Samsung exec hints the S Pen will make a comeback to foldables, someday

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With the Galaxy Z Fold7’s thin and light profile, Samsung had to make some sacrifices. One of the more notable omissions is the lack of S Pen support as Samsung ditched the folding screen’s digitizer layer. This, however, doesn’t mean that Samsung will give up the S Pen on future foldables.

Samsung MX (Mobile eXperience) Managing Director – Kang Min-seok spoke to Korean outlet ET News and confirmed that consumers wanted a thin and light product and that trade-offs had to be made. While the Z Fold7 does not feature S Pen support, Samsung is not giving up on adding stylus support for future Galaxy foldables, but it’s a case of “the technology just isn’t there yet”.

We are also researching and developing thinner and innovative technologies for the S Pen, so we will reconsider it when the level of perfection increases and there is consumer demand.” – Kang Min-seok, Samsung MX Managing Director

The decision to remove S Pen support, alongside the lack of improvements to battery capacity and charging speed, may not sit well with consumers right now, but Kang argues that these decisions were made in relation to consumer demand for a thin and light device.

He also mentions that Samsung is aiming to “pursue a perfect product balance, not just thinness and lightness”, so we’ll hopefully see future Z Fold devices with larger batteries, faster charging and S Pen support.