The S-Pen stylus for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, which hit stores on August 21 in North America, can jam and permanently damage the mechanism when inserted upside down, tech news outlets have warned.
“Users of Samsung's latest phablet should make sure the S Pen doesn’t go in the wrong way. It’s a common mistake we frequently make,” US-based tech websites, including PCWorld, pointed out on August 25.
Android Police, a website dedicated to Android smartphones, posted a video on YouTube to demonstrate how the pen can become jammed in the slot and damage the direction-sensitive detection mechanism.
As a matter of fact, the Galaxy Note 5’s manual contains the following warning under the S Pen section: “Warning: Be sure to insert your S Pen with the nib pointed inward. Inserting the S Pen the wrong way can cause it to become stuck and can damage the pen and your phone.”
According to tech-centric websites, the Galaxy Note 5’s predecessors were designed to make it impossible to insert the S Pen the wrong way. And their S Pen was pulled out manually.
The Galaxy Note 5’s auto-ejecting S-Pen may be an improvement on its predecessors but Samsung this time has failed to nip in the bud any chances of the S Pen being inserted upside down, according to them.
