Samsung is making up for its mistakes in the Galaxy S20 series with the Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra. The phones have improved cameras, work well with Windows, and, of course, have S Pens.

三星正在通过Galaxy Note20和Note20 Ultra弥补其在Galaxy S20系列中的错误。 这些电话具有改进的摄像头，可以在Windows上很好地工作，当然还有S Pen。

By Sascha Segan

由 萨沙·塞根

Are you ready to get to work? Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra are refinements on the Galaxy S20 lineup that add an S Pen stylus, fix some notorious camera issues, and link up better with your Windows 10 PC. Starting at $999 for the Note20 and $1,299 for the Note20 Ultra, the phones go on pre-order August 6 and will appear on shelves August 21.

您准备好上班了吗？ 三星新推出的Galaxy Note20和Galaxy Note20 Ultra是对Galaxy S20系列的改进，增加了S Pen手写笔，解决了一些臭名昭著的相机问题，并更好地与Windows 10 PC相连。 Note20的起价为999美元，Note20 Ultra的起价为1,299美元，这些手机将于8月6日开始预购，并将于8月21日上市。

The Galaxy Note20 comes in two main models. There’s a $999 Note20 that has a 6.7-inch, 1080p 60Hz screen; 8GB of RAM; 128GB of storage; a 4,300mAh battery; and a camera array similar to the Galaxy S20+ with a main 12MP sensor, a 64MP telephoto sensor that simulates 3x zoom, a 12MP wide-angle sensor, and a 10MP front-facing shooter.

Galaxy Note20有两种主要型号。 售价999美元的Note20具有6.7英寸，1080p 60Hz屏幕； 8GB RAM； 128GB的存储空间； 4300mAh电池； 以及与Galaxy S20 +类似的相机阵列，具有一个主12MP传感器，一个模拟3倍变焦的64MP远摄传感器，一个12MP广角传感器和一个10MP前置射击器。

Then there’s the fully loaded, $1,299 Galaxy Note20 Ultra. It has a 6.9-inch, 2,560-by-1,440, 120Hz screen; 12GB of RAM; either 128GB or 512GB of storage; a 4,500mAh battery; and a modified version of the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s camera array, with a main 108MP camera, a 12MP, 5x optical zoom lens, a 12MP wide-angle sensor, and a 10MP front-facing lens.

然后是满载的，售价为1,299美元的Galaxy Note20 Ultra。 它具有6.9英寸，2,560 x 1,440、120Hz的屏幕; 12GB RAM； 128GB或512GB的存储空间； 4,500mAh电池； 以及经过修改的Galaxy S20 Ultra相机阵列，包括一个主108MP相机，一个12MP，5倍光学变焦镜头，一个12MP广角传感器和一个10MP前置镜头。

Both run Android 10 on Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipsets, a little bit faster than the Galaxy S20’s Snapdragon 865.

两者都在Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus芯片组上运行Android 10 ，比Galaxy S20的Snapdragon 865快一点。

The phones look like Galaxy Notes, more squarish than Galaxy S models, and this year with a prominent camera bump on the back.

这些手机看起来像Galaxy Notes，比Galaxy S机型更为方形，并且今年背面的摄像头凸显出来。

“We wanted to develop a form and shape that is unique to the Note [20] while making sure it still resembles the Note [series],” Samsung senior designer Yunjin Kim said. In her view, that means a “geometrically extruded” camera bump that echoes the shape and edges of the phone. The big bump is “revealing the high-performance aspect [of the camera] with confidence,” which might be true, but it also might just be required for the camera assembly.

三星高级设计师Yunjin Kim说：“我们想开发一种对Note [20]来说独特的形状和形状，同时确保它仍然与Note [系列]类似。” 在她看来，这意味着“几何凸出”的相机凸点会呼应手机的形状和边缘。 最大的障碍是“自信地展现[相机的]高性能方面”，这可能是正确的，但相机组装可能也需要它。

The smaller Note20 comes in bronze, gray, or green, while the Ultra comes in black, bronze, or white.

较小的Note20具有青铜色，灰色或绿色，而Ultra具有黑色，青铜色或白色。

“While the previous Note 10 showed the energetic aspect with an ‘aura’ color containing the principles of light and prism, [the] Note20 will focus on comfort and subtle luxury with calm and neutral colors,” designer Jung-Taek Lee said.

