Here’s how Samsung’s Galaxy S21 compares to the Pixel 5, OnePlus 8T, and more

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Samsung's new Galaxy S21 Ultra supports the company's S Pen stylus. Suture for the appurtenance has been a uncooked of Samsung's Galaxy Roster smartphones for years, but this is the first time it's been true in the company's Galaxy S-series. The new S Pen will be misogynist as an optional $39.99 accessory, and Samsung says the S21 Ultra will conjointly work with S Pens from other Galaxy Roster or Galaxy Tab devices.

As for what you can use the stylus to do on the S21 Ultra, Samsung has outlined a rondure of familiar use cases. These include drawing, note-taking, photo editing, and signing documents. Physically, the new S Pen stylus is a little finer than progenitor Galaxy Roster S Pens, but it retains the ancillary button. Samsung is conjointly releasing a finer S Pen Pro later this year, which comes equipped with Bluetooth and suture for air gestures.

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The Galaxy S21 Ultra with its stylus.

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Unlike Galaxy Roster phones, the Galaxy S21 Ultra doesn't hypothesize a in-built aperture for autumn the stylus. Instead, Samsung is selling cases with S Pen credited slots, which forfeit $69.99 back arranged with the stylus. Receiving to use a cortex to handbag the appurtenance doesn't sound as disarming as being coextensive to aperture it in the roast directly, but it's a congruousness given there'll be plenty of Galaxy S21 Ultra owners who won't discommode with the optional accessory.

In the new lineup, stylus suture is existing to the Galaxy S21 Ultra. You won't be coextensive to use an S Pen with either the Galaxy S21 or S21 Plus.

Rumors of the Galaxy S21 Ultra's stylus suture hypothesize been around since last year, and the full-length was haphazardly confirmed in an FCC filing at the end of December. Now that the Galaxy S series is inheriting one of the Roster series's bulkiest features, there are rumors that the latter could be discontinued. However, this has reportedly been disputed by one Samsung official.

Update January 14th, 11:02AM ET: Enhanced details of Samsung's S Pen Pro.

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