Samsung might bring back the S Pen to its foldables with an improved design but only if you really want it

Date:
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Samsung is researching and developing thinner and innovative technologies for the S Pen according to a new report.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Samsung might have an all-new S Pen up its sleeve A company exec revealed Samsung is developing a new S Pen It will only return when the device is just right, and if enough people want it

The S Pen is dead, long live the S Pen? Yes, while Samsungs stylus has
skipped the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, it might not be goodbye forever be that a return in future generations or a return for the Z Fold 7 itself.

Thats according to comments made by Samsungs own Kang Min-seok its head of smartphone product planning to Korean outlet ETNews . He explained that Samsung is researching and developing thinner and innovative technologies for the S Pen (machine translated from Korean).

Adding that the S Pen will potentially return when the level of perfection increases and there is consumer demand. (Image credit: Lance Ulanoff /
Future)

This could align with Samsungs HiDeep partnership. The pair is said to be working on an S Pen which doesnt require a digitizer or an internal battery combining the best of both the batteryless S Pen and the digitizer-less Apple Pencil (via SamMobile ).

A new stylus design could explain why Samsung removed the digitizer from its Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. If it was hoping to have the next-gen S Pen ready
for the Z Fold 7s launch, then why would it burden its foldable with a soon-to-be-useless component?

The fact that it isnt here yet suggests the stylus might have been delayed,
or it could be that Samsung is simply holding off until its S26 Ultra launch to introduce a new S Pen to the world. However, that leaves a frustrating 6-month or so long gap for Z Fold 7 users to suffer without a stylus.

Alternatively, tying into the other aspect of Samsungs comment, it could simply be that the S Pen wasnt popular enough with the Z Fold line to warrant continued support. And while Ive never felt the need to use a stylus, that seems as much Samsungs decision as it is mine. (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) Samsung doomed the S Pen

If commenters online are to be believed, the Z Fold 7s tremendous faux pas is enough to kill the foldable outright, but as an avid Z Fold 6 user, I think reports of the Z Fold 7s death are greatly exaggerated.

I never felt the need to use an S Pen, and I dont expect Ill miss it now.

If I ever needed to scribble notes or annotate, I could use my index finger, which was always quick and accurate enough for short annotations. Alternatively, I could type out my annotation either in full, using swipe to type, or speech-to-text to speed things up.

Perhaps this wasnt wholly my decision, however, because the main factor in my S Pen usage decision isnt that I don't want to use one, its that I dont own one.

The Z Fold line didnt come with an S Pen like Samsungs Ultra phones, meaning you had to buy the stylus separately. Moreover, youd need to find your own storage solution for the S Pen, and according to user reviews on Samsungs website, its official S Pen Z Fold 6 case is beyond terrible.

So if S Pen usage is low on Samsungs foldables, Im hardly surprised. (Image credit: Samsung)

Its impossible to know how popular the rumored revamped S Pen will be. While many are disappointed by the Z Fold 7s lack of a stylus, how many of them
were ever really planning to buy the foldable, and would a new and improved stylus change their decision?

Ill never say no to a revamp, but the real change I want to see is Samsungs next foldable dropping with the stylus in the box. That would make it a true Ultra equivalent as Samsung has promised for the Z Fold 7. You might also
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black and white



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