Discontinuing Note Series?

[MarkY4570]

I'm hearing that Samsung is considering or is discontinuing the Note series devices & going with fewer flagships. What's up with that? I was waiting to until August or whenever for the next Note (11) to come out to get a discounted price on a Note 10. I had a Note 4 & now I have the Note 9.

 

[Notefan161]

Highly unlikely

Samsung want to release a flagship after 6 months

 

[adegbenroagoro]

I'm hearing that Samsung is considering or is discontinuing the Note series devices & going with fewer flagships. What's up with that? I was waiting to until August or whenever for the next Note (11) to come out to get a discounted price on a Note 10. I had a Note 4 & now I have the Note 9.

Not likely. "Galaxy Note"is a brand name intricately associated with Samsung. It connotes the s best the company has to offer in a phone (excluding those recently added Lite versions ). What Samsung will most likely do is add the Z and Fold phones to the Galaxy Note stable. By adding an S Pen to them.

 

[j_hansen]

That rumour does the rounds every year....

 

[Mike Dee]

Not being discontinued this year

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Rumors of the Note going away have been around since 2015 and it's always pushed by someone who views the S Pen as useless despite it being the main selling point of the phone.

 

[iFortWorth]

As a Texan. I'll just say. Come and take it!

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Not likely. "Galaxy Note"is a brand name intricately associated with Samsung. It connotes the s best the company has to offer in a phone (excluding those recently added Lite versions ). What Samsung will most likely do is add the Z and Fold phones to the Galaxy Note stable. By adding an S Pen to them.

Or discontinue the note, add a s pen to the larger s series and replace the note with the folding phones. I say never guess what Samsung is going to do

 

[delta7]

Does anyone think it makes sense to have the S, Note and Fold and Flip and keep updating every year and not seeing great numbers? Do we not see ads on Samsung phones now?

I think Samsung eventually kills one off, no sense in keeping up all 4 products IMO.

The S and the Note is nearly the same size, and the difference will be does the S-pen really bring in sales like that to continue the product.

Also if Samsung is continuing the Tablets, wouldn't it be a better idea to keep the pen specifically for the larger screen rather than the phone on the note?

I think the note will get canceled eventually, I think the S is the main breadwinner and the fold is too new to quit now and the flip is a niche product offered to those people who have the money and desire compactness.

I think the odd man out is the note.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Does anyone think it makes sense to have the S, Note and Fold and Flip and keep updating every year and not seeing great numbers? Do we not see ads on Samsung phones now?

I think Samsung eventually kills one off, no sense in keeping up all 4 products IMO.

The S and the Note is nearly the same size, and the difference will be does the S-pen really bring in sales like that to continue the product.

Also if Samsung is continuing the Tablets, wouldn't it be a better idea to keep the pen specifically for the larger screen rather than the phone on the note?

I think the note will get canceled eventually, I think the S is the main breadwinner and the fold is too new to quit now and the flip is a niche product offered to those people who have the money and desire compactness.

I think the odd man out is the note.

I agree with you. I think the s pen will be moved to the bigger S series and note dropped. I think the folds will take the note spot. Think they are waiting for the folds to take shape and take off after the tweaking. The note and S series are basically the same phones now just minus the s pen. That couldn't have been said before. Now they are basically the same thing, each get upgrades that pass to each phone, so if they add a S pen to the larger s series it will be the same thing basically. Call it the S note.

Question is when IMO. I think when the fold series get better.

I have the 20 ultra now and I am happy with it, love the 120 refresh. Think I'm going to get the note 20 ultra and just stick with the note series or S series with the S pen if this theory happens. I'm not going to do the 2 phones a year anymore, they are getting to expensive.

 

[Mike Dee]

Does anyone think it makes sense to have the S, Note and Fold and Flip and keep updating every year and not seeing great numbers? Do we not see ads on Samsung phones now?

I think Samsung eventually kills one off, no sense in keeping up all 4 products IMO.

The S and the Note is nearly the same size, and the difference will be does the S-pen really bring in sales like that to continue the product.

Also if Samsung is continuing the Tablets, wouldn't it be a better idea to keep the pen specifically for the larger screen rather than the phone on the note?

I think the note will get canceled eventually, I think the S is the main breadwinner and the fold is too new to quit now and the flip is a niche product offered to those people who have the money and desire compactness.

I think the odd man out is the note.

I don't see the pen being limited to the folding devices. Besides we are years away from folding devices catching on if at all.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Does anyone think it makes sense to have the S, Note and Fold and Flip and keep updating every year and not seeing great numbers? Do we not see ads on Samsung phones now?

I think Samsung eventually kills one off, no sense in keeping up all 4 products IMO.

The S and the Note is nearly the same size, and the difference will be does the S-pen really bring in sales like that to continue the product.

Also if Samsung is continuing the Tablets, wouldn't it be a better idea to keep the pen specifically for the larger screen rather than the phone on the note?

