Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains

Magnet rings person changed my life. I grip and mount and satisfyingly snap awesome accessories connected and disconnected my telephone each day. Even Samsung sells neat ones similar these folding magnetic mirrors. But unlike Apple and Google, Samsung refuses to enactment the magnets inside the phone.

Why? I asked Samsung's Won-Joon Choi, the enforcement successful complaint of some R&D and operations for Samsung's mobile business. He says the added thickness of magnets is simply a atrocious tradeoff to make, due to the fact that you're conscionable going to bargain a lawsuit anyhow.

"About 80 oregon 90 percent of radical are utilizing a case, and cases with magnets are precise fashionable these days," helium tells me.

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