We’re going to call it “the silicon crisis”. Samsung is the first tech giant to voice concerns about chip shortages spreading beyond the auto industry. The first victim will undoubtedly be the Galaxy Note.
We told you about it a few days ago, this time it was Samsung Electronics who confirmed that there was a ” serious imbalance ‘In the semiconductor market in the world. This is the first time that a tech giant has voiced concerns about chip shortages spreading beyond the auto industry.
Samsung, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chips and consumer electronics, expects this crisis to pose a problem for its business next quarter: Co-CEO Koh said. Dong-jin at an annual meeting of shareholders in Seoul.
Samsung plans to skip Galaxy Note this year
The Korean company is also considering not announcing a new Galaxy Note – one of its best-selling models – this year. It is also a way of rationalizing its range. Regardless of semiconductor shortage considerations, the Galaxy Note has never been as popular as the Galaxy S line.
In addition, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is compatible with the S-Pen this year, which takes away the interest of the Note. Remember also that Samsung is now unveiling, in the second part of the year, Galaxy FE versions (for Fan Edition) which are variants of the Galaxy S often less expensive.
Finally, there should also be a successor to the Z Fold 2 announced by the middle of the year, it is also a new product from Samsung which indirectly competes with the Galaxy Note range. On many occasions, we thought that Samsung would replace the traditional design of its Galaxy Note with this new one.form-factorpliant.
In any case, if Samsung speaks publicly about future products, there is a good chance that the silicon crisis is serious and that it will certainly affect all companies in the sector. It is still too early to imagine the consequences of such a shortage, but we are already seeing the damage in certain sectors such as game consoles or graphics cards.
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