@@thegreenb0y203 in Europe AFAIK you can’t, I live in Portugal and I could only sign up for the event and eventually have a 50€ discount. Frequently in the USA, they not only get the best chip (Qualcomm vs Exynos) but a lower price AND much better pre order benefits as 512 GB for the 256 GB price. In Europe most of the time we just get the higher price, worst chip and uninteresting offers. That’s the price to pay when you are one of the best Samsung costumers, they know you’ll buy whereas in the USA they are more Apple fans.
The spen is the reason I'm buying the ultra. It is really handy when you take a group photo or a selfie . It is very useful to edit photos,especially when you use AI editing and you need only one little bit to be edited. SPen should stay and should have Bluetooth
@phillatella6470 Yes, you can put the phone on a tripod or whatever and use the rear wide camera to take a better photo. Yes, you can take a photo if you have a smartwatch too.
@ricarmig true, but removing features and charging more or the same is that better? Yes,I rarely use the spen for all ots capabilities, but when I needed it is there.Better to have more than less in a "smartphone" .
Phone arena released this story yesterday and the info is coming from online retailers . I'm hoping it's false but why would Samsung send wrong information to online retailers that would make people less interested in their phones .
Agreed I seriously doubt they will take it away without taking away the Plus model phone. Because the only really good thing about the Ultra is the sPen.
I definitely won't upgrade if they downgrade the s pen. I have loved the S Pen for years. This will be the straw that broke the camels back. The S Pen is amazing
@@wouter.d.h. Tecno Camon 30 Premier, at $450, starts at 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, and you can find even cheaper phones from Xiaomi that start at 256GB and can be specced up to 512GB for not that much extra money.
One of the best uses of the s pen as a camera remote is to be able to use the rear wide able camera for selfies. Using the front camera you can barely get you and your friends in the shot as the field of view is narrow. If you grab the s pen and use wide angle on the back of the camera you get a much wider field of view. Sure you can't see the screen but just take five shots and one of them will be fine. I've been traveling for two months now and to get great wide angle scenic shots with me in them, I use this all the time. If you haven't tried it you gotta do so!
I don't care about the air gestures that much. What I will miss, though, is using the S pen button as a shutter to take pictures. The air gestures were sometimes annoying while I was using the eraser in notes, the air gestures kept triggering so I don't use them anyway.
Exactly, he's the only one saying this so I don't think think this is true otherwise there would be more people confirming this. If it is true then I'll be shocked. Doesn't matter if people don't use the function people will still be leaning more towards the s24u since both are very similar and the Bluetooth is on the s24u.
You can thank all the other YT reviewers saying the Spen is useless and how they dont use it often. I am done with Samsung tired of the same phone over and over with downgrades every year.
I heard about the S Pen downgrade a couple of times, but I find it pretty hard to believe. But if true, then there's no real good reason to get the Ultra, especially since the 25+ has mostly everything the Ultra has for hundreds less. The only thing that really separates the Ultra is the S Pen with those enhancements. It makes no sense for Samsung to take away the one, and arguably the best, reasons why people want the Ultra. Does Samsung really want to risk the 25+ sales cannibalizing the Ultra? When the tipster talked about what retail stores are saying, I think we got to remember they aren't the techiest of people either. They only have a general knowledge of things, and they're not necessarily well versed with any one particular item. Plenty of times have I seen the person in a department selling the item, but didn't know all that much about it. Is this possibly the case here? 🤷 Shame on Samsung of true, especially charging all that money for it. Might as well go for the 25+, the 24 Ultra (which is still a great phone) or stick with what you got. This will be a major step backwards if true.
Crash and satellite emergency, better video quality w log, frame interpolation for gaming , rounded edges and lighter weight with corning glass , Improved Bixby Ai it might be worth it for me . Also my South Korean friend told me the s pen will still have full functionality like normal. I only wish they would have also brought back micro sd card , headphone jack and IR Blaster but I guess it's cool since my red magic has some of those things.
Headphone jack and microSD card SLOT are gone forever. The IR blaster, OTOH, there is no excuse not to have it! The S4, S5, and S6 had it. Why they omitted it is a mystery. The OnePlus 12 and 13 have it so it's not a USA region thing.
