Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains
Magnet rings have changed my life. I grip and mount and satisfyingly snap awesome accessories on and off my phone all day. Even Samsung sells neat ones like these folding magnetic mirrors. But unlike Apple and Google, Samsung refuses to put the magnets inside the phone.
Why? I asked Samsung’s Won-Joon Choi, the executive in charge of both R&D and operations for Samsung’s mobile business. He says the added thickness of magnets is a bad tradeoff to make, because you’re just going to buy a case anyhow.
“About 80 or 90 percent of people are using a case, and cases with magnets are very popular these days,” he tells me.
Read the full story at The Verge.
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