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Will that be enough to convince you to upgrade to Samsung’s latest phone?
Additionally, you’ll get a free $50 Samsung credit.
You also get a 50MP wide, 12MP Ultrawide, 10MP 3x telephoto lens and a 12MP front camera.
It sounds good on paper, especially if Samsung delivers on its promised privacy protections.
Crisper display
From a specs standpoint, not much has changed with the Galaxy S25’s display.
The peak brightness of 2,600 nits promised by Samsung hasn’t changed either.
But my colleague John Velasco noticed some subtle changes when he went hands-on with the phone.
Fortunately, with the Galaxy S25 Samsung is holding the line on pricing from last year’s S24.
The Galaxy S24 starts at $799/799 for a 128GB model, matching the Galaxy S24’s starting price.
You still get a 50MP main camera, 12MP ultrawide and 10MP telephoto with a 3x zoom.
That’s not necessarily a step backward, given that the Galaxy S24 produced excellent photos.
But it’s not much incentive to upgrade if you have a Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S24.
To be fair to Samsung, the Galaxy S25 should benefit from an upgraded ProVisual Engine for processing images.
But One UI 7 isn’t specific.
Well, the Galaxy S25 sort of supports Qi2 wireless charging.
The phone itself still offers the same 15W wireless charging speeds as last year’s offering.
In fact, charging speeds are unchanged all around on the Galaxy S25, another bummer.
That means Samsung flagships could adopt any feature they needed to keep well ahead of the pack.
That hasn’t necessarily happened this year.
Contrast that with thePixel 9series, which has added Galaxy AI features of its own.
Or the OnePlus 13 with its very impressive camera improvements.
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