The Samsung Galaxy Note could be gone for good — and I’m not happy

The Samsung Galaxy Annotation could be gone for practiced — and I'thou not happy

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Update: A newer claimed leak hammers another blast into the bury of the Samsung Galaxy Note .

The Samsung Galaxy Note x Plus was one of the best phones I've ever used. Packed with features, a killer blocky-yet-slim blueprint, a gorgeous display, peachy cameras and a genuinely useful Due south Pen, information technology was but vivid. And the Samsung Galaxy Annotation 20 Ultra neatly built upon that formula.

But we know there's going to exist no Samsung Galaxy Annotation 21 this twelvemonth, with that role seemingly filled by the Galaxy S21 Ultra and its S Pen support. And information technology at present looks like the Note line could be consigned to the annals of tech history as Samsung has reportedly not renewed the trademark for its Note line.

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Reliable tech tipster Ice Universe has posted a tweet that shows a listing of trademarked names Samsung is looking to renew, with the Milky way Note being suspiciously absent. Then to me it looks like it's game over for Samsung'south famous phablet.

In many ways, cartoon a line under the Note makes sense. With the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold iii aimed at existence a practice-everything foldable phone with productivity in listen, it has seemingly nudged the Notation out of that loonshit. Nonetheless, there's nowhere to shop the S Pen information technology supports unless you spring for a instance.

And I've not seen many people use Galaxy Annotation handsets out in the wild either, which suggests they were only actually for particular fans of big Samaung phones; y'all're much more likely to meet a Samsung Galaxy S21. If the demand isn't in that location, I'grand not surprised to come across the Note line basically get shuttered every bit Samsung moves to focus on foldables.

All the same, I'1000 notwithstanding a piddling sad. I've waxed lyrical about how overnice the Google Pixel 6 is equally a relatively compact Android phone, merely I exercise love big-screen smartphones; my current get to is the Oppo Observe X3 Pro, a serious Android flagship.

In that location's no shortage of phones with expansive displays, merely I felt the past 2 generations of Note Plus/Ultra phones just nailed the format. They had large rectangular displays that curved ever and then slightly along the edges. I felt this gave me the equivalent of a Samsung TV in my hand. Not only considering the colors and HDR support was great, but also because of the blocky design and lack of steep curved sides.

The unabridged design of the Note 10 Plus and Note 20 Ultra meant that despite their size they were easy to handle; I recollect a passer by commenting on how slim the Note 10 Plus was. And so there'south the neat South Pen holder integrated into the phone'south torso; I'm not a massive stylus user, merely the ease of access and storage meant I reached for the S Pen more than I thought I would.

Galaxy Note 10 plus aura glow with S Pen — (Prototype credit: Hereafter)

I used the Annotation 10 Plus from late 2019 to summer 2020 and establish it was also a dandy phone for productivity. The large brandish, more precise control with the Southward Pen, and plenty of ability and storage fabricated it a very capable workhorse. I've non institute another phone that works quite as well for me.

I'1000 currently testing the Milky way Z Fold 3, and it's a serious slice of tech full of features; the under-display camera is particularly keen. Only as interesting a device information technology is, it'southward still too beefy. And the compact tablet display information technology offers comes at the cost of having a smaller cover display. I'd much rather a single big phone brandish in a slim torso than a device that (so far) doesn't quite deliver on either a big phone or compact tablet experience for me.

Then once more, such is the price of innovation and progress. I'm sure in another generation or two, Samsung will accept nailed the foldable phone format, and my nostalgia for the Galaxy Notation line will have worn away. But for the time beingness, I'll pour 1 out for the Notation and promise that Samsung takes some of its design cues and puts them in the rumored Samsung Galaxy S22.

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Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's also got an interest in cars. When not at his desk Roland tin can be found wandering around London, often with a expect of curiosity on his face.