Samsung makes it official: the Galaxy Note is dead – long live the Ultra!
Good Note, sweet prince
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We’ve been expecting this for a while, and now it’s official:Samsung’s Galaxy Note brand is dead, as confirmed by the company’s mobile division chief Roh Tae-moon atMWC 2022, as reported by South Korean outletDailian.
Speaking to reporters ahead of his visit to the Samsung Electronics booth at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Roh explained that the “Galaxy Note will come out as Ultra” moving forward.
Roh is of course referencing the newSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultraflagship, which borrows the Note range’s distinctive integrated stylus, squared corners and curved glass, resulting in what is essentiallya new Note in everything but name.
Analysis: don’t worry, the Note lives on in spirit…
With Samsung’s decision to skip the business-minded Note range last year, 2020’sGalaxy Note 20andNote 20 Ultraare now the company’s final Note-branded handsets, marking the end a fan-favorite line of devices which began with the originalSamsung Galaxy Noteback in 2011.
Of course, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Samsung’s Note series – the brand’s reputation received a significant black eye back in 2016 due to its infamousGalaxy Note 7, which wasrecalled and eventually cancelledin the name of public safety over reports of exploding batteries.
That said, the Note range came back stronger than ever with theGalaxy Note 8, and has maintained a loyal fanbase ever since. Thankfully, those fans will still be able to get their Note fix from the newly revised S-series going forward, making us think that it’s really theoriginal S Ultra serieswe should be eulogizing…
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Stephen primarily covers phones and entertainment for TechRadar’s Australian team, and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming in both print and online for over a decade. He’s obsessed with smartphones, televisions, consoles and gaming PCs, and has a deep-seated desire to consume all forms of media at the highest quality possible.
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