Samsung reportedly gears up for an early launch of the Galaxy S25 series in 2025. In the spotlight, of course, is the premium Galaxy S25 Ultra, which may bring along subtle design enhancements while carrying a few noteworthy upgrades. So, here is a look in-depth at what has been known about this forthcoming flagship.
Design Changes and Build
The Galaxy S25 Ultra will feature minor design tweaks over the Galaxy S24 Ultra, like subtler rounded corners and a slimmer chassis, adding grace and extra refinement to it. There’s anticipation of an updated design language meant to ensure better ergonomics. All in all, this promises to keep close to that of the existing model.
Display
Samsung is sticking with the same resolution as previous years: 3,120 x 1,440 pixels for the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s screen. But here comes a big surprise related to brightness. The maximum brightness may reach 3,000 nits for a huge boost in readability under direct sunlight. This way, the Galaxy S25 Ultra remains one of the finest options to consume multimedia on.
While earlier rumors claimed this would get upgraded to UFS 4.1, the Galaxy S25 Ultra will retain its UFS 4.0 storage. However, it will be disappointing for the few tech enthusiasts, whereby even the speed and efficiency of UFS 4.0 are outstanding.
Samsung is preparing to offer a 16GB RAM variant for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, against the standard 12GB offered by its predecessors. This bump in memory will definitely ensure smoother multitasking and an overall better performance, especially for resource-intensive applications.
Battery and Power Management
Unfortunately, it seems Samsung won’t increase the Galaxy S25 Ultra battery capacity. The high-end phone will still boast the same 5,000mAh battery, the capacity level of previous generations. Sure, it may suffice for most users out there, but since today’s flagships are that powerful, the high-end Galaxy model getting a bigger capacity would’ve seemed so much more revolutionary to a lot of people.
Find My Device: Missed Opportunity?
One of the disadvantages exposed by the leaked files comes in with the Galaxy S25 Ultra having no support for Find My Device feature when the device is powered off. The feature, appearing with the signaling command ‘ro.bluetooth.finder.supported=false,’ might be available for configuration in settings, but this may be a deal-breaker for users who value device security above everything else.
Is It Enough of an Upgrade?
This generation, while the Galaxy S25 Ultra updates some of the more attractive factors – like brightness, a jump in the amount of RAM, and thinner overall design – it carries forward much from its predecessor, such as the battery capacity or the use of UFS 4.0 storage.
Regarding important innovations, users might wait for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which is more promising to deliver at least the important hardware upgrades.
Conclusion
Setting up to be a polished and powerful flagship, the Galaxy S25 Ultra might fail to give users the revolutionary upgrade they have been hoping for. With increased brightness of the display, more memory, and refined design, this should still be of pretty strong appeal to the most devout Samsung fans. But in a year of incremental changes, Samsung’s biggest jumps are yet to come.
With more information, the real potential of the Galaxy S25 Ultra will finally reveal itself. For now, it promises to deliver a solid-if somewhat familiar-premium smartphone experience.
Source: Android Authority
