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Dear samsung

(Topic created on: 01-23-2025 03:47 PM)
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Darkvader12
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I'm sharing my disappointment with the recent Galaxy S25 series launch, especially the S25 ultra. I had high hopes for this release, and I'll be discussing certain features on recent devices.
Things which I am extremely dissatisfied with your year-on-year launch
1. Every year flagship phone like s and note starting from 2019 onwards, first we lost iris scanner on s10 and note 10 devices along with removal of SD card slot in note 10 base model and headphone jacks in both note 10 and note 10 plus devices.

2. In note 10 series we lost hr monitor on the back of the phone no don't tell me it was the gimmick if it was gimmick then why the h you introduce in s5 which was launched way back in 2014 / 15 ( sorry if I got the date and year wrong) why continued that feature for nearly 5 years and then removed it in note 10 devices

3. Iris scanner why introduce iris scanner in note 7, s8 note 8 and s9 and note 9 devices when you all planned it to discontinue in the 2019 devices

4. Removal of SD card slot in s6 which was failed attempt then release in s7 and continued till 2020 flagship models like s20 and note 20

5. Removal of MST was also not justified at all though in today's standard we don't need it anymore but is good to have that feature when NFC based payment system failed

6. Removal of air actions why introduce it was back in note 9 devices and continued till s24 ultra if your plan was to discontinue it then why even bother to introduce that Bluetooth spen in the first place

7. Removal of hp jack was inevitable but why mock apple to not having hp jack and same goes with charger in the box

8. Now with s25 ultra you also took away the iconic boxy design as well

9. Curved screen when you knew that curved was fragile then why you Samsung people went for it

10. Then you removed the note devices and merged with s series, and now you are at the verge of removing the spen

11. Then you removed the DEX function for windows and macOS

Guys let me know what all fan favorite features I am missing add it in the comment section I will edit the post as well.

But Samsung I want to tell you something that if you are not sure about the permanent or retaining features then never introduce them in the first

Why downgrade flagship device year-on-year

I am sorry to say that being a Samsung user for a long time, I am extremely disappointed with the current state of Removal of fan favorite features.

Let me tell you Samsung if you never were so sure about the features never introduce them in the first place

Removing the spen Bluetooth function did hit hard in my heart after the Removal of iris scanner and heart rate

I won't be surprised if you will remove the spen as well

Tell me Samsung how it is justified to us consumers who are paying a hefty amount for the flagship device, yet we are getting less and less feature year-on-year launches of device how should I as consumer justified to pay over, 150000

Only to get less and less features every year


Guys, please copy and paste this post and add what ever you feel about this Removal of features

And let me know about what you say about current Removal of features


#GalaxyS25 #Samsung #Smartphone

 

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AdiVik
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I don't know about old features, but their new S25 Ultra is a mess! 😡 They removed the unique boxy design and made it like a regular phone with a downgraded S Pen! No more gesture control because they removed BT! What a shame. 😔 #Samsung #S25Ultra #Phone #Disappointment #Technology

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Surya230
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Absolutely right and I am 100% agree with you 👍

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RĀJ
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Nicely summed up👍

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Gst26
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I am totally agree with U for almost every point you mentioned..From few year we were seeing the most innovative Company is no more innovative at all.. Just degrading/Removing Hardware & Features..The Company which was trend setting in the mobile segment is somewhat Copying trends from others (name everybody knows)..And inspite of Iris gone, 3.5mm jack gone, HR sensor gone, SD card slot gone, Charger gone, Spen nibs gone, Back Cover gone etc etc Price on Sky high🤬🤬 Yes I like the Software update policy but with every major update we are always in fear of Feature Removal to make older good series equivalent to he*ll newer ones🤔🤔 Now I have to take care while updating my S22U because who knows they may remove Bluetooth functionality from Spen here too to improve Battery life 🤣🤣 who knows 😜😜

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Gst26
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Now I feel 🤔🤔Samu is going same way like Nokia gone.. Blackberry gone.. Microsoft Phones gone.. After becoming a brand Companies feel that they'll make users dependency as per their choice and not by the choice of Users 🤬🤬 And then the Backward journey starts🤣🤣

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Galaxy S
It's a huge disappointment, they should've kept it, it was not causing any harm to anyone's device even if it wasn't used by many. But the bunch of people who really used it were the real fans of the Note series and the new gen Ultra series, the pen was the whole purpose for them to get a Note or an Ultra phone

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Maddy5511
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Samsung is walking on the steps of Apple now, just a few years late. Same old design that debuted in S22 Ultra. It got refined in S23 Ultra and post that it's just lazy thinking.
One of the main highlight of an Ultra is the S Pen and they just made it a useless stick with capability to just draw and that's it.
I really enjoyed the Pen during any group trips coz we didn't need someone to take group pictures, I could do it with just my Pen.
All the features will anyway come to the S24 Ultra then why bother buying a 25.

