Samsung’s first Unpacked occasion of 2025 delivered the Galaxy S25 sequence — as anticipated. Though the telephones don’t have dramatically upgraded specs, the corporate stuffed — you guessed it! — extra AI into the gadgets. This newest batch is extra context-sensitive and predictive, and a few of it even squeezes extra out of the telephones’ mildly upgraded {hardware}.
Galaxy S25 Extremely
The Galaxy S25 Extremely continues to be the most important, finest and most costly of the bunch. It has a 6.9-inch show and a extra rounded edge for a “comfy grip.” Samsung says it’s the “slimmest, lightest, and most sturdy Galaxy Extremely gadget ever,” rocking a titanium physique with Corning’s Gorilla Armor 2 for “superior drop safety” and scratch resistance.
Not like the 2 smaller fashions, the Extremely’s digital camera sensors obtained a spec improve: Its ultrawide lens is now 50MP, up from the mere 12MP one in final yr’s mannequin.
Like its siblings, the S25 Extremely is powered by a custom-made model of the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which lets the trio of telephones course of a lot of their AI experiences on-device. In fact, that’s higher for privateness.
Engadget’s Sam Rutherford obtained an early hands-on with the Galaxy S25 Extremely and stated it “appears to be like like an excellent cellphone” — however with reservations. “However on the identical time, it looks like the most important cellphone maker on this planet might be doing extra for its most costly non-folding cellphone.”
The Galaxy S25 Extremely has 12GB of RAM, and it ships in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage tiers. It’s nonetheless fairly the funding, although — beginning at $1,300.
Galaxy S25 and S25+
The Galaxy S25 and S25+ noticed their RAM upgraded to 12GB (identical because the Extremely), up from 8GB of their 2024 predecessors. It combines with the Snapdragon 8 Elite to raised deal with the telephones’ many AI options. (Extra in a minute.)
The remainder of their {hardware} is remarkably much like the S24 and S24+. They nonetheless have 6.2-inch and 6.7-inch shows, respectively. However Samsung’s new ProScaler AI software can upscale photos in actual time to maybe make up for the unchanged specs. Samsung says it might probably enhance the standard of what you see by 40 %.
Storage can also be unchanged from the S24 sequence: 128GB or 256GB within the Galaxy S25 and 256GB or 512GB within the Galaxy S25+. Luckily, pricing can also be unchanged. You’ll pay $800 or extra for the S25 and $1,000 and up for the S25+.
Galaxy AI
With most {hardware} upgrades (aside from the Snapdragon chip) coming in delicate this era, Samsung is leaning laborious on AI options to make you need to throw down hard-earned money on the brand new fashions. This yr, Samsung’s One UI 7 on high of Android 15 combines to create what Samsung calls “a brand new AI-integrated OS.” It goals for a extra personalised and context-sensitive AI, slightly than only a sequence of one-off instruments.
AI performs a central function within the telephones’ digital camera options, with the Qualcomm chip making the telephones higher at analyzing noise — resulting in what Samsung says is healthier low-lit efficiency. Audio Eraser is an AI software that separates audio channels, letting you narrow out undesirable ones like wind or a random stranger speaking.
Samsung gathers its new assortment of on-device AI instruments into what it calls the Private Knowledge Engine. The sequence of multimodal (textual content, photos, video, audio) machine studying brokers results in options like AI Choose, which builds on Samsung’s legacy Sensible Choose software. The brand new AI-powered model can scan your display screen and recommend context-aware duties — like making a GIF from a YouTube video you’re watching.
You might say the AI-powered Now Bar is Samsung’s reply to the iPhone’s Dynamic Island. The pill-shaped bar sits on the backside of the lock display screen and under the digital clock when the cellphone is unlocked. It generates a sequence of reminders based mostly on context. Throughout the Now Bar is one other AI function, the Now Transient, which generates morning, noon and night summaries of information it thinks can be related to you.
Samsung’s Sketch to Picture software has been rebranded as Drawing Help, and Samsung says the function is extra polished and correct. It additionally provides an choice to import current photos in your immediate. The S25 sequence additionally provides an upgraded model of Google’s Circle to Search (activated by long-pressing the house button). It could now acknowledge cellphone numbers, emails and URLs, letting you set off their corresponding actions with a single faucet.
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