- The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is rumored to drop Bluetooth support for the S Pen.
- This would leave the S Pen unable to control the S25 Ultra via gestures
- Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is scheduled for January 22, and we expect official news of the S25 Ultra at this event
It’s almost time for Samsung’s annual Galaxy Unpacked event, where we’ll almost certainly see the Samsung Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra revealed.
Along with other upgrades and improvements, we expect the S25 Ultra to replace the S24 Ultra as the only flagship phone on the market to come with a stylus, specifically the S-Pen. However, a new rumor suggests that the S Pen on the S25 Ultra might not be as powerful as the one included with Samsung’s current-generation Ultra phone.
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Exclusive: according to commercial sources, the S Pen of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will no longer have Bluetooth! Which means you will lose some features like gestures and remote control. What do you think of this downgrade? #GalaxyS25Ultra pic.twitter.com/ASDKB06nsxJanuary 10, 2025
As Agarwal notes, the lack of Bluetooth support would mean the S Pen would lose gesture support and the ability to remotely control phone functions. The S24 Ultra lets you take photos and videos, open apps, and navigate the user interface with S Pen gestures.
Ditching Bluetooth could indicate that the S Pen is becoming less of a priority for Samsung, which would certainly be a shame for some. With the release of the S23 Ultra just two years ago, Philip Berne, US phones editor at TechRadar, wrote that the S Pen had “finally distinguished itself enough to earn its nickname.”
Personally, I think the S Pen’s Bluetooth support helps justify its inclusion in the Ultra series. Of course, by fitting into the phone’s chassis, the S Pen takes up a lot of internal space that could otherwise be used for cooling or a larger battery, but Bluetooth allows the average user to use the S Pen via support. gestures.
This latest rumor is different from most of the latest Samsung Galaxy S25 spec predictions in that it assumes a direct, albeit niche, downgrade of Samsung’s new high-end handset. Without Bluetooth, the S Pen would only function as a drawing or writing tool (which of course may be fine for some users), but this added gesture support gives the average user something to do with the stylus from Samsung.
Other rumors about the S25 Ultra have focused on hardware upgrades – we’ve heard, for example, that the phone could launch with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, an improved camera system with an ultra-fast camera. 50 MP wide and a slightly larger screen than that of the S25 Ultra. his predecessor.
With Galaxy Unpacked scheduled for January 22, we won’t have long to wait before hearing official information about Samsung’s new phones. Be sure to follow our coverage on Samsung phones for the latest updates.
