Weekly poll: will you buy a Samsung Galaxy S25 phone and if yes, which one?
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- Guestq097
- Cxs
- 03 Feb 2025
Varyar, 29 Jan 2025Tell me one proper flagship which has an SD card slot. Acce... moreXperia.
SD cards are more than enough for 4k video storage and playback.
Also new SDexpress is out offering upto 1Gb/s speeds.
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- horus12
- dNZ
- 30 Jan 2025
Varyar, 29 Jan 2025Tell me one proper flagship which has an SD card slot. Acce... moreXperia.
Speed on paper in 2025 is not relevant to the use of a microSD card slot on a handheld device. Any mid- to high-end smartphone with a decent microSD card is going to be more than fast enough for media storage. The only time it becomes relevant is perhaps in the transfer of large RAW files from camera SD to a computer, for example, but that's beyond the scope of a smartphone. In all practical terms, my S10e has no noticeable delay accessing files on the 1TB card I have in it.
MicroSD is about portability and long-term expansion. When you use your phone for 5+ years, suddenly it becomes extremely handy. Cloud storage, on the other hand, tends to be very finicky, is plagued with security and privacy concerns, usually costs a subscription, and requires an internet connection.
The unfortunate reality of the smartphone market is that manufacturers want you to buy new phones often, and they want you to buy their cloud storage. So including super convenient things like a microSD card slot (which costs nothing, by the way - it can simply be integrated into the dual SIM tray) or a headphone jack, is less profitable. That is the real reason they skip microSD - not because it's "not useful", "not needed", or somehow "inferior" to the alternatives (cloud storage or not having it).
Android used to be about freedom of customization and expansion, and for having control over your own device. For those who did not need that, there was iPhone.
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- AverageUser
- SH{
- 29 Jan 2025
I'll stick with my S24.
No camera upgrade, same battery and pretty much the same screen...
Only difference is - more RAM and 37% more powerful processor.
As someone who is not a power user - I couldn't care less since even 8GB of RAM and current processing power are overkill for me.
And storage - I only use 80GB out of 255GB available.
I have no reason to upgrade.
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- Varyar
- mgT
- 29 Jan 2025
S22ugly, 28 Jan 2025Who will buy a flagship that doesnt have an sd card slot,th... moreTell me one proper flagship which has an SD card slot. Accessing data over sd card is slower than onboard memory.
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- S22ugly
- nCa
- 28 Jan 2025
Who will buy a flagship that doesnt have an sd card slot,they will give you double the storage option but they will do it only at launch in which the mpbile price is insanely marked up that it doesnt even matter if you even get a 300$ discount.
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- 4Ra
- 28 Jan 2025
Sorry but it's really a downgrade the S24 Ultra is a better buy
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- Luke
- xIj
- 28 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2025The only domain where Samsung is actually better than Xiaom... moreWell, that's correct. If you are holding and using the device powered off, i think you'd be better with Xiaomi. ;)
Else.... ;)
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- obisiinaan
- xn@
- 28 Jan 2025
ok
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- PT
- 0pS
- 27 Jan 2025
Upgrade to S25 from A54.Hope it will be good experience 🍻🎉
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- QWIN B
- Nug
- 27 Jan 2025
Samsung galaxy s25
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- Anonymous
- 39y
- 27 Jan 2025
Just had these in hand, the s25 ultra is nice but I feel it’s just gotten too big now. The navy blue on the other two phones is amazing in person
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- DFranch
- xwW
- 27 Jan 2025
I already got a Oneplus 13 to replace my S24+.
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- PepperPot
- iRM
- 27 Jan 2025
If it doesn't fold, I'm not interested but unlike others, I'm not going insult Samsung to propose another phone I have no intention of buying.
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- vik457
- LfV
- 27 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2025Fun Fact 3.0: That's because the black-belt-campaign ... moreCan you explain more?
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- AnonD-1189241
- CbG
- 27 Jan 2025
I have a feeling that these companies will fool us with regards to seven OS updates. They might release a new Android version once in six months and call it a day in 3.5 years. 😂 Android 16 is rumoured to come in May already. I'm sure they're not being generous for no evil reason. The seven update promise is the least attractive proposition that I've seen in these recent phones.
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 27 Jan 2025
The only domain where Samsung is actually better than Xiaomi is the firmware.
Now let the trolls scream from the top of their lungs in 3...2....1.... GO!!!
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- Reesta68
- n5U
- 27 Jan 2025
I forgot to add in my earlier post...
I'm hoping that others released later this year prove me wrong though!
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- sdkk
- 3FL
- 27 Jan 2025
Akarius, 27 Jan 2025Excellent job! Now these "consumers" can draw mea... moreYou're not a fan, but I don't see you fighting the Samsung troll. Should I just stop or...? Sorry for my behavior, but it will continue until he stops.
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- Reesta68
- n5U
- 27 Jan 2025
Pretty much ALL the flagships (released from the iPhone 16Pro onwards to the time of writing) are all the equivalent of the iPhone XS; an incremental update; a new processor, maybe one new camera.
It seems we're stagnating and they're gambling on AI being the USP this year.
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- Sem
- skr
- 27 Jan 2025
i am not buying the s25 voor 900€ but i will buy a xioami 15 for 600 euro in march in the netherlands