S Pen in Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra to lose Bluetooth functionality

10 January 2025
Sources in the retail chain claim that the stylus might lose some of its functionality.

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brsdrgn, 10 hours agoThe pen doesn't take any place from those components y... moreIt's not cost cutting in this instance, it's just pure physics.
The area you've mentioned is ENORMOUS for smartphone dimensions.
Whether you like to admit yourself that or not, but Note and S Ultra have always been one step behind their Android flagship competitors solely due to storing the s pen.

For instance, Note 20 Ultra was slumming with 4500 mAh at the time when Androids had 5000 mah as standard. 60 w+ wired charging was also normal (vs. meager 25 w with Note). Not to mention inferior speakers, haptics and vibration. All important phone components.
S25 Ultra will have 5000 mAh battery, almost 5 y.o. camera hardware when competitors offer 5500-6000 mAh batteries with 60+ wired AND wireless charging, larger vapor chamber surface, superior haptics, vibration and camera sensors.
All these components require space.
R&D in smartphones have been sleeping for years, everything's put to halt except for chip development and AI.

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    • Enzo
    • Kxf
    • 10 hours ago

    A hike in price but less features. Good job, Samsung!👍

      LoLoL, 14 hours agoI'm using a lot. And do not understand why Samsung rem... moreOh come on. I was the user of last Note in the series.

      They've removed much more if you focus on the previous series.

      Some might argue about the improvement on the cameras considering the additional censors. I understand that.

      But thinking from a perspective that the particular model should always put improvements over the elder generations,Samsung seems to be suffering a lot.

      I'd count some that gets my attention:
      -headphones jack is gone
      -expandable storage is gone
      -heart monitor is gone

      Most of the specs are just repetitive. They just changed camera modules one by one by keeping the same 200mp main modules over years.

      Some might argue that it's not only Scamsung doing this. I agree. It's just the subject is about this particular brand!

      I used to be a happy user but it was getting my critics that Samsung was mocking Apple first amd doing exactly the same change later. Now, I'm a happy Vivo user.

        walkman8, 11 hours agoSooner or later they'll have to ditch the s-pen slot a... moreThe pen doesn't take any place from those components you have mentioned.

        Ultra series and previously known as Note series have been always bigger on the width meaning the screen size size was bigger which gives it a more rectangular shape.

        The pen takes approximately 60% of the height of the portion it takes on the width. It gives more freedom in the remaining part for the other modules.

        Put all these aside, thank you standing on the side of the producer giving them more reason to remove more features. With customers like this(okay with whatever the brand does and even justifies it with unreasonable arguments), I'm sure brands like Samsung really enjoy all the feature removals to save money. :)

          Sooner or later they'll have to ditch the s-pen slot altogether. It's taking up so much space that could have been used for better cameras, speakers, vibration motor, battery size, vapor chamber size etc.

          But I do not condone this. If s25u is the last Ultra with an S-Pen, at least go all out with it. Hell, give an integrated mic on the pen for interview purposes as a nice one last touch to the legendary S-Pen.

            So next year will scrap it for good and day: s25u users didn't use so much s pen so we discarded it. But people will not use because you scraped those functions. If just a mean to justify your action

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              • Anonymous
              • NgP
              • 11 hours ago

              Guys chill. This "leaker" has makes up stuff all the time

                That sucks, nothing else needs to be said.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 8XP
                  • 11 hours ago

                  The S-pen that worked with the S21 Ultra was the same. That one has no Bluetooth, nor does need a charge. I have a pair (S21U + Pen), so I can tell.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • thc
                    • 11 hours ago

                    Anonymous, 13 hours agoMicro SD-Card +1 for you

                    I have completely forgotten that very useful memory card slot

                    Thank you for remembering

                      Well, bummer, one of the last legacy of Galaxy Note series is being dismantled... Better just get the S24 Ultra, the Moto G Stylus, or full-fledged iPad Pro/Air. I know the data speaks for it and made Samsung decided to do it (Engineering Statistics perspective) but this will just lose another highlights on purchasing the S Ultra. Hyperbolic or not, iPhone 16 Pro Max may have something more USP than S25 Ultra 😮‍💨😵‍💫

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                        • Jimbob
                        • am0
                        • 12 hours ago

                        Makes no sense to remove it

                          DarlingYext, 13 hours agoNo, no no. You just don't get it, these "new"... moreAll the Ai features on my S23 Ultra are entirely worthless to me. Like, literally ALL of them. Just bunch of gimmicky highlights great for presentation and no practical use. In all the months I've maybe used 2 of them once each time. I think I used "Ai" captions once because I couldn't use speakers and once to erase something from a photo. And that's it.

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                            • MHD
                            • B}$
                            • 12 hours ago

                            As a Samsung galaxy S24ultra user,I proudly says this device is best one among others,but this time time as per your information...looks like Samsung will remove spen soon may be.

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                              • Maria
                              • XWP
                              • 13 hours ago

                              Mission: Impossible

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                                • Anonymous
                                • gjL
                                • 13 hours ago

                                Anonymous, 14 hours agoSamsung remives the headphone jack also Samsung removed b... moreMicro SD-Card

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 7kk
                                  • 13 hours ago

                                  JLC, 13 hours agoThis will never happen. Something that is used on a daily b... moreAgreed. I have been using s pen on my 22ultra a lot. And the remote feature sure comes handy. The only thing stopping me to switch to fold was the bluetooth functionality. Might as well jump to fold 7 now.

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                                    • JLC
                                    • paf
                                    • 13 hours ago

                                    This will never happen. Something that is used on a daily basis.The only thing that I miss on my Z Fold.
                                    To all people that say S Pen is useless while never having owned such a device: you have no idea what you are talking about! The S Pen functions make the difference between the S Pen and the Stylus of all other devices.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Emm
                                      • 13 hours ago

                                      The S-Pen was near useless before, now it is pointless

                                        Well, that’s a bummer. I hardly see people with the S Ultra phones used the stylus as a stylus, but many do use it as a Bluetooth remote. I guess the data that Samsung has said otherwise.

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