Display analyst Ross Young is revealing more information about the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 series, and there are quite a few intiguing details. With the S20 series, Samsung stuffed all the features it could into some rather expensive device, and nobody bought them. Customers fell betrayed by super-expensive devices like the S20 Ultra, and the base model S20 starting at $999 ($799 in some countries with 4G).
With disappointing sales, and seeing how well Apple’s budget-oriented 11 and SE are doing, Samsung seems to be pushing the Note 20 towards a different direction. There will be only two models, the Note 20 and Note 20+. No Ultra this time around, the Fold 2 should be considered as the halo device this time.
The Note 20+ will grow to a 6.87″ 1440p 120Hz display with a power-efficient LTPO backplane. The Note 20 will also grow to a 6.42″ 1080p display, but using a less efficient LTPS backplane and only 60Hz. You heard that right, only the more expensive Note 20+ will get 120Hz. With moves like this, Samsung is defenitely reducing pricing of the Note 20 to potentially iPhone 12 territory. This is what they should’ve done with the S20 series instead of creating expensive glitchy messes that nobody wants to buy.
TL,DR: Samsung is making the Note 20 cheaper with less features after disappointing S20 series sales.
Last modified: May 13, 2020
