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Samsung on Wednesday announced the latest additions to its Galaxy S flagship smartphone line at the troupe ’s annualSamsung Unpacked 2025 . As suspect , the define characteristic of the Galaxy S25 , S25 + , and S25 Ultra is the company ’s continued nidus on nomadic AI — a fact that hardly distinguishes the consumer electronics giant from the respite of the industry .
Headlining the trine is the Galaxy S25 Ultra . At $ 1,300 , the stylus - rollick Galaxy Note replacement asseverate the same price level as last yr ’s framework . The French telephone sports a 6.9 - inch show and 4 of rear - confront cameras : a 50 - megapixel ultra - all-embracing , 200 - megapixel wide , and a pair of telephotograph lense , with 3x and 5x optical zoom , severally .
The Ultra is power by the Snapdragon 8 Elite , Qualcomm ’s latest flagship — the same chip found in all three S25 level . Once again , Samsung has added its own tweaks and accompanying branding to the silicon , as the vanilla extract version will be power a absolute majority of flagship smartphones release over the next 12 months .
The company promise a 37 % performance hike for mainframe processing and a 30 % increase on the GPU side . of course , the NPU ( nervous processing unit ) begin the biggest hike at 40 % , owe to both the relative babyhood of the processors and the industry - wide focus on all thing both contrived and healthy .
The S25 Ultra and S25 + have access to ProScaler . The AI image “ sharpening ” feature apparently requires their QHD+ presentation resolution to run in good order . Gaming art enhancements , meanwhile , go far by way of the Snapdragon ’s on - gadget Vulkan Engine and Ray Tracing feature article . equipment cooling system is accomplished by way of a 40 % larger vapor bedroom .
Google ’s AI offering , meanwhile , have become even more key to the gadget ’s functionality . go are the days of prompt Home and Bixby access . In their blank space , Gemini can now be touch off with a long press of the machine ’s side button . Along with Circle to Search , which debuted on the Galaxy channel , the devices also have a variety of generative AI - power piece of writing and draw features .
The Ultra sports a 5,000mAh battery , coupled with 12 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of repositing , and it comes in Titanium Silverblue , Titanium Whitesilver , Titanium Gray , Titanium Black , and pinkish , gold , and green alternative only useable to those who buy straight through Samsung .
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All three S25 model are up for preorder Wednesday , with shipping starting February 7 .
