Galaxy Note 5 stylus flaw: Samsung responds to simple fault capable of

The S Pen stylus in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (LON:BC94)’s Galaxy Note 5 lets you do incredible things easily.

Samsung is counting on its latest Galaxy Note 5 smartphone to revive its fortunes but the device has hit an early snag, with users complaining of a design flaw that potentially damages the phone.

Tech site Android Police discovered the problem, which occurs when the Note 5’s S Pen stylus is inserted backwards into the device.

Samsung is pinning hopes on the Note 5 and the curved-screen Galaxy S6 Edge Plus to compete with Apple Inc. and many major vendors selling smartphones using Google’s Android OS. However, it’s highly likely that some users would insert the S Pen the wrong way up, and risk damaging the new functions. Samsung is also offering a limited time trade-in option for other tablets that will give users $100 or more to trade in their old tablet and get a Galaxy Tab S2.

Bottom line, you just shouldn’t be able to damage a product by accidentally inserting the stylus into it the wrong way short of having to hammer it in or something.

The problem is that if you put the S-Pen too far in the wrong way, it can get stuck. The S Pen on the Galaxy Note 5, however, is uniform across the entire length, making backwards insertion by accident a greater possibility.

The Galaxy Note 5’s user’s manual warns of possible malfunctions that can be caused by inserting the pen in the wrong direction.

Samsung is already aware of the issue, and even included a warning (on page 25) of the user manual, as noted by The Middle Ground (via reddit). Specifically, we were talking about the S Pen slot (the pencil phablet) where, if you insertábamos otherwise normal, although we could do, end up damaging the recognition system S Pen Mobile. If you try to remove it, it could permanently damage the S Pen detection mechanism of the phone.