Samsung Galaxy Note 21 could be dead — but there's good news

Samsung Galaxy Note 21 could exist dead — but there's good news

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With the Samsung Galaxy S21 appear and shipping at the terminate of this month, attention would normally turn to the side by side Galaxy Note, every bit Samsung's phablet typically arrives in the second half of the year. But a number of rumors accept suggested that Samsung may ditch plans for a Galaxy Note 21 rather than release an update for 2021.

However, Samsung could be working on a lower price Galaxy Notation 20 FE for those who want an Due south Pen phone at a lower cost.

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Ice Universe is the leaker throwing cold water on the Milky way Notes future. The anonymous leaker took to Twitter to mail service a rather on-the-nose tweet with an erstwhile-timey "The End" title card in curly font captioned but "Milky way Note." It isn't difficult to decipher that meaning, of course, every bit information technology's a hint that Samsung may be killing off the Note brand for good this time.

The Galaxy Note has looked to exist on shaky ground for a while now, every bit rumors began circulating last year that Samsung had yet to showtime production on the Milky way Note 21. Throw in the fact that Samsung has already said that some of the Note's features would find their fashion to other phones — the Galaxy S21 Ultra, for example, has added S Pen support and the Galaxy Z Fold three is rumored to be doing the same — and the outlook doesn't look bright for the Note 21.

Some sources have pushed back on the Note Is Dead rumor. A Samsung official reportedly claimed a new Note would come up out in 2021, and a phone looking a lot like a future Note phablet appeared in a teaser video at CES this month.

Still, Water ice Universe's tweet will revive talk that the Note is a goner, especially with industry analyst Ross Immature tweeting like the Notation'due south demise this yr is a done deal.

i) We now see Oppo and Xiaomi each launching a flagship using a Samsung LTPO panel in 1H'21.two) Although now in that location is no Note 21 coming, we may see a Note 20 Iron... 3) The lack of a Note 21 series means the S21 serial will sell at college volumes for longer and could outsell S10..Jan 21, 2021

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In that location's still a bit of a silver lining here. Young's tweet states that a Milky way Note 20 FE might exist happening, just like Samsung released a Galaxy S20 FE last twelvemonth. Young as well suggests that non having a Note 21 could help boost sales of the Galaxy S21, which could stop upwardly outselling 2019's Galaxy S10, according to Young's calculations.

Samsung has yet to release an official comment on the matter, though it seems proverb farewell to the Note is almost a formality at this point. With a potent focus on folding phones going frontward besides equally the Southward serial, Samsung already has a lot on its plate. For all y'all true-blue Note users over the years, it might be all over.

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