Samsung may choose to merge its Galaxy S and Note series lineup in 2019

This may come across as very odd, but as we near the launch of the **Samsung Galaxy Note 9** , a new report tends to suggest that Samsung may well be on its way to merge it two flagship range of smartphones — the Galaxy S lineup and the Galaxy Note series. [caption id=“attachment_4761041” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Image: tech2/ Rehan Hooda[/caption] According to a Korean publication, named The Bell, it is Samsung’s Vice Chairman, Jay Lee who intends to merge the two smartphone ranges and his reasons do make a lot of sense. As per the report, Chinese vendors are drawing away a massive chunk of Samsung’s market share when it comes to budget and mid-range devices. In the meantime, flagship buyers are also frowning at the ever-increasing prices for incremental updates. In fact, Samsung is apparently expecting to sell 12 million units of the Galaxy Note 9 which is just a 1 million increase in targets when compared to that of the Note 8. This means that the Note 9 will also likely feature mostly incremental updates, which would not make much sense to most users to fall for. There are **also reports** of Samsung planning to come up with three Galaxy S10 variants in 2019 instead of the usual two. With all three S10 variants featuring different display sizes, it could be a sensible move to cut down on a Note series release later in the year. If Samsung does decide to go that path, we could see the larger version of the S10 also feature an S-Pen next year, to fill in for the Note. The move will save the company a considerable amount of money, which it can choose to channelise into its budget and mid-range segment. However, these arguments are still speculative and Samsung is formally yet to announce or mention anything of the sort.