Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 rumoured to support Galaxy Z Fold6 S Pen as cheaper third-party alternatives surface at retailer
While the arrival of the Galaxy Z Fold7 is right around the corner, a few unknowns still exist for Samsung's next foldable. For instance, confusion has reigned about whether this year's Galaxy Z Fold will retain S Pen support.
Initially, Samsung was expected to have ditched the S Pen digitizer found on the Galaxy Z Fold6 (curr. $999.99 - refurbished on Amazon) entirely in the pursuit of thinness. Although not confirmed by the company, it had already pulled the same move last year with the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.
With that being said, subsequent reports clarified that Samsung was developing a new S Pen that bypassed the need for a dedicated digitizer. More recently, there were rumours that Samsung had cancelled this project. However, these were quickly dismissed as inaccurate.
Now, third-party sellers have started offering Galaxy Z Fold7 compatible S Pen styluses on Amazon for between $15.99 and $17.99. Pictured above and below, these third-party options will be significantly cheaper than Samsung's first-party solution, which PandaFlashPro claims will retail for $99.
Surprisingly, the same leaker adds that the Galaxy Z Fold7 will work with its predecessor's S Pen, too. At this time, it remains unclear how Samsung has achieved this backwards compatibility, having removed the digitizer that provided support on the Galaxy Z Fold6. Apparently, a latency difference will exist between the two S Pen generations; PandaFlashPro has not expanded further in this regard yet, though.
