The Samsung Galaxy Note's are some of Android's most popular devices and earned their place by their signature S Pen. However, the most recent Note 5 may have a potential problem with it's S Pen that can cause it to break.
It's being reported that unlike previous versions of the Note, you can now insert the pen in reverse. When you do this however, the pen gets stuck and can possibly break. If you do managed to get the stuck pen out, there is a good chance that the detect pen feature will stop working. Meaning the phone will no longer be able to tell if the pen is in or out of the phone. Considering many of S Pen features rely on knowing when the pen is in or out, this could ruin your Note 5 experience.
Yes, it is a pretty simple problem to avoid. Just don't put the pen in backwards and you have nothing to fear. Nevertheless, you may not be paying attention and accidentally do it or let your kid play with the phone and they get it stuck. Either way, if that happens, you are screwed.
Source: Android Police
How the heck is this a “design flaw”? That’ like saying glass has a design flaw because it breaks if you slam it against the ground. It’s not mention to be used like that.
If you put your car into Reverse instead of Drive, that causes problems too, but that’s not a defect in the car.
Anyone who puts the S Pen in backwards is a similar type of idiot, and it’s not a phone defect.
I couldn’t agree more. People just pay attention to what you’re doing, that’s just like trying to drive your car on the opposite lane.