Galaxy Note 10 could hit retail shelves on August 23
The Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ could go on sale worldwide on August 23, as suggested by a report from Yonhap. The report only talks about August 23 being the release date for South Korea, but for the last couple of years, Samsung has been putting its flagships up for sale in multiple countries around the world on the same day, and that’s likely to be the case for the Galaxy Note 10 as well. Pre-orders in South Korea will begin on August 9 according to local carriers.
Samsung will reportedly only launch the 5G variants of the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ in its home country. In fact, our sources tell us only South Korea will get a 5G-enabled version of the smaller Note 10. It makes sense, though. 5G adoption in the country has outpaced adoption of 4G – the 5G subscriber count passed the 1 million mark in early June and is expected to reach almost 5 million by the end of this year thanks to the launch of the 5G-enabled Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Note 10.
Pricing for the Note 10 and Note 10+ in South Korea is expected to start at around 1.2 million won (~$1,020) and 1.4 million (~$1190) won, which fits rumored pricing for the devices in other markets. It’s worth noting that other markets will get the LTE variants for those prices, so South Korean consumers will have a slight advantage. Thankfully, the 5G-enabled Galaxy Note 10+ is expected to be exactly the same as the LTE model in other departments, so the disparity won’t be as huge as it was between the Galaxy S10’s LTE and 5G variants.
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They need a 5G variant here in the USA on release day. I don’t want to buy a phone that isn’t future proof. Samsung has an upgrade program that is useless if they don’t release a 5g note 10! I’m so tired of Samsung’s way with things! They just cost me more and more money. Their phones don’t decline as fast as most manufacturers but it’s getting kinda close. iPhones hold onto value very well. I can’t see paying $1400 for a non 5g phone.
I’m so excited
I really want to get the Note 10 but this splitting of 4G/5G variants is very unwelcomed, as is the idea of a ‘+’ Note. Samsung has essentially released 8 flagship devices this year! The 4 S10s and the 4 Note10s. I’m thinking to just wait and see how they handle that many devices moving to Q. Before the end of NEXT year! Lol
Well, all three S10s get the same update pretty much at the same time, not sure there’s much of a difference in that regard. Smaller Note 10 kinda makes sense to be honest for that pricing, gets you the S Pen for lower than the full-featured Plus model.
The Note has always been fully featured. That’s why the people love it.
What’s next, the Note10e which comes without the S Pen? But can be bought and used separately.. Lol
I was fully expecting Samsung to merge the S and Note series, so we would have an S10 an Note10 launching at the same time as the Note is constantly labelled the ‘S series with an S Pen’. Which it essentially has become. But they’ve gone and made it a lot messier. I have no idea what to expect next year but I know it’s going to be messy again.
Don’t think Samsung can cancel the Note series like that, they need to make money off the Note sales. They can’t be like Apple and launch flagships only once a year, Galaxies aren’t as attractive as the iPhone, even if they’re the next best-selling flagships. And I think that’s the whole point, since the pricing is going a lot higher, give them a cheaper Note with the S Pen, since S Pen is the most important feature right now separating the Note lineup, and Samsung doesn’t wanna cancel it so they’re simply launching multiple models.
Why care about phones you are not going to get?
If the Note 10 comes in the version you want (full featured) then why does it matter if there is also a stripped down version?
