Note 5 still isn’t available in Europe. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Six months after launching the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung has finally revealed the reason why it decided not to bring the device to Europe — and it might just offend you.

According to the South Korean company, we Europeans just aren’t productive enough.

Note fans in the U.K. won’t miss out in 2016. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Samsung’s decision not to launch the Galaxy Note 5 in the U.K. last year, making the Galaxy S7 edge+ its only flagship phablet, may not have worked out quite as well as it hoped.

The South Korean company is reportedly reversing that decision for 2016, with a plan to deliver the Galaxy Note 6 but not the Galaxy S7 edge+ to Great Britain.

Galaxy Note 5 gets a hardware fix. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Samsung has quietly tweaked the internals of its Galaxy Note 5 to prevent S Pens from getting jammed inside the device when inserted upside down.

Newer logic boards have a redesigned mechanism that looks less likely to become stuck on the S Pen’s eject button.

Samsung’s been working on an S Pen case. Photo: Samsung

If you’ve been longing for the Galaxy Note’s S Pen functionality but simply can’t manage its size, Samsung could soon deliver a case that fixes your problem. In a new patent filing, the South Korean company describes a neat case that adds an S Pen stylus to other Galaxy smartphones.

Galaxy Note 5 is expanding its reach in 2016. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Europe’s wait for the best phablet money can buy is almost over.

Samsung sources have confirmed that the Galaxy Note 5 will finally be available in the U.K. and other European markets in early 2016. But with rumors of a Galaxy S7 right around the corner, will it be too late?