Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review

30 January 2025


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  • 31 Jan 2025

Such a mess of the review. Some 1x shots are presented as 5x. But the most interesting part is S25 Ultra UWA is compared to S26 Ultra...

    i don't think that the samsung S25 ultra is gonna be the most sold flagship android phone this year

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      • Anonymous
      • yB4
      • 31 Jan 2025

      Terrible SΛMSUNG! This is the best you can do as your flagship? You must be laughing that people are paying so much for such a mediocre phone. No 3.5mm jack, no micro SD card and so many below average other features. Clueless people will buy it thinking they're cool, when smart people will see this phone for what it is. A sub par rip off disguised a flagship phone. It's only flagship in price, while in performance and value it's very poor choice.

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        • Kea
        • 62%
        • 31 Jan 2025

        It’s not bad, no enough good.

          when it comes to photos, S25U's main camera seems dissappointing in both day and night. Oppo Find X8 Pro has better main cam imo. However, the telephoto cameras of S25U seem pretty fine to my eyes.

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            • Zack1
            • J7P
            • 31 Jan 2025

            Smell like samsung pro

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              • AnonD-1190449
              • YTd
              • 31 Jan 2025

              I request GSMArena to click all the above pictures with a DSLR Or a Mirrorless camera for once so as the viewers can compare and get an idea of how the pictures actually look like on a good camera
              This would help in establishing a baseline of good photos and help everyone in learning what good processing and pictures look like

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                • Anonymous
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                • 31 Jan 2025

                Yet another expensive device cutting good features instead of adding more. One example (besides the pen) should suffice: A +$1000 device, not including the charger but even the included cable is cheap and underperforming. Disappointing, being generous

                  I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed. The sustained performance is wack, the overclocked chip is only a gimmick so people can say Samsung has a better chip as in practice, it's just simply worse than the others. The brightness being lower isn't the biggest issue but the brightness going down fast? THAT'S a huge issue.

                  The battery is nice but funny to see that the browsing scores aren't going up. Pretty sure Samsung is gonna wait till they have a higher battery capacity and tout that improvement as game changing.

                  The new UW cam is nice but it seems to be on par with the 14 Ultra's cam which I considered kinda bad lmao. This isn't as wide as that so idk man

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3Le
                    • 31 Jan 2025

                    The funny thing is that the phones with the brightest displays (Pixel 9 series and Realme GT7 Pro) which score around 2300 nits in max brightness also use Samsung displays. 💀
                    Yet Samsung give its own consumers their inferior display panels. They have been stucked in this 1200-1400 range for almost half a decade. 🤣

                      Anyone noticed in the comparison section of the battery runtime? GSMArena chose not to include the Chinese brands with 6000mAh batteries just to make the S25U's battery graph look acceptable. Come on, put Vivo X200 Pro, Nubia Z60 Ultra or even the Red Magic 10 Pro in there.

                        It has a hole in the screen. No buy

                          zillion, 31 Jan 2025Maybe samsung wondering what the other features that will b... moreHighly likely. They might remove the spen for bigger battery as a justification because of "not enough space". They're testing the waters for now, it depends on how the spen users reacts with the S25U spen BT removal.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Hks
                            • 31 Jan 2025

                            Unfortunately, there is still that ugly hole in the display. Not worth flagship price in that case

                              For the first time in extended time, the highest-level of a Samsung Galaxy flagship review has more cons (S25 Ultra, with 6 cons) than the highest-level of a Sony Xperia flagship review (1 VI, with 4 cons). Well, that's a sign Samsung is deviating too much with its smartphone department, sigh...

                                R19, 31 Jan 2025There are more cons than pros and Gsmarena rate the S25 Ult... more100% this. Hardware improvements for Samsung phones are so iterative that I personally see no reason to buy a new Samsung Ultra phone for awhile as someone who also owns an S23U. The S25U isn't that much different from the S23U aside from some minor differences, and the S23U isn't that much different from the S21U if we're being realistic. I live in the states so Samsung is basically the only option if you want a well-rounded Android flagship but I'm heavily leaning towards OnePlus for my next phone if and when I do upgrade. People elsewhere are very lucky to have tons of competition in the mobile space. If I had it my way I'd have an X100 Ultra right now instead of my S23U.

                                  Twski, 31 Jan 2025No! Don't take away my 3x. 70mm is the best focal rang... moreI am still not quite clear why Samsung chooses to persist with the 200MP 1/1.3" sensor, which produces inferior output than a 50MP sensor of the same size in most conditions. If Samsung really wants to have 200MP, it should come up with a 1-inch sensor. With 0.8um pixels as compared to 0.6um, I expect a significant jump in output quality.

                                    ashrobb, 31 Jan 2025Remarkable how stagnant and boring it feels.Maybe samsung wondering what the other features that will be cut off for s26u. SPen?

                                      I´m a loyal follower Gsam arena reviews but this is not a good one.The camera performance is in a middle table, and curiously the oppo and the vivo ones disapears from the battery comparison chart... the same camera sensors from S22, a shorter battery agaisnt de competition, the same screen from S24U... without a hardware improve the hype- AI UI only won´t be enought to compete with the new phones.Clearly more of the same a crazy price, very very difficult to justify to buy this phone ( and write somebody that i had since Galaxy S2 to galaxy S23 Ultra). This phone is a warning to google pixel for to avoid the " more of the same but winnig a lot of money" policy. No more galaxy- S line in this little piece of planet for now

                                        R19, 31 Jan 2025There are more cons than pros and Gsmarena rate the S25 Ult... moreI think rating 4.5 for s25u based by readers votes, not by gsmarena reviewers..

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