A new report claims that the Samsung Galaxy S5 will feature improved gesture recognition and support for passive stylus input due to an advanced touch controller from Synaptics.
It appears that Samsung plans on going all out with its upcoming Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone. The company has already confirmed that consumers didn't take to the Galaxy S4 as much as the company hoped and admitted it was due to not being a major difference from its previous Galaxy S3 smartphone. A new report claims that Samsung will be adding advanced gesture support and passive stylus input for its next-generation Galaxy S smartphone.
According to a new report from ETNews, Synaptics will supply a new touch solution that will enable the Galaxy S5 to gave improved gesture recognition and support for passive stylus input. The site claims that the new technology will allow for more powerful hovering that will make using features such as Samsung's Air Gesture and Air View functions vastly improved over Synaptics' technology used in the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3. It will allow users to hover above the display from a greater distance than models using previous-generation technology.
The Galaxy S5 will also reportedly bring a feature found in the Galaxy Note phablet line, which uses the company's S Pen stylus. The stylus support does not mean that Samsung will ship the Galaxy S5 with its S Pen, since passive styluses don't actually communicate with the smartphone in the way that the S Pen does. The stylus is said to act as an extension of your finger and Synaptics' touch panel can recognize styluses with tips as low as 2.5pi, which will allow users to use the stylus for more advanced and precise handwriting when compared to current passive styluses on the market, which have somewhat large plastic tips.
Samsung's move to add a stylus to the Galaxy S5 will be yet another way for the company to differentiate itself from rivals and make writing and drawing feel like a much more natural experience.
As always, it's best to take all of these new reports with a huge grain of salt until some official information is available.
