Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra could be the Galaxy Note I’ve been waiting for

Update: A new unofficial video has shown off the blueprint of all iii Samsung Galaxy S22 models .

Information technology looks very much game over for the Samsung Galaxy Note line. The Samsung Milky way Notation 21 never arrived and the idea of a next-gen Note phone has been torpedoed by Samsung's focus on foldables as its do-everything flagship phones.

But the Dna of the Notation is set could live on with the Samsung Galaxy S22 line, as at that place are building rumors that the Milky way S22 Ultra volition effectively be the replacement for the Note phones. And I'm all for that.

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I've already written that I feel a piddling sad about the demise of the Milky way Annotation phones given they fabricated for excellent, albeit expensive, productivity phones. Only with the South-series Ultra handsets and the increasingly refined Galaxy Z Fold phones (I'm writing this on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold iii), the Notation line seemed to go from pinnacle flagship phone to an awkward center child.

So it makes sense for Samsung to fold Note features into the largest Milky way S phone. This is a flake of a 180 degree turn from me, equally I used to think the Ultra models in the Galaxy S-series were a little pointless as they get superseded by Note phones some 5 months later; come across the Milky way S20 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra as an example.

But so Samsung came up with the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which with its Due south Pen support and quad photographic camera assortment, really stood autonomously from its Galaxy S21 and Milky way 21 Plus stablemates. Not only that, the Milky way S21 Ultra also laid the foundations to be a Note replacement.

So while I pour one out for the Note line, I'one thousand now much more interested in a next-gen Galaxy S-series Ultra telephone that I was some weeks ago. I too think having a Note-inspired Ultra phone volition help the Galaxy S-serial as a whole, in that the rumored trio of Milky way S22 phones will all have something compelling to offer users beyond a slightly larger display or actress camera.

Yet, for me to really take a Galaxy S22 Ultra as a Annotation successor I have some requirements.

A built-in S Pen holder

First I desire to see the Galaxy S22 Ultra come up with a proper S Pen holder. The Milky way S21 Ultra offers Southward Pen support but information technology has nowhere to store the stylus beyond an optional case, which is decidedly inelegant for Samsung.

Ane of the joys of the Annotation series was merely popping out an S Pen as and when you needed it without the need for any extras; the Galaxy S22 should take (ahem) notation.

Squared blueprint

photo of the galaxy note 20 ultra — (Paradigm credit: Samsung)

As much as I like the "Contour Cut" design of the Galaxy S21, I nevertheless yearn for the more rectangular shape of the Note phones. The Galaxy Note twenty Ultra with its gently curved edges is both comfortable to hold and makes me experience like I've got a minor Samsung TV in my hands, not a telephone.

I really want to see this blueprint make it over to the Galaxy S22 Ultra, as non only does it look good, it feels a lot easier to hold than the more than curvaceous sides of the Milky way S-series phones.

The return of the microSD carte slot

I'd quite like to meet a Galaxy S22 Ultra come with a microSD card slot and so the onboard storage could be expanded, much like information technology can be with the Notation 20 Ultra.

I'grand usually fine with 256GB of storage, but if I'm getting a premium phone I want as many features as possible, and expendable storage would certainly be on my list.

Major power

photo of a Samsung phone connected to an Xbox Wireless controller sitting on top of Xbox games — (Image credit: Future)

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is far from lacking in power, but it used to be the example that the Note phones would get a additional chipset or improved cooling over their S-series siblings. I'thousand hoping that Samsung takes this as inspiration to add in some clever cooling or a tricked out chipset to the Milky way S22 Ultra to requite it some serious workhorse power.

Going by a variety of leaks, it'south probable the Galaxy S22 line volition make use of a Exynos 2200 scrap with AMD-based graphics, potentially making for a pseudo Xbox gaming telephone. I'd particularly like to see this come up true for the Galaxy S22 Ultra, as that would really make it a serious powerhouse replacement for what would have been a 2022 Note phone.

If Samsung can add these Annotation-similar features into the Milky way S22 Ultra, so my frown at the death of the Galaxy Note will be turned upside down. And come up early on next year I'll likely exist eagerly awaiting the reveal of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. With more leaks seemingly inevitable before then, expect this hype to build.