Most of you might be open to buying and selling battery life for an S Pen slot

Samsung isn’t providing a brand new Galaxy Notice telephone this 12 months, nevertheless it has introduced S Pen assist to the Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Galaxy Z Fold 3. Sadly, each of those telephones lack an S Pen slot although. Which means it is advisable to purchase a case with a view to securely stow away the stylus.

The S Pen slot is actually handy, nevertheless it does appear to return at the price of battery capability on the Galaxy Notice 20 Extremely. The telephone is equally sized as different Extremely telephones however has a 4,500mAh battery versus a 5,000mAh battery on the S20 Extremely and S21 Extremely. That acquired us questioning whether or not readers could be completely happy to commerce battery life for an S Pen slot.

Would you commerce battery life for a Samsung telephone with an S Pen slot?

Outcomes

Simply over 3,500 votes have been forged after the ballot was posted on August 30, and all decisions acquired a big variety of votes. However the winner was the “sure” camp, with 45% of polled readers saying they’d commerce battery life for an S Pen slot. Curiously, among the reader feedback recommend they’ll go away Samsung if a telephone with an S Pen slot isn’t incoming.

In the meantime, 29% of readers say that it will depend on the ultimate battery capability of the telephone. In different phrases, an S Pen slot is essential to those readers however their devotion to the characteristic has limits. This is sensible too, because it’s one factor to go from a 5,000mAh capability to 4,500mAh however one other matter solely to go from 4,000mAh to three,500mAh.

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Lastly, slightly below 26% of readers say they wouldn’t commerce battery capability for an S Pen slot in any respect. That is an comprehensible selection because the S Pen is a reasonably area of interest characteristic within the total smartphone market, whereas battery life is extra essential for many shoppers.

Curiously sufficient, slightly below three-quarters of polled readers are both prepared to make the commerce or are open to it till a sure level. it one other approach, slightly below 55% of respondents are open to it till a sure level or aren’t prepared to make the commerce in any respect.

Feedback

• NightHawk29: I’ve prepared determined I’m shopping for the Pixel 6 Professional when it comes out. This would be the first time in a decade I’ve purchased a non-samsung gadget. I’ve truthfully been getting sick of Samsung these days however no extra Notice sealed the deal to take my enterprise elsewhere.
• Shizuma: Sure, with out an inside storage slot pens for telephones are principally ineffective as they get relegated to the underside of a bag/get misplaced, any gadget I’ve had with a stylus and not using a slot I in the end by no means use them trigger they aren’t available, however on the observe collection telephones I’ve owned I’ve used them.
• Dave Stern: No spen silo within the fold Three helped push the no buy determination over the sting for me. Hoping they discover a approach within the fold 4.
• friguy3: I’m actually leaving Samsung for now bc of this. If there’s no pen, for me I’m going pixel and seeing how that life is
• Giovanni: If be prepared to have a considerably thicker telephone as properly to offset that “diminished” battery life as properly.
• Fredrik Seglem: I’m transformed after the S21extremely I’ve with simply the conventional pen
• Juan S: Abraham lincoln as soon as stated, a battery you possibly can cost, a pen you possibly can lose.
• Jermaul West: It will depend on how a lot battery life. Presently fold Three is on the small facet. If it’s a must to decrease that simply to have the spen inbuilt. I’d move on that and simply carry the spen in a case.   

Thanks for voting in our ballot and for leaving feedback. What do you propose to do if Samsung doesn’t provide a Galaxy Notice or a telephone with a devoted S Pen slot subsequent 12 months? Tell us under.