Samsung has no plans to bring the Galaxy Note 5 to the UK or Europe in 2015

So, Samsung has just officially announced the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, both smartphones that carry on with the same design cues and some of the same hardware as the Galaxy S6 that was announced back in March at the MWC. Details are emerging about where and when you can pre-order both phones in the United States, but what about in the UK and Europe?

What about the UK and Europe indeed. Those of us in old blighty will be able to pre-order the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus from August 18th, with the handset becoming available from in-store from September 4th. Which brings us to the elephant in the room. Amazingly, according to Samsung representatives at the London event, the Korean handset maker has no plans to bring the Galaxy Note 5 to the UK or Europe in 2015.

Yes, you read that correctly. So, if like me, you were going to order the Galaxy Note 5 as your next handset, think again. Samsung has apparently decided against bringing the Note 5 to the UK and Europe for ‘marketing reasons‘. This is a little strange as according to data compiled by CompareMyMobile, the UK’s Galaxy Note customers would seem to be quite loyal. Over 70% of Galaxy Note 4 owners upgraded by trading in a Samsung device, with 3 of the top five traded in devices being earlier Note devices, as shown below.

Top 5 devices traded in for the Note 4

1. Galaxy Note 3 – 17.22%
2. Galaxy Note 2 – 16.54%
3. Galaxy S4 – 12.29%
4. Galaxy S3 – 7.81%
5. Galaxy Note – 7.28%

So, looking as those trade-in figures, why does Samsung want to alienate its loyal Note fans? If you were planning on ordering the Note 5 in the UK or Europe, will you now order the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus instead? Or, like me, will you also be looking elsewhere, possibly waiting to see what Sony and HTC have up their collective sleeves later in the year? Why do you think Samsung has decided to hold the Note 5 back? Let us know in the comments below.

Source: AndroidCentral, BBC

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