Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review

30 January 2025


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jiyen235, 31 Jan 2025try testing an iPhone after a year to two years in the same... moreAre you sure about that? i'm still using iphone 8 plus as secondary phone and battery life still good 6 hrs with 75% of battery life so.

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    • 31 Jan 2025

    So, it looks like there are some upgrades this year, despite what the naysayers here have been saying. Removing the bluetooth from the S pen is a downer though.

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      • 31 Jan 2025

      4.5/5 rating is probably the sum of the ratings of S24U and S25U... There is no other explanation.

        coolg54321, 31 Jan 2025I have a find x8 pro and i could easily get 7+ hours of sot... morewell, my bad! I was only comparing the numbers found on this website. In real life use cases/battery tests, the Samsung gets DEMOLISHED by the Find X8 Pro and other phones like that. I mean the S25 U finds it tough to keep pace with the 16 Pro Max and the Oppo, Vivo and Oneplus phones comfortably beat that phone lol

        Insane to think that this is the first time these companies are using Si/C batteries in their bar phones so they're most likely gonna have an even more optimized experience next generation. And the fact that the Find X8 Ultra is releasing globally also has me excited! Imagine the battery Oppo's gonna have on that phone.... I mean the Oneplus 13 has excellent battery life already so I'm hoping to see at worst the same battery life as that phone and if the Ultra has better battery life then YEOWZERS, phone of the year (unless Xiaomi's Ultra has a competitive battery performance).

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          • 31 Jan 2025

          Anonymous, 31 Jan 2025And all the time being more expensive than the iPhone pro m... more"How dare people want a device they can actually control"?
          Not criticizing your pricing argument, the price is dumb (so is the iPhone one...and any other $1000 phone's), but not fighting out some people have specific needs and the iPhone might not meet them is kind'a sad in 2025.

            Anonymous, 31 Jan 2025Seems You still stuck with iPhone 6 lol. Since iPhone 8 plu... moretry testing an iPhone after a year to two years in the same conditions. I don't care about worthless optimisations that come from nuked performance/fluidity. I care about actual real life battery performance and it's horrendous on iPhones after a year, each iOS update nukes battery life.

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              • 31 Jan 2025

              Many here saying score is unfair.
              If it was phone from another brand, score would have been reduced to 4.2 or 4.1 after review was published.

                Eduard33, 31 Jan 2025Sony is irrelevant. Motorola and Nothing are obviously not... moreI'm pretty sure the Sony Xperia 1 VI is equal to, or better than, Samsung/Google/Apple, in terms of camera, and battery life. I looked at it, but I think used prices were expensive + no s pen.

                It might be better than the flagship Pixel - I thought the Pixels had bad battery life. But I've never seen the appeal of Pixels

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                  xPandamon, 31 Jan 2025The current panel is M14, S Ultra and I think the other S s... moreM14 is what iphone 16 pro has.
                  17 pro gonna have new one.
                  Again.

                    It's come to the point that even gsmarena couldn't take it anymore. They've now cut back on the sugar coating

                      HAC, 31 Jan 2025what do u suggest as an alternative?You got plenty out there. you could go for the vivo X200 Pro, Oppo Find X8 Pro, or wait for the Xiaomi 15 Ultra to be released. Same goes for the yet-to-be-released vivo X200 Ultra and Oppo Find X8 Ultra, although availability on those ones are going to be limited by country and region. Hell, you could just as well go for an iPhone 16 Pro Max or save yourself some money and get last year's S24 Ultra, which only has a slightly weaker (yet still plenty powerful) chip, and a different ultrawide camera compared to the S25 Ultra.

                        Eduard33, 31 Jan 2025Yes, go watch any comparison on youtube between the iPhone ... moreAgain those comparison aren't same thing tested here in Gsmarena, if you have comparison which test and give specific score to streaming, or browsing then link it so that we can compare. Gsmarena don't test Antutu, Camera, running heavy games etc in their test.

                        Also Apple E cores are most efficient than anything in Android world, so running anything which require low power iPhone would have advantage, it's not conspiracy theory or anything.

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                          Anonymous, 31 Jan 2025And all the time being more expensive than the iPhone pro m... moreiphone pro max price stay high for a year galaxy ultra price drop within 3 month maximum 6 month

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                            • 31 Jan 2025

                            Blueblazzzen, 31 Jan 2025Samsung is going in the wrong direction! Why does more sams... moreTell me what phone does not copy apple design?!

                              Anonymous, 31 Jan 2025"muh bluetooth S-Pen" Change the record. It�... more"I don't know how to use the S-pen, so no one should have it"
                              ---Anonymous
                              Get gud lil bro. Learn to use features. Camera controls were just the beginning. From a business stance it didn't make sense to get rid of it; one of few things they had that kept them from looking like they were chasing Apple and actually had a feature they don't.

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                                • 31 Jan 2025

                                Thank you for your honest reviews.
                                Many reviewers on YouTube are over praising this phone.

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                                  • 31 Jan 2025

                                  DroidBoye, 31 Jan 2025GSMArena changed the values. The S25U has way lower overall... moreThis is called "receiving a bank transfer". :D

                                    Damn the battery life is pretty excellent

                                    Smh now I can't hate on Samsung for anything

                                    See you in 2026 Samsung maybe then I'll be able to hate even stronger

                                      Eduard33, 31 Jan 2025Yes, go watch any comparison on youtube between the iPhone ... moreYes techmo with x200 pro, lover of tech eith oppo find x8 pro and technick with multiple phones come to mind, former two with at least partially mobile network usage.

                                        PepperPot, 31 Jan 2025GSM's battery tests tend to be a little more aggressiv... moreSame, others showed good results for the battery too. Although there were some outliers, same for the temperatures\ throttling. But to be fair, these are probably still phones on pre-release firmware so some things may change, Samsung usually releases a bigger update near launch

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