@cpufrost my tab s9 has micro SD and my red magic has headphone jack but unfortunately yes I wish my s23 ultra had those and my red magic also has IR Blaster weird to remove
The plus version should have all the features of the ultra but i dont know why most of the important features are taken from it and left for only the ultra
I think they have to change it up because of the Qi2 wireless charging standard. I know MagSafe interferes with my S Pen functionality when I use a case with the magnets built into it. Its a minor annoyance and doesn't harm the phone any.
I saw in the Korean news that Samsung is not going to make a regular model starting from 2026. Samsung only going to make Plus and Ultra models starting from next year.
Less than days away from release & this pops up, highly doubt the validity of this considering the battery & speakers are overdue for an upgrade anyway, keep up the great work.
It is noteworthy that a significant number of users report infrequent S Pen utilization. Furthermore, their reactions to this recent speculation appear overly dramatic 😂
Yep, im absolutely not a fan of these colors,they look like they washed off (exactly like the base iphone 15 colors) , s24 line up was so much more sensible, yellow and purple for colorful people, natural and black for more simple people,not they're just blend.
i dont think they will actually remove the bluetooth connection, they have no reason to. At least i feel they will just use the same tech with the s24.
Been using note series since it was first launched Big fan of spen its a convenient gadget But the remote operation which they launched with the note9(i guess), only used it twice my entire life with this lineup And I owned every note device till now(except 7) and currently owning s23ultra
Always purchase the S24 series, as it is the first to support satellite connections after downloading Android 15. Google has introduced satellite connectivity in Android 15, making the S24 series the only device capable of using satellite connections during emergencies like the iPhone.
If apple make a cut down apple pencil that works on the iphone, ( and a permanent number row on the keyboard) I'd be tempted to make the switch, I have own the the galaxy note, note 2, 4, 9, 22, 10.1 tablet and th S6 lite, but the s pen and a full on-screen keyboard in the only major difference now.
I don''t think the cut of bluetooth will give that much more room for money. I do think it's the only reason for removing the feature aswell so it's likely a wrong rumor but hey who knows, snapdragon elite is insanely costly so even a small money cut might be something.
So if they are cutting off the good part Of s pen that I really wanted to try I might just go with regular s25 or even new vivo phone with that crazy telephoto camera
I've rarely used my spen the last 7 years Anne I've owned the note10+ through the s24u and I used the s pen the most with the s21u but even then it was rare
The only reason I bought my tab s9 is due to its s-pen, which I am using in my class presentation. I can go around inside the classroom while I am discussing my lesson for as long as I have my s-pen with me to navigate my next slides. I will surely curse Samsung when they remove that feature in my tab s9. I extended my patience with my 2 current phones that had lines on its screen, but definitely not with this s-pen thing!
That would be the stupiest thing they could do. I don't need the spen, but when i use it i use it as camera remote. And maybe every few months to fill out a form or sign something - but not that many for me to actually need an spen. They should kick TM Roh out NOW and get our good ol' DJ Koh back
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@@TechTalkTV can people outside of USA reserve it? I couldn't do it, I live in Sweden
@@thegreenb0y203 in Europe AFAIK you can’t, I live in Portugal and I could only sign up for the event and eventually have a 50€ discount. Frequently in the USA, they not only get the best chip (Qualcomm vs Exynos) but a lower price AND much better pre order benefits as 512 GB for the 256 GB price. In Europe most of the time we just get the higher price, worst chip and uninteresting offers. That’s the price to pay when you are one of the best Samsung costumers, they know you’ll buy whereas in the USA they are more Apple fans.
Samsung pls dont disappoint us this time
What are you looking forward with this years flagships?
U saying this like s24 ultra didn't exist
S24ultra didn't so this with the 8 elite shouldn't 😅
Fr :(
@@Young_Dab MagSafe (or equivalent), bigger battery. That's all.
Remote pictures out using S Pen? This is a REALLY DOWNGRADE!
I can see floss losing his mind over this😂
I can see the samsung knights leaving in his words!!!😂😂
Floss will roast Samsung if they make such move😂
I will be raging right next to floss if they do that
boxes are getting smashes.... cats are about to run over them.....
