How many members will the Galaxy S25 family when it launches in January? Believe it or not, this question has become quite prophetic over the past 24 hours. Yesterday, a wild rumor claimed that Samsung would abandon the S25+ and just release the S25 And S25 Ultra.
However, a few hours later, this was refuted by another source who claims that the company is in fact still developing three S25 models, as we all expected all along. So RIP S25+, long live the S25+! It’s certainly been a rollercoaster ride.
Now, let’s take a look at these claims, shall we? The rumor that the Plus model was dead was based on the fact that an IMEI database doesn’t yet contain the S25+ model number, even though all three S24s were seen in it last July.
That’s a pretty weak argument to make six months before the phone’s theoretical launch – there’s still plenty of time for it to be added to IMEI databases left and right. While it’s not the best “evidence” of such a thing happening, far from it, it would make sense for Samsung to ditch the Plus model, given that it’s the least-selling of its flagship trio.
Anyway, another source claims that development is continuing as usual with three models, codenamed F1, F2 and F3, also known as the S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra, which have model numbers SM-S931, SM-S936 and SM-S938 respectively.
Who are we to believe? No one at this point. If Samsung has abandoned the plus model, we’ll be hearing a lot more about it in the coming weeks and months. If not, we’ll never hear anything about it again.