There's still a chance for a so-called Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to exist

Last updated: June 3rd, 2020 at 15:58 UTC+01:00

The industry came to refer to Samsung's upcoming S Pen flagship series past the Milky way Note 20 and Galaxy Note xx+ monikers later various leakers pointed out at that place won't be a Galaxy Notation 20 Ultra model from Samsung afterwards this year. That may still exist the instance, however, a recent Bluetooth SIG entry for the Galaxy Note 20 variant identified by model number SM-N986U suggests otherwise.

The Bluetooth regulatory body is referring to the SM-N986U every bit the Milky way Note 20 Ultra instead of the Galaxy Note xx+, throwing a spanner in the works of many leakers who take been vocal on the matter so far. Now, it's of import to proceed in listen that an entry in the Bluetooth SIG database under the name of Galaxy Note 20 Ultra doesn't necessarily guarantee anything. We should remind you that the same regulatory bureau had referred to the Galaxy S20 series by the tentative Milky way S11 moniker. Obviously, the latest Samsung flagship ended upward being launched under the Galaxy S20 name, so the Milky way Note 20/Note 20 Ultra could be subjected to a similar story involving Bluetooth SIG's unpredictable naming convention.

Galaxy Note 20 Ultra would make sense from a purely marketing POV

If anything, the recent entry in the Bluetooth SIG database should exist a reminder that many unconfirmed details surrounding a all the same-to-be-announced product are discipline to change. Perhaps Samsung had no plans for i of its Galaxy Note xx models to behave the Ultra nametag to begin with, but the company may have changed its mind in the meantime. Or information technology might be the other way effectually and the company replaced the Ultra name with the Plus somewhere during development.

Either way, there no evidence of a 3rd Galaxy Note 20 model beingness in the work, and assuming that the Milky way Annotation 20 Ultra moniker volition stick, this would likely mean that Samsung'south lineup will consist of a base of operations model and the Ultra itself, with no Plus variant in betwixt. In this case, the adoption of the Ultra moniker would largely boil downwardly to a marketing decision, and perhaps Samsung will (attempt to) justify it with the inclusion of a 50x zoom periscope-type lens.