Samsung Has INSANE Plans for Its Galaxy Note Line

Samsung could be planning to turn the Galaxy Note series into laptop hybrids

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 did not get a UK release date right off the bat and this was a real shame because there is a lot of love for Samsung’s Galaxy Note line of devices in the UK.

The reason behind WHY this happened is unclear, though it seems likely Samsung wants UK punters to buy its Galaxy S6 EDGE+ — a more expensive version of the Galaxy S6 EDGE.

Obviously, there was something of an uproar and, dare I say, a lot of migration towards Apple’s iPhone 6s Plus. It was a dumb move by Samsung. Mostly because the Galaxy Note 5 looks awesome, but also because A LOT of people in the UK were holding out for the release of the device.

And irked customers are bad business for tech brands. People DO NOT like being messed around and this is EXACTLY what Samsung did in the run up to the launch of the Galaxy Note 5.

Still, the company does appear to have some very interesting plans for future Galaxy Note devices. And we do not see Samsung making the same mistake again in 2016. For instance, the Galaxy S7 will be waterproof and feature microSD-support -- two features A LOT of people asked for.

But where Samsung appears to be taking its Note line is even more intriguing.

A patent has been unearthed by Patently Mobile which showcases how Samsung is considering an interesting hybrid design for future Note devices. The concept has echoes of Asus’ Padfone handset, which could be docked with a large-form tablet, which could in-turn be docked with a keyboard to become a laptop - all of the processing power came from the phone, however.

Samsung’s design illustrates a large phablet-like phone with a laptop dock, as you can see from the image, the phone slots into a port between the keyboard and the laptop display. It also clearly shows that the dock only contains connectors, keyboard, and the display (and likely a larger battery cell, though this isn’t listed) - once again it is the phone that contains all the storage, processor, and software. It appears the phone would function as a touchpad for the laptop when docked.

While the Galaxy Note series is already powerful enough to be considered, like many smartphones, a miniature computer in its own right, the patent implies that a future version will have enough clout and storage to function as a proper computer in this dual-role. It’s something of a logical extension for the Note series which is already focused on productivity tasks and desktop-like multitasking features. The main questions remaining focus on software; we can’t really imagine Samsung abandoning Android, but how this might translate into the laptop experience is something of a head-scratcher.

While Google’s Material Design ethos is leaning towards a unified platform across devices it’s still not quite as desktop orientated as Windows. It’ll be interesting to see how things change as iOS and OS X continue to merge, and Microsoft is understood to have big plans for Windows 10 as a unified system. Is something already afoot at Google HQ in this regard that Samsung knows about? It’s all intriguing stuff, but we probably won’t get any answers for a while. We’ll be sure to let you know when we do hear more about Samsung’s hybrid projects though. Stay tuned.

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