Samsung Galaxy S25+ review

7 February 2025


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jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025bro the samsung is the one that looks, performs and takes p... moreAnd also does upscaling on 10/8 mp telephotos like those do

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    • 07 Feb 2025

    One ui 7 has vertical app drawer, need to setting order to alphabetical one

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      • 07 Feb 2025

      Based on the specs and reviews, S25+ has a nice thin design and the latest chipset, but the cameras and battery life have no improvement since the S23 series.
      That's a shame, considering the premium price of the device.
      I wonder how much AI and future updates can improve the quality of the pictures taken with the back cameras.....

        Hmm, 07 Feb 2025Gross. Hopefully I'm never in a desperate situation in... morebro the samsung is the one that looks, performs and takes photos like an aliexpress phone lmao

          vik457, 07 Feb 2025Why lyt-818 over ov50h?cus of the x200 pro, that phone's shots come dangerously close to the LYT-900 shots of the X100 Ultra. The 2x crops are immense as well. I don't see any reason to go for the OV50H, yeah it might have a better noise floor but based on what i've seen from the X200 Pro, the LYT-818 seems to have a higher ceiling if left to better hands OR it just has a better baseline. That's just me ig.

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            Mijing, 07 Feb 2025Go for Oneplus, xiaomi, iQOO instead of this scamsung old t... moreGross. Hopefully I'm never in a desperate situation in life to have to buy these aliexpress phones.

              Go for Oneplus, xiaomi, iQOO instead of this scamsung old tech High price hardware scamsung

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                • 07 Feb 2025

                I am using both the S25 Ultra and S25 Plus, and the battery of the S25 Plus lasts longer.
                I think the reviewer measured it wrong.

                  jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025preferably jn5 cus i think it takes better pics, for exampl... moreWhy lyt-818 over ov50h?

                    vik457, 07 Feb 2025So like lyt-818/ov50h main cam, jn3 ultrawide and jn3 3x wi... morepreferably jn5 cus i think it takes better pics, for example the S25U compared to the Oneplus 13, so a jn5 UW cam would be nice as for the 3x i think the IMX854/IMX858 would be sufficient, well they'd be an upgrade over whatever they have now at least lol I do like the Xiaomi's 3.2x cam tho I have a feeling that Samsung will never in a million years have a cam as large as that, with a zoom level like that, with an aperture as bright as that. f/1.8..... Xiaomi cooked hard lol. So I think, to be safe, an OV64B or the LYT-600 would be fine.

                    So, an HP2/OV50H/LYT-818 (preferably the LYT one) main cam, JN5 UW cam with f/1.9 aperture like the S25 Ultra and an OV64B 3x cam OR an IMX858 3x cam with f/1.8 aperture.

                      jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025If they had a 1/1.3" main cam, the UW cam with autofoc... moreSo like lyt-818/ov50h main cam, jn3 ultrawide and jn3 3x with alop?

                        Kangal, 07 Feb 2025You raise excellent points. However, the S25+ has the best... moreIf they had a 1/1.3" main cam, the UW cam with autofocus and the same sensor they use for the 5x on the S25 U for the 3x for the S25+, I'd have been singing a different tune.

                        You do you man but I think unless you get this phone for 700 dollars or lower, you're just gonna be wasting money by going for this. For your gaming use case, the IQOO 13 to me is far superior. There's no way the S25+ can handle emulation properly, as Samsung not only has inferior cooling compared to other brands but they also have horrible throttling now too. Save your money and use the IQOO 13, im sure you'll be happy. You were eyeing the S24+ despite having a Pixel 8 Pro, so much for the long term updates lol

                          [deleted post]i mean, if both chinese and mainstream companies are gonna remove the charger, which would you be happier with, a slower charging phone or a faster one? I'm not defending this practice, all im saying is that if Samsung, Google or Apple supplied a charger in the box to make up for their slow charging it'd have been fine but they have both slow charging AND no charger in the box lol double whammy

                            [deleted post]It's region dependent for Chinese brands. Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Honor are no longer supplying chargers in the box in their newly launched phones in Europe (the EU at least). Of the Chinese brands in Europe, only Nubia seems to still come with a charger in the box with their latest flagship as far as I can see

                              jiyen235, 06 Feb 2025I wonder why they put the Xiaomi 14 Ultra by default in the... moreAt this point, it's safe to say that the star rating has nothing to do with the content of the test, but rather with the content of the check.

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                                • 07 Feb 2025

                                It is amazing how terrible this camera is. Like seriously, the colours are WAY off

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                                  Hey, at least with my current setup I have something pocketable, with the Razer JungleCat. Also I'm able to emulate upto Wii flawlessly. I treat the rest: WindowsXp, Xbox, PS Vita, NSwitch, as bonus content. All that in a setup (Pixel 8 Pro) that won't void my warranty, and that has 8 years software support.

                                  In terms emulation, soon in the luxury phone market, we will experience emulation of Xbox 360, PS3, WiiU, and Windows7 games in the mainstream. It's almost ready. And soon after that, they will get polished, optimised, and should run flawlessly. But we are still a long way out from XB1, PS4, XSS, PS5, and Windows10 emulation, and they won't make the jump to the pocketable handheld category, will be exclusive to portable device form-factor. So an iPad Pro Mini, SteamDeck-2, or Lenovo Legion 2 would be the way forwards.

                                    jiyen235, 07 Feb 2025I don't care what exact sensor they use, the 1/1.56&qu... moreYou raise excellent points.
                                    However, the S25+ has the best physical size and weight in the flagship market. All other devices seem to be way larger or way heavier.

                                    I was considering the S24+ for this reason, and it's 7-Year support. The S23U/S24U and now the S25U are just too heavy, too big, and not a fan of the sharper corners. So I went with an inferior Pixel 8 Pro for the Custom Roms, and now it feels like a midrange (QC 7g2+) device at a luxury device price.

                                    I just wished Samsung would treat the S25+ like the S25U, just with the known changes. Smaller battery, smaller screen, S Pen support but No Silo, maybe one-camera less.... but keep all the other components the same technology and high luxury quality. The price demands it. Basically barking at moon, but it would be great if Samsung had a Developer Mode, where you can void the warranty but they let you Unlock Bootloader and apply Custom Firmware. Now they block you, and void your warranty for any reason they want to, even worse Customer Service than what Apple has.

                                      Since all S25 versions are modest upgrades over last year's, and even then they're not so different between one another, couldn't we have had one test article with all of them in one place?
                                      How many times can one read on One UI 7 AI features that are identical across all three phones?

                                        DerLuke, 07 Feb 2025Just a comment on video recording tests- saw some YouTube r... morei don't think it really matters, at best proper video recording could lead to 2-5% more power usage. Because as you said, it's always scanning and processing things, yeah it's unrealistic but it's better to have a point of comparison than to not.

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