Banana heads
The spen is the reason I'm buying the ultra. It is really handy when you take a group photo or a selfie . It is very useful to edit photos,especially when you use AI editing and you need only one little bit to be edited.
SPen should stay and should have Bluetooth
Group photos and selfies😅😅😅😅😅
@phillatella6470 Yes, you can put the phone on a tripod or whatever and use the rear wide camera to take a better photo. Yes, you can take a photo if you have a smartwatch too.
I don’t understand the fuss: you can make it sit with your voice or showing your hand
The S-pen is the reason why I don't buy the Ultra.
@ricarmig true, but removing features and charging more or the same is that better? Yes,I rarely use the spen for all ots capabilities, but when I needed it is there.Better to have more than less in a "smartphone" .
Ill be keeping my 24 ultra , cant believe they are taking Bluetooth away from the s pen
Seriously doubt they will take away bluetooth from the pen without cancelling the Plus phone..
First they downgraded the 10x optical zoom and now downgrading the S pen, why are they doing this?
Concentrating more on ai now than anything else won't be a need for the pen at all soon
That's why Apple is better
@@zDqnnyNot relevant to bring another phone brand but I respect your opinion.
@@zDqnnyThat is a good joke. The iPhone doesn’t even have a SIM tray in the U.S.
Goodbye Samsung
That's totally false. They're keeping the S-pen the same.
@@bizzybone428 proof?
@@wouter.d.h. "trust me bro"
Phone arena released this story yesterday and the info is coming from online retailers . I'm hoping it's false but why would Samsung send wrong information to online retailers that would make people less interested in their phones .
Agreed I seriously doubt they will take it away without taking away the Plus model phone. Because the only really good thing about the Ultra is the sPen.
@@wouter.d.h. None needed, prove they are going to do it. Logically I doubt they will.
Honestly i wouldn't be surprised if they killed S-pen in the S26 line up in favor of having the Magsafe charging like the iphones
@aaronjohnson3652 The S pen is the only reason I've stayed with Samsung for over 13 year's , if they get rid of it , no reason to stay
Spen is cool
@@sparx2391 count me in bro!
We don't have any battery problems, so we don't need Magsafe like iPhones.
@@armanvinobut iPhone has better battery life my guy!
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for a year never once used these features on my S24 ultra
I highly doubt the s pen's gonna lose its function
I definitely won't upgrade if they downgrade the s pen. I have loved the S Pen for years. This will be the straw that broke the camels back. The S Pen is amazing
If they do that, they might as well get rid of it all together and give us bigger batteries
You don't realise how important things are until they're gone
Yeah. My dog told me that after I had him castrated. 😂😛👍
I am skeptical of this rumor. I will wait until we get confirmation at the unpacked event.
Even though I don't always use it, when I do it's a really special thing.
The navy blue on the S25 plus is beautiful
It really is. I wish it was offered on the Ultra.
I'm surprised Ice Universe or Ross Young haven't mentioned this. Oh well, January 22nd isn't far. We'll just have to wait for real time review.
I wish they upgraded the selfie camera 24MP would be awesome
3:49 Some midrangers START at 512GB storage. This is dumb.
@@pixelgaming7261 wich ones?
@@wouter.d.h. Tecno Camon 30 Premier, at $450, starts at 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, and you can find even cheaper phones from Xiaomi that start at 256GB and can be specced up to 512GB for not that much extra money.
One plus@@wouter.d.h.
Wait. Can't take photos with it now? Shame
Boyyy, he better be wrong
Literally to snap pictures was 9 of the things I used the pen for over the last year
I can't wait for A.I. brain chips that let me use the phone in my brain haha
Waiting for S25 ultra ❤
One of the best uses of the s pen as a camera remote is to be able to use the rear wide able camera for selfies. Using the front camera you can barely get you and your friends in the shot as the field of view is narrow. If you grab the s pen and use wide angle on the back of the camera you get a much wider field of view. Sure you can't see the screen but just take five shots and one of them will be fine. I've been traveling for two months now and to get great wide angle scenic shots with me in them, I use this all the time. If you haven't tried it you gotta do so!
I would take this with a pinch of salt. Remember when we had that leak that said Z Flip6 will use the IPS LCD cover screen? And it was wrong
I don't care about the air gestures that much. What I will miss, though, is using the S pen button as a shutter to take pictures. The air gestures were sometimes annoying while I was using the eraser in notes, the air gestures kept triggering so I don't use them anyway.
