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Sep 10, 2026
Trevor LongHOST
Yeah.
Trevor LongHOST
So Samsung moved away from S Pen support on the Fold.
Stephen FenechHOST
Yes.
Trevor LongHOST
And here's Apple with Apple Pencil support.
Scott SwitzerHOST
She has like a little, one of those, the pens that have the soft end on them.
CoreyHOST
Yeah, a stylus.
CoreyHOST
Stylus,
Scott SwitzerHOST
yeah.
Scott SwitzerHOST
She is essentially just playing whack-a-mole.
KaiHOST
Samsung literally invented the modern stylus phone.
NiaHOST
They did.
NiaHOST
The Galaxy Note series built an entire corporate identity around productivity and the S Pen.
KaiHOST
But last year, with the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung ditched the inner camera and they ditched the stylus entirely just so they could achieve a slightly thinner device.
NiaHOST
Because Samsung ran into the unforgiving physical reality of foldable digitizers.
KaiHOST
They blinked.
NiaHOST
They blinked.
NiaHOST
Apple sat back, analyzed the void left by the S Pen's removal, and recognized that consumers still wanted that functionality.
speaker_0HOST
But it's actually neither.
speaker_0HOST
This is the real-world premise of the Stylus 2-Way.
speaker_0HOST
It's the super innovative pen co-developed by the stationary giant Zebra and the tech accessories brand Elecom.
speaker_0HOST
And the answer to how it works? Well, it all comes down to a really brilliant shift in perspective.
speaker_0HOST
They entirely abandoned the drawing market.
speaker_0HOST
And because they made that hard choice, they accepted some pretty massive trade-offs.
speaker_0HOST
The Stylus 2-way has zero pressure sensitivity, Absolutely no tilt detection, and because that tip had to be meticulously engineered to resist rolling on glass, the actual writing feel on normal paper is noticeably heavier than a standard Zebra pen.
speaker_0HOST
Now, in traditional product development, stripping away key features and actually compromising the core feel of your product sounds like professional suicide.
Myriam JoireHOST
Yeah.
Myriam JoireHOST
It was really interesting because like here we are three years later, they removed the Bluetooth from the S-Pen and I'm like, ha ha, I've seen this before.
David CogenGUEST
You're going to keep seeing it.
David CogenGUEST
They all do it.