Does the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 assist the S Pen?

Samsung foldables had been fairly thick up till very lately. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 measured 12.1mm thick when closed, and, coincidentally, it was the final Galaxy foldable to assist the S Pen. The newest Galaxy Z Fold 7 eliminated S Pen assist and managed to hit a hanging 8.99mm thickness when folded. Though Samsung’s foldable S Pen was by no means saved internally, eradicating assist from the Galaxy Z Fold 7 allowed it to shrink the show meeting.

Particularly, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 lacks a show part known as a digitizer. That is an additional display screen layer that provides assist for palm rejection, strain sensitivity, and stylus enter. Nonetheless, as an additional layer, the digitizer added thickness to the general show meeting. As a part of a quest to make the Galaxy Z Fold line slimmer total, Samsung needed to ditch the digitizer — and S Pen assist with it.

The primary Galaxy Z Fold mannequin to forgo a display screen digitizer and S Pen was the Galaxy Z Fold Particular Version, a customized Galaxy Z Fold 6 variant bought completely in South Korea (with a rebranded model in China). It was the precursor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which expectedly left S Pen assist behind as properly. In different phrases, Samsung has been constructing towards thinner foldables with out S Pen assist for years. Consequently, it’s unlikely to reverse course anytime quickly.

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Meaning the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will doubtless launch with out S Pen assist. Whereas the display screen will assist the common third-party passive stylus, it will not have the digitizer required for the proprietary S Pen. The one approach for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 to regain S Pen assist can be so as to add a digitizer layer, and by extension, add thickness. Present rumors recommend the Galaxy Z Fold 8’s thickness is heading in the other way.