This year’s Galaxy Note 5 is an outstanding device — combining power with grace, and utility with handsome looks — but it also has a pretty major design flaw. The phone’s stylus can be inserted into ...

Shortly after the Galaxy Note 5 was released, owners spotted a flaw with the design, when they ran into some serious problems after inserting the S Pen backwards into the slot on the phone. It broke ...

Earlier this morning, we brought you news that Samsung’s brand new Galaxy Note 5 can be easily damaged by the simple action of inserting the S Pen (stylus) in backwards. In previous iterations of ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 customers may run into some problems if they put their stylus into its slot backwards. The big question is whether the issue is a design flaw, overblown problem or a threat to ...

It appears an easily made mistake with Samsung's Galaxy Note 5 stylus could end up being very costly. Android Police has discovered that if you insert the S Pen incorrectly in the new Note 5, it can ...

Samsung essentially started the large phone craze with their first Galaxy Note. It was an interesting device, combining a large display with a stylus in an unwieldly body, and many reviewers felt that ...

(Note: I've been testing an unlocked, international version of the Galaxy Note 5 with a "gold platinum" finish that won't be available in the US. I'll update this review with impressions of the US ...