Is Samsung thinking of ditching the S Pen in future Galaxy S Ultras?
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- Anonymous
- 0xQ
- 03 Feb 2025
Calling S pen a "remote shutter" always makes me laugh. How can you take remove a shutter from the phone and use it remotely? S Pen is (was) a remote shutter control, or remote triger.
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- Anonymous
- R4S
- 03 Feb 2025
why is Samsung so determined to be a western ripoff brand lol . . Just wish Vivo got the same exposure for a more-premium product line.
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- 1989
- CbI
- 03 Feb 2025
Samsung is always trying to follow apple. Its a miracle the s pen held out this long.
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- zaryan
- 0p}
- 03 Feb 2025
but half the appeal of Spen was being inside your phone,if i have to carry a separate case or have a bulky case with my phone just to accommodate the spen ,is a big no from me
- FF7
- IL2
- 03 Feb 2025
The Chinese brands are not prominent here in the USA. So ditching Samsung is not really an option for us if we want to use Android regardless if they remove the S-Pen. And Samsung is already well established here among Android OEMs.
Similar to Apple, Samsung's ecosystem is very hard to leave. The ones saying they will ditch Samsung will probably end up going back to them in a few years after they get bored with Apple or another Android OEM. Or be a ping-pong ball between Apple or Samsung.
Good luck finding aftermarket support with your Chinese brands here in the States. Americans are pretty much stuck with a duolopy. Nobody here really wants Pixels. Their resale value is awful. Google trying to sell us a midrange Exynos SoC named as Tensor for flagship prices.
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- Anonymous
- PEq
- 03 Feb 2025
No no i dont wanna let this happen
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- Krjal
- yEe
- 03 Feb 2025
If Samsung removes the EMR digitiser I will finally abandon Samsung. It's the last thing keeping me using their unimpressive ex-Note flagships.
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- astolfo
- GBh
- 03 Feb 2025
Knowing how dumb TM Roh & Samsung fanatics are, they probably want to sell you a "pro" S-pen like Apple does.
That or they plan on "launching" the Note series again to grab more sales in front of the iPhone, since their foldables are going nowhere
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- Anonymous
- wrc
- 03 Feb 2025
If it's a yeah, well we are cooked.
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- The Android Freak
- fCN
- 03 Feb 2025
Jon8652, 03 Feb 2025It's the only real advantage they have over their Chin... moreIt's already over for them. They are competing over three things only. Display, OneUI, availability. Rest things have gone from their hands. There is no looking back now. This year with OnePlus 13, software and display has gone in favour of OnePlus 13.
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- The Android Freak
- fCN
- 03 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2025If they can promise and prove that all of the extra spaced ... moreIt's of no use as OnePlus 14 is coming with 7000-7500Mah battery. Imagine that with 8 Elite 2 chipset.
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- baguioboy
- vaS
- 03 Feb 2025
Honestly, if Samsung is going to make the Ultra S-Pen-less, they better revive the Note line. Or Samsung can make a new variant of the S series and create an S26 Note.
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- DMD
- XSL
- 03 Feb 2025
S pen is useless for me, I am not using at all.
Better to remove it and increase battery capacity and more camera sensors.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2025The Z Fold already supports S Pens, detective. This is ver... moreI can't see anyone buying the stylus as a separate accessory with nowhere to store it in the phone. The Notes and Ultras were unique because they had a place to store the stylus in the phone itself. Carrying the stylus separately is a great way to lose it.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Feb 2025
Leanzazzy, 03 Feb 2025Well, Tesla also had the genius idea of replacing the steer... moreInterestingly, the rectangle steering wheel is used in racing cars like F1. But it doesn't mean that they are better than the circle steering wheel for actual cars on the road.
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- Kontel
- tue
- 03 Feb 2025
Samsung put fake cameras ring il check on YouTube jerry
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- Onmetim
- txG
- 03 Feb 2025
Kashyap03, 03 Feb 2025People: Stop copying Apple and do something innovative Sams... morelol, because now the Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring already have a Bluetooth feature
- Leanzazzy
- IWR
- 03 Feb 2025
Kashyap03, 03 Feb 2025People: Stop copying Apple and do something innovative Sams... moreWell, Tesla also had the genius idea of replacing the steering wheel with a yoke.
Don't tell me that a rectangle is somehow better for circular movements and motions than an actual circle.
- Leanzazzy
- IWR
- 03 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2025The Z Fold already supports S Pens, detective.
This is ver... moreDoes the S25 Ultra still support Bluetooth and air actions of an S pen? Meaning, if you use an S24 Ultra's S pen on an S25 Ultra will it support Bluetooth and air actions?
If yes, then I agree, that means Samsung is deliberately dumbing down the included S pen in the hopes of selling a "smart/full" S pen with all Bluetooth features as a separate accessory.
Either way, it's such a scummy move. They had already perfected the S pen, with Bluetooth, IP68, the 4096 pressure levels, ultra-low latency and more. They could have just kept the exact same S pen in the S25 Ultra and nobody would have complained.
The S pen is literally the defining feature of the Note, Samsung's original powerhouse/enthusiast phone. That was the reason to buy it over a competing flagship from Google, Xiaomi, OnePlus, ROG etc.