Skip to content

Samsung moving up Note 9 Galaxy S10 launches over poor Galaxy S9 sales

2018 May 17
by RSS Feed

Samsung’s next Note smartphone could be just two months away.

The Korea Herald reported Thursday that poor sales of the current Galaxy S9 smartphone family despite its early release in March, and other “various reasons,” prompted the South Korean firm to move up Note launch to August from September.

An unnamed Samsung official was quoted as saying:

The internal atmosphere is not much different compared to last year for early launches. There are a lot of co-works underway with outside part suppliers to develop various prototypes. Their supply timing wouldn’t determine our schedules for new launches.

Samsung’s display-making arm kicked off mass production of 6.38-inch OLED displays for Note 9 in April, about two months earlier than before. “Considering the earlier-than-expected panel production, Samsung is likely to roll out the upcoming flagship model as early as August, one month earlier than it did for the Note 8 series last year,” reads the report.

As for Samsung’s tenth-edition Galaxy S code-named “Beyond”, likely to be called Galaxy S10, it might come with an in-display fingerprint sensor. The device should be announced officially at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019.

Citing industry sources, the news outlet added that Samsung’s rumored foldable smartphone project is progressing nicely because the firm reiterated previous media reports saying flexible display panels for that device are said to begin rolling in this November.

“It would take two to three months to assemble the parts, so the first foldable phones may be able to debut around February,” sources said. A foldable mobile device from Samsung should be unveiled as “Galaxy X” at Mobile World Congress, which takes place in February 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Apple is expected to release a second-generation iPhone SE in June (with or without a formal announcement at WWDC), plus a trio of new Face ID-outfitted iPhone models in September.

Image: the Galaxy S9 family

Source link: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/05/17/samsung-note-9-galaxy-s10-launch/

Leave a Reply

Note: You may use basic HTML in your comments. Your email address will not be published.

Subscribe to this comment feed via RSS