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The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was released last month. Most people have a social media account and mobile phone videos and photos form the bulk of the activity to these platforms. I always like to know that if I am paying top dollar for a smartphone then it must stand up to the test. I do the reviews on my YouTube channel but here I like to share samples so you can all view at your leasure. Hope you find these interesting. Wide angle (0.5)   No zoom   2x zoom   10x zoom 20x zoom 50x zoom          No zoom         10x zoom       20x zoom     50x zoom   108mp   108mp 108mp All images were taken during the day and on auto mode.

Took these photos in auto mode on my Galaxy Note 7.                                     No zoom No zoom                                     X3 Zoom                                    X1.3 Zoom

I went for a walk in the park this evening and decided to take photos with my edge plus camera to share. Flash was off and the camera was set to auto at 16megapixels. Spot the moon.

Many of us will be struggling to decide which smartphone to get or maybe firstly, which platform e.g android or iOS. In the past few years, I have tended to go with Samsung. The clear contenders are the Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge plus and Galaxy Note 5. Galaxy S6 This is a beautiful phone, introducing the glass finish and premium look. However, the edge display is sexier looking and so you could do better. Galaxy S6 edge Worryingly, many people who bought this device were disappointed to later learn that Samsung was releasing the edge plus. Pretty much the same phone but bigger display at 5.7 instead of 5.1in, bigger RAM at 4gb instead of 3gb, bigger battery at 3000mAh instead of 2600 and a higher pixel density on the edge plus. Galaxy S6 edge plus If you are looking for bigger is better, this is your device. Galaxy Note 5 The best Samsung device ever, up to last year in my opinion, was the Note 4. Multitasking capability was from another dim...

If you use a magnetic phone case/cover, it will affect your S Pen's response on the screen of the phone. This will be greater where the screen is right above or next to the magnet. I tried many screen configuration settings before I found out what the cause was and how to fix it. http://youtu.be/xAO8pg_1EWE

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Browser-Wars-the-best-10-Android-browsers-go-toe-to-toe-part-1_id48166

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/13/whats-really-new-in-android-4-4-2/

http://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-tablet-2013-323608/

Samsung Galaxy S5 coming sooner than later, says report http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57614100-1/samsung-galaxy-s5-coming-sooner-than-later-says-report/?subj=AndroidAtlas&tag=feed

Samsung tips: 10 Galaxy S4 “hidden” features and tricks http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-tips-10-galaxy-s4-hidden-features-tricks-247798/

Google Now will change the way we use our smartphones http://www.androidcentral.com/google-now-will-change-way-you-use-your-smart-phone

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-announces-android-41-jelly-bean-update-galaxy-s3?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

With Samsung refusing to even confirm the name of their next galaxy, many can hardly wait to see what it brings. The good news is that the announcement comes tomorrow evening (4th May 2012) in the UK. Early speculation suggests a better camera and video quality, never seen before processor with better battery usage, ics as stock, own version of siri (s talk) and many more. Well, only a few more hours to go  :-).

So if you have now got your ics update you will be over the moon. I have had mine for a few days and i have to say, it's the best mobile phone operating system i've ever used (yes i've used ios longer than i've been on android). I'm not going to go into this though. I've noticed one problem which is battery drain. Now i don't know the technical stuff apart from things like turning off bluetooth, wifi, etc saves battery. I'm gonna tell you that you don't need to change any of the settings you had before the upgrade. What you need to do is let your battery go flat and then charge it fully from the mains not bluetooth. Do this a few times (usually takes a week of using ics to sort the problem out) and the system seems to optimise battery use and should be back to how it was before the upgrade.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/facebook-spies-on-phone-users-text-messages-report-says/story-e6freuyi-1226282017490

I've just found out that if you download a video it goes in downloads where you can play it from. However, if you delete it from downloads it will still show in gallery. To make sure that it's completely deleted, delete from both downloads and gallery.