When you eventually get your shiny new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, you’ll quickly notice it looks a lot like the Galaxy S24 Ultra (which looked a lot like the S23 Ultra, which looked a lot…you get the idea). However, one thing is substantially different with this year’s Ultra phone: the S Pen. Unlike all previous S Pens found in every other Galaxy S Ultra phone, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra S Pen lacks Bluetooth connectivity.
This doesn’t make the S Pen inert — it’s not like it’s just a plastic stick now. It still has Wacom technology in it, which uses electromagnetic resonance (EMR) to enable the display and stylus to communicate through a faint radio signal. In other words, you can still see the “cursor” of the S Pen on the screen when you hold it close to the display. It still has pressure sensitivity and a button for erasing strokes.