Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review
- GregLu
- p@3
- 02 Feb 2025
Verdict
The ultimate (non-bendy) Galaxy traditionally has some big shoes to fill, and the S25 Ultra feels kind of loose in its pair. It's certainly anything but a bad phone - quite the competent one, in fact. It manages to extract pretty great endurance (out of a small-ish battery), has a very good display (in most ways), charges reasonably fast (in the right context), has an improved build (but missing some extra sealing), and remains the only truly viable option on the market if you want a stylus (even though the stylus itself is a downgrade this year).
TL;DR
Verdict
The phone is good (But not so good as before and Samsung really needs to up their game)
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- Kratos-
- StN
- 02 Feb 2025
I don't see y some see the S25U as disappointing the main disappointment was lacking of Bluetooth's Spen n everything else is an upgrade even it's minor but it's the way of all companies to upgrade n refine their products bit by bit even the one's that most of nagging about saw an update yes we wanted to see a 6000mah battery 🔋 just we weren't expecting the same capacity to last longer than expected n to be on par with the more larger the same for the cam samsung is going in the right direction of optimizing the software n that is making a positive impact on all the phone n that's what we really want to see not just gimmick hardware which is not useful whatsoever so kudos to samsung keep up the good work
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- Anonymous
- rJV
- 02 Feb 2025
Battery life for just making calls is 49 hrs. So no one will buy this just for making calls.
iPhone 16 is far better than S25 Ultra. We can buy 2 iPhone 16 for this price.
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- Vishnu Moosath
- CbL
- 02 Feb 2025
Will the s25 ultra support air actions if we use a previous generation s-pen? Or that of a S10 tab?
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- Anonymous
- PxV
- 02 Feb 2025
S25U Downgrade , 02 Feb 2025Even the paid youtube channels have a hard time to convince... moreis this generated by deepseek? XD
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- Santosh
- vGJ
- 02 Feb 2025
I need some inputs here, currently planning to upgrade to S25U from my OnePlus 6T . I have my friend working in samsung who has employee discount. So I would be getting it from around 95k . Would it be a worthy upgrade for this price.
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- anonymous225
- T2a
- 02 Feb 2025
S25U Downgrade , 02 Feb 2025Even the paid youtube channels have a hard time to convince... moreIs there a video that explains current panel offerings?
IMO displays have been good enough since like the Note 6-8? I don’t really remember the differences. I am pretty happy with 60hz on a phone, and don’t think I really notice color differences etc.
I’d absolutely give up display performance, if it meant another hour+ of battery.
And I’d probably be more concerned with actual usability – like, how an anti-glare coating, to make videos look nicer while I’m a passenger in a car, etc. I don’t really go home put my phone on my desk, and ooh & ahh at how great some average youtube video looks. I don't really need to scroll Chrome at 120-240hz if it sacrifices battery
I don’t really disagree with you – maybe it’s time to make a phone model for people like me, and another phone model that is more expensive & does better in benchmarks. A flagship is called such for a reason, after all.
I’d probably be happier with a S24 ultra, which had a CPU & display which were oriented toward battery life. I still want bt S Pen, flat matte screen, best camera, 6000mah battery, faster charging, ip69, micro sd ….. but I don’t really care anymore about gaming performance, or pixel density, etc. – that stuff has mostly surpassed my needs. And I have a PC, OLED TV, etc. at home. I mostly need a tool with great battery, camera, S Pen, display, etc. Maybe they'll reorient the S26+ or something.
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- Anonymous
- qb{
- 02 Feb 2025
S25U Downgrade , 02 Feb 2025Even the paid youtube channels have a hard time to convince... moreso why do you need to put an entire novel on why you think the s25 ultra is bad
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- S25U Downgrade
- EP%
- 02 Feb 2025
Even the paid youtube channels have a hard time to convince themselves that anyone on S23 or S24 Ultra should upgrade to the S25U. I bet S25U will have falling sales given they have been just releasing virtually the same fone over and over again and with Downgrades or similar hardwares; just new Chip and slight design changes with no real meaningful benefits for upgrades.