设计师Jung-Taek Lee说：“虽然以前的Note 10表现出充满活力的一面，具有包含光和棱镜原理的'光环'颜色，但是[Note20]将专注于舒适和微妙的奢华，并带有沉稳和中性的色彩。”

There will be all-carrier unlocked versions of the phones, as well as individual carrier-branded models in the US.

这些手机将具有所有运营商的解锁版本，以及美国的各个运营商品牌的型号。

笔是东西 (The Pen’s the Thing)

The most special thing about the Galaxy Note line is, and has always been, the S Pen.

关于Galaxy Note系列，最特别的是，而且一直是S Pen。

The Note started as a “big phone,” and a lot of people bought it because it was a big phone, but there are a lot of big phones these days. There are very few phones with styluses that work well, however, and no other phones where the manufacturer has put as much thought into the stylus experience as you get here. That’s why my wife and daughter, both artists, have Notes: they wanted “the phone with the pen.”

Note最初是“大型电话”，许多人购买它是因为它是大型电话，但是如今有很多大型电话。 但是，很少有带有触控笔的手机可以很好地工作，并且没有其他制造商像您来到这里那样在触控笔体验中投入了很多心血。 这就是为什么我的妻子和女儿都是艺术家，他们都有笔记：他们想要“带笔的电话”。

The new S Pen upgrade starts with lower latency. I’ve never had a big problem with S Pen latency, but Samsung slashed it this year, taking it from around 40ms to 9ms on the Note20 Ultra and around 18ms on the Note20. (Samsung didn’t give an exact figure for regular Note20 latency, but said the reduction is half what it is on the Ultra.) So now the Ultra’s S Pen latency matches Apple’s latest Pencil, which is also 9ms when used with the iPad Pro line.

新的S Pen升级以较低的延迟开始。 我从来没有遇到过S Pen延迟的大问题，但是三星今年大幅降低了延迟时间，在Note20 Ultra上将其从40ms缩短至9ms，在Note20上将其从18ms缩短至18ms。 (三星并未给出常规Note20延迟的确切数字，但表示减少幅度是Ultra的一半。)因此，现在Ultra的S Pen延迟与Apple最新的Pencil匹配，与iPad Pro一起使用时也为9毫秒。线。

The difference in pen latencies, I’m pretty sure, has to do with the two phones’ screen refresh rates. The Note20 Ultra has a 120Hz screen, which means it refreshes every 8.3 milliseconds. A 9ms pen latency is just about at the limit of visibility on that screen. The Note20 has a 60Hz screen, refreshing every 16.6 milliseconds. So an 18–20ms latency is pretty close to that screen’s refresh rate, too.

我敢肯定，笔延迟的差异与两部手机的屏幕刷新率有关。 Note20 Ultra具有120Hz屏幕，这意味着它每8.3毫秒刷新一次。 9ms的笔延迟时间几乎等于该屏幕上可见性的极限。 Note20具有60Hz的屏幕，每16.6毫秒刷新一次。 因此，18–20ms的延迟也非常接近该屏幕的刷新率。

There’s fairly widespread support for the S Pen’s pressure sensitivity in common apps. Samsung keeps pushing along its Samsung Notes app anyway, improving it this time with some very useful features. It now syncs with OneNote, annotates PDFs, and has a folder structure to let you better organize your notes. My daughter has used Samsung Notes as a sketching app for a few years now because it’s so easy. Syncing to Microsoft’s cloud means it’ll be much more useful cross-platform.

常见应用程序中对S Pen的压力敏感度有相当广泛的支持。 三星仍会继续推进其三星Notes应用程序，这次通过一些非常有用的功能对其进行了改进。 现在，它可以与OneNote同步，为PDF注释，并具有文件夹结构，可让您更好地组织笔记。 我的女儿已经将三星Notes用作素描应用程序已有几年了，因为它非常简单。 同步到Microsoft的云意味着跨平台将变得更加有用。

固定相机 (Fixing the Camera)

The Samsung Galaxy 20 Ultra camera has problems. The phase-detection autofocus on its 108-megapixel sensor is slower than the dual-pixel autofocus on other phones, and early in the Ultra’s life had trouble with precision as well. The Galaxy S20 Ultra’s “100x” zoom, meanwhile, is a nearly unusable gimmick.

