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Which is not to say that Appleshouldn’tpay attention to what Samsung has done of late.
So you oughta pick your spots.
Samsung certainly did with theSnapdragon 8 Elitesystem-on-chip that powers every model in the S25 lineup.
There’s some encouraging news on that front, at least.
So why do the pictures shot by the new phones look so much better to my eye?
Certainly, the new phones take a more natural tack toward color after occasionally over-saturating images in the past.
Apple has a track record of making software and image-processing improvements that have an outsized impact on photo quality.
Samsung addedQi2 wireless chargingsupport, which is supposed to bring faster speeds and better connectivity with wireless charging pads.
That’s a half-hearted way of going about things.
Both theiPhone 15andiPhone 16releases skipped any other benefit that USB-C might offer, such as faster charging speeds.
And I’m not exactly holding my breath that the iPhone 17 will speed things up either.
helped out tremendously by the AI additions Samsung made.
Fortunately, that’s not a scenario we have to worry about.
The Galaxy S25 continues to start at $799 and Samsung deals let you save on all three models.
Will Apple be able to thread the needle of updates-vs.-price-hikes so deftly?
