It seems like Samsung will not participate in IFA 2020 due to COVID-19, at least according to a new report. This information has been making the rounds in South Korean media, even though the company hasn’t confirmed anything just yet.
IFA 2020 is set to take place in early September, though this time around with a changed participation rules. Only the companies and media will be allowed to attend, not the general public.
That precaution has been taken in order to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Well, it seems like Samsung wasn’t to prevent it completely, by not attending the tradeshow at all.
Samsung allegedly opted not to attend IFA 2020 due to COVID-19
The aforementioned report claims that the company has re-evaluated its plans when it comes to mass gathering, due to the pandemic. That makes all the sense in the world. The company will host its Unpacked event in an online-only format in August.
As a side note, Samsung has been attending IFA since 1991, and announced a ton of interesting products as part of the tradeshow. It seems like that tradition will be broken this year.
Having said that, the company is set to announce quite a few exciting products in the coming weeks. It is rumored to launch the Galaxy Tab S7, and S7+ this month, alongside the Galaxy Watch 3.
All of those are high-end products. That’s not all, though. Samsung is also preparing to launch five additional high-end devices next month. The company’s annual Galaxy Note Unpacked event will take place in August.
Samsung will announce five flagship-grade devices during its Unpacked event
It is rumored to kick off on August 5, but nothing has been confirmed just yet. In any case, during that event, the company will announce the Galaxy Note 20, Note 20+, and Note 20 Ultra handsets.
That’s not all, though. During that same event, the Galaxy Fold 2 is also rumored to arrive, alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 5G. So we’ll get not one, but two foldable smartphones.
As you can see, the upcoming weeks will be quite exciting both for the company, and for its fans. Samsung is going all out, revealing tons of high-end hardware for us to enjoy.
The company may surprise us even further, by adding some more products to the table, but this is plenty as it is. Eight high-end products within one month is… well, not something you see often.
Samsung will start heavily teasing its upcoming products soon, even though many of them leaked already, in one form or the other.