Samsung Ended Galaxy Note After 2020 Note 20 as 2.5 Million-Phone Note 7 Recall Haunted Brand
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Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 24
Samsung Ended Galaxy Note After 2020 Note 20 as 2.5 Million-Phone Note 7 Recall Haunted Brand
3 articles · Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 24
Summary
Samsung never released a new Galaxy Note after the 2020 Note 20, shifting the line’s defining S Pen and large-screen productivity features into Galaxy Ultra phones and foldables.
2.5 million recalled Note 7 phones in 2016 marked the turning point: reports of devices catching fire forced Samsung to halt production a month later and left lasting damage to the Note brand.
TM Roh said in 2021 Samsung would spread Note features across more Galaxy devices, then in 2022 described the Galaxy S22 Ultra as the form the Note would take “every year” going forward.
August 2025 brought the last official security update for the Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, leaving remaining users with aging hardware, growing security risks and battery degradation.
Samsung is unlikely to revive the Note name, with the Ultra and foldable lines now serving the same niche while avoiding a brand still tied to the Note 7 failure.