Sounds like a rumor. If it's already there what would the savings be? Literally 0.
1:43
"...decided to save some money"
Only Samsung will save money. We'll still get charged for it.
how do they know we don't use that S pen feature??? I use it always.
What does the GREEN look like. I'm still rocking my green s23. 😢
128 base is actually dissapointing ngl
S23 Ultra user here. In my 2 years of ownership, I've used the air actions like 1 time.
Exactly, he's the only one saying this so I don't think think this is true otherwise there would be more people confirming this. If it is true then I'll be shocked. Doesn't matter if people don't use the function people will still be leaning more towards the s24u since both are very similar and the Bluetooth is on the s24u.
S pen is like a remote of the phone. I think it's a nice idea to do that.
I'll take this S pen story with a grain of atom ⚛️
No other manufacturer has copied it because there is no demand for it!
Nooooo. I use the pen as my shutter button.. I guess time to go for s25+ and save some money
It is a deal breaker for me! That's crazy.
You can thank all the other YT reviewers saying the Spen is useless and how they dont use it often.
I am done with Samsung tired of the same phone over and over with downgrades every year.
The new blue titanium looks like it's gray in person according to ice universe😢
If they implement Qi 2 magnets, then the disturbance to bluetooth is why they'd switch to a capacitive s pen
Rules of sweepstake ? I see the Rule link please check it
SPen without camera control is useless to me
I don't think that rumor is true
I hope! Fingers crossed
Do we get yellow gold color for s25ultra as we got in s24 ultra
I heard about the S Pen downgrade a couple of times, but I find it pretty hard to believe. But if true, then there's no real good reason to get the Ultra, especially since the 25+ has mostly everything the Ultra has for hundreds less. The only thing that really separates the Ultra is the S Pen with those enhancements. It makes no sense for Samsung to take away the one, and arguably the best, reasons why people want the Ultra. Does Samsung really want to risk the 25+ sales cannibalizing the Ultra?
When the tipster talked about what retail stores are saying, I think we got to remember they aren't the techiest of people either. They only have a general knowledge of things, and they're not necessarily well versed with any one particular item. Plenty of times have I seen the person in a department selling the item, but didn't know all that much about it. Is this possibly the case here? 🤷
Shame on Samsung of true, especially charging all that money for it. Might as well go for the 25+, the 24 Ultra (which is still a great phone) or stick with what you got.
This will be a major step backwards if true.
Do you think the SPen downgrade might be because of the Magnet ?
Or because of costs involved using 8 Elite?.
Crash and satellite emergency, better video quality w log, frame interpolation for gaming , rounded edges and lighter weight with corning glass , Improved Bixby Ai it might be worth it for me . Also my South Korean friend told me the s pen will still have full functionality like normal. I only wish they would have also brought back micro sd card , headphone jack and IR Blaster but I guess it's cool since my red magic has some of those things.
Headphone jack and microSD card SLOT are gone forever. The IR blaster, OTOH, there is no excuse not to have it! The S4, S5, and S6 had it. Why they omitted it is a mystery. The OnePlus 12 and 13 have it so it's not a USA region thing.
@cpufrost my tab s9 has micro SD and my red magic has headphone jack but unfortunately yes I wish my s23 ultra had those and my red magic also has IR Blaster weird to remove
The plus version should have all the features of the ultra but i dont know why most of the important features are taken from it and left for only the ultra
I think they have to change it up because of the Qi2 wireless charging standard. I know MagSafe interferes with my S Pen functionality when I use a case with the magnets built into it. Its a minor annoyance and doesn't harm the phone any.
Please bring silicon battery to this
Otherwise it will be a let down the entire year
Man , the round corners look weird , it's like Samsung are trying to replicate the iPhone layout...
I've used the s22 ,s23 and s24 ultras but never used the S pen
I saw in the Korean news that Samsung is not going to make a regular model starting from 2026. Samsung only going to make Plus and Ultra models starting from next year.
Less than days away from release & this pops up, highly doubt the validity of this considering the battery & speakers are overdue for an upgrade anyway, keep up the great work.
