Arms-On With Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Extremely, S25 Plus And S25, LIVE At Unpacked 2025

Galaxy S25 Collection Brings Acquainted Design Language

Total, although, dimensions and weights stay principally the identical – the Galaxy S25 collection handsets are barely thinner and lighter than their predecessors. The S25 and S25+ shows are similar to the S24 and S24+’s (6.2-inch 1080p and 6.7-inch 1440p 120Hz LTPO AMOLED, respectively). You’ll be aware nonetheless, that the Galaxy S25 Extremely’s display screen grows to six.9 inches (nonetheless 1440p 120Hz LTPO AMOLED) due to thinner bezels.

The S25 and S25+ shooters are precisely the identical as final 12 months’s, and encompass a 12MP f/2.2 ultrawide, 50MP f/1.8 essential with OIS, 10MP f/2.4 3x telephoto with OIS, and 12MP f/2.2 selfie with AF. In the meantime, the Galaxy S25 Extremely receives a 50MP f/1.9 ultrawide (vs. 12MP on the S24 Extremely), however in any other case retains final 12 months’s cameras (200MP f/1.7 essential with OIS, 10MP f/2.4 3x tele with OIS, 50MP f/3.4 5x tele with OIS, and 12MP f/2.2 selfie with AF).

Underneath the hood, the largest replace to the Galaxy S25 collection is the swap to Qualcomm’s 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy SoC throughout the board, the addition of WiFi 7 assist to the S25 and S25+, and the inclusion of 12GB of RAM on the S25. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy SoC differs considerably from normal Snapdragon 8 Elite chips discovered onboard telephones just like the OnePlus 13, and Samsung claims it’s greater than only a bump in clock pace this time round.

Snapdragon 8 Elite For Galaxy Collaboration Particulars Emerge

In actual fact, in a current press launch assertion, Qualcomm famous:

“…the Galaxy S25 collection are the primary business units to function Snapdragon Satellite tv for pc, which permits shoppers to ship and obtain messages through satellite tv for pc (narrowband NTN) natively supported in Android OS. Qualcomm Applied sciences and Samsung labored carefully collectively to customise the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy to ship premium picture high quality and energy consumption on a Galaxy smartphone show. Designed to set new requirements of innovation, Samsung additionally partnered with Qualcomm Applied sciences to combine Spatio-Temporal Filter (STF) assist into the Qualcomm Spectra™ ISP of this collection, unlocking sharper-than-ever low gentle video seize capabilities, even at 8K 30fps, whereas sustaining world-class energy consumption effectivity. Moreover, Qualcomm Applied sciences and Samsung collaborated carefully to tailor the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy for the newest Gemini experiences. Whether or not it’s managing duties between apps, livestreaming from the Gemini app, or utilizing Gemini as a writing assistant, these experiences will run seamlessly and effectively on Snapdragon.”

Now packing 12GB of RAM throughout all telephones, the Galaxy S25 collection continues to be on par with the S24 collection when it comes to storage choices, with 128/256GB (S25), 256/512GB (S25+), and 256/512GB or 1TB (S25 Extremely). Ditto battery capacities and wired charging speeds, which stay 4000mAh/25W (S25), 4900mAh/45W (S25+) and 5000mAh/45W (S25 Extremely). Wi-fi charging tops out at 15W and 4.5W (reverse) like earlier than as nicely.

Samsung additionally elevated the dimensions of the Galaxy S25 Extremely’s vapor chamber by 40% and improved the thermal interface materials for higher cooling underneath sustained heavy workloads. One space the place the Galaxy S25 Extremely is getting downgraded is with the S Pen, which now not features a capacitor or Bluetooth radio. As such, you’ll be able to’t use the S Pen as a digital camera or presentation distant anymore, which is unlucky.

Up to date Samsung Software program And Intriguing AI

On the software program entrance, the Galaxy S25 collection telephones run One UI 7 on high of Android 15, which integrates AI deeply inside the OS. This permits highly-personalized, context-aware consumer experiences powered by multimodal AI brokers. Samsung labored carefully with Google to make this doable. In consequence, Gemini can now change settings in your handset and work together immediately with Google, Samsung, and third social gathering apps like Spotify.

For instance, you’ll be able to ask Gemini to summarize evaluations for a selected product on Youtube and save the outcome as a be aware in Samsung Notes. As well as, the Galaxy S25 collection boast a “Private Knowledge Engine” – your personal safe, on-device LLM (giant language mannequin) – that analyses your knowledge and learns how you utilize your telephone over time to supply useful recommendations and make discovering particular content material (like pictures) simpler.

With the Galaxy S25 collection, Samsung’s AI photograph enhancing instruments now run utterly on-device. These new flagships additionally assist LOG and 10-bit HDR video recording, and Samsung’s Skilled RAW digital camera app now incorporates a Digital Aperture setting. Audio Eraser – which is analogous to Google’s implementation on Pixel telephones – permits you to take away voices, music, wind, nature, crowds, and noise from movies within the Gallery app.

Our Key Takeaways From Samsung Unpacked 2025

Pre-orders for the Galaxy S25 collection begin immediately and basic gross sales start February 7. The Galaxy S25 Extremely ($1299+) is offered in Titanium Silverblue, Titanium Whitesilver, Titanium Grey, and Titanium Black – plus Titanium Pinkgold, Titanium Jetblack, and Titanium Jadegreen (Samsung web site) – whereas the Galaxy S25+ ($999+) and Galaxy S25 ($799+) are available in Navy, Icyblue, Mint, and Silver Shadow – plus Blueblack, Coralred, and Pinkgold (Samsung web site).