Next up: cameras. Both motherboards have to come out first.

The Ultra inherits the super-cool optical Space Zoom module from the S20 Ultra, but with a smaller 12 MP sensor behind it. (Click the link for a detailed take-apart of the periscope mechanism.) The regular Note 20 doesn't "space zoom," instead relying on a dense 64 MP sensor and some cropping magic.

The situation reverses for the wide-angle module, where the Ultra gets a gigantic 108 MP sensor—which, like the S20 Ultra, usually bins down to 12 MP. Meanwhile, the regular Note packs a more modest 12 MP sensor here.

Neither Note gets the S20 Ultra's 40 MP front-facing camera—instead, both pack 10 MP selfie sensors, which appear to come bundled with some unfortunate smoothing effects.