Samsung Galaxy S25 Series: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features

Samsung employs Corning’s new Gorilla Armor 2 glass on the S25 Ultra, which supposedly has 29 percent better fracture resistance than the original Gorilla Armor on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Interestingly, Samsung says it saw a 60 percent drop in screen repairs from the S24 over the series S23which could mean that the S25 is even more durable.

The phones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, which debuted in phones like the Honor Magic 7 Pro and OnePlus 13. This will be the processor in everyone Phones of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series in the world, unlike in previous years when Samsung opted for its own Exynos chips in some markets. Samsung claims that this chip offers a 37 percent CPU upgrade, a 30 percent graphics upgrade, and a 40 percent improved neural processing unit compared to the S24 series.

Samsung and Qualcomm have collaborated on the optimization of the chip, and that close link has enabled new features like ProScaler. On the S25 Ultra and S25+, this feature can adjust the image on the screen to match the resolution of the display. Say you’re browsing Instagram and someone has uploaded a 1,080p image – it will be upscaled to QHD+.

The vapor chamber cooling system is bigger on all three – a crucial component for keeping phones from getting too hot during intense gaming sessions – with the chamber on the S25 Ultra getting a 40 percent bump. Samsung also says that placed on the chip is a new “adaptive thermal interface material” that leaves zero gaps for air, drawing heat from the processor directly to the vapor chamber cooling system to increase performance and reduce the stress on the battery.

Probably the most disappointing part of the hardware story is the lack of support for Qi2 charging. This is the new version of the Qi wireless charging standardwhich borrows many features from Apple’s MagSafe charging system. It embeds magnets into the phone, allowing users to magnetically attach the phone a Qi2 charger for more efficient and faster wireless charging, plus the convenience of magnetic accessories to power up the phone. I was expecting to see many Qi2 Android phones in 2024, but that’s all we got it was Skyline by HMD. Now, in a move that will make things more confusing, the Galaxy S25 series is classified as “Qi2 ready”.

This is a new classification for phones that not have built-in magnets, but they feature official and third-party Qi2 cases with magnets inside, essentially bringing a similar, if not the same, magnetic experience as a proprietary Qi2 device. Android users who want the utility of MagSafe have got it to trust these cases so far, so it’s just a shame that Qi2 isn’t natively part of these new phones yet.

The camera specifications are almost the same as before, with the ultrawide being the exception on the Galaxy S25 Ultra – it now packs 50 megapixels instead of 12. Samsung says that this in turn increases the quality of macro photos. There are several more interesting changes to the image processing algorithm. Samsung’s next-generation ProVisual Engine uses a “spatial-temporal filter” to distinguish between moving and stationary objects to ensure that photo subjects don’t blur when capturing a photo in low-light conditions. Dual-analysis noise removal analyzes each pixel for noise, looks at eight pixels around it, and removes the noise to clean up the image.