In final week’s ballot, we mentioned 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 prone 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 means of the feedback, many contemplate the distant shutter perform one thing that turns out to be useful every now and then. 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 strain sensitivity and an eraser perform).
Both manner, it’s clear that two-thirds of voters use the S Pen distant capabilities a minimum of typically 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 when you model a tool as “Extremely”, you shouldn’t be shocked when individuals count on it to be a best-of-the-best, no-compromises telephone. Particularly when mentioned telephone carries a $1,300/€1,470 price ticket.
Samsung could also be considering of eradicating the S Pen fully – that was at all times extra of a Galaxy Be aware function than a Galaxy S one. Alas, the Be aware collection isn’t any extra. Anyway, eradicating the S Pen may deliver some upsides, e.g. a bigger battery. However solely eradicating the distant management options is a strict downgrade and that might damage the Galaxy S25 Extremely in the long term.
That mentioned, the S25 collection is off to a powerful begin and, in South Korea a minimum of, extra individuals ordered the Extremely than those that obtained an S25 and S25+ put collectively. We are going to see if that momentum holds after the pre-order interval.
