Samsung made one amazing oversight in its most recent cellphone - Tech Insider (weblog)

there may be a big design flaw in Samsung's latest cellphone, the Galaxy be aware 5, that breaks the protected stylus' functionality if you slide it into its slot backwards. 

The web had a collective freakout over the flaw for most of Tuesday. And rightfully so.

i attempted it, and discovered that it ruins many of the important aspects within the observe 5.

The Verge got an respectable remark from Samsung essentially pointing out that it's the user's fault for not reading the guidelines safely, and that the state of affairs became "unexpected."

It looks Samsung knew in regards to the flaw too. right here screenshot from the notice 5 consumer manual warns you not to insert the S Pen backwards:

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S Pens on outdated Galaxy notice gadgets had been a great deal tougher to slip in backwards as a result of they were wider on the desirable, so that they not ever had this problem.

The challenge continues to be clean, so Samsung can also determine a much better way to deal with this issue within the near future. I've also reached out to the enterprise, and will update this publish as soon as I hear back. however for now, the official observation is to be cautious and make sure you are sliding the stylus in the relevant method.

Antonio Villas-Boas/Tech InsiderThe S Pen menu seems on the reveal, even when the stylus is kept in the slot.

It should be would becould very well be diverse for others, but my Galaxy observe 5 evaluation unit will now randomly vibrate to alert me to change the S Pen, which is a handy function if I leave the S Pen behind. except i'm getting the indicators when the S Pen is in its housing.

And the cool new feature that means that you can take notes without desiring to free up your display is additionally busted. as a substitute of turning on once I eradicate the S Pen, it now activates when I put it returned in.

also, the S Pen icon that appears on the Galaxy observe 5's domestic reveal in the event you eradicate the S Pen additionally by no means goes away, however the S Pen is in its housing. It worked first-class for ages, but it broke eventually after taking the S Pen in and out a number of instances the appropriate way.

is that this a dealbreaker? likely now not. The Galaxy note 5 is a fantastic cell, and or not it's the most efficient mobile I've ever used. it be unfortunate Samsung didn't are attempting to repair the issue before, but you should definitely be first-class as long as you are basically cautious.

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