‘Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 will not have room for the S Pen’

Samsung has the successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 4 in the works. However, according to the rumor mill, it is a smartphone without a stylus. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 would not have room in the device to store the S Pen.

S Pen

The South Korean site ETNews writes that Samsung is mainly out to make the device considerably thinner and there is no room for the relatively thick S Pen. It does not mean that there is no support for the stylus: that is still possible, but you cannot store it in the device, so you always have to keep the pen separately. When folded, the device would be quite a bit thinner at 13.4 mm than the 14.2 mm that the Fold 4 is.

In addition, Samsung also wants to go for a lighter device and here too such a stylus with a separate storage area is more of a burden than a relief. The device now seems to know 254 grams. However, it does not differ much from its predecessor, which weighs 263 grams and is often seen as a too heavy, rather unwieldy device.

Galaxy Z Fold 4 did have a place for the stylus.

Galaxy Z Fold 5

A thinner housing would probably make the Galaxy Z Fold 5 a lot more elegant, although it is also exciting: it is a foldable device and it does need its sturdiness. At the same time, it is great to see that the company is looking at adjustments in the design. That makes the device slightly more unique than we have seen with the flagship Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, for example. That device looks like two drops of water on its predecessor.

There would be more adjustments for Samsung’s foldable phone. For example, the hinge would become drop-shaped, which should have a positive effect on the ‘clapping’ of the phone. This allows the housing to close completely, without there being a gap between the various parts.

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Would Samsung choose again this year to announce the foldable device in August? Given the rumors that now exist about Galaxy Z Fold 5, it would not surprise us.

What do you think Galaxy Z Fold 5 should improve over 4? Leave it now in the comments.