Samsung Galaxy S series smartphones could come without physical buttons

Jeet — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 03:43:40 +0000

Samsung remains the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer, and the company’s Galaxy S-series devices remain one of the most premium offerings from the brand. But, it’s been ages since we have seen any major design changes in the Galaxy S-series lineup.

Now, it appears that the South Korean giant is planning to take a leap of faith and pull an Apple on its customers by removing an important feature of a smartphone. As per the latest report, the Galaxy S-series smartphones could come without any physical buttons.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

The report claims that the Samsung Galaxy S-series smartphone without any type of physical buttons could get launched as soon as 2025, which means that the Galaxy S25 series could be the first with such a major change.

It remains to be seen how the company plans to add functionalities of the volume rocker keys and the power button. There should also be an option to forcefully shut down or restart the phone if needed. If Samsung is planning to remove physical buttons, it must have thought about these and may already have solutions for them.

In the recent past, Apple removed the Escape key from the keyboard when it introduced the Touch Bar on the laptop. However, the company eventually caved in after a major backlash and re-introduced the physical Escape key button.

HTC also tried doing something similar, but the company did not completely remove the physical buttons. For the HTC U12+, the buttons on the device weren’t mechanical buttons; however, the user feedback wasn’t good, and it was one of the worst parts of the phone.

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Samsung Galaxy S series smartphones could come without physical buttons