Here's my thoughts that I posted a few weeks ago. I've had my Note 20 (US Snapdragon) since it's launch in August.

I went with the regular one for the following reasons

• Flat screen - This was one of the biggest reasons. I hate the curved displays. They add nothing to the actual functionality of the phone and make screen protectors a huge pain in the ass to install.

• Size - 6.7" is the ideal size for me. 6.9", while not that much bigger, is big enough that it won't fit in some of my pockets (even more so with a case), especially when winter comes and I have to bust out my coats.

• Cost - I got my phone from T-Mobile and even with the 50% trade in promo, my down-payment on an Ultra would have been over $600 after taxes.

My battery life has been excellent. I'm averaging being around 50% when I get home from work, I got nowhere close to that with my Note 8 or 10. Having the 4500mah battery has been amazing.

I'm well aware that the Ultra, from a spec perspective, is the better phone, but it's not the better phone for some people. I wouldn't recommend the Note 20 if you don't (or can't) get it on a trade in promotion, as I agree that it's overpriced. However, if you can get it on a trade-in (and aren't super concerned about specs), it's a fantastic device.

I haven't had any performance issues, unlike with my Note 10, which would get random lockups on Chrome and Edge.

My only complaints with are the Note 20 are these

• 128GB downgrade - This applies to both phones. The fact that they dropped from 256GB to 128GB on the US Snapdragon models sucks ass.

• No microSD card - It sucks that there's no microSD as it really could use one (and we all know it was removed to use as a marketing point for the Ultra).

1080p60hz honestly doesn't bother me.

The fact that it has a plastic back is another thing that doesn't both me, either.

The regular Note 20 is a fantastic phone that's a bit overpriced.

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I had the s10+, and bought the note 10 last year. I have zero complaints about my note, but wish I just kept the S10+. I prefer the more rounded corners and never use the s pen. I will resist temptations this year. More on reddit.com

I wish more reviewers actually used phones for longer than a week It's refreshing to see a 3 month review here, or the 1 month review of the Fold 2 from Linus More on reddit.com

This is exactly what Samsung wants. Planned obsolescence. I forgot where I heard or read it, but someone broke it down that we've reached a bottleneck in technology. Back then phones upgraded so fast that it was easy to justify getting a new phone every two years. Around the time of the note 5, things started to slow down technologically. Heck, I'd still be on my note 4 if I didn't drop it in water. Now I remember, I heard this recently on planet money where they dug up an old podcast that's still relevant today. The guest stated that his note 4 he'd been using is far superior to the S8(?) because of replaceable battery and expandable memory. Around that time Samsung started glueing in the battery and took away the sd card. 80% of what we use our phones for works just fine on the 5-6 year old note 4. He said the only reason to make a non-replaceable battery and removing the sd slot was to force people to upgrade when something goes wrong with the phone because people (I'm guilty of this too) do not want to be without a phone for 5 days waiting for a replacement. There's plenty of people here that say the GPS issue is a ploy by Samsung to force us to upgrade and it seems there's a lot of evidence, albeit anecdotal, proving it. I had the same GPS problem a few months ago while biking and trying to find a route. I couldn't get a GPS fix even though I was in the middle of a big city and decided to cut the bike ride short and backtracked home. If the GPS problem isn't fixed soon, my next phone won't be a Samsung. I've been using a note since the note 2 and ever since the 4, it feels like they've been testing the limits of what they can tear away from us. The backlash when they took away the sd card from the 5 was big. I dropped my 4 into a bucket of water and didn't want to wait the 5 days for a replacement so I got the 5. Hated that damn phone. Waited for a good deal for the 6, but then they started exploding. Samsung ran a deal when they gave $400 for the note 5 to upgrade to the 8. Done. I'm going to use the 8 until it dies, if that's another 5 years I'm going to be really happy. But if this GPS thing isn't fixed, I'm going to jump ship because I think they're going to software brick everyone into a new phone after the 3 years support is over. Just like Apple. As others have stated, this feels like a class action lawsuit waiting to happen if they don't fix the GPS issue. Love the note series but there's no way I'm paying over $500 for a phone that's going to be dumped by the company after just 3 years. I built my own computer 6 years ago and it's still going strong. Not 4k strong but at least I didn't get suckered into a 3D TV, which is what all these new $1,000 phones feel like nowadays. More on reddit.com