Samsung produced a smaller-screen version of its S-line flagships this year. Now, a Korean news outlet claims that its sources have said the OEM will do the same with the Note series. However, this version may be exclusive to the European market.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10-could-have-a-compact-variant.415644.0.html
The note used to be preferred for it's size... before plus variant existed. Now the main reason would be the pen and/or some more features... I don't like big phones but a note 10e is the only phone that could prevent me from buying a s10e, even if it costs 1000$. I would kill to have a pen in a compact form
What's a Note without the pen?! Pointless fragmentation if the rumor's true.