This comment deserves more likes. If there's anything I understood when this phone came out and I saw the design, was that it did not only fall below the "safe" option, it managed to fall lower. It now tried to be an iPhone. It folded. Shame.
@@archiox0628 It is clearly aimed at the iPhone population. They brought the design closer to the pro max, polished the fluidity of the OS, have crazy high numbers on benchmarks and the biggest focus is on AI, the one point Apple failed in their last launch.
@@archiox0628for me this is the biggest turn off, their Galaxy watch Ultra got me to start looking at other brands more, no rotating bezel, looks like a fake apple watch off Temu, Samsung isn't going to stay in the game by copying Apples homework, if it weren't for the Note Apples phones wouldn't have jumped in size so fast, I still think of innovation when I think of Samsung but rn it's just freaking sad, the only hope I have is in their flip/fold line which is getting riddled with iPhone aesthetic interface :-/
The squared off design is quite nice , you could make the assertion that you he pixels also took design cues from the iPhones , and as a pixel and an iPhone owner I'm a fan of the brick style😊. The AI stuff , a big percentage of it is quite gimmicky , and a lot of it is getting transffered to older models the instant you use Google search , even my dear old note 9 is getting some Gemini . I have Google apps on my iPhone , but most days I rarely find a use for that stuff. And according to Samsung the AI or parts of it will be going subscription based by the end of the year , absolutely zero interest on my part to pay for another bloody subscription .@@jtt7784
They won't because paid reviewers are everywhere to defend them at every point(not saying xda tv is one of them) and Samsung will implement those in next near and so on bit by bit and fake reviewers will puff it like anything.
6000mAh batteries are made only by Chinese vendors. Samsung soft-exited the Chinese market a while back so it'd have been difficult for them to procure the sheer volume of Si-C batteries needed for the S25 series. Mind you, Samsung flagships sell in far greater numbers than Chinese flagships.
The battery was disgraced, but in many battery tests, the s25 U gets far far more than the s24U. The chip performance is amazing, the galaxy Ai features and the One Ui 7 is amazing too. You people are just taking "upgrading every year" more important
@@jkn2k Ahh, Dirty Unicorns... I loved that ROM on my Nexus 5. It was so incredibly smooth and stable, and the customization options were perfect. It's a shame we'll probably never see a ROM like that again.
@@Anotherdayanotherdollar473 we are not ignorant maybe ? All the ppls protecting samsung for taking away phisical hardware featuers and material are fools that make these things worse . On top every new feature is mostly software which comes to the older models so what new thing do i gain ?
The cameras are very prominent on the back, they collect a lot of dