In final week’s ballot, we stated that Samsung most likely checked out utilization statistics earlier than deciding to axe the distant management performance from the S Pen on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely – effectively, perhaps they need to have had one other look. Admittedly, our readers are extra tech savvy than common smartphone house owners and extra more likely to be energy customers. With that in thoughts, a worrying variety of voters within the ballot are going to overlook the distant options.
Studying by the feedback, many contemplate the distant shutter perform one thing that is useful now and again. Others really feel extra strongly about it, saying that this Bluetooth-based performance is what made the S Pen particular (different styluses normally restrict themselves to stress sensitivity and an eraser perform).
Both method, it’s clear that two-thirds of voters use the S Pen distant capabilities not less than generally and can miss them in the event that they improve to an S25 Extremely.
Once more, voters right here usually tend to be energy customers, however in case you model a tool as “Ultra”, you shouldn’t be stunned when folks count on it to be a best-of-the-best, no-compromises telephone. Particularly when stated telephone carries a $1,300/€1,470 price ticket.
Samsung could also be considering of eradicating the S Pen totally – that was at all times extra of a Galaxy Be aware characteristic than a Galaxy S one. Alas, the Be aware sequence isn’t any extra. Anyway, eradicating the S Pen might convey some upsides, e.g. a bigger battery. However solely eradicating the distant management options is a strict downgrade and that would harm the Galaxy S25 Extremely in the long term.
That stated, the S25 sequence is off to a powerful begin and, in South Korea not less than, extra folks ordered the Extremely than those that acquired an S25 and S25+ put collectively. We’ll see if that momentum holds after the pre-order interval.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
