No S-Pen Bluetooth Connectivity

[ButtaBean_420]

Samsung this was definitely a deal breaker for me as I use Air Actions every day I was going to upgrade but I'm now sticking with my S24 Ultra I mean seriously Air Actions was the main selling point of the S-Pen 

[Cartyyyy]

Wanted to upgrade SO bad from my S23 Ultra, but what the actual heck Samsung?!? Removing Bluetooth functionality from the spen on S25 Ultra was a HUGE letdown. Of all things to take away, y'all chose that. I will not be upgrading.. it would just be downgrading really. I get the whole A.I stuff, but you can't keep taking away features that make the device unique. It's no longer an Ultra. Just an S25. I really wanted to upgrade, man.. I'm also a fan of the squared corners, and not rounded. I'm not saying it should all be to my liking, but the Spen is mainly my concern. Soon, they'll end up removing it, then that'll draw the line for me. So sad and disappointing. 

[graydi66y]

I'm willing to bet that they will sell a separate Bluetooth enabled s-pen.

[Cartyyyy]

Yeah but that ruins the purpose of even putting an Spen in there.. like why would I buy another pen to carry on hand or even as an extra.

[graydi66y]

How? It would replace the non-Bluetooth. Not be an extra to it. You seem to have this idea that you'd have to carry the Bluetooth-enabled one in a different pocket vs ejecting the non-bluethooth one from its slot and replacing it with a Bluetooth enabled S-Pen.

[Squibbles]

Same here, I was considering upgrading from my 23U but not anymore. Removing the remote shutter from the s-pen was the deal breaker

[ToxicAmit]

And don't forget about satellite connectivity...it's not a good idea to upgrade because there is none.....we will get UI 7 soon and there would be not much difference if you have recent galaxy phone

[ButtaBean_420]

This would be a carrier option as even the S24 has satellite connectivity TMobile is running a Beta now

[graydi66y]

Thats the carriers. The tech is already in the 24u.

[VictorHram]

No satellite again. Att may have service available in another year. I will not be upgrading to the s25 ultra. What BS

[TipsyTrex]

The removal of the Bluetooth functions from the S-pen, predicated on the claim that data (that we will not be shown) shows that users don't use it very much. Let us ignore that you chose to remove the remote shutter functionality only 6 months after launching a new product that can do remote shutter functionality, and assume that this alleged research is real.

So you removed it...to what benefit?

The battery isn't bigger. The price isn't lower. The cost saving didn't get us more ram, a higher starting storage spec. Three of the four cameras aren't upgraded and the one upgrade was at least two years overdue. The redesign certainly isnt exciting enough to justify loss of functionality. 

I love samsung products. I have gone to bat for you many times, and I have no plans as of right now to move out of the ecosystem. However, this is indefensible penny pinching at the cost of user experience and brand identity. 

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