The rumoured Samsung Galaxy Note 21 could be dead

Samsung Galaxy Note 21: Why it's not happening

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We're sorry folks, just the Samsung Galaxy Note 21 isn't happening, even if that stings us a little.

Samsung has all simply stopped short of maxim the Note line is over. A successor for the Samsung Milky way Note xx Ultra wasn't released last year, and we don't await to run into i this year.

But don't despair equally the seemingly upcoming Samsung Milky way S22 Ultra is set to the ultimate Notation successor. And despite this, there were plenty of rumors around the Samsung Galaxy Note 21 and we had some thoughts about what we'd have liked to take seen from the phone.

Samsung Milky way Note 21 replaced by Galaxy Z Fold three

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Equally mentioned, Samsung is focusing on foldable phones this twelvemonth, with the aim to integrate Note features into its side by side-gen folding phones. In our Samsung Milky way Z Fold 3 review, we can see the South Korean company has washed just that.

With the Galaxy Z Fold 3 having its own custom S Pen, Samsung hasn't pulled any punches in bringing this characteristic to its flagship foldable. However, a lack of convenient S Pen storage does grate a bit, as does the fact that its a split peripheral to buy on top of the already toll foldable telephone.

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If Samsung does commit to having foldables for the foreseeable hereafter then we aren't probable to meet a new Note phone again. But we won't stay it's gone for good as in that location could always be an anniversary edition or Fan Edition some point down the line.

Time volition tell in this case, as there's even so a take chances Samsung could revisit the Note line next year or 2023. Nosotros'd non cross our fingers though, equally for productivity folding phones seem similar a better bet than larger single-screen devices.

Samsung Galaxy Note 21: Galaxy S22 Ultra to take over

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra renders — (Image credit: LetsGoDigital / Giuseppe Spinelli)

Every bit mentioned earlier, the Galaxy Notation 21 is tipped to finer alive on in the form of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. That rumored phone is expected to have the same squarer-edged frame equally the Galaxy Note twenty Ultra, every bit well sport S Pen back up.

If these rumors end upward beingness true, the the Galaxy S22 Ultra will be the do-everything flagship telephone for Samsung, leaving its foldables to accept on the mantle of extra innovation. If the Galaxy S22 Ultra can integrate South Pen storage into its chassis then information technology my only render nostalgia for the Annotation a tad moot.

Samsung Galaxy Notation 21: What we'd like to see

If Samsung does ever go back to the Notation line, or looks at putting the phones' best features into future Galaxy S-series phones, here's what we'd like to see.

More unique S Pen features: A prospective Notation-like phone needs a reason to entice users beyond simply offering an S Pen, since you can now access this on the Galaxy S21 Ultra. Samsung has historically had a problem of offering many overlapping telephone models, and it could solve this past make the Note 21's inbuilt stylus more than versatile, such as developing the air gesture controls we've seen on previous generations.
The best specs Samsung can offering: It'south expert that the basic Galaxy S21 is now able to match or even undercut rival phones on cost, but to practise this Samsung has dropped specs like RAM and display resolution. Since the S21 now has the entry-level flagship niche covered, information technology would be prissy to encounter a Galaxy Note deed every bit a premium device with as much memory and as many pixels that Samsung can fit onto the phone.
Under-display selfie camera: This might be a longshot, but there would be no better way to steal its rivals' thunder, and moving ridge goodbye to the Note series if that'south going to be the example, than giving the phone a high-tech under-display camera.

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