It is noteworthy that a significant number of users report infrequent S Pen utilization. Furthermore, their reactions to this recent speculation appear overly dramatic 😂
Yep, im absolutely not a fan of these colors,they look like they washed off (exactly like the base iphone 15 colors) , s24 line up was so much more sensible, yellow and purple for colorful people, natural and black for more simple people,not they're just blend.
i dont think they will actually remove the bluetooth connection, they have no reason to. At least i feel they will just use the same tech with the s24.
Been using note series since it was first launched
Big fan of spen its a convenient gadget
But the remote operation which they launched with the note9(i guess), only used it twice my entire life with this lineup
And I owned every note device till now(except 7) and currently owning s23ultra
that navy blue is nice
If they nerf the S Pen I won't buy it
I know that not many people use spen but it is the special feature of the ultra , sammy should be careful on this
They are constantly taking stuff away
I will go with black for my pre-order
Gonna get an online exclusive color
If there's no Bluetooth for the S-pen then I'm keeping my s23 ultra! That will be ridiculous.
This would be a dealbreaker for me. I use the remote control feature ALL THE TIME. So let's hope that Samsung isn't THAT stupid.
Y'all keep buying this device year after year with things slowly being removed yet the price keeps going up & up 🤣
Always purchase the S24 series, as it is the first to support satellite connections after downloading Android 15. Google has introduced satellite connectivity in Android 15, making the S24 series the only device capable of using satellite connections during emergencies like the iPhone.
Very oftes use the spen to take pics with my s24 ultra
I will probbably go for the pink option if it anything like the renders. It is finally time for me to switch from my s10
I just want to be able to use the spen on the +😭
If apple make a cut down apple pencil that works on the iphone, ( and a permanent number row on the keyboard) I'd be tempted to make the switch, I have own the the galaxy note, note 2, 4, 9, 22, 10.1 tablet and th S6 lite, but the s pen and a full on-screen keyboard in the only major difference now.
I hope they're not going back to the note 8 s pen?🙏🏿🤞🏼
Samsung Knights, STANDBY until the event
I don''t think the cut of bluetooth will give that much more room for money. I do think it's the only reason for removing the feature aswell so it's likely a wrong rumor but hey who knows, snapdragon elite is insanely costly so even a small money cut might be something.
They better not touch the s pen
Dawg what is samsung doing
They want to scrap that function because they're introducing magsafe
So if they are cutting off the good part Of s pen that I really wanted to try
I might just go with regular s25 or even new vivo phone with that crazy telephoto camera
These features are not even used by 1% of ultra users
I bought entire s21u-s24u lineup but i never use s pen 😂
Same here. I've never even pulled mine out just like the bigger battery, screen and better cameras
Thought I was the only one lol
I am supercurious about the trade-in perks. If good enough, I might upgrade my S24 Ultra.
I don't think...this will happen.
Samsung has really just become the Apple Android.
I really hope that's not the case. However knowing Samsung on removing features with newer phones I won't be surprised if they do that 💩.
Welcome to the TM Ron era.
As expected in this generation. Give you less charge you more...
They need to upgrade the speakers
Do students get additional benefits?
Maybe some percent over the top
Even live message which I really like the most feature for S Pen was killed starting S24 Ultra. 😢
Hi Sal 👋
Have a Great Saturday :)
I've rarely used my spen the last 7 years Anne I've owned the note10+ through the s24u and I used the s pen the most with the s21u but even then it was rare
The only reason I bought my tab s9 is due to its s-pen, which I am using in my class presentation. I can go around inside the classroom while I am discussing my lesson for as long as I have my s-pen with me to navigate my next slides. I will surely curse Samsung when they remove that feature in my tab s9. I extended my patience with my 2 current phones that had lines on its screen, but definitely not with this s-pen thing!
The colors are not giving lol
I'll wait for the S26 Ultra next year. This s25 ultra doesn't excite me whatsoever
That is disappointing, I hope it is not true 😢
That would be the stupiest thing they could do.
I don't need the spen, but when i use it i use it as camera remote.
And maybe every few months to fill out a form or sign something - but not that many for me to actually need an spen.
They should kick TM Roh out NOW and get our good ol' DJ Koh back