They did the same thing with the Fold series. The Fold 6 is exactly same as 5 which was same as 4 which was same as 3. And after just 2 months they bring Special Edition in China which looked like an upgrade but I guess the world doesn't deserve it.

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amanjalwehra
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They added S secure to some devices and now discontinued


They added Private files options during note 5 in which we can keep private files without moving it to secure folder and but that was removed


Creating GIf from the video is now more difficult than before , unnecessary steps added


Samsung Introduced Second space with android 14 with beta but later on removed


Samsung' s own video player discontinued ..now if anybody want a video player he has to 3rd party apps becoming product for the ads


Edge Panels are removed with One UI 7









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Galaxy S
Exactly, the spen had the BT function for a YEARS but it didn't bugged them then, why now all of a sudden when their accessories have a magnet in them for wireless charging. They only want to milk out money from people buying those cases and cut the cost of BT from the pen

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amanjalwehra
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No bro , I used s series from S4, at that time private files and s secure were two different options

One thing left, at the time backup was alloweded in s secure but now not available

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Galaxy S
Just like what your profile picture says, "Samsung, ye sab doghlapan hai"

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Shikder85
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Apple cares about all its phone models. Whereas Samsung just discards its older models. Don't forget, you should stand by your recent position on your older ones.

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Fedron
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Resolve my comment as well😊

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Fedron
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No big changes

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Talwarsaab
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Har saal paisa mota features ghaata🙏

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Ravi0883
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Old M13 panel with grainy problem same battery capacity no bluetooth support in S-pen UW sensor downgrade unique boxy design (stand out) gone jelly effect in camera zoom price hike no attractive offers and much more. Samsung is not innovative now. Even they don't bother to listen customer's feedback.

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RavenCrow
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Best points you wrote, outstanding noticed, points are just good

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Galaxy S
Absolutely... valid points raised

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Nobyos
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Galaxy S
It seems like it's time for Samsung to leave India, they keep saying, "Look for another phone."

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Galaxy S
Samsung is **bleep** up and now its only dying mode...

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AditP
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Well said. Samsung needs to listen to its customers 🔥🔥

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Prashantbgh
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Your every words are solid and justified bro. You and many long time consumers are also be agree with your every single word written here. I also feel the disappointments well after being a Samsung user for last 10 years. Samsung should listen this and feel the same for us but they are businessmen so nothing can expect from them. But sadly this is the truth about Samsung from staring to 2025.

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sroh42
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Absolutely correct

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DrOS0903
Beginner Level 3
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What people Expected 🤔

Silicon-carbon battery
Fingerprint Sensor Gen 2
M14 display
16GB variant
4500 nits brightness
Faster charging,bigger battery
MagSafe
Satellite connectivity
PWM dimming
1-inch sensor camera

But What people got?
Bluetooth removed from S-pen 😅
#NotUltra

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Anonymous
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I am using samsung from Note 3
You are absolutely correct samsung is every year downgrade the new mobiles but price is upgrade🔥

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Rudransh121
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They even removed Bluetooth from the S Pen 🙂 now we can't use the S Pen like a magic tool no air actions i am also disappointed they need to add features but they are removing and they gonna change some amount for their AI features in the last of 2025 after removing ai s25u looking same like s24u

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859
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Galaxy S
Bro I'm using a13 4g that has flled in water 5-8 times now I am literally a bio phone healer.book ain't man's friend.Rice is 😂

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859
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Yeah dreams are dreams

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Rockstar81224
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I was using shortcut to open secure folder by setting specific fingerprint in note 8. This feature not seen after that.

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BennySolo
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Absolutely right and I am 100% agree with you 👍

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CHANU_99
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You took out the points! Yes, agree with you 🙏

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ProfessorAK
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That is absolutely right.
It is the monopoly of every company

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Galaxy S
Removing bluetooth is not good idea 😕

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Sharath_80
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+ contrast compromised on new phones

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S24U_user
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Post this in beta community as well

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MillersPlanet
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Totally agree with u..
I feel in the coming years they'll also remove the spen stating thickness as the main reason...
And according to latest rumours in the fold 7 the spen functionality is removed..

