Excited about Samsung’s Galaxy S11? That makes sense. Insiders have revealed a major battery upgrade, newly symmetrical design, class leading-display, next-gen biometrics and a potentially game-changing camera. But now we know there will be no ‘Galaxy S11’.
Samsung's Galaxy S11 branding has been scrapped
Influential Samsung insider Max Weinbach of XDA Developers has today blown the roof off Samsung’s big reveal that there will be no Galaxy S11 successor to the Galaxy S10. Instead, Weinberg has attained the first images of Samsung’s all-new phone and confirmed the range will be rebranded Galaxy S20 (which was tipped but doubted).
01/13 Update: Industry insider Ice Universe has now obtained the Galaxy S20 logo:
Samsung's leaked Galaxy S20 logo -
Interestingly, the model Weinberg got his hands on is the ‘Galaxy S20+ 5G’, as you can see from its loading screen, and this is expected to be joined by the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 Ultra:
The first Galaxy S20+ 5G hands-on images reveal Samsung has rebranded its flagship phones
And it only gets more complicated from there. Why? Because, as Ice Universe explains, the alignment of the new phones with the models they replace is going to baffle a lot of users:
- Galaxy S20 = Galaxy S10e replacement
- Galaxy S20+ = Galaxy S10 replacement
- Galaxy S20 Ultra = Galaxy S10+ replacement
Yes, Samsung is pushing the standard branding to the budget model (as Apple did calling the iPhone XR2 the iPhone 11) but it is also swapping the + branding to the standard model. This is going to drive some users around the bend. Given there will also be 4G and 5G editions of the phones (with 4G not listed in the name), you can count on someone ordering the Galaxy S20+ in expectation of receiving a Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G flagship and getting the 4G mid-range model instead.
On the plus side (pun not intended), you can see the logic behind Samsung’s change of mind: the name ties into 2020 and, assuming 2030 will bring the Galaxy S30, it means Samsung will not run into Apple’s branding mess as it leapt from the iPhone 8 to X to XS to 11 (and there’s a rumored iPhone 9 coming very soon as well!).
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- (Refurbished) Samsung Galaxy S10+ (128GB, (U.S. Warranty) from $515 (save over $200) - Walmart - shop deal now
- Galaxy Note10 / Note10+ / Note10+ 5G - Up to £450 off when you trade in your old phone - Samsung.com - shop deal now
- Galaxy Tab S6 - (typically $649.99) - the best Android tablet you can buy - Amazon: $549.99 / Best Buy - $549.99 / Samsung: $549.99
- Samsung 65-inch Class Q60R QLED 4K TV (2019) - (typically $1,799.99) - Amazon: $997.99 / B&H: $997.99 / Best Buy: $999.99 / Costco: $999.99 / Samsung: $999.99 / Walmart: $997.99
- Samsung’s QLED TV Mega Sale 43-inches up to 82-inches - Up to 50% off QLED 4K TVs - Samsung.com - shop deals now
So yes, it’s a brave move. It’s also an ambitious one to mirror the ambition of the Galaxy S20 itself. Following several incremental updates, the Galaxy S20 not only delivers the sizable display, design, battery life and camera upgrades detailed above, it also waves goodbye to the headphone jack and debuts alongside Samsung’s first mass-market folding phone.
It’s time for a new era.
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