and they've also improved drop endurance with victus

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typically surviving 21 meter high drops

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while gorilla glass 6 could only handle about 15. as for in the real world well

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i did drop it a few times without a case and it didn't break so um

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mission success now you might remember that i bashed samsung when the note 10

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launched for sticking to 60 hertz when competitors were shipping with 90 and

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even 120 hertz displays this time around though the note 20 ultra features a full

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fat qhd plus 6.9 inch amoled display

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with the option for crispy 120 hertz smoothness really does look

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great but like the s20 series it's limited to full hd resolution when it's

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running in 120 hertz mode something that samsung still has not offered an

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explanation for although like i said last time i don't personally find much

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of a difference in daily use at this size it's more just that it's like kind

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of a tease right to not allow both the full refresh rate and the full

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resolution at the same time especially given that the exynos and snapdragon

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processor versions of this could technically support it and competitors

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like oneplus already do on the subject

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of processors inside our note 20 ultra we have the latest snapdragon 865 plus

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it's lightning fast um i don't really know what else there is to say about

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that phone processors have gotten to the point where honestly they were fast

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enough that you're not really going to notice slowdowns

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a couple of years ago but power management was also excellent

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which is definitely a plus and i even survived an overnight lakes day without

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a charger that's a win in my book now there are some reported issues with heat

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and power draw on the exynos variant but unfortunately we weren't able to

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validate that so if you live in those regions hey you'd best do some more

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digging underneath the screen what has become a staple for samsung is a

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characteristically samsung ultrasonic fingerprint sensor it's

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not the fastest in the world but it does work well and consistently so

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good job and then alternatively there is face unlock but with the current

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situation in the world i imagine most people are going to be sticking with the

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fingerprint sensor by the way can i actually just take a moment to say uh

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iris scanner master race love you note 9

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thanks anyway the rest of the device will be pretty

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familiar to note 10 series owners save for the side buttons which have been

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swapped to the right hand side like the s20 series something that most people

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will probably find easier to reach on a device this size

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the iconic node s pen is virtually identical save for the vastly lowered

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latency nine milliseconds down from 45. now i mostly use my s pen for taking

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quick notes or annotating screenshots

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so for me that wasn't exactly a game changer but it definitely felt more

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fluid while i was sending late night memos to my staff like hey why this you

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know writing on things could just be a placebo effect though back to size

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around back we've got sweet honey barbecue

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the largest camera bump that i have ever seen

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i mean do you remember when people complained about the bump on like do you

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remember when people complain about the iphone 6 bump oh a camera bump this is

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disgusting or the one on the pixel 4 or the s20

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they got nothing on this how did samsung think this was at all reasonable like

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like if you put the phone down on a table and touch pretty much anywhere on

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the screen it's gonna wobble around now fortunately if you rock something

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like a dbrand grip it takes up the space where the camera bump isn't

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but i usually don't run a case so it's a

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little awkward for me in fairness though there's at least a solid technical

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reason for the massive bump under it is the periscope super zoom camera this

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time with lower resolution but larger pixels and locked to 50x compared to the

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maximum of 100x on the s20 ultra as

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usual i tried it once said wow that's

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pretty cool and then promptly never touched it again

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i mean at least samsung realized that 100x was a joke because of all the

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post-processing required and they limited it to assume that they can

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somewhat with a straight face say is usable like i don't know maybe if you're

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into wildlife photography but on your smartphone because i really don't know

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what else that 50x zoom would actually be useful for that's not illegal you can

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of course shoot and edit 8k video again just like the s20 series but again it's

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mostly just a marketing gimmick yes there is slightly more detail in the

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8k footage but when i say slightly i mean slightly

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the overall image on the 4k still feels better and if you shoot a lot of video

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well quite frankly you're probably going to want an iphone anyway photos off the

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note 20 ultra consistently have samsung's usual cooler white balance but

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hold plenty of detail their automatic HDR was not as good at balancing the

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highlights in the sky to the darkness by the wheels in this shot here compared to

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the pixel 4 and the amount of detail was definitely less but if you're not pixel

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peeping the note 20 ultra like the rest of samsung's lineup it's eons ahead of

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where they were just a few short years ago and they even cleaned up the focus

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issues from the s20 ultra with the addition of a laser autofocus so kudos

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to samsung for the camera here as for the rest of the changes this time around

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the note 20 ultra got something brand new which is ultra wideband uwb is a

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short-range wireless communication protocol a lot like bluetooth or wi-fi

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but what makes it special is that it operates at very high frequencies

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allowing equipped devices to accurately track the relative position and motion

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of each other now it doesn't really have a use case

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yet aside from speeding up google's airdrop competitor nearby share but in

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the future we could see devices like a smart door lock that could sense exactly

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where you are in relation to the door allowing it to proximity unlock only

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when you're right outside it instead of unlocking you know when you're

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approaching from the inside for example that that'd be

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cool right and then samsung's desktop replacement dex is also now wireless on

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the note 20 series so you can cast to a compatible samsung tv it works fine but

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it's just not something that i've ever really had a use for so your mileage is

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going to vary there so that's it then the pinhole is smaller

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cool and the edge rejection issues are solved awesome it doesn't shake like my

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old lambo when you turn up the volume so you should buy one

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or should you well the unfortunate truth is that

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regular smartphones like samsung's series have gone up so much in price and

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feature set that they've actually taken over a lot of what used to make a note

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a note it's 1300 us dollars for the base

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version and that's a pretty penny i mean i guess if you want a phone that does

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pretty well everything really well with a gorgeous big 120 hertz screen a

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chungus of a battery and a massive camera bump then hey maybe the note 20

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ultra is for you but the pixel still takes better photos

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an iphone still takes better video and if you don't want to spend that much the

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regular s20 is really only missing the pen and a fancy zoom camera that i think

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most people probably don't need to spend 300 on as for me the note 20 ultra is

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going back in the box right next to its older brother you know what dbrand had

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enough of your bullsh what's up with these awesome textured

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vinyl skins that are available for laptops phones tablets consoles

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controllers and more i'm sick of it they're made from such high quality 3m

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vinyl that it just it makes all your competitors look bad okay the patented

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adhesive it leaves no residue on my devices what's my excuse for replacing

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my phone all the time if it doesn't have an ugly gross you know residue on it

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when i change out my skin to another color and the and the precision it's

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uncompromising it's like a factory fit for my device

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it even keeps it protected when i accidentally drop it all the time i mean

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look at this i don't have my phone on me so i'm gonna pick up my prompt remote

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see we all know that i do that and your customer service i mean i've never used

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it because i'm an influencer so i just talked directly to the the higher ups

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but like i heard it's pretty good too so you can well it's pretty rude but but

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other than that it's good so check them out at the link in the video description

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dbrand they're bad people but with good stickers thanks for watching guys if you

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enjoyed this video then maybe check out the actually go check out our short

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circuit channel where i checked out a xiaomi phone with a 120x zoom

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predictably the zoom is bad but the phone was really cool so

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go watch that