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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PartTimePhoner, 02 Feb 2025Maybe 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, 02 Feb 2025i 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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