S Pen Fold Version vs. S Pen Professional: What is the distinction?

• Supply: Samsung

  Samsung S Pen Professional

  The S Pen Professional is Samsung’s top-of-the-line stylus, with a wider characteristic set than any of the others. It incorporates a Bluetooth radio along with the distinctive transmitter utilized by the Z Fold collection, so it really works with any Samsung system that helps pen use. It will possibly even use that Bluetooth connection to repeat and paste objects from the display of 1 Samsung system to a different. Do you have to lose it, it would present up within the SmartThings Discover app. The one disadvantage is that it is the solely S Pen that requires charging individually from the system.

When the Galaxy Z Fold 3 got here out again in 2021, it lastly added S Pen assist to the foldable kind issue, one thing we had been ready for because the authentic Galaxy Fold. The Z Fold 4 continued that assist and improved it with higher instances and equipment centered across the S Pen. If you wish to use the S Pen together with your foldable, you’ve gotten two choices: The S Pen Fold Version and the S Pen Professional. Let’s discover the variations between the 2.

Worth, availability, and specs

The S Pen Fold Version may be discovered for $50 from Samsung or Amazon, and that can get you the S Pen itself and a carrying pouch that does not connect to any system. Should you’d want to maintain the S Pen shut at hand, we suggest that you just purchase the S Pen with the carrying case applicable to your telephone, particularly if in case you have the Z Fold 4. That’ll set you again round $80 for the Z Fold 3 and $90 for the Z Fold 4.

The S Pen Professional is $100 from Samsung however can ceaselessly be had for $75 from Amazon. Just like the Fold Version, that value will get you the S Pen and a carrying pouch. Sadly there isn’t any telephone or pill case to suggest for this one.

• 	Samsung S Pen Fold Version	Samsung S Pen Professional
  Compatibility	Galaxy Fold 3, Fold 4	All S Pen-enabled units
  Connectivity	N/A	Bluetooth, USB-C
  Weight	132.1 x 7.7 mm, 6.3g	170.9 x 8.89 mm, 13.8g
  Dimensions	132.1 x 7.7 mm	170.9 x 8.89 mm

Measurement, form, and compatibility

There are a variety of similarities between the S Pen Fold Version and the S Pen Professional. For one, each are bigger than any of the S Pens that slot inside a telephone, with the S Pen Professional coming in at the same dimension and weight because the 2nd gen Apple Pencil. Each even have a particular retractable tip mechanism that stops them from damaging foldable screens, plus each pens are offered individually from the telephones.

The S Pen Fold Version solely works with suitable foldables just like the Z Fold 3 and Fold 4, whereas the S Pen Professional has a change that locks the retractable tip in place to be used with different units just like the Galaxy Tab S8 or S22 Extremely.

Because the identify implies, the Fold Version solely works with foldables just like the Fold 3, Fold 4, and we assume future foldables. The S Pen Professional, in the meantime, has a change that locks the tip in place to be used with different units just like the S23 Extremely or Tab S8.

The Fold Version is simply too small to suit a USB-C port, and it could possibly’t be inserted into a tool, so it lacks any technique of charging. Due to that, the Bluetooth-enabled gestures discovered on most different S Pens aren’t right here, though that is not a lot of a sacrifice, in our opinion. The bigger dimension of the S Pen Professional gave Samsung sufficient room to suit a battery and USB-C port, so this stylus is absolutely featured.

The S Pen Professional has some additional methods up its sleeve. Though there is a change on the S Pen Professional to lock that retractable tip when utilizing non-folding telephones, it would work with any suitable system when in foldable mode — it’s going to simply really feel somewhat odd. This allows options like textual content sharing, the place you should use the S Pen to repeat textual content out of your Z Fold 4 after which paste it onto one other system. You may as well have your Z Fold 4 or Fold 3 act as a coloration and brush selector in Samsung Notes when you attract full display in your pill.

A carrying case or a pouch

Samsung has instances for the Z Fold 4 and Fold 3 that may carry the S Pen, and the stylus is included. Sadly, on the Z Fold 3, this was awkwardly positioned alongside the hinge, making the telephone too extensive in hand. On the Z Fold 4, the S Pen pouch is on the again and much more snug to take care of. Higher but, you may pull the pouch out of the case and exchange it with a collapsible kickstand, making this considered one of our favourite instances for the Z Fold 4.

Third-party corporations additionally provide instances that may maintain the S Pen. For instance, Supcase encloses it inside the hinge cowl, whereas Spigen locations it alongside the correct facet of the case. If you would like a case that gives loads of safety, these could be those to make use of, though, within the case of the Z Fold 4, the official case is extra snug with the S Pen connected because it does not make the telephone wider.

Because of the elevated dimension of the S Pen Professional, no telephone case can maintain it, so it comes with a small carrying pouch.

Which is best for you?

The reply will depend on how you propose to make use of your S Pen, however for most individuals, the Fold Version is the best choice. The great thing about the S Pen is that it is at all times there once you want it, and that holds true with this model, due to the very fact some instances accommodate it so properly. It’d lack Bluetooth-enabled gestures, however these are solely good to have bonus options and have by no means been part of the core expertise. In case you have a Fold 4, this argument holds very true, due to the implausible carrying case you may have included.

Samsung S Pen Fold Version

Greatest for Z Fold 4 or 3

Small and inexpensive

The S Pen Fold Version lastly allowed the Z Fold 4 and Z Fold 3 to succeed in their potential. Whereas it lacks air gestures or distant command as a result of absence of a battery, that does not matter. The perfect a part of the S Pen is writing, drawing, and choosing textual content.

In case you have an S Pen-enabled pill or laptop computer along with your foldable, then the S Pen Professional could be price contemplating. Having the ability to spotlight and replica textual content on one system and drop it onto one other utilizing the stylus is extremely helpful. Software program like this makes the S Pen Professional a tool that may tie the ecosystem collectively on the expense of a better value and lack portability.

Supply: Samsung

Samsung S Pen Professional

Greatest for Samsung tablets and laptops

Costly however versatile

Due to the change that allows Fold mode, the S Pen Professional works with any Samsung system that helps an S Pen, together with the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Fold 3. And in contrast to the S Pen Fold Version, the S Pen Professional has a battery that may be charged through USB-C.