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Samsung goes back to basics with the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s stylus

You can’t use the S Pen to take photos anymore.

The “Ultra” model in Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup is typically the phone crammed full of every feature the company could think of. During a media briefing on the new S25 series last week, Samsung explained that customers rarely ever used the “Air action” gestures. Samsung apparently thinks that the palm gesture — where the phone recognizes someone holding up their hand and automatically triggers the shutter — is a decent substitute.

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