Samsung Galaxy S25 review
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- Aierlan
- 7ZL
- 06 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 06 Feb 2025I love how light it is, but the Xiaomi 15 basically eats th... moreIt's better but it is not nearly as light or compact so it isn't really in the same category in terms of portability. It's taller, wider, thicker and much heavier. Video quality on the Xiaomi 15 is also terribly oversharpened, oversaturated and too high in contrast. That is the biggest weakness of the Xiaomi 15. Photos are good though apart from photos of people
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- Anonymous
- pY1
- 06 Feb 2025
This phone sums up the manufacturers need to release a "new" phone every year to keep profits up and please shareholders.
At this rate soon they will release the same phone with just different colours for the new model year
How did this get 4.3?
Gsmarena seem to feel obliged to give certain score ranges . Now with phones getting "all the same" with little innovation they need to weight more on value for money.
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- Anonymous
- vV5
- 06 Feb 2025
The softness is not across the whole image but at the edges. This is likely due to a narrow plane of focus. Dual aperture might have been able to mitigate this.
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- Anonymous
- I@H
- 06 Feb 2025
Anyone got good phone alternatives to the s25?
Apart from iphone and pixel ofc.
Like op 13 or something like that?
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 06 Feb 2025
alcatraz, 06 Feb 2025The review is full of little negative remarks hehe. I still... moreWhile it can be argued we're just a minority here, most Samsung phones can be had for near 50% of launch price just a few months down the line.
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- Anonymous
- nsL
- 06 Feb 2025
I love how light it is, but the Xiaomi 15 basically eats this thing alive. Samsung needs to start moving next year.
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- Anonymous
- Brt
- 06 Feb 2025
mikelward, 06 Feb 2025> Android 15 has split the notification and quick toggle... moreOne UI 7
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- Anonymous
- d%{
- 06 Feb 2025
I'm dissapointed with battery llfe! Exact same thing as S23, and S24. Power efficent Elite, does not help after all.
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- mikelward
- myf
- 06 Feb 2025
> Android 15 has split the notification and quick toggles into two separate pages
They're still combined on my Pixel 9?
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- fCE
- 06 Feb 2025
This phone is a massive disappointment. Samsung did not put even the first gen gorilla armour on the base model, while ultra receives the second gen this year. Shame on you, Samsung
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- Invetor
- XVp
- 06 Feb 2025
The camera samples are... pretty okay?
It's weird to see the main cam of S25 take better photos than that of its bigger brother, the S25U. I had mild expectations from the telephoto camera, but the shots came out better than expected. The ultrawide camera's short focusing distance might due to how some young people tend to take selfies and group photos with the ultrawide camera. Also, all the camera samples seem a bit soft, but more importantly, not sharpened. I guess this is a characteristic Samsung is trying to achieve to distinguish itself from the "Chinese phones". (not sharpened image = premium?)
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- Sammy0
- q{r
- 06 Feb 2025
This is why I wait for gsmarena to review a phone before buying it; none of the (many) reviews I checked mentioned the soft ultrawide camera or the focusing issues when taking portraits, for example. After this lukewarm review, I'm no longer considering the S25.
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- Anonymous
- Brt
- 06 Feb 2025
And for all you folks hating on the exynos on last year's model, how trash the battery life is.. literally the same rating going against the SD 8 elite..
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- Munem
- 6uN
- 06 Feb 2025
Coming from A52S it's big upgrade for me and with some bonuses + samsung preorder promotion I've got 256GB version for 700€. If you have S24 or S23, feel free to skip to S27 (unless they really impress with S26, but I doubt), really not worth upgrade to S25.
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- Mcak
- Rxq
- 06 Feb 2025
Basically if you're on an S23 or S24. No point in changing.
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 06 Feb 2025
Lets go, 06 Feb 2025So 1 upgrade = chip you will not notice without a timer? Wo... moreMakes you wonder how this model, like the A55, is able to handle seamless updates but the S24 and older couldn't.
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- Sam
- YQJ
- 06 Feb 2025
Mid camera quality for $799. No thanks. There are better options available. Vivo X200 Pro is available around same price.
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- AnonD-1187531
- xjH
- 06 Feb 2025
Is it just me, or are some of the pictures upside down? 🤔
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- Anonymous
- fCE
- 06 Feb 2025
Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 with a better glass protection (ceramic shield 2) which will also be used on the upper mid-range SE4 probably
Meanwhile, samsung still refusing to upgrade the S25 from Victus 2 to Gorilla Armour, not even to the first gen Armour, artificially creating as many differences between the base and ultra model as they can. Shame on you samsung