三星Galaxy 20 Ultra相机有问题 。 其108兆像素传感器上的相位检测自动对焦比其他手机上的双像素自动对焦慢，而且Ultra的早期还存在精度方面的麻烦。 同时，Galaxy S20 Ultra的“ 100倍”变焦几乎是无法使用的头。

The Note20 Ultra starts with the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s camera array, but makes some critical changes. It adds a laser autofocus module, which should fix the autofocus issues, and Samsung is only promising 50x zoom here. In my experience, anything greater than 30x zoom on this camera system is like looking at an Impressionist painting, but it’s nice to see Samsung backing away from that 100x promise.

Note20 Ultra从Galaxy S20 Ultra的相机阵列开始，但进行了一些重要的更改。 它增加了一个激光自动对焦模块，该模块应该可以解决自动对焦问题，三星仅承诺将其放大50倍。 以我的经验，该相机系统的任何大于30倍的变焦都像看一幅印象派绘画，但很高兴看到三星退缩了100倍的承诺。

The smaller Galaxy Note20 uses the S20+ camera system, which didn’t have the autofocus problems; Samsung suggests 30x zoom there, which appears to be made of 3x optical and 10x digital.

较小的Galaxy Note20使用S20 +摄像头系统，该系统没有自动对焦问题。 三星建议在那里进行30倍变焦，这似乎是由3倍光学和10倍数字组成的。

Beyond the needed fixes, Samsung is focusing more on video than on stills in the cameras here.

除了所需的修复程序外，三星还把重点更多放在视频上，而不是相机中的静止图像上。

“The Note20 series cameras were developed with video shooting enhancements as the main focus,” Samsung’s Sarah Ahn said. “Consumers are watching and filming many more videos than in the past. This phenomenon is more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

三星的莎拉·安(Sarah Ahn)说：“ Note20系列相机的开发重点是增强视频拍摄功能。” “消费者正在观看和拍摄的视频比过去更多。 在COVID-19大流行期间，这种现象更加明显。”

The camera now has 8K and 21:9 recording at 24 frames per second, and its Pro Video Mode lets you do a bunch of audio tricks with the phone’s three mics. You can turn mics on and off to focus your audio recording directionally, change the audio input level in real time, or use Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live as a remote microphone.

相机现在以每秒24帧的速度记录8K和21：9的声音，其Pro Video Mode(专业视频模式)可让您使用手机的三个麦克风进行一系列音频操作。 您可以打开和关闭麦克风以定向音频录制，实时更改音频输入电平，或将Samsung的Galaxy Buds Live用作远程麦克风。

The Note20 Ultra also records at 120fps to match its 120fps screen, Ahn said.

Ahn说，Note20 Ultra还以120fps录制以匹配其120fps屏幕。

手机到电脑 (Phone to PC)

Samsung isn’t Apple. But at least here in the US, Apple is mostly who it goes up against. That means fighting Apple’s powerful integration between its phones, tablets, and PCs. Samsung has taken a two-prong approach to this: expanding its partnership with Microsoft, and continuing to improve its DeX PC-like mode. That’s very Samsung, and very Android, of course. Why have one solution when you can have two?

三星不是苹果。 但是至少在美国这里，苹果公司是它所反对的人。 这意味着要与苹果公司在其手机，平板电脑和PC之间的强大集成进行斗争。 三星为此采取了两种方法：扩大与微软的合作伙伴关系，并继续改善其类似于DeX PC的模式。 当然，这就是三星，也就是Android。 为什么只有一种解决方案却可以拥有两种解决方案？

The Link to Windows app for Windows 10 will now let you mirror mobile app screens on your PC, and later this year will let you open six windows at once, dragging and dropping between your PC and mobile apps. That looks genuinely useful.

现在，适用于Windows 10的链接到Windows应用程序可让您在PC上镜像移动应用程序的屏幕，而今年晚些时候将使您一次打开六个窗口，在PC和移动应用程序之间拖放。 这看起来确实有用。

DeX, meanwhile, moves a bit more into screencasting and presentations from its original pitch of turning your phone into a PC. DeX now works with Miracast, Qualcomm’s popular streaming system, to stream from your phone in a PC-like mode to TVs.