Meanwhile Chinese fones such as Vivo, Xiaomi, have far superior hardwares, Bigger and newer tech Battery, Faster charging speeds, brighter and newer clearer display panels and better cameras.
They must be clapping their hands while Samsung commits Harakiri by skimming on last years Cheaper Display panels instead of going for the best panels which THEY actually make today, downgrade the S-pen Bluetooth, downgrade the 16GB Ram when people are paying 1TB max dollars since s23U, downgrade Camera 10x Optical to 5X optical. use similar cameras for the last 4 years and same 5000Mah battery for the last 5 years when most Flagships have moved to 6000Mah and bigger camera sensors which is where the real difference is instead of 200MP or 50MP upgrades (mostly just pixel binning) .
The S25U no longer deserves the name ULTRA, it is a disgrace that Samsung manage to butcher the name Ultra that use to meant the best of everything Samsung has to offer specs wise, they should just change the name to S25Budget Model as they try skim and save a few dollars while still wanting to charge max dollars and kill their own market share.
Their only saving grace is their software, hats off to that department only but other than that I see no real tangible benefit of the upgrade, definitely a downgrade only for s24U users and even S23U. A hard pass for me from S24U and been a loyal Samsung user since Note series, Samsung just lost its way since Roh took over, tried so hard to copy Apple even the upcoming slim model, buds 3, titanium sides, minor iteration cameras each year but then Apple never downgrades existing working features that are plus; such as removing the Bluetooth form S-pen to save a few dollars is just Pathetic even though I dont use a lot but no reason to remove it as I paid for it to have the best of everything Samsung has to offer.
S25Ultra is just and over glorified, a DOWNGRADE not upgrade.
If Samsung wants to sell more fones they should at the very least bring back the 10X Optical 50MP, 6000Mah battery, 65w fast charging and stop removing features that works (e.g S-pen Bluetooth) and improve on features that is already good such Dex that has not been improved since 5 years ago still the same old software.
Very disappointing S25U
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- Lister
- n1Y
- 02 Feb 2025
babar91k, 01 Feb 20254.5 for what?? For an 8 bit panel or lacking a dolby vision... moreLooks like you should read the review and specs again
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- YgorCortes
- JpF
- 01 Feb 2025
Whats about the display calibration? How accurate is the natural mode? Does it track the PQ graph perfectly for HDR playback?
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- Anonymous
- iJp
- 01 Feb 2025
Lister, 01 Feb 2025Best Snapdragon 8 Elite phone yet. Not sure what y'all... moreBut you noticed that other smartphones with 8 elite perform better
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- Anonymous
- GXs
- 01 Feb 2025
Samsungs Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy is slower than the normal 8 Elite. What a time to be alive
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- Anonymous
- iJp
- 01 Feb 2025
Lister, 01 Feb 2025Best Snapdragon 8 Elite phone yet. Not sure what y'all... moreMore like Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. Have you looked at the Benchmarks?
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- Anonymous
- pkp
- 01 Feb 2025
Not sure if Samsung is using SD 8 Elite. After watching the Benchmarks its like SD 8s Gen 3
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- Lister
- n1Y
- 01 Feb 2025
Best Snapdragon 8 Elite phone yet. Not sure what y'all are ingesting, or whose Yuan you're taking for these comments. Lmao.
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- Anonymous
- iJp
- 01 Feb 2025
A sad day for all Samsung fans. Lets hope you have enough napkins to wipe your tears away.
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- vik457
- LfV
- 01 Feb 2025
babar91k, 01 Feb 20254.5 for what?? For an 8 bit panel or lacking a dolby vision... moreBecause money.
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- babar91k
- QBk
- 01 Feb 2025
4.5 for what?? For an 8 bit panel or lacking a dolby vision display? or slow charging? or low battery? or not giving charger in a box? or same cameras like last time?
Please we need answer why 4.5 for this garbage