With the launch of the latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3, it seemed that Samsung might be shifting away from its high end Galaxy Note series. But now, a new report from a tipster has suggested that the company’s Galaxy S lineup could be overhauled into the next gen Note series.

The news arrives from Ice Universe who stated that the ‘Note’ is not over yet and that the “S has become the Note.” For those unaware, the South Korean tech giant did not launch a Note phone this year, and included the S Pen support for its Galaxy S21 Ultra. Previously, we had even reported on the company trademarking the name “Galaxy Flex Note” and patenting a unique phone with folding wrap around display that also supported the S Pen stylus, which hinted that the company will be reviving its Note series.

Now, Ice Universe, a known tipster revealed the big news earlier today (22nd September 2021). While this might be good news for the Note series enthusiast, it is still unlikely since the S series is also a flagship series with its own dedicated userbase. In the past, both lineups had a clear distinctions, although, the newly launched Galaxy S21 Ultra had blurred the line between the two different series.

But, Samsung did keep it as an S series phone that did not ship with an S Pen out of the box. As of right now, this is still an unconfirmed report so take this news with a pinch of salt for now. We have no way of confirming this information at the moment, so stay tuned for more as we will be covering any notable updates that surface.

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 series has seen great sales recently. The company has sold over 590,000 units of the premium grade handset lineup, which is the highest it has ever recorded since the Galaxy S8 that sold over 620,000 units.

According to a GSMArena report, this marked a new high for the South Korean tech giant in the past four years. Within the first month of the new series going on sale, the Galaxy S21 lineup shipped nearly twice as many units in comparison to the Galaxy S20 series from last year. Furthermore, analysts from South Korea revealed that the primary reason behind high sales was Samsung’s ability to expand its 5G presence while keeping the price tag in check compared to the predecessor.

To elaborate on this, the base model of the Galaxy S21 starts from 990,000 KRW (roughly 870 US Dollars), which is about 20 percent lower than the base Galaxy S20, which costs around 1,248,500 KRW (roughly 1,100 US Dollars). Similarly, the company also saw great success in the mid range segment thanks to its Galaxy A31, which became the best selling handset in its home market. Furthermore, the demand for low end smartphones was much higher last year, as people preferred more affordable devices during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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A few years ago, Samsung used to be terrible at releasing updates for its devices but that is no longer the case now. The smartphone market leader is only bested by Google when it comes to updates. Now, Samsung is taking it to another level and even surpassing Google by extending the duration of security updates for several of its phones.

In a press statement released today, Samsung revealed that it will be extending updates for several of its Galaxy products launched since 2019. These phones, which include models from the Galaxy “Z, S, Note, A, M, XCover, and Tab series will now receive at least four years of security updates”.

Samsung says that it has had to work with its OS and chipset partners as well as more than 200 carriers to ensure that its Galaxy devices receive timely security patches.

While Samsung doesn’t say, not all of these devices will receive updates monthly. A lot of them will receive security updates every quarter while some will fall under the “other regular” security updates group.

Below are the devices that will receive security updates for four years:

• Galaxy Foldable devices: Fold, Fold 5G, Z Fold2, Z Fold2 5G, Z Flip, Z Flip 5G
• Galaxy S series: S10, S10+, S10e, S10 5G, S10 Lite, S20, S20 5G, S20+, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra, S20 Ultra 5G, S20 FE, S20 FE 5G, S21 5G, S21+ 5G, S21 Ultra 5G
• Galaxy Note series: Note10, Note10 5G, Note10+, Note10+ 5G, Note10 Lite, Note20, Note20 5G, Note20 Ultra, Note20 Ultra 5G
• Galaxy A series: A10, A10e, A10s, A20, A20s, A30, A30s, A40, A50, A50s, A60, A70, A70s, A80, A90 5G, A11, A21, A21s, A31, A41, A51, A51 5G, A71, A71 5G, A02s, A12, A32 5G, A42 5G
• Galaxy M series: M10s, M20, M30, M30s, M40, M11, M12, M21, M31, M31s, M51
• Galaxy XCover series: XCover4s, XCover FieldPro, XCover Pro
• Galaxy Tab series: Tab Active Pro, Tab Active3, Tab A 8 (2019), Tab A with S Pen, Tab A 8.4 (2020), Tab A7, Tab S5e, Tab S6, Tab S6 5G, Tab S6 Lite, Tab S7, Tab S7+

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The popularity of local brands from China such as Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, OnePlus and Xiaomi have surpassed Samsung in the past few years. The South Korean company is now working on covering the lost ground in China. In the recent past, the company has worked on launching phones that are customized for the Chinese markets and now its gearing up to release Android 9 Pie update for its devices. Today, Samsung China has released the Android 9 Pie update roadmap for its smartphones and tablets.

Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G9600 / G9608) and Galaxy S9+ (SM-G9650) models along with Galaxy Note 9 (SM-N9600) will be treated with Android 9 Pie update in February in China. In March, the Pie upgrade will be available for Galaxy A9 Star (SM-G8850).

The Galaxy A9 Star Lite (SM-A6050), Galaxy A9 2019 (SM-A9200), Galaxy A9 Star (SM-G8858), Galaxy S8 (SM-G9500 / G9508), Galaxy S8+ (SM-G9550) and Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N9500 / N9508) are scheduled to receive Android 9 Pie update in April In China. In May, the Galaxy A9 Start Lite (SM-A6068) smartphone and Galaxy Tab S4 (SM-T830 / T835C) tablet will be provided with Android 9 Pie OS update.

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Samsung will be releasing Android 9 Pie update to W2019 flagship clamshell phone in August. In September, the latest Android version will be coming to Samsung Phoenix aka Galaxy A6s (SM-G6200), Galaxy S (SM-G8750), Galaxy Tab S3 tablet (SM-T820 / T825C) and W2018 clamshell phone (SM-W2018) will be upgraded to Android 9 Pie update. The Galaxy J8 (SM-J3300 / J3308) and 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab A 2018 tablet (SM-T590 / T595C) are scheduled to receive Android 9 Pie upgrade in October.

Samsung users will be receiving One UI along with Android 9 Pie OS update. Even though the South Korean company has released the aforementioned, the arrival of the update for some devices may vary if it is not ready for release.

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