Samsung is keeping up its launch promos for the Galaxy S25 series, but some of the best color options are currently out of stock or heavily delayed.
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The OnePlus 13 was the first “big” Android phone out of the blocks for 2025, but now it has a challenger in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Which is the best of the bunch, though? Here’s what you need to know.
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One UI 7 did a lot to bring Samsung’s phones up to a new standard, and some cool little features that usually fly under the radar are included in that. One UI 7 lets you change your power button shortcut to much more than a launcher for a handful of Samsung apps, like changing Modes in an instant. Here’s how it works.
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Samsung’s February 2025 update has reached the Galaxy S25 series, bringing with it new camera fixes and much more.
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Samsung’s flagship smartphones don’t live nearly in the same vein they once did. They’re not as flashy, they’re not industry-leading in essentially anything, and they’re not cheap either. But, after two weeks with the Galaxy S25 Ultra, it’s hard to deny that, no matter who you are, you might like this phone a lot more than you expect to.
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Samsung is offering the Galaxy S25 for pre-order for a couple more days, but that means when it goes public, the insane deals we’ve been seeing will also be gone.
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra shipped without an S Pen with Bluetooth capabilities, meaning it has no need for batteries and, therefore, no need to be charged. Still, Samsung packed an S Pen charger into the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which raises some questions.
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Samsung has been heavily pushing Galaxy AI and refined hardware on the Galaxy S25 series. Apparently, the company is doing enough to set new records in South Korea for Galaxy S25 pre-orders, totaling 1.3 million units so far.
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If you happen to lose or break the S Pen on your Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung will still charge you $50 for it despite the removal of some of the costliest features.
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One of the few hardware changes I personally liked about Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 series is the addition of a color-matched ring around each camera, but as it turns out, those are basically just glued onto last year’s design.
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The very first update to One UI 7 on the Galaxy S25 series is now available, and it sits at a significant 25GB file size.
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Samsung’s Galaxy devices follow a strict set of events when the battery drops too low. That process includes dimming the screen to around 5%, which makes the phone a little hard to use. In the latest version of One UI 7, Galaxy phones can now disable that auto dim feature altogether.
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The Galaxy S25 went on sale for pre-order last week, and the phone is already shipping and is slated to get delivered an entire week early — as long as Samsung doesn’t block it.
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Samsung is making an official “Magnetic Wallet” for its Galaxy S25 series, despite the phones not actually having built-in magnets.
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While hardly anyone used the features, Samsung’s decision to remove remote features from the S Pen on the Galaxy S25 Ultra has been met with vocal criticism. Now, as previously confirmed, Samsung has removed a misleading reference to Bluetooth S Pen for the Galaxy S25 Ultra which isn’t actually coming.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra brings quite a few upgrades, but also removes the Bluetooth-enabled remote features of the S Pen. And, no, you can’t bring them back by just using an older S Pen.
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Samsung is offering a “starter kit” that includes a free case with the purchase of a Galaxy S25 device, but only in the UK. To get one, users need to wait until after the return period and submit a review to Samsung.
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Despite offering some magnetic accessories, Samsung hasn’t spent any time talking about the Galaxy S25 series being ready for Qi2. Yet, the Galaxy S25 series is the first set of smartphones with Qi 2.1 support, but without any upgrades to charging speed.
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Samsung has been leaning heavily into trade-in deals for years now, and the offers for its latest Galaxy S25 series are significantly better than the last generation. Here are the highlights, and how to get an additional $50 off.
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra is Samsung’s best phone, hands down. During the pre-order event, it is possible to get the AI-filled Galaxy flagship for only $399, as long as you trade in an eligible phone. That tempting deal includes a free pair of Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds.
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra is technically Samsung’s best phone ever made, and it brings loads of AI features to the consumer. However, it doesn’t look incredibly different from other generations in specs and appearance. Given that, here are a couple of reasons you might want to pick one up, as well as a couple of reasons you might want to hold off on upgrading to the Galaxy S25.
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Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 series is unsurprisingly not particularly colorful, but what’s more annoying than that is the new naming scheme the company has gone with which leave truly bizarre descriptions of the various colors at the very least, and feel like a failed attempt to capture the charm of past Pixels.
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Samsung has made a change to the S Pen on the Galaxy S25 Ultra which removes remote control features that have been in place for years, and the reason is because essentially no one was using those features.
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The Galaxy S25 series is officially available to pre-order through Samsung’s website and other retailers. But where can you get the best deal on one of the best Android phones available? This guide will take you through a few notable deals.
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