Quote Originally Posted by jut703 View Post
The second article doesn't take into full account the Note, which has increased in significance vis a vis the S in recent years. More people who go for flagships go for a Note rather an S these days. Ancedotal, but most of us with Samsung phones in the office have Notes instead of S.

Galaxy Note 1? sales shatter previous records in South Korea - SamMobile


As for upgrades, typically new design and class-leading cameras are what people upgrade for. The S20 and Note 20 don't offer either of that vs the S10/Note 10. On the other side of the fence, the iPhone 11 was a significant step up camera-wise vs the XS. And the 12 is an all-new design altogether.

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IMO. the Note sells well because it is released towards the end of summer (fall) "bonus season" for us Asians.

S vs Note? gone are the days when the Note will have better specs, the last Note that was released with the newest version of Android was the Note 2 (it was released with Jelly Bean out of the box)

From S4 / Note3 the Note was just a bigger phone with Stylus and smaller battery

You need to change phones every 2 years to appreciate the "advancement," yearly upgrades are just too incremental... Except for the iPhone whose camera quality vastly improved from the older versions, masama naman talaga camera ng iPhone 10/10r/8!

If you follow the 2 year rule... You should be using a Note 9 now... The Note 20 will give you a better S-Pen, In-screen fingerprint sensor and 4K/60 video.