In a virtual event last week, Samsung released a small army of new products, including an in-depth tease of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 …
In a virtual event last week, Samsung released a small army of new products, including an in-depth tease of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 complete with an appearance by the group BTS. But it’s the new Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra that really caught my eye. As Samsung rattled off the small novel of new features for each phone, I longed to see some of them come to the next iPhone aka the heavily rumored iPhone 12. I want to say this upfront, that the design and hardware features for the next iPhone have likely been locked in months ago. But that doesn’t mean we can’t wonder how nice it would be to see some of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra features on the iPhone 12 or even an iPhone 13 — too soon? There are five features in particular that I think Apple should consider adopting. That said, we know that Samsung loves to cram in as many new features as possible into its phones. Apple introduces new features to solve a problem or improve your experience using an iPhone. That difference is significant, and I doubt Apple would add any of these features just to add them. In February, Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, which has 13x optical zoom and 100x Space Zoom (aka digital zoom). The new Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has a 5x optical zoom with 50x digital zoom. The iPhone 11 Pro has 2x optical zoom. I’m not saying that the iPhone 12 needs Space Zoom — no phone does, really. But having a 3x or 4x optical zoom on the next iPhone would be welcomed.
