Backwards S-Pen Can Permanently Damage Note 5

tlhIngan writes: Samsung recently released a new version of its popular Galaxy Note series phablet, the Note 5. However, it turns out that there is a huge design flaw in the design of its pen holder (which Samsung calls the S-pen). If you insert it backwards (pointy end out instead of in), it's possible for it get stuck damaging the S-pen detection features. While it may be possible to fix it (Ars Technica was able to, Android Police was not), there's also a chance that your pen is also stuck the wrong way in permanently as the mechanism that holds the pen in grabs the wrong end and doesn't let go.

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Why is this even a story?

[redshirt]

I guess slashdot is going to let us know whenever people are idiots and can't follow directions. Thanks.

Re:Moronic

[Anonymous Coward]

Another design flaw is that if you dip your S-pen in bacon grease and then insert it in the phone, you can damage the internals

Also, researchers have discovered that if the entire phone is inserted deep into ones sphincter, it is far too difficult to hear the ringer.

We need to build phones which prevent any possible examples of user idiocy. Anything else is a "flaw". Shame on you Samsung.

And I haven't even gotten to the problem I experienced when I put my Samsung in a blender. Total design fail. It should really prevent you from doing that.