Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year

Samsung has warned that it might not be capable to ship a Galaxy Note telephone in 2021 in spite of everything, citing difficulties in launching two flagship telephones in a single year, in feedback at its annual shareholders assembly reported on by Bloomberg.

“[The] Note sequence is positioned as a high-end mannequin in our enterprise portfolio,” mentioned cellular chief DJ Koh. “It might be a burden to unveil two flagship fashions in a year so it might be troublesome to launch [a] Note mannequin in 2H. The timing of [the] Note mannequin launch may be modified however we search to launch a Note mannequin subsequent year.”

The feedback got here as Samsung sounded the alarm a few international semiconductor scarcity, saying that its enterprise will possible be affected subsequent quarter. The potential delay or cancellation of a 2021 Galaxy Note is seemingly separate, nonetheless; Koh says it’s extra about streamlining the lineup, in line with Bloomberg.

The discharge of a Galaxy Note this year was already removed from a positive factor. Samsung had indicated plans to carry its key stylus function to extra telephones in the Galaxy lineup, sparking hypothesis that the line could come to an finish. A Yonhap report, nonetheless, mentioned that Samsung was nonetheless getting ready to launch a brand new Note telephone in 2021.

Samsung declined to remark to GadgetClock on the existence of this gadget at the time, reiterating its plans to “carry a few of the most beloved options of the Galaxy Note to extra gadget classes in 2021.”