While we had expected the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S10 to be the Galaxy S11, here's how the numbers work, correct, it looks like it could actually be called the Galaxy S20, Samsung taking a similar approach to Huawei and skipping its iconic teenage years. It's not the only part of its naming convention that Samsung would be changing on February 11. Rather than follow the structure of last year's S10e, S10, and S10 Plus models, we heard the company would launch the S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra. So what were once your mid-range and high-end products in the S range are now defined as the lower end of the spectrum. By shaking up its naming system, Samsung is likely trying to make its product lineup clearer to the average customer, while also being more enticing to potential buyers. I think it will end up having the opposite effect and confusing the average person. Several things should be emphasized before explaining why. First, Samsung is far from the only company to have used a strange naming convention in the past, even last year Sony, Oppo and LG offered strangely confusing systems or successors to the phones. designated. Although it is highly likely that the new phones will be called the Galaxy S20 series, there is still no official confirmation. We've received repeated assurances from leakers (many of whom already had false information), so we can't say for sure that they'll end up being called the Galaxy S20 when they're in stores. of the entire world.
Why is it Galaxy S20, not S11?
Samsung is apparently calling the phone the S20 to align with its 2020 release year, but since the Galaxy S10 was the last phone, most people will expect the successor to be the S11. So most people looking to buy the new Samsung, especially people who don't follow tech news and only look at devices on a store shelf, might consider it lacking. an S11 means Samsung hasn't released a new Galaxy S smartphone than the S10. This may mean they are immediately content to buy the S10 range. There are also some negative connotations of S20 in S11. The desire to fund products with ever-increasing numbers, put forward by countless products and companies in many markets around the world, often ends up looking like a cheap marketing ploy rather than a real indicator of a 'futuristic' device. So, calling the phone the `` S20 & # 39; & # 39; instead of the ``S11'', one gets the impression that Samsung is trying to artificially raise the ``wow factor'' of its upcoming smartphones. This is something that the average phone fanatic can easily see. What about the people who think bigger numbers make better phones? Well, they're more likely to be drawn to the mid-range Galaxy A90. Samsung may confuse people who don't follow their line of phones meticulously, because by avoiding calling it the Galaxy S11, it seems like there's no successor to the Galaxy S10. Just look at the confusion felt by the lack of an iPhone 9, or the haphazard 2019 Sony lineup (the Xperia 10, then the Xperia 1, then the Xperia 5) for proof of that. So people who know phones will find the name S20 a bit hackneyed and silly. Sure, if Samsung sticks with the naming system for a few years, things will work out and consumers will be able to better understand the numbering system, but that's a few years of lost potential sales.
S20 Plus and Ultra?
It appears that Samsung is also following Apple's precedent with suffixes for the S20 phones. Instead of being a variantLite '', principal y Plus-size '', there will be a basic device, with a larger version, then an even larger version. Is copying the Apple 11 naming system for iPhone a good idea? Many have found the name iPhone 11 Pro Max to be a complicated name for a phone (Pro Max is an oxymoron!) And while Samsung stops short of calling a phone "Ultra"; or whatever, people who don't do well on the S20 series might have a hard time figuring out if the Plus or Ultra is the high-end device. Some people may walk up to the beach and assume it has the same naming convention as the S10 series, where the suffix-less phone is the core device, rather than the cheapest. Having a flagship device with smaller and smaller alternatives is the normal convention. Brands like Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi and Oppo use it, and Samsung, bucking this trend, looks like a thinly veiled attempt to copy Apple. Whatever happens during the launch of the new devices on February 11, Samsung will need to be as clear as possible to consumers to ensure that every potential customer understands that this is the case. The company's high-end device for 2020.