Samsung’s upcoming Note 20 series gets NFC certification

Get ready for some Note, as Samsung finally get its upcoming flagship smartphone series the Galaxy Note 20 certified from NFC forum.

The devices are expected to be announced on August 5, where South Korean tech giant is rumoured to unveil three variants, the Note 20, Note 20+ and the Note 20 Ultra.

Two models are listed on NFC Forum's website - SM-981U and SM-986U believed to be the Galaxy Note20 and Note20+, respectively. However, it's unclear whether SM-986U is the Note20+ because it was listed on Bluetooth SIG's site as the Note20 Ultra.

The listings on the forum doesn’t unveil any specification, however SM-986U was spotted on Greekbench with Android 10, 8GB RAM and what's believed to be the unannounced Snapdragon 865+ SoC.

The SM-986U was recently put through HTML5 Test and the results revealed the smartphone will pack a 19.3:9 display of 3096x1444-pixel resolution. The screen is rumored to have a refresh rate of 120Hz.

We should hear more about the Note20 lineup in the coming weeks and will hopefully have more clarity on whether SM-986U is the Note20+ or the Note20 Ultra.