Samsung will begin the coming year with the launch of the Galaxy S21 series in Q1. Reports have claimed that the South Korean company may cancel the Galaxy Note line next year. This could be the reason why the Galaxy S21 Ultra is speculated to arrive with support for S Pen stylus. A fresh report by South Korean publication Aju News (via) states that Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 foldable phone will break cover in June 2021. It also claims that the company will discontinue the Galaxy Note series.
According to the report, Samsung has started developing final samples of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 for mass production. The premium foldable phone is expected to arrive with Samsung’s latest technologies such as the S Pen and under-display camera.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 will have a dedicated compartment to house the S Pen. Past reports have revealed that the Galaxy S21 Ultra will not have an S Pen compartment, but it will carry support for it. Since the S Pen support will be available on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and S21 Ultra, Samsung will discontinue the Note series. The report says that Fold 3 will go official by the last week of June.
Although the company succeeded in mounting an in-screen digitizer to recognize the S Pen, it was difficult to develop a tempered glass that prevents the screen from getting scratched while using the S Pen. Hence, the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 2 did not arrive with S Pen support. In a bid to enable S Pen support, Samsung replaced the CPI film with Ultra-Thin Glass (UTC) on the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Since the first-generation UTC couldn’t bring S Pen support, Samsung Display worked with its subsidiary Dowoo Insys to develop second-generation UTC which has made it possible to bring S Pen support on the Galaxy Z Fold 3.
