While Nintendo’s barrage of game announcements kept me busy this morning, the big story remains Samsung’s new Galaxy S lineup. It was a busy day for the world’s largest and most influential Android phone manufacturer, with three new phones and three new tablets released.
While the massive Tab S8 Ultra is literally the biggest announcement (a 14.6-inch OLED tablet designed for creating and viewing), the most important might be the Galaxy S22 Ultra — despite the name, this is essentially the next-generation Galaxy Note to most people.
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My colleague Cherlynn Low has written about how the Note’s legacy will live on in any device that works with a Samsung stylus, but it’s a much-needed consolidation of the myriad flagship devices the company often launches at a speedy clip.
Last year, sidestepping Samsung’s cheaper phones, like the A series, it revealed the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra in January. Then, in August 2021, the company marched out its latest foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3. (Not to mention the S21 Fan Edition that popped up just a few weeks ago…) Phew. There was no Galaxy Note that year, presumably because Samsung needed to figure out where it would belong.
The S22 Ultra, with lots of camera sensors, a huge beautiful screen and space to holster an S Pen stylus, now has enough unique features to differentiate itself from the more standard (and cheaper) S22 and S22+. Now I need to figure out how to stop calling it a Note.