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stoyan-vuchev
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My first Galaxy was an S3 Mini VE (GT-I8200). It has a lot of cool features such as air gestures, smart stay, eye based scrolling, etc. Then I've got an S5 (SM-G900F), had my first fingerprint unlock, tracked my heart rate and so on. Fast forward to 2017 which happens to be the peak Galaxy S period in my opinion. I've got the S8 (SM-G950F) and I fell in love with this device. From the design to the hardware/software and the iris scanner. I've never enjoyed using a phone this much inmy whole life. I've been using my S8 for nearly 7 years, and when it finally was time to upgrade, I've got an S24 Ultra (SM-S928B). I've always wanted a phone with an SPen and I was so happy that I finally got one. The Air Command and Air Actions are a game changer for me. Whether for productivity or having fun, it has it all. Now after that Samsung has removed the BLE functionality from the SPen, about 50% of the SPen is gone. Which is really sad and it's a huge step backward. The ability to use the SPen as a remote control for the Camera, DeX and navigating through the UI in general is gone. This decision is one of the worst ever made, in the context of merging the Note with S Ultra, and then slowly removing the SPen, which was one of the main unique features of a Galaxy.

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Firroz
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Yes .. compared to old devies. Present devies are not that much worth and not standard.. still I'm using the Note 10..it's a superb model.

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Wodehouse
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Samsung goes retrograde. I can understand Samsung doing away with phone jack. This has become passe with advent of Bluetooth.
S25 in my perception is an innovation experiment gone horribly wrong. Samsung lovers had high expectations from S25. When S25 specs leaked they felt deceived.
S25 is nothing but remodeled toy of S24 with snap dragon and a measly 50MP UW.
To summarise S25 is a disaster waiting to unfold.

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Anonymous
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You are spending 1.3 lakh rupees and you are getting so bad quality especially the mura effort of Samsung s24 ultra is so much worse 


Some said that eyes don't see what the mind does not know.

Tech YouTuber try so hard to make you pay and fill up your pockets 

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infotips
Active Level 5
Galaxy S
on diwali i purchased s23 and now after all this mess i think this will be my last Samsung phone. Samsung is not valuing it's customers anymore.

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Kam_lraj
Beginner Level 5
Galaxy S
Time to say good bye to samsung 👋

What you did?
- removed bluetooth from spen (because of they say only 1% of user is using it)
- removed curved edges(because repair cost is high, mis touch, hard to reach the edges with spen)

What you could have done?
- its easy to say no one is using so we removed. Its hard for users so we removed it, Instead bring up with more ideas how to make it useful for more users and how to make it easy for users (dont forget the 1% is the reson behind the 99% going for samsung [ofcourse little exaggeration])

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vivek1989
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Fd🔥9go88563598s x

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Ash_UK
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Samsung is just becoming the company it mocked all the time!
Even the phones now look like iPhones!
Buds are the same, same with watch, so it's a given they will get rid of the SPen soon.
They could not even implement the bloody Qi2 magnets without a bloody case!
Won't be getting any more S series devices, S24 Ultra would be the last one.
Will be switching over to iPhone 16 for my secondary device.
Why settle for copycat without any innovations

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ashish667744
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Samaung is acting up lole apple thinking that by removing features they are ahead of apple

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AdiVik
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I don't know about old features, but their new S25 Ultra is a mess! 😡 They removed the unique boxy design and made it like a regular phone with a downgraded S Pen! No more gesture control because they removed BT! What a shame. 😔 #Samsung #S25Ultra #Phone #Disappointment #Technology
Darkvader12
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You must not be that old to see this
Darkvader12
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During 2018 i was 22 year old back then
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Surya230
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Absolutely right and I am 100% agree with you 👍
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RĀJ
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Nicely summed up👍
Darkvader12
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Yep
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Gst26
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I am totally agree with U for almost every point you mentioned..From few year we were seeing the most innovative Company is no more innovative at all.. Just degrading/Removing Hardware & Features..The Company which was trend setting in the mobile segment is somewhat Copying trends from others (name everybody knows)..And inspite of Iris gone, 3.5mm jack gone, HR sensor gone, SD card slot gone, Charger gone, Spen nibs gone, Back Cover gone etc etc Price on Sky high🤬🤬 Yes I like the Software update policy but with every major update we are always in fear of Feature Removal to make older good series equivalent to he*ll newer ones🤔🤔 Now I have to take care while updating my S22U because who knows they may remove Bluetooth functionality from Spen here too to improve Battery life 🤣🤣 who knows 😜😜
Darkvader12
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Agree
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Gst26
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Now I feel 🤔🤔Samu is going same way like Nokia gone.. Blackberry gone.. Microsoft Phones gone.. After becoming a brand Companies feel that they'll make users dependency as per their choice and not by the choice of Users 🤬🤬 And then the Backward journey starts🤣🤣