Samsung would not release a new Galaxy Note in 2021

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 could become the last in its lineup. According to Reuters, the company would not release a new Note device in 2021. Instead, Samsung will focus its efforts on the Galaxy S and its line of foldable phones, formed at the time of the Z Flip and Z Fold. To make up for the loss of a stylus-specific device, the company would make the Galaxy S and its new S Pen foldable phones compatible, although you’ll likely have to purchase the accessory separately. Reuters says the move is in part due to a “sharp drop” in demand for high-end phones during the coronavirus pandemic. As part of this move, the company will transfer development resources that it would have been allocated to creating a new note to its foldable division.

In a way, it’s not surprising to hear Samsung ditch the Note. Back when the company launched the series in 2011, the Note’s 5.1-inch screen and stylus support was a major outlier in the phone industry. No other phone at the time had such a large screen or stylus. The iPhone 4S, released by Apple the same year, looked absolutely tiny with its 3.5-inch display alongside Samsung’s second flagship. However, thanks in large part to the success of the Note series, small phones like the iPhone 12 mini have become scarce. Now almost every phone is a big phone, and that translates into a lack of differentiation between the Note and Galaxy S lines. With their 6.7 and 6.9 inch screens, the Galaxy S20 + and Note 20 are not. so different from each other.