Pre-orders for the brand new Samsung Galaxy S25 collection are actually stay and can final till February 7. As has change into the custom with these launches, the pre-order perks are a giant a part of the rationale to improve. However will you be upgrading to an S25?
Our hands-on evaluate 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 digital camera 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. Try the Galaxy S25 Extremely vs. S24 Extremely digital camera shootout for a preview of how a lot of a distinction these upgrades make.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
Samsung bumped up the display screen 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 very passive system (no extra wi-fi actions).
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
Does the Samsung Galaxy S25+ have a purpose to exist? The solely 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 a complete. Listed below 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 acquired upgraded to 12GB of RAM. However to not 256GB base storage, let’s not get too loopy. It has the brand new chipset too, in fact, and that’s it. Not even a bump to the sluggish 25W cost velocity – and no UWB both.
Samsung Galaxy S25
Okay, to present 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 unsure 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 couple of exceptions, the place there are minor worth bumps. Some markets, just like the US, have nice trade-in offers and further perks – here’s what Samsung US is providing. However in different markets the trade-in worth is much less spectacular.
Samsung Galaxy S25
Listed below 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 largest improve of the three with some worthwhile enhancements to the display screen (and a questionable downgrade to the S Pen). Are you pondering of shopping for the S25 Extremely?
What concerning the Samsung Galaxy S25+ – is {that a} good purchase or do you possibly 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 telephone is even smaller! However is it value your cash?
