Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 128GB Unlocked Android Smartphone – Mystic Black (Renewed) – For Sale – Price

8 reviews for Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 128GB Unlocked Android Smartphone – Mystic Black (Renewed) – For Sale – Price

1. 

   Ragnorok – 19 February 2025

   The last Note with an SD card slot…
   I don’t use face recognition so I can’t say how well it works, but for the first week at any rate, the on-screen fingerprint reader has been amazingly easy to use. I don’t use my phone super heavy and it’s not uncommon to have 70% or more battery when I put it on the wireless charger at night, and it’s *significantly* less picky about placement on the wireless charger than the old phone (note 8). The car has wireless charging and it’s also much better charging there; the old one would often not be in the right place and not get any electrons, where this never fails to juice up.I got the Note 20 because it’s the last Note (currently) that has an SD card slot; I’m absolutely against some company gouging me hundreds of dollars extra for a 256GB phone when a 512GB SD card is under 50 bucks. The drawback to that is this phone came with pretty much nothing at all but a charging cable, which isn’t really adding any value. It took me some time to find a way to get the SD card slot open, without their custom tool, because on this phone at least the hole is waaayyyy too small for a paper clip. I finally unwound the spring from an ink pen, which was small enough and stiff enough to release it. Seriously leave out the cable that probably everyone in the world has by now and put that tool in! It’s needed for the SIM even without an SD card.Speaking of SIM, moving my line to this phone was trivially simple. The phone was apparently on T-Mobile previouisly and I’m on Verizon, and everything worked flawlessly right from the phone. Put the SIM in, turned it on, and followed the instructions. Done.I got a Note because, well, I’ve been a Note fanboy since the 4, when my old Droid with the hardware keyboard gave up the ghost, because of the S-Pen. It’s not something I use every day, but when I do use it, there is literally no alternative that works like the S-Pen. If Samsung ever stops putting that on their phone I’ll probably move on to something more affordable.This is my first ever refurb, and this one at least is exactly what one would hope; it physically indistinguishable from a brand new phone. Even close observation in the light reveals no scratches or blemishes, it hasn’t crashed or exhibited any wonky behaviour (knocks on head), and it’s significantly snappier than the old one. That’s not just because it has more resources, I think it’s because the UI has been tweaked. For example when scrolling a long list this phone’s “inertia”, how long it scrolls untouched after a flick up or down, is much higher than the old phone, so it’s considerably faster to browse by scrolling. I’m sure other improvements have been made as well, and together they translate into a much more responsive feel.The OS itself is similar to the Note 8, really, but it has even more bloat and unremovable cruft in it. For exampe there’s “AR” functionality now, but even though I have nothing AR, and if I do it’s highly unlikely I’ll use this phone in conjunction with it. There’s an “AR Zone” that can’t be disabled, can’t be removed, can’t be told not to nag me with notifications, can’t be managed in the slightest. Seriously Samsung, get off your high horse. You don’t know what I want my phone to do; fine if you want to have that enabled by default, why do I care? But can’t disable it or remove all the massively huge list of permissions? Want to rub some salt in there for me? It’s also considerably more in-your-face nagging about things; like I haven’t figured out how to get it to stop nagging me to save passwords for web sites, as if the last fifteen times I’d change my mind. Stuff like that isn’t helpful, it’s obtuse and rude.Migration was a PitA, but that’s normal, so I mention it anecdotally. Samsung’s “Smart Switch” does make it less than heinously atrocious, but “Everything” isn’t (everything), and it still took me days to get all my appointments and other things loaded in. Once I find my browser bookmarks and get them in I’ll finally be done. Least favorite part of getting a new phone is setting the @*&#% up. I can back up and restore a computer with trivial ease but no phone maker yet is smart enough to do that with a phone. Pathetic.I considered only four stars because of the missing SD card tool. Not sure how many folks would be able to figure out how to open it with the hole being about 2/3 the diameter of a paper clip, which is by the way what Verizon recommends using if one can’t find the tool. I have no straight pins so I don’t know if they work, but if I did I’d still want to file the point off to be sure I didn’t damage anything.But overall a VERY happy camper. If you like Android it’s likely you’ll be satisfied with this phone, and if you’ve never had an S-pen you’ll probably be hooked. lol

2. 

