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The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 collection has largely gone easily, however there’s been a little bit of confusion over the previous couple of days about the entire S Pen state of affairs for the Galaxy S25 Extremely. What was clear the entire time is that, not like the Galaxy S24 Extremely, the most recent mannequin doesn’t include a Bluetooth S Pen. We are able to stay with that, however then a Samsung story by itself Insights weblog late final week claimed an exterior Bluetooth S Pen can be appropriate. We puzzled the way you felt about paying additional for an upgraded S Pen to your Galaxy S25 Extremely and ran a ballot to search out out.
Now, for full context, we launched this ballot previous to the assertion Samsung gave Android Authority that the weblog publish was inaccurate and that the Galaxy S25 Extremely doesn’t assist any Bluetooth S Pen. This makes the outcomes of the ballot considerably hypothetical since we have been asking in the event you would purchase one thing to your S25 Extremely that we now know isn’t an choice so that you can purchase anyway. You’ll be able to blame Samsung for that unclear messaging. Nonetheless, the outcomes give us an attention-grabbing perception into how you are feeling a couple of Bluetooth stylus and whether or not you’d be ready to fork out additional money for one.
Would you purchase a Bluetooth S Pen for the S25 Extremely?
Of the respondents to the ballot who’ve ordered the Galaxy S25 already, greater than half (52%) mentioned that they wouldn’t purchase a Bluetooth S Pen as a result of it ought to have include the cellphone. Keep in mind, this was two days in the past when it seemed like Samsung was making an attempt to exploit patrons for a number of additional bucks. That might be learn as a majority wanting a Bluetooth S Pen, nevertheless it’s in all probability extra correct to say that these voters have been simply irked by the concept of the Bluetooth model present however not being included as commonplace after they’d already spent $1,300 on the premium handset. One other 8% mentioned they have been pleased with the included stylus.
Just below 1 / 4 of respondents (24%) have been prepared to purchase the now-hypothetical accent individually, whereas one other 16% would take into account it relying on the value. So, we will nonetheless extrapolate from the outcomes that even in the event you nonetheless had the choice of shopping for a Bluetooth S Pen, solely about 40% of individuals would have an interest in any respect, with a great portion of these being postpone if the value was too excessive.
Samsung downgraded the S Pen for this technology as a result of it claimed related options like air gestures weren’t notably well-liked. It appears as if the model might have been proper about this, however you’ve additionally made it clear together with your votes that it was a really unlucky mistake for Samsung to then declare you may pay additional to get that model of the stylus. Many people already really feel like we’re being squeezed for sufficient money.