Samsung moving full-steam ahead with S Pen for Z Fold 3
Recognition: David Imel / Android Authority
- According to a new report from Korea, Samsung has successfully developed S Pen technology for leaflets.
- The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is believed to receive this technology in the third quarter of 2021.
We’ve heard for months that Samsung is working on improving S Pen support for its leaflets, with conflicting reports that it could come for the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3. Now, the latest news from Korea suggests that Samsung is in full swing.
ETNews Reports (h / t: SamMobile) that Samsung has managed to develop the S Pen functionality for foldable phones and has therefore decided to move this feature to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 in the third quarter of 2021. The Korean company is expected to mass-produce the relevant parts from May and complete foldable parts from July.
According to news channel, Samsung had to overcome a few hurdles in bringing support for S Pen to a foldable phone. The first obstacle is to make a screen that can withstand the pressure of an S-Pen, as pen input would scratch and damage current folders. Another obstacle from ETNews is that the digitizer used for S Pen input recognition must also be foldable. Fortunately, these issues seem to have been resolved.
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“We developed technologies like digitizers and UTGs [ultra-thin glass – ed] It can respond to pen input, ”said a source familiar with Samsung’s leaflets.
We wonder what this means for the Samsung 2021 Note device, which will likely be dubbed the Galaxy Note 21. We could see Samsung developing the Note 21 line and a stylus-equipped Galaxy Z Fold 3 at the same time, in case the latter didn’t work, but the combination of this latest news reportedly boosted sales of the Galaxy Note 20 series disappoint, and an earlier one Reuters scoop means we wouldn’t bet on a new grade this year.
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