Weekly poll: are you using the S Pen's remote control functions?

02 February 2025
The Bluetooth-enabled S Pen is no more, the Galaxy S25 Ultra comes with a passive stylus.

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jiyen235, 15 hours agonot all the time, but it's not like i use the s pen al... moreI believe you can still do that

they removed the Bluetooth functionality, not the ability to use the pen as a stylus

    "Samsung says that most people just weren’t using the remote functions."

    Oh, that's why they removed it? That's mad bs on them.
    It's crystal clear that they removed it simply to earn more profit, otherwise this could've and should have easily meant that the S25 Ultra could've been at least $100 cheaper than the S24 Ultra. Of course that didn't happen.

      Doesn't matter if you use it or not, this is a $1,600 phone, NO cost cutting or compromises allowed, period
      They added NOTHING new since the S22 Ultra but downgraded the telephoto on the S24 and S pen on the S25
      If you watched Jerryrigeverything's test of the phone you can also see the garbage build quality of the phone where the ugly camera rings can easily be removed from the camera (it looks better without them) and the back glass started coming out along with the rings, they glued the rings better than the back glass it seems, so much for Samsung's ultimate phone
      No innovation, just removing things, that's their motto

        I'm using spen on Galaxy tabs (1 is personal device, one is given for work by my employer).
        Honestly spen IS the only special feature and THE selling point for galaxy S series phone, for me! Ymmv! Sxx Ultra has always been a special device BECAUSE of spen and Wacom support.
        Downgrading that is a suicide for Samsung. Fact is - i would have bought it.. almost..

        And as few people have already said below - to downgrade/nerf/remove functionality, without offering something similar in return?!? Really not a business practice I will support with my wallet.

        I ignore regular S and S+ devices, those are simply mobile phones like any other, even A series, just very expensive. I see zero justification to pick any of those against any other mobile phone out there on the market

          PartTimePhoner, 13 hours agoMaybe only 1% of the users used it - Each ultra models sell... more1% of 15Mil is 150k mate 😅

          And it's more than that imo, I use it since Note9 and now on S23U since 2 years, no plan to upgrade anytime soon with scamsung.

          It went from Ultra great to Ultra pricey and/or Ultra cheap.

            Does not matter. What matters is that the S25 Ultra is a $1300+ phone and Samsung chose to cheap out on something that barely costs them a cent.

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              I don't use the remote functions of an S Pen, because I don't have an S Pen

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              I do not plan to get an S Pen anytime soon

                You don't ghet it... us just a mean to justify. With S26U s-pen will be forever gone. Or buy a case to have all function like s24u. With s26u they will say: people are use s-pen even less so we removed it all together to increase battery size of whatever... plz react to this because I will take a prins for next year

                  Maybe only 1% of the users used it - Each ultra models sells 15Mil, thats still 100K people using this feature.

                    Regardless if people use it a lot or not, I think we can all agree that ditching the Bluetooth capabilities was a bad move, and I'm still trying to understand why Samsung did that.

                      I use it mostly for snapping pics selfies long distance pics of groups it's useful even if u don't use it constantly it's nice to know that u have those feature in ur hand now with the S25U as much as it is a great phone n it is it's just u feel like it's lacking smthg even if u don't use it as much I think it's too late to implement it hope they'll rethink their decision in the S26U

                        Does Samsung really expect the majority to be "power users"? Of course not—power users are typically few, and they’re savvy enough to opt out of sharing their usage stats, which in turn makes tracking unreliable. I don't mind if most people don't use the advanced features, but if I'm shelling out a premium price for an "Ultra" device, I expect every perk—both existing and new—that sets it apart from the rest!

                          BandedKing, 15 hours agoi use it all the time. I don't think I would want a ph... moreSame, its the reason I bought a heavily used spen pro for my galaxy fold. The bluetooth functions made samsung's stylus special for me

                            The S Pens have an RC function? No, most certainly not using it if i had the phone. But if in certain situations maybe.

                              i use it all the time. I don't think I would want a phone without stylus & remote control function. Stuck with s24u for a long time I guess

                                I didn't use it much, but when I needed to I'm glad I had the option.

                                  not all the time, but it's not like i use the s pen all the time either, just few days ago i wanted to note something down, cus i forget stuff, so i just pressed the button to open up the s pen helper thing, opened notes and noted something down. This simple trick has been there since the note9 yet Greedsung decided to let go of it and saying that people dont really use it. They take away features and then increase price. I'm not just disappointed anymore, I'm disgusted.

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