Samsung is the king of the smartphone stylus – not solely does it have essentially the most fashions that help one, however the S Pen is deeply built-in into its Galaxies. And it is nowhere higher than within the Galaxy S Extremely flagships. That is as a result of the Galaxy S22 Extremely was the religious successor to the final Galaxy Be aware, primarily merging the Be aware and S Extremely lineups collectively.
However Samsung eliminated the Bluetooth and gyroscope from the S Pen for the Galaxy S25 Extremely – options it added in 2018 – which indicators that the S Pen could also be on its manner out.
Citing its personal survey, Samsung says that only one% of Galaxy homeowners use these options of the S Pen. That is a foul argument for just a few causes. First, 1% of all S Pen customers is lots of people – lots of of hundreds. Second, the S Pen was the last word distant shutter to your Galaxy cellphone (Samsung would love you to make use of your Galaxy Look ahead to that now). Third, Samsung did not add something to compensate for the shortage of Bluetooth.
Bluetooth apart, the S Pen continues to be a succesful stylus. It nonetheless has 4096 ranges of strain sensitivity and it nonetheless opens up a world of productiveness potentialities in your cellphone.
However the dumbing down of the S Pen, sadly, nearly universally indicators its upcoming full elimination from telephones. We hope we’re incorrect about this, however it’s by no means a great signal when options are eliminated.
And it may possibly occur as early as subsequent 12 months. We might be a S Pen-less Galaxy S26 Extremely. Samsung could use a much bigger battery or interior element optimization as arguments for this.
Alternatively, Samsung might be engaged on a brand new standalone S Pen that can work with extra telephones – this opens up the chance for fancy new circumstances with S Pen holsters for extra telephones, which is able to result in improved profitability. It is a profitable technique, even when we Bluetooth-enabled S Pen holdouts will probably be salty about it.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