I think the note will get canceled eventually, I think the S is the main breadwinner and the fold is too new to quit now and the flip is a niche product offered to those people who have the money and desire compactness.

I think the odd man out is the note.

I don't see the pen going anywhere, the Note sells millions a year and out sells most other phones. Samsung also has ownership in Wacom, they're invested in stylus tech and have it on their phone, tablets, chromebooks, and laptops.

My guess is they stop selling plus and ultra versions of both the S series and Note series long before they abandon the Note completely.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

I don't see the pen going anywhere, the Note sells millions a year and out sells most other phones. Samsung also has ownership in Wacom, they're invested in stylus tech and have it on their phone, tablets, chromebooks, and laptops.

My guess is they stop selling plus and ultra versions of both the S series and Note series long before they abandon the Note completely.

That's a theory also. They really wouldn't be abandoning the note series or the S pen if they moved it to the S series and made it the ultra with a S pen. It would just be in a different name.

Would note fans rather we turn this around. Let's drop the S Series, move it to the note. The smaller note would not have a S pen, the larger would have the s pen. Then you can keep the note name.

These are all just theories, Samsung might not ever do any of it, it's been a theory for 5 years now and still hasn't happened. Personally if I was Samsung and prices going up and sales dropping, I would consider doing this. There's no arguing that both note and S series are becoming the same phones with the exception of the S Pen. Whatever one phone gets for options, the other gets it when it releases. There was a day that there were major differences between the two, that's not the case anymore. Just my thoughts. Either way, I'm going to go back to the note series and stay with it, phones are getting to expensive to upgrade twice a year. I'll probably go where the S pen is, note or S series with a pen. If they drop the note all together and put the S pen on the fold only then I'll probably go to the S series.

 

[Nostromo79]

Or discontinue the note, add a s pen to the larger s series and replace the note with the folding phones. I say never guess what Samsung is going to do

True. Just on the basis of their naming schemes they are inscrutable. I still remember the knuckle ball they threw with the Note 5. They removed the micro SD card slot and that Note gave us sealed-in batteries. I wanted to rend my garments and harrow my face. I bought an LG V10 that year which, despite not having an S-Pen, was a pretty good placeholder device.

 

[delta7]

I don't see the pen going anywhere, the Note sells millions a year and outsells most other phones. Samsung also has ownership in Wacom, they're invested in stylus tech and have it on their phone, tablets, Chromebooks, and laptops.

My guess is they stop selling plus and ultra versions of both the S series and Note series long before they abandon the Note completely.

So you think Samsung is gonna just sell the small S phone and leave the Note for the stylus?

Remember Samsung is trying to get where Apple is at? They want the largest market share possible.

Apple still has a small phone and it sells pretty well, then the 11, 11 pro, and 11 pro max. The 11 is the best selling phone so they need to keep that 6.1 phones regardless.

It's really tricky when you think about it.

If Samsung stops making Tablets then I'll agree with you but the stylus is better on a bigger screen regardless. If Samsung is still interested in tablets offering a free pen is more beneficial there than on a phone that usually people rarely use and so people use for youtube videos.

Also, remember the galaxy book is a pretty new product and it charges the phone on the mousepad plus comes with a pen.

So I'm really thinking something gotta go. The note IMO is simply not needed moving forward, why have research and development for so many products each year?

The note makes no sense when you look at the future, chromebooks, laptops with touchscreens and weight less than 3 pounds, S series for mainstreams, A series for prepaid, fold for business and the development is new, flip for extreme ballers lol.

 

[KingCustard]

What in gods name do you mean by A series for prepaid?

 

[Mike Dee]

So you think Samsung is gonna just sell the small S phone and leave the Note for the stylus?

Remember Samsung is trying to get where Apple is at? They want the largest market share possible.

Apple still has a small phone and it sells pretty well, then the 11, 11 pro, and 11 pro max. The 11 is the best selling phone so they need to keep that 6.1 phones regardless.

It's really tricky when you think about it.

If Samsung stops making Tablets then I'll agree with you but the stylus is better on a bigger screen regardless. If Samsung is still interested in tablets offering a free pen is more beneficial there than on a phone that usually people rarely use and so people use for youtube videos.

Also, remember the galaxy book is a pretty new product and it charges the phone on the mousepad plus comes with a pen.

So I'm really thinking something gotta go. The note IMO is simply not needed moving forward, why have research and development for so many products each year?

The note makes no sense when you look at the future, chromebooks, laptops with touchscreens and weight less than 3 pounds, S series for mainstreams, A series for prepaid, fold for business and the development is new, flip for extreme ballers lol.

Notes not going anywhere anytime soon

 

[mustang7757]

Notes not going anywhere anytime soon

Take Note of that

 

[Mike Dee]

Take Note of that

Stop! Thief!

 

[mustang7757]

Stop! Thief!