Forget the Galaxy Note 20 — Galaxy S21 Ultra will steal its best feature - Tom's Guide

The writing may be on the wall for Galaxy Note line.

That's according to Korean tech blog The Elec, which suggests that the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and Galaxy Note 20 could be the very last Note-branded devices the company ever ships.

In its place, Samsung may offer an S Pen in the next top-of-the-line Galaxy S device, the Galaxy S21 Ultra.

Samsung may also bring the S Pen to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 — the 2021 iteration of its flagship tablet-style foldable, following the Galaxy Z Fold 2's release in the coming weeks.

Now, it's worth pointing out that this is far from the first time Samsung has been rumored to sunset the Note series.

Last September, when Samsung was in the process of launching the Galaxy Note 10 series, Evan Blass tweeted that the tech giant was actively considering melding the Galaxy S and Note lines together into a single family of first-half-of-the-year devices because their "features overlap so closely.".

In this scenario, the Galaxy Z Fold family would then naturally slide in as a replacement for the Note launches that typically dominate the end of the year for Samsung.

At the moment, Samsung is capable of churning out roughly 600,000 foldable panels a months; conversely, the company ships about 10 million Galaxy Note devices between the time those devices a traditionally announced and the end of the year, according to the blog.