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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s S Pen Costs as Much because the Previous One, Despite Downgrades


Samsung lately launched its newest Galaxy S25 Ultra alongside its normal Galaxy S25 fashions, and it got here with a number of modifications, together with a brand-new design. While this design seems very completely different from earlier Ultra fashions, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is now additionally noticeably lighter at simply 218 grams versus the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s 232 grams. Part of that is additionally all the way down to its new S Pen. It cuts down on some options and is lacking some inner elements, making it lighter this 12 months. Samsung has now lastly revealed the value of a brand new S Pen alternative on its US web site, and it unusually prices as a lot because the earlier one.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra’s S Pen is now obtainable for buy on Samsung’s official US website. The web site clearly mentions {that a} new S Pen will value as a lot because the earlier mannequin, which is $49.99 (or roughly Rs. 4,358). We cross-checked the identical on Samsung’s India web site, however the model has not put a price ticket on the accent but.

The S Pen is an important accent with Samsung’s Galaxy Ultra fashions however was first launched with its now-defunct Galaxy Note sequence of units, which had been generally known as “phablets.” Over the years, Samsung’s S Pen launched new options and had its personal battery, which enabled the identical. However, the most recent styli lack the battery and the tech, basically decreasing them to items of plastic, dropping most of the cool options launched beforehand.

Samsung, in a current report, clarified that its new Galaxy S25 Ultra S Pen doesn’t help Bluetooth-enabled S Pen interactions like earlier S Pens. This is as a result of the brand new S Pen doesn’t have its personal battery, which often powers the low-frequency pairing. This enabled options comparable to Air Actions and the distant clicker function for its digicam app. These are at present doable on older iterations of the S Pen (when paired with older units). In its present state, it solely helps fundamental stylus options like scribbling, choice, and Circle to Search.

The Ultra fashions from Samsung’s Galaxy S sequence of units at present are the one ones to supply an built-in S Pen silo, by which the S Pen slides in and might be saved when not in use. Even Samsung’s book-style foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 6, nonetheless wants an add-on case accent to carry its S Pen, each of that are bought individually. In reality, the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s particular S Pen Fold Edition additionally doesn’t provide Bluetooth and so doesn’t should be charged like earlier S Pen fashions. This makes the Galaxy S24 Ultra the final machine from Samsung (except for its Galaxy Tablets) to help the richer and extra superior S Pen expertise.

 

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