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Should Samsung ditch the S Pen in the Galaxy S26 Ultra?

Should it stay? Should it go? Is there another solution?

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)When iFixit revealed that the new S Pen features almost the same internals as the previous version, I couldn't help but laugh. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)Surely Samsung wouldn't take away one of the defining reasons to pick an Ultra over any other flagship phone?

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