   Joe Pisciotta – 19 February 2025

   Great phone but still had to return it (Note 20 Ultra)
   I ordered an excellent condition Note 20 Ultra in black and it arrived exactly as advertised, without a scratch. It is the most beautiful phone I’ve ever owned and I’ve had several dozen phones. My daily phone is an iPhone 13 Pro Max because of work (Apple Ecosystem) so this phone was to take a break from Apple at times. I also own a Samsung S20 Ultra so not new to Samsung / Android. Out of the box I had connection issues with WiFi and cell phone switching. When I left my house from WiFi into T-Mobile cell service I would get no service. I then had to reboot the phone, it would connect to cell service and then the phone would blowup with notifications. It didn’t happen every time I left the house, was 50/50. It also had issues with lag like it was out of memory. Opening YouTube for example I’d get the spinning ball. Checking for software update or cleaning the memory, the color dots wouldn’t even spin. Then there is the battery (4500 mAh) which was extremely poor. My best battery day was 3 hours 49 minutes onscreen time with 60hz refresh set. For comparison my used older S20 Ultra battery (5000 mAh) best day was 9 hours 2 minutes (iPhone, 10 hours 16 minutes). So I called around and found a Samsung certified store which quoted me $79 for an OEM battery replacement. I would have totally changed the battery if the phone didn’t have the other issues. I only used the phone for 4 days and after the second hard reset, I made the decision to return it. I just sent it back today after receiving it 7 days ago. Even with the issues, I miss it already. I don’t miss the battery life and the hiccups but the phone itself was gorgeous (that 1440p screen). It was no fault of the Amazon seller, someone would have to use the phone for days to detect these issues.

3. 

   izz – 19 February 2025

   Terrible refurbishment quality, Terrible refund policy
   I rarely write bad reviews but this deserves the hoslnest review im writing here. I bought this phone as excellent quality refurbished and holy moly this phone was far from that. When i opened the box it had all it accessories but this thin slightly greasy film on the front and back of the phone, it was all over it and then the plastic film on the front glass of the phone had a bunch of lint and dust on it. I peeled it of and coukd see all the lint and dirt was on the sticky side that adheres to the phone screen. The screen was scratch free and crack free and so was the rest of the phone. But i noticed the color was off and not as vibrant as my s20 fe phone. The galaxy Note 20 Ultra is a top end high quality phone with high quality display. So to see it noticeabley faded and dull looking compared to my S20 it seemed liked something was wrong. Then i tried taking pictures with it and it did not focous well at all. I took it to a cell phone store and compared it to another used Note 20 ultra and they did not have one but the person at the front visually inspected the camera and took pictures with it and he said the camera needed to be replaced. So i just decided to return this phone and get a refund. The return mailing tracking number verified they have had the phone for over a week and still have not refunded me.. I called and was told anything over 100$ it takes about 3 weeks to a month for a refund. So just a heads up if you are interested in this phone and end up returning it. I was not impressed at all with theyre refurbishment quality. This is the second phone ive bought from amazon and have had the same type of experience. I dont think they know how to refurbish cell phones very well and certaintly not to an excellent or even good quality.

4. 

   Erick – 19 February 2025

   Un celular bastante premium, el que sea reacondicionado no le quita nada a uno nuevo. Estética al 10 y batería y software al 100. Increíble dispositivo.

5. 

   Roberto – 19 February 2025

   En muy buen estado, como nuevo. Entrega rapida.

6. 

   Excelente, la cantidad de vapor es justo el adecuado para uso doméstico, me gusta que puede rellenar el depósito con agua mientras está conectada y genera vapor en menos de un minuto, lo recomiendo. – 19 February 2025

   Tengo exactamente un año de uno del equipo y ninguna falla, la batería dura todo el.dia, la calidad de la cámara es muy buena y lo recibí sin ningún rayón ni defecto lo recomiendo

7. 

   Adrian Garza – 19 February 2025

   Ya van 6 meses, el telefono funciona perfecto, ninguna falla y todo va excelente!! buenisima compra

8. 

   Lucy Sánchez – 19 February 2025

   Muy bonito y de buena calidad