同时，DeX从将手机变成PC的原始音调，将更多的精力用于屏幕广播和演示。 DeX现在可以与高通流行的流传输系统Miracast一起，以类似PC的模式从您的手机流传输到电视。

密切关注5G (Keeping an Eye on 5G)

Both Galaxy Note20 models will support “a full 5G experience,” according to Samsung, with access to both millimeter-wave and sub-6 5G networks. That currently sets the S20 apart from other 5G phones. On AT&T and T-Mobile, the S20 is the only phone that taps into those carriers’ millimeter-wave networks, where they have them available.

三星表示，这两种Galaxy Note20型号都将支持“完整的5G体验”，并且可以访问毫米波和6级以下5G网络。 目前，这使S20与其他5G手机区分开来。 在AT＆T和T-Mobile上，S20是唯一进入这些运营商的毫米波网络的电话，在那里他们可以使用它们。

That said, the US carriers may yet screw this up. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some US-carrier-only, sub-6-only version, or a Verizon-exclusive version, or something else that keeps the state of 5G fragmented and confused.

话虽如此，美国航母可能仍会对此加码。 如果有某些仅美国运营商，低于6级的版本，或Verizon专有的版本，或其他使5G处于零散和混乱状态的东西，我不会感到惊讶。

The phones have Qualcomm’s current X55 modem, which is pretty decently set up for what’s coming with US 5G networks over the next year. It works on all of the bands they currently plan to use with 5G next year, including new technologies like standalone and DSS. (AT&T’s upcoming standalone network may require next year’s modem, the X60.)

这些电话配备了高通公司当前的X55调制解调器，该调制解调器相当不错地用于明年美国5G网络的功能。 它适用于他们目前计划明年与5G一起使用的所有频段，包括独立技术和DSS等新技术。 (AT＆T即将推出的独立网络可能需要明年的调制解调器X60。)

Along with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, and the usual array of wireless technologies, these are the first Samsung phones to support ultra-wideband, a new wireless standard that we also saw in the Apple iPhone 11 series. Like on the iPhone 11, I don’t really get why you need a new chip here, but maybe they’re going for cheap.

除了Wi-Fi 6，蓝牙5.1和常用的无线技术外，这些都是首批支持超宽带的三星手机，这也是我们在Apple iPhone 11系列中也看到的新无线标准。 像在iPhone 11上一样，我真的不明白为什么在这里需要新的芯片，但也许它们会便宜。

The chip allows for better detection of phones’ proximity and position, so it enables a point-to-share function where you can shoot files at each other’s phones. Samsung also promises a “digital key” feature to let your phone work as a key for a smart lock at your home or office. Again, I don’t understand why all this needs another chip or how many people will use these features, but they’re there.

该芯片可以更好地检测电话的距离和位置，因此可以实现点对点共享功能，您可以在对方的电话上拍摄文件。 三星还承诺提供“数字钥匙”功能，使您的手机可以用作家庭或办公室智能锁的钥匙。 再说一次，我不明白为什么所有这些都需要另一个芯片，或者有多少人会使用这些功能，但是它们在那里。

S20应该是什么 (What the S20 Should Have Been)

The Note lineup is always a second chance for Samsung. It lets the company take that year’s Galaxy S innovations, refine them, and add the S Pen. This year, more is at stake than usual because of the issues with the S20 Ultra’s camera. The Note20 Ultra isn’t only less expensive than the S20 Ultra (by $200), it hopefully has a 108-megapixel camera that actually focuses properly.

对于三星来说，Note系列始终是第二次机会。 它使公司可以采用当年的Galaxy S创新，对其进行完善和添加S Pen。 由于S20 Ultra相机的问题，今年的风险比平时更多。 Note20 Ultra不仅比S20 Ultra便宜(200美元)，它还希望有一个108百万像素的摄像头，可以正确对焦。

Samsung is also positioning the Note series as the Windows alternative to Apple’s iPhone-Mac integration. With a lot of Windows PCs out there, that’s a smart move, if it works.

三星还将Note系列定位为Windows替代Apple的iPhone-Mac集成产品。 如果有很多Windows PC，那是一个明智的选择。

Originally published at https://www.pcmag.com.

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