The rumor mill which has been awash in recent months on the possible retirement of the Galaxy Note lineup of Samsung smartphones has finally gotten some authentication via Reuters.
What began as an unlikely news item around August 2020 has now gained sufficient traction to warrant the attention of a reliable news outlet like Reuters. It now looks almost certain that indeed Samsung will discontinue production of its Galaxy Note line. The latest confirmation of this news comes from Reuters and is based on several credible sources having sufficient knowledge of the plans of the tech giant on the matter.
The Reuters report is also in line with reports monitored this week from South Korea on the matter. The move is expected to highlight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the declining demand for Samsung’s flagship smartphones, coupled with other operational and design challenges faced by the Galaxy Note series. Samsung is rumored to be planning to move its development resources production attention to its upcoming foldable phone range.
One of the sources that spoke to Reuters also confirmed that Samsung is planning to bring S Pen support to its Galaxy S21 Ultra and next foldable phone with the smart stylus being sold separately in the two cases.
The Samsung Galaxy Note series, at launch, was designed as a series of high-end Android phablets and smartphones primarily oriented towards pen computing in that all Galaxy Note models come with a stylus pen and had incorporated a pressure-sensitive Wacom digitizer and a generally larger screen. The Galaxy Note models also have software features that are oriented towards the stylus and their large screens, such as note-taking and digital scrapbooking apps, and split-screen capabilities for multitasking. The Note line serves as Samsung’s flagship smartphone model, positioned above the Samsung Galaxy S series.
We’ll keep our fingers crossed while monitoring further developments as Samsung is set to release the S21 series in January 2020.
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