No Bluetooth S Pen for S26 Ultra, no Upgrade...

[AfricanLionBat]

I'm not sure if it was because I had done a Verizon order before but I had recalled a 30-day return window and Samsung does 15 days. I accidentally kept the phone too long to return it but fully intended on returning it after verifying the updated OS ONE UI 8 on the S24. Of course Samsung delayed the upgrade until after many of the early orders would have had their trade in time expire. I was so irritated because I was so ready to get rid of it. I just want to remind Samsung that I'm definitely not going to get the 26 Ultra if it doesn't have the S pen with Bluetooth because it's just going backwards. This article likes to think they are not going to bring it back and depending on how sales went they'll pull iPhone vs and cut features just to pull in as much profit as possible because people just want the newest thing. I'm typically that person but certain features that I use all the time, I just can't stand for it. The Galaxy watch sucks and battery life is terrible and the ring is horrible if you set up gestures because it turns off my video constantly from the gesture and has **bleep** me over many times so I turned it off all together and every time I switch to my watch the thing is dead.. the pen is never dead..

https://sammyguru.com/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[Samsung10]

My adult kids want me to get an iPhone to make sharing photos and files easier. I now have no reason to stay with Samsung without the special feature of the Bluetooth s pen. 

[GreatestAlive]

Well after RCS adoption on the iPhone this shouldn't be am issue any longer and even android people can now FaceTime iPhones.

[AfricanLionBat]

Oh God don't switch to iPhone, iPhone is absolutely trash. I couldn't live without circle to search anyway

[iieeann]

I’m still sticking with my S24U for now. I don’t use the S Pen all the time, but I need the Bluetooth for certain situations. MagSafe isn’t important to me at all — I only use a MagSafe case so I can stick the phone to the car holder for GPS.

If Samsung removed S Pen Bluetooth to make way for something meaningful like 80W wireless charging, maybe people would still accept it. But we are stuck with the 2nd slowest charging speed in the world among flagship phones.

On the tablet side, I don’t really write with the S Pen, I just need the Bluetooth once in a while. And now they’ve removed BT from the Tab S11 too.  Tablet has no wireless charging why Samsung needs to remove the bt feature?

There is no reason for me to continue with Samsung tablet, and I’m just waiting for the day Samsung removes S Pen Bluetooth from the S26U. Once that happens, I can finally walk away from the Samsung ecosystem after 12 years since the Note 3 days.

[GreatestAlive]

👏thank you. I still have mine. I wont upgrade to a s26 ultra unless I know it comes with s-pen bluetooth support. I'll keep the s24 ultra as long as i can. Afterwards it an i-Phone for me. Sorry samsung you will loss a customer to the i-phone. S-pen is the only thing keeping me and the functionality it comes with. Sey thats the truth. Note lover all the way.

[AfricanLionBat]

I overlook the part with the Tab S11 and that is absolutely infuriating. I wouldn't upgrade either

[useruA9j4MPNbH]

I *still* use my note 20. I was teetering getting the 26 ultra because it may have the S pen bluetooth features. I am crossing my fingers!! Otherwise I will hold on to my old faithful. Oh and expandable storage!!!

[user1xbECk31cb]

I don't mind spending extra for the pen if it have Bluetooth. I use 24 Ultra S pen for taking photos with tripod. There are 3rd party Bluetooth shutter remotes available but they can't match with the precision of S pen.

I will be happy if they can release an accessory, Bluetooth shutter remote by Samsung with the precision of S pen.

Otherwise for me, there's no point in upgrading from S24 Ultra.

Watch and ring not going to replace S pen camera shutter ability

[Pduc]

SAMSUNG PLEASE BRING BACK BLUETOOTH S-PEN. I sent my S25 Ultra back as soon as I got it cause you removed this feature. Every girl that owns an iPhone wants my phone immediately after I take a picture using the s-pen. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW THEM THIS FEATURE IN A COMMERCIAL AND IT WILL BOOST SALES 15% SAMSUNG keeps removing feature headphone jack expandable memory. The NOTE 20 Ultra had 16gb of ram not 12gb and had expandable memory. Listen to your customers. Why do mid range SAMSUNG phones have expandable memory and a headphone jack? Is it because you want to charge for storage?  Please add this back or I am going to buy something else.