Samsung Galaxy S25+ review

7 February 2025


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  • 09 Feb 2025

visible regress in photo department, good battery, average speakers, useless AI functions.Thats all.

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    • 09 Feb 2025

    jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025slightly better phone due to the vastly superior battery an... moreCan they even be considered mid-tier? This are just bad bad bad!

      Samsung should work on its flagship phone design. All phones look the same whether it's budget or flagship. These camera module designs should change.

        Anonymous, 08 Feb 2025Stop spreading lies. Samples posted by this website show ... morei said it comes dangerously close, not "so close you won't be able to tell the difference". Based on the size you'd have expected a 30% difference but it's a 5-10% difference at best. I'm not gonna post a scandal about the sensor size change as I think Vivo's processing is good and cus I'm a guy who uses the telephoto more than the main cam so I'd rather have the best telephoto with a good main cam rather than the other way round.

        What I AM mad about is the highly artificial processing, tho you can turn down the sharpness in the settings, but still, I think it's too artificial but at least it looks better than Oppo, Google, Honor and Huawei ig lol. And what's more annoying is the mid selfie cam, Vivo takes ok shots with it but lack of AF on a flagship selfie cam is concerning. Worst of all, the video stabilization on the global model is wack. I think there's a lot of things you can complain about on the Vivo, but the main cam downgrade is not one of them as it's handled well by Vivo AND you get the best telephoto out there as compensation.

          matthew, 08 Feb 2025That doesn't make any sense; a budget version that... moremy bad, i didn't mean to say that the S25+ looks like a budget version of the A55, but rather it looks like a budget phone which is the A55.

            Can the team clarify (of any user who would know): which browser is used for the battery test, web browsing time? The default one for each device?
            Maybe using Chrome would give different times than with Samsung browser (potentially more optimized). Same if Opera is used for iPhone. They have such a longer time, it's worth analyzing.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 08 Feb 2025

              jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025cus of the x200 pro, that phone's shots come dangerous... moreStop spreading lies.
              Samples posted by this website show x100 ultra is much better than 200 pro, by huge margin.
              Not even necessary to use zoom tool to see it.

              You and other would be making scandal if downgrade was performed by non-chinese brands.

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                • Anonymous
                • pY1
                • 08 Feb 2025

                I agree with the comments on the next midrange might be more interesting.

                With only 50+ comments so far I think this shows that people just don't care or have battle fatigue...

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                  • matthew
                  • Ibx
                  • 08 Feb 2025

                  jiyen235, 08 Feb 2025The S25+ looks like a budget A55, you can just buy the A55 ... moreThat doesn't make any sense; a budget version that's 4x the price?

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                    • 08 Feb 2025

                    jiyen235, 08 Feb 2025The S25+ looks like a budget A55, you can just buy the A55 ... moreI think they will nerf hard A56 since many might decide to go for it instead of S25.. just my feeling/speculation ofc..

                      Anonymous, 08 Feb 2025The vivo is also ugly as sin with its huge black camera voi... moreThe S25+ looks like a budget A55, you can just buy the A55 then if you want Samsung's software and this design and are ok with terrible cameras.

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                        • nrw
                        • 08 Feb 2025

                        Why nobody’s mentioning boot options and if closed or open for the advanced users?
                        Personally I would straight away remove all 3rd party apps cause as a owner of the smartphone is up to me to decide what I need.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 08 Feb 2025

                          jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025kinda like it, but dont love it. It's got a far inferi... moreThe vivo is also ugly as sin with its huge black camera void of death, thicker, unwieldy, and its software sucks. I would happily trade a more streamlined design and better user experience for a slightly weaker camera.

                            [deleted post]Yeah, 5-6 Chinese gang kids destroyed GSMArena forums. Guess admins are happy to overlook rules since that generates clicks..

                            I think I'll be leaving the site soon - nothing useful apart from marketing articles and fanboy spam..

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 08 Feb 2025

                              [deleted post]Yeah you'd think Samsung killed their granny from the way some post on here.

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                                • 07 Feb 2025

                                "Flagship" phone with a main camera "from" A55.

                                  Anonymous, 07 Feb 2025Do you like the Honor Magic 7 Pro?kinda like it, but dont love it. It's got a far inferior telephoto compared to the X200 Pro despite being the same price, the UW cam is horrendous compared to that phone as well despite the wider FOV. The telephoto also is misleading as it's a 2.5x being marketed as a 3x and i don't respect that at all, i think that's scammy. And im not a fan of their software either. Not to mention the hideous pill notch.

                                  However, I love the speakers on that phone, the best speakers out rn for the average consumer, better than the iPhones by a mile, the battery life is awesome despite having a smaller battery than its predecessor, going to show how good Honor is at optimising without compromising like Samsung as they have great sustained performance as well as great battery life. The selfie camera is perhaps best in class, i just love the shots from that thing.

                                  So yeah, pros and cons everywhere, really nice phone for the average person but will a normal guy buy an Honor phone instead of a Samsung/Apple? If the price were 900 euros for a 512 GB model I think my opinion would've been different but being the same price as the X200 Pro despite having a demonstrably inferior camera system (apart from the selfie) is not a good look at all. And the 3x marketing issue for me is a huge one, I can't, in good faith, recommend a brand who's doing something so dishonest. Good phone, mid pricing with terrible marketing.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • iJp
                                    • 07 Feb 2025

                                    jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025bro the samsung is the one that looks, performs and takes p... moreSamsung photos look like from a 100$ Smartphone

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 07 Feb 2025

                                      Reading the review on my oneplus 13 and i ask myseft "why do the s25+ exist?" phone should cost 700€ in 512GB not more

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 07 Feb 2025

                                        jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025bro the samsung is the one that looks, performs and takes p... moreDo you like the Honor Magic 7 Pro?

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