There are still a few big smartphone launches this year, but attention is already starting to shift to 2025. We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series could be one of the first to emerge from the pack with its unveiling on January 5 starting blocks comes, although another source turns on the Unpacked event January 22.
We’ve seen a lot of leaks about the new flagship series and the spec sheet of the S25 is starting to crystallize. TechManiacs has published a report on what the S25 trio will look like – and unfortunately it can be summed up as “more of the same”.
Speculative view: Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra
That’s good news to a certain extent. It refutes the claim that it will be the Galaxy S25 Ultra more expensive than its predecessors – Samsung will reportedly keep prices the same as the S24 series and offer the usual ‘free storage upgrade’ promotion during the pre-order period. There’s no indication if the vanilla S25 will finally make the jump to a base storage capacity of 256GB.
It will get a RAM upgrade, although that will be the case 12GB RAM instead of just 8 GB. The Samsung Galaxy S25 phones will have the Snapdragon 8 Elite in all markets after production of Exynos 2500 failed to get underway.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra dummies
The new ISP in the Elite chip will be the only camera upgrade the Galaxy S25 and S25+ see. The S25 Ultra gets one upgraded 50MP ultra-wide camera (from 12 MP), but that’s about it. Unless you have the new style on the camera lenses.
The displays will be largely the same – same size, same resolution – although the Ultra will have that thinner edges. The battery capacity will not change nor will the loading speed – 45W for the Plus and Ultra models, only 25W for the vanilla phone. The Elite chipset’s efficiency can extend battery life, for what that’s worth.
Case views: Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra
Samsung is said to be putting a lot of weight on new AI features for the Galaxy S25 series – presumably some of the same AI features that caused huge delays in One UI 7’s development.
We’ll keep our ears to the ground for any surprise upgrades for the Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra – anything that might have avoided the prying eye of leaksters – but it’s looking like another year of incremental upgrades for the S-series .
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