Pre-orders for the brand new Samsung Galaxy S25 collection at the moment are stay and can final till February 7. As has turn into the custom with these launches, the pre-order perks are an enormous a part of the explanation to improve. However will you be upgrading to an S25?
Our hands-on assessment has our early verdict on the collection. You can too watch the hands-on video for extra of the Galaxy S25 trio.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely is the one one with a digicam improve – the ultra-wide module now has a 50MP sensor, up from 12MP on the S20-S24 Extremely. There’s additionally the brand new Snapdragon 8 Elite, whose ISP has extra quantity crunching energy for picture processing. Take a look at the Galaxy S25 Extremely vs. S24 Extremely digicam shootout for a preview of how a lot of a distinction these upgrades make.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
Samsung bumped up the display a bit (6.8” to six.9”) by slimming down the bezels, rounded off the corners and added extra sturdy Gorilla Armor 2 safety (full with anti-reflective coating). The S Pen has modified too, by returning to the pre-Galaxy Note9 design as a totally passive machine (no extra wi-fi actions).
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
Does the Samsung Galaxy S25+ have a motive to exist? The one improve from final 12 months is the brand new chipset. Worse, Samsung teased the brand new Galaxy S25 Edge, which is likely to be the following evolution of the Plus line – and even the S-series as an entire. Listed here are our ideas on it from the time we spent with a prototype (Samsung nonetheless hasn’t introduced when the Edge is deliberate to launch).
Samsung Galaxy S25+
The Samsung Galaxy S25 lastly obtained upgraded to 12GB of RAM. However to not 256GB base storage, let’s not get too loopy. It has the brand new chipset too, after all, and that’s it. Not even a bump to the gradual 25W cost pace – and no UWB both.
Samsung Galaxy S25
Okay, to offer Samsung some credit score, the S25 telephones are 0.4mm thinner than their predecessors and some grams lighter too (14g within the case of the Extremely, not unhealthy). That’s cool, although we’re undecided we wouldn’t have most popular a battery capability bump as an alternative.
Samsung Galaxy S25+
Regardless of rumors on the contrary, the costs of the Galaxy S25 collection stay the identical because the S24 telephones in most markets, although there are a number of exceptions, the place there are minor worth bumps. Some markets, just like the US, have nice trade-in offers and additional perks – here’s what Samsung US is providing. However in different markets the trade-in worth is much less spectacular.
Samsung Galaxy S25
Listed here are the Samsung Galaxy S25 costs for a number of markets world wide:
US
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
$800
-
-
12GB/256GB
$860
$1,000
$1,300
12GB/512GB
-
$1,120
$1,420
12GB/1TB
-
-
$1,660
Europe
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
€900
-
-
12GB/256GB
€960
€1,170
€1,470
12GB/512GB
€1,080
€1,290
€1,590
12GB/1TB
-
-
€1,830
UK
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
£800
-
-
12GB/256GB
£860
£1,000
£1,250
12GB/512GB
£980
£1,100
£1,350
12GB/1TB
-
-
£1,550
Canada
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
$1,200
-
-
12GB/256GB
$1,300
$1,440
$1,920
12GB/512GB
-
$1,620
$2,100
12GB/1TB
-
-
$2,460
Australia
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
-
-
-
12GB/256GB
$1,400
$1,700
$2,150
12GB/512GB
$1,600
$1,900
$2,350
12GB/1TB
-
-
$2,750
India
S25
S25+
S25 Extremely
12GB/128GB
-
-
-
12GB/256GB
₹91,000
₹100,000
₹130,000
12GB/512GB
₹93,000
₹112,000
₹142,000
12GB/1TB
-
-
₹166,000
Let’s begin with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely, simply the most important improve of the three with some worthwhile enhancements to the display (and a questionable downgrade to the S Pen). Are you considering of shopping for the S25 Extremely?
What in regards to the Samsung Galaxy S25+ – is {that a} good purchase or do you perhaps wish to maintain off and see what the S25 Edge is all about?
Lastly, the Samsung Galaxy S25 offers its flagship chipset extra RAM to work with than earlier iterations of the small S-phone. And now the cellphone is even smaller! However is it value your cash?
