The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 works with Samsung’s S Pen stylus, however there is no built-in slot for conserving it within the telephone, like there’s on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Extremely. Now there’s proof that this could be altering on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.
As noticed by Studimo (by way of Android Central), a Samsung patent has emerged, exhibiting some potential places the place an S Pen might be housed on a foldable telephone – maybe the foldable telephone Samsung is because of launch subsequent yr.
There are a few concepts right here: one is to have the S Pen slot embedded into the again of the telephone, under the rear digital camera. The opposite is to increase the bezel of the telephone to the aspect, and have the S Pen stored there when it isn’t in use.
The same old patent caveats apply right here: these patents aren’t any assure of merchandise or concepts really showing in the actual world, however they do provide an attention-grabbing perception into what corporations are excited about and exploring on the design stage.
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Contemplating that Samsung hasn’t but launched a built-in S Pen slot on its foldable telephones, we will solely assume that there are engineering causes not too: maybe it makes the handset too thick or too heavy, and the trade-offs aren’t thought of price it.
As famous in our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 assessment, you should buy instances which have room for storing the S Pen in them, nevertheless it’s hardly a really perfect answer. Having a correct slot for the stylus when it isn’t getting used is certainly preferable.
The patent additionally features a doable innovation for the S Pen: bodily buttons on the aspect. It is doubtless that these can be customizable, and might be used to launch particular actions on the Galaxy telephone the stylus is getting used with.
We’ve not heard an excessive amount of in the way in which of rumors or leaks across the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 to date, but when Samsung sticks to its traditional schedule then we must always see it round August time subsequent yr, alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.
