Our teardown eyes ( x)( x) shift towards the S Pen. The seamless construction makes us reluctant to pry it open, so we get creative with some electrons, courtesy of Creative Electron.

Though, now that we think about it, this pen does have a few new features ... it's probably totally different from last year's on the inside ... oh heck, you know we couldn't resist. Ultrasonic cutter, meet S Pen.

The guts of the new S Pen are encased in an extra layer of hard plastic and epoxy. Chipping those away, we find:

A mystery chip marked SP912, likely the 6-axis sensor Samsung mentioned at their Unpacked event. Something's gotta be detecting those wand waves.

STMicroelectronics Accelerometer

Dialog DA14585 Bluetooth 5 SoC

Nichicon 2.4v SLB lithium-ion battery