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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.
Don't give it to a young child and don't be dumb enough to stick it in backwards. Should my car manufacturer be held responsible for my gas powered vehicle's inability to run diesel? Non-story.
Oh, if we're going with a car analogy - let's use a seatbeat instead of fuel. Would you be annoyed that inserting the seatbelt clip the wrong way round meant you couldn't release it and you had to cut the seatbelt to get out?
But the gas one fits into the diesel tank. In the the states that required the gas attendants fill the tanks, they filled my mom's diesel engine with unleaded. That sure messed up our road trip.