No S-Pen Bluetooth Connectivity

[ButtaBean_420]

Samsung this was definitely a deal breaker for me as I use Air Actions every day I was going to upgrade but I'm now sticking with my S24 Ultra I mean seriously Air Actions was the main selling point of the S-Pen 

[ButtaBean_420]

I made a post about this a couple days ago and many people are not happy WHAT ARE YOU DOING SAMSUNG

[Geno71]

Honestly, I'm sure many people use it, but idk if I'd say enough are. This might be the reason. It still costs more to maintain the functionality, and if Samsung knows not too many users actually need it, they might decide to let it go, and maybe use the space for something else, like a larger heat sync. Don't forget, having a wireless S-Pen also requires additional charging hardware inside the phone. Personally, I used it a few times over the years, but I can honestly admit I pretty much forget it's there. Not saying it's all good, just pointing out there is usually a reason, they don't make those changes just to upset loyal users, I'm sure it wasn't an easy call.

[TheGreatestAlive]

Ok lets be real. Samsung is trying to fool us with paying 1300 for a Moto Stylus (S25 Ultra). Im keeping my S24 Ultra. I can save money and just get a S25 Plus. **bleep**! Like really? S-pen is now a basic plastic stylus. Meet the new S24 Stylus 5G! 

[Geno71]

Honestly, it's a bit hard to justify an upgrade from S24 Ultra. I have both phones in front of me right now, and while I do like the S25 Ultra a lot, they do feel virtually the same as far as the user experience goes. I don't think we should still look at every new phone expecting big changes. They're not really meant to convince last gen's users to upgrade, but rather give enough reasons for all the users with older phones to finally upgrade, and more importantly to convert other brand users to Samsung.

[XplisitDRpapiX]

Even if I didn't have the s24u, I wouldn't buy this phone. The only reason I bought the s24u was because my two galaxy note 20 ultra 5G didn't get android 14 etc. Otherwise I would stay with them as my secondary devices to my iPhone

[GaryB82]

True you shouldn't upgrade ever year in my opinion you should only upgrade if you truly need to upgrade like a S23 and older I could see upgrading but not from a S24 ultra to a S25 ultra they wasn't that a big of a change to justify an upgrade

[Geno71]

I upgraded from S22 Ultra to S24 Ultra just a few months ago. Nothing was wrong with that S22 Ultra, but it was starting to show its age somewhat. For me, depending on the device, it's one to two years. I use foldables too, and so far, have been upgrading to a new Fold every year, but there are more meaningful changes with foldables so far. With my Galaxy S devices, I decided every other year is good enough to stay relatively fresh on things.

[userL7XKfQAzn0]

I don't like this at all. Rumor has Samsung wants to add these features to the galaxy watch. So you're dependant on buying a $500 watch for these features. Apple's stragedy to control how you use your device. I use air command this officially makes the S 24 ultra the better phone

[usermzeJaY3BsM]

So...  I have been with the Note series since the Note 2.  I switched from an iPhone 4 for the larger screen and stylus.  Since that time, I stayed with the Note series, upgrading every other year, or sometimes EVERY year.  Since owning the Note series, I have lost many features, and really only gained one, now I am losing that too.  The air actions came with the Note 3 if I recall correctly (I skipped the 3 but owned the 4).  Since the last note phone was the Note 20 (which I did have) I had to transition to the S Ultra series and found a concerning precedent:  Samsung "researchers" are trying to save Samsung money.  They researched the Spo2 (oxygen sensor) and decided to move it to the watches (phone prices increased).  They researched the Power brick, and discovered that most users had a drawer full of them so started to not include these (phone prices went up).  Then they determined that the SD card slot, and the stereo mini port was not used widely, so they were removed (phone prices went up).  Now we are losing the only feature that was ever added (apart from slight performance/battery capacity/ and storage/memory capacity upgrades) is now being removed from the S-pen?  So, the Note 2 had more features now than the S25 Ultra, and cost lass that 50% of the cost of the S25 Ultra?  Why does removing a feature cost so much?  I will not be upgrading my S24 Ultra, despite having extra money that is burning a hole in my pocket.  The S25 is a negligible upgrade anyway, giving only a slight performance bump, an upgrade to the selfie camera (which makes it have the same selfie camera we had on the S23 ultra, which they downgraded for the S24 Ultra mind you, so not even a new upgrade) and finally giving us the 5 year old 25w wireless charging tech that other phones have had for years. 

The meme of Fry from Futurama saying Shut up and take my money is not usable here...

[Samsung_KGgGicY]

I have the S22 Ultra and I use my S Pen daily. I was going to upgrade, but NOT now. Samsung took away the best features and reason for having the pen. Using it as a remote to take pictures with huge groups is a massive plus. Even iPhone users think that's awesome. I'll keep my current phone. This is a deal breaker for me.