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. More Samsung) Your Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Note 20 Ultra are on borrowed time. Both 2020 flagships have received more quarterly security updates this year.
Good news for people hanging on, but those will likely run out soon. Samsung hasn’t explicitly said when the 2020 Galaxy phone range will stop receiving software support. Being downgraded from monthly to quarterly updates has put a 12-month clock on a Galaxy handset in the past.
The Galaxy S9 and S10 followed this path. Samsung has been tinkering with how long it supports its devices, often unexpectedly extending their life cycle at the company’s discretion. Samsung prolonged the S20 range to a fifth year of updates in 2024, with another update landing this week.
The Note 20 was last updated with a security patch in January. This means unless the company issues another stay of execution, this April update is your Galaxy S20’s swansong. Another clue about Samsung’s future update plans comes in how it values older phones via its trade-in program.
The Note 20, in particular, fetches an obscenely high trade-in valuation of $600 when buying a new handset. That has risen to $800 when buying the Galaxy Z Fold 6 . I have seen that price in promotions for the Galaxy S25, S24 and Z Fold 6.
I have also seen the Galaxy S9 go for $500 . The Galaxy S20 isn’t so lucky, fetching a more sobering $300 (roughly) price in the same promotions. You will not get anywhere near $600 or $800 for your old Galaxy Note 20 on the secondary market.
On eBay right now, the phablet (remember that phrase?) is selling for a rough average of $250. Understandable, considering it is facing the tech dust heap imminently. This makes the Note 20 one of those sweet spot-used Samsung devices that can be deployed as a significant makeweight for buying a new phone.
That’s without the 5% discount when bought in the Samsung shop app, or the double storage promotion the company often runs. This is one of the few times Samsung isn’t running an enhanced trade-in price promotion for its Galaxy S25, with the Note 20 Ultra fetching a paltry $180 and Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra being valued at $155. So it is best to wait until the Korean company runs another deal, which won’t be long.
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