S Pen support could return to Galaxy Fold, but not on the phone you want it

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Galaxy Z Fold 4
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TL;DR

• Samsung is rumored to revive S Pen support for the Galaxy Fold.
• Instead of the Galaxy Z Fold 8, however, Samsung could bring the technology back with the rumored “wide” Fold.
• Samsung recently started working on the wide foldable to counter the wider-than-usual layout of the iPhone Fold’s inner display.

With the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung trimmed the foldable down to a ridiculously thin profile. In this pursuit, it removed a key component: the digitizer that allowed the S Pen to work on the Fold’s inner screen. That functionality, however, could be restored with an upcoming Samsung foldable other than the Galaxy Z Fold 8.

According to a recent rumor by tipster Lanzuk on the Korean microblogging platform Naver, Samsung is working on another book-style foldable that will differ from the usual Galaxy Z Fold design. We’ve already seen rumors about a “wide” Fold, which Samsung is reportedly developing to compete with the more panoramic layout rumored for the iPhone Fold.




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