T-Mobile exec says Samsung ‘discontinuing’ the Galaxy Note is hurting T-Mo customers

The tech world is currently being preoccupied with the recent iPhone 13 release, and in the midst of the hype created from the new iPhones, T-Mobile executive has been complaining about the Galaxy Note and Samsung’s handling of the ongoing chip shortage, reports Fierce Wireless. EVP and CFO of the carrier Peter Osvaldik has criticized Samsung for falling short on the supply chain front.

Discontinuing the Galaxy Note has a negative effect on the carrier, stated Osvaldik

T-Mobile’s chief financial officer and executive vice president Peter Osvaldik stated that a lot of T-Mobile customers are Galaxy lovers and the fact that the South Korea-based tech giant has decided to discontinue the Galaxy Note series may hurt T-Mobile’s customers and business. Alongside the discontinuing of the Note, the shorter supply of the S-series phones due to chip shortages has also been criticized by the executive.

As many of you may probably know, the tech world is currently experiencing a global semiconductor shortage and this is also affecting Samsung’s plans and releases, just like it is affecting almost any other mobile phone maker. Earlier, there were reports that the Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) would be delayed, some rumors even pointed to halting productions of the affordable flagship phone, and there were rumors all this was due to chip shortages.

Will there be a Galaxy Note in 2022?

It is still early to be completely certain whether or not there will be a Galaxy Note in 2022. As we highlighted earlier, DJ Koh’s comments back in March are leaving the door open for a possible Note that can come in 2022, and that the Note series is not completely discontinued.

However, recently we reported on the fact that Samsung has not applied for a trademark for the Note series in South Korea despite doing so for the S-series, the A-series, the M-series, and the Z-series. This particular decision not to renew the trademark could mean Samsung doesn’t have particular plans of continuing with the Note series.

But things don’t end here. A couple of days ago, reputable Twitter tipster IceUniverse has implied there will be a next-generation Galaxy Note. According to his source, who the tipster says is someone in the supply chain, there is evidence the South Korea-based tech giant is actually working on another Note that should come in the future, probably in 2022.

Of course, this tweet did not give any specific information about this possible next-gen Galaxy Note phone, nor did the tipster reveal whether this phone will come in 2022, or later, and what its name will be Note 21 or Note 22.

All these things give a conflicting picture of whether or note there will be a new Galaxy Note. Back in March, there was news from South Korean news websites that Samsung’s IT and mobile communications boss Koh Dong-in, who is known as DJ Koh, has stated this year there won’t be a Note phone because it would be difficult to release two flagship models with S Pen support “within a year”. Another possibility for skipping the Note in 2021 could be the aforementioned chip shortage.