Fold 7 S Pen rumors have one way or the other gotten much more complicated

What the heck is Samsung as much as with the expertise powering its S Pen stylus? Some time again, we heard rumors that the Galaxy cellphone producer was contemplating a brand new monitoring system for the S Pen in its upcoming Z Fold 7. That’s been contemporary on our minds this week, following a report claiming that this identical tech might pop up once more with the Galaxy S26 Extremely (take a look at our video protection above, beginning on the 30-second mark). And simply when it felt like we had been perhaps beginning to see what Samsung could possibly be as much as with this new S Pen strategy, a brand new rumor has us again to scratching our heads.

Let’s again up for a fast refresher: Samsung’s strategy to stylus monitoring with the S Pen has traditionally concerned the usage of a digitizer panel embedded within the cellphone’s display screen that tracks a light-weight, unpowered stylus. And whereas this has the benefit of giving us a stylus that’s sufficiently small to retailer throughout the cellphone itself (more often than not, anyway), the presence of that digitizer additionally contributes to general cellphone thickness.

For the Fold 7, we first heard that the cellphone would possibly flip the script on that answer, eradicating the digitizer to slim the cellphone down and as an alternative placing extra electronics within the stylus itself. Whereas that sounded prefer it meant a thicker S Pen, with the Fold 7 we weren’t nervous about carrying it internally within the first place.

Earlier this week, leaker PandaFlash raised the concept that the S26 might equally undertake this new monitoring system for its S Pen, and by abandoning its digitizer panel, Samsung would possibly lastly be capable of give us a cellphone with the built-in magnets for Qi2 wi-fi charging with out requiring an additional case. However on the time it seemed like this might imply a bigger pen, and in addition giving up the interior storage slot.

At the moment we’re again in Fold 7 territory, and PandaFlash is again on X, speaking about S Pen help. However the brand new particulars they provide now go away us with extra questions than solutions.

For one, whereas we had been earlier speaking about the opportunity of Samsung transferring to a battery-powered stylus utilizing a monitoring system like Apply employs for its Pencil, we’re now advised Samsung’s answer is “completely completely different” and can proceed to not require a battery within the stylus.

In accordance with the leaker, the Fold 7 will help the Fold 6’s S Pen, though you could possibly count on to note some extent of distinction with regards to enter latency. That’s a really, very attention-grabbing element, and places us again to guessing as to the precise monitoring tech Samsung could possibly be working with right here.

This additionally throws our expectations for the S26 Extremely for a loop, and if the S Pen actually isn’t getting any larger, is there a risk we might get a cellphone with each a stylus slot and Qi2 magnetic help? Truthfully, at this level we’re starting to query simply how dependable this leaker’s sources could also be (particularly having taken a fast look again on previous leak efficiency), however the excellent news is that we should always begin getting some precise solutions very quickly, with the Fold 7 set to debut at Unpacked on July 9.