A brand new leak from the prolific cellphone leaker, IceUniverse, reveals that Samsung Galaxy S21 Extremely may have help for the S-pen. No renders seen thus far have depicted any slot to deal with the stylus, nevertheless it might magnetically connect itself to the again of the system — very like the Galaxy Tab S7.

Not too way back, when you needed the most important, most high-end cellphone Samsung makes, the Word sequence was it. It was a stylus-toting, productiveness powerhouse various to the extra customary Galaxy S-series flagships.

However through the years, The Koreans have bridged that the display screen dimension and efficiency hole to the purpose the place the Samsung Galaxy Word 20 Extremely and the S20 Extremely have the identical big 6.9” screens, Exynos 990 chipsets, and as much as 512GB of storage. The Galaxy S has grow to be the brand new Word, with out the enduring S-pen, in fact.

On the similar time, The flagships catalog within the Samsung worth record has break up into three — Galaxy Z for foldables and two overlapping Word and S lineups. And every sequence, in flip, has grow to be extra crowded than ever. A number of editions and variants for each new cellphone have made this already outsized portfolio even messier.

By providing S-pen help for the Samsung Galaxy S21 Extremely (virtually the one function that separates the S20 Extremely from the Word 20 Extremely), Samsung is one step nearer to killing off the Word sequence fully. And in doing so, simplifying their portfolio of flagship merchandise.

This information first broke final yr when the trade analyst Evan Blass tweeted that Samsung is planning to drag the plug on both the S or the Word sequence. After which later in August this yr when a Korean publication reported that the Word 20 sequence can be the final era Galaxy Word. Precisely how the corporate intends to make up for misplaced Word income is unclear, however we received’t be stunned to see the Z sequence take its place. And just like the Samsung Galaxy S21 Extremely, the following Z Fold sequence might ultimately get stylus help too.