Newspaper The Korean Herald (South Korea), citing sources close to Samsung and Apple said the two firms largest smartphone world in terms of sales is still actively developed smartphone advanced new generation his including Samsung’s foldable Galaxy Fold 2 and Galaxy Note20 smartphones and Apple’s new iPhone 12 series, despite the global epidemic.

The source said Samsung was luckier than Apple when Samsung’s engineers and mobile division staff were still working together at its office to speed up the completion of new products. Meanwhile, Apple employees are forced to work from home, which will cause more inconvenience in the process of finalizing the product.

The source also said Samsung is expected to launch a new version of Galaxy Note (possibly called Galaxy Note20) in early July here, instead of launching in August as the previous years, while the smartphone version. The foldable Galaxy Fold 2 is expected to be released in August.

The product launch event is more likely to be held online, instead of an actual event to prevent the possibility of virus infection.

"Preparations for the launch of the Galaxy Note20 version are ongoing and there will be no delays," the source said. "However, instead of an actual event, things are still being discussed and Samsung is considering an online event."

The source of The Korean Herald adds that the highest-end Galaxy Note20 will have a 7-inch screen, the front camera is hidden under the screen (instead of the punched form like the current Galaxy Note10 or Galaxy S20). The product screen becomes completely borderless and improves many features of the S-Pen pen that comes with the product.

Meanwhile, due to the more complicated disease situation in the US will affect the speed of development and completion of the new iPhone 12 series. The source of The Korean Herald said that it is likely that Apple will have to delay the launch of the new iPhone version in December, instead of September as every year.

Although previously, Foxconn, the iPhone manufacturing partner in China has pledged to investors that it will try to perfect and sell the iPhone 12 to the market this fall, right at the time of the launch of the iPhone. iPhone version before, but this still depends a lot on the process of product development and development in the US.

The launch of new products from Samsung and Apple is facing many difficulties because of the disease, but to entice users to buy new smartphone models when the product is launched is even more difficult, especially when the disease is happening. causing a global economic crisis, so not many people are willing to spend large amounts of money to buy smartphones costing thousands of dollars like Galaxy Note20 or iPhone 12 ...