While Samsung is dismantling the flagship Galaxy S25 line Today, a new report says we may see a feature that has been part of the Galaxy Z Fold for a few years disappear with the release of the Galaxy Z Fold. Galaxy Z Fold 7 is expected this summer. Since the release of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, the book-style foldable device has featured support for Samsung's S Pen digital stylus.

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but, Samsung has withdrawn this support with the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition model sold in South Korea and China. In the latter country, this model is known as the Samsung W25. By withdrawing S Pen support from the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, the manufacturer will reportedly be able to remove the digitizer that will allow the phone to see a 12% reduction in thickness to 4.9mm when open and 10.6mm when closed. In comparison, the The Galaxy Z Fold 6 measures 5.6mm when open and 12.1mm when closed. The digitizer is the layer of the phone's screen that recognizes signals from the S Pen and converts them into touch input.

According to the latest speculation, Galaxy g Fold 7 It will be the global version of the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition with one major upgrade. instead of The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Galaxy Application Processor (AP) is expected to power the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite AP will be under the hood. Galaxy g Fold 7. This chip will be the first Snapdragon AP chip produced using a 3nm node and offers improved performance and power efficiency.

There's more to this story regarding the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is something I happened to tell you the other day. As it turns out, the Snapdragon 8 Elite version used in Galaxy g Fold 7 It may only have seven CPU cores instead of eight CPU cores in the regular version of AP.