Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review

30 January 2025


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Raju, 31 Jan 2025How a rating of 4.5 with so many downgrades. You find so ma... moreBecause the downsides are arbitrary and not really serious. Just contra in comparison to others. As a phone itself there isn't much to fault

    alski10, 31 Jan 2025The weight reduction is a pretty big upgrade in my books. ... moreYou do realize that M14 is not "better", right? This panel is also improved from M13, it's literally just a difference in name, the results are the same

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      anonymous225, 31 Jan 2025It's telling me I should get 13:51 (s25u) / 13:10 (s24... moreI care about phone speakers.

        manigmaX, 31 Jan 2025This review is boring because S25U is a boring device.Not as boring as you

          vik457, 31 Jan 2025Wrong, it got carried by calls testWrong, we get a bunch of results and it beat most of them at gaming and video playback, only really dipper for the browsing test. It held up very well. I out the phones from the charging test into the battery life list. Do the same. I know you want to hate on the phone, but atleast show some effort, otherwise it is just embarrassing.

            xPandamon, 31 Jan 2025Who would've thought, neither battery life nor the &qu... moreWrong, it got carried by calls test

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              • 31 Jan 2025

              This review is boring because S25U is a boring device.

                Who would've thought, neither battery life nor the "slow" charging lags behind all that much compared to chinese phones. Hell, the S25 Ultra beats many competitors when it comes to battery life. I said the entire time people are exaggerating and getting mad for no reason and here is the damn truth, I was RIGHT. Battery life is great, charging battery behind those that use charging that is twice as fast on paper.

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                  • 31 Jan 2025

                  One must be either an idiot either the ultimate snob to pay 1500 euro for a phone, no matter what it does. I have recently bought myself a Motorola edge 50 Neo for 300 euros and I consider it is excellent. But then again, it is just a phone

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                    • 31 Jan 2025

                    Honor Magic7 Pro beats it by any measure... still rated lower.

                      anonymous225, 31 Jan 2025It's telling me I should get 13:51 (s25u) / 13:10 (s24... moreBruh many newer phones can run non stop yt vids for 13hrs+ straight..even my Motorola edge 30 neo could last over 10hrs with 4k mah..

                        anonymous225, 31 Jan 2025It's telling me I should get 13:51 (s25u) / 13:10 (s24... moreTest is accurate, if you have another uses which Gsmarena don't test then find someone else who test those uses. Modern phones can stream for 10 or 20 hours it's true, if your phone eat more battery it means it doesn't use hardware acceleration,

                          If you compare it even with S23U there is only incremental upgrades, not worth paying extra for them.

                            PureOS, 31 Jan 2025Except soc ( which can't utilize full performance caus... moreThe weight reduction is a pretty big upgrade in my books.
                            Still, this phone could be so much better if Samsung chose to use the best components instead of trying to squeeze as much profits margins as possible. They don't even want to put their best display panels in their own 1500€ phones. Ridiculous

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                              • 31 Jan 2025

                              How a rating of 4.5 with so many downgrades. You find so many faults and still high rating!...

                                zillion, 31 Jan 2025I think rating 4.5 for s25u based by readers votes, not by ... moreStop stressing over the scores who cares it's just a phone jeez you people worry about trivial things

                                  [deleted post]They have changed scenes with their reviews there's nothing wrong with that I'm guessing most websites do the same. Why is everyone stressing over the scores?? Get a grip not the end of the world 🙄

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                                    Corvo7, 30 Jan 20254.1 maximumExactly. S20 Ultra got 4.0 with big upgrade over S10+ with clearly better camera, it was an honest score, while this getting 4.5... i like the review itself, but score should be 4.0-4.1.

                                      It's telling me I should get 13:51 (s25u) / 13:10 (s24u) for 50/50 web browsing & streaming video.

                                      I think there should be more emphasis on real world battery testing. It's one of the most objective categories you can test.

                                      I don't think anyone is getting 13+ hours SOT.
                                      The most honest test I've seen suggests 5:00-6:20 for a s24u, vs 7:00 for a s25u.

                                      Maybe streaming audio or video, screen off, bluetooth headphones.
                                      Streaming audio or video, screen on, bluetooth headphones
                                      GPS + streaming bluetooth audio/video
                                      Gaming

                                      Saying 13 hours is about as worthless as laptop companies telling me I can get 24 hours if I turn off all my antennas & start my reproduction of War & Peace in word at minimum brightness.

                                      Also who cares about phone speakers - we don't live in a dystopia where we're going to play music in public.

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                                        TechDevil, 31 Jan 2025Add on top, this should have had better or equal battery li... moreLike the realme pro + which has 60 percent of 16pro battery life . Which is not reality.