Samsung suggests the Galaxy Note is dead, but it's not really - the S Ultra is

Date:
Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:42:52 +0000

Description:
Statements from Samsung execs suggest we won't see another Samsung Galaxy Note, but we essentially just did.

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We must have written some version of this story a dozen times by now, but if you were still holding out hope for a Samsung Galaxy Note 22 or any future Note models, youre almost certainly going to be out of luck, with two Samsung execs virtually confirming that we wont get them.

First up, TM Roh (Samsungs mobile chief) said in an interview with Bloomberg that In the near term, our operation will focus on a two-track strategy: flagship S series in the first half of the year and innovative foldable
lineup in the second half. We will keep this strategy until theres another major breakthrough and we are working hard to make it happen.

While Samsung will release phones beyond those (such as in the mid-range Galaxy A series), the Note range is significant enough that wed expect it to be mentioned in that statement if any new handsets were planned.

Then, according to Phandroid , Drew Blackard (Vice President of Mobile
Product Management for Samsung America) said We see the Note as an experience these days. Weve put the Note experience in our PCs, our tablets, our foldables From a device perspective, we see the S22 Ultra as the natural
next step for a Note owner.

So this again doesnt outright state that the Note series is dead, but it heavily implies it. Given the lack of a Samsung Galaxy Note 21 and all the other evidence of the series demise weve seen this last year, we really think its time to give up hope of ever seeing a new one. A Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Image credit: Future) Analysis: except the Note series isnt actually dead, the Galaxy S Ultra is

All that said, all thats really died is the Samsung Galaxy Note name, as evidenced by the fact that the new Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is, for all intents and purposes, a Samsung Galaxy Note.

It looks like a Note, has all the power of a Note, and comes with an S Pen stylus and a slot to house it. Its a Galaxy Note.

So whats actually happened is that theres no true Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
no phone that looks like the rest of the Samsung Galaxy S22 range but with truly top-tier specs.

If this is the future of the range then the Galaxy S Ultra as we know it is gone, while the Note is alive and well albeit with only one model launching each year, and the timing of that launch having changed. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 range is here



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