The smart pen is powered by one AAA battery, and with the help of the energy-efficient Bluetooth 4.0 technology, will last for months of continuous drawing.

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As you might expect from its quad-core Exynos, performance was smooth... almost buttery smooth, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention a slight hesitancy between pulling out the S-Pen and the launch of that Smart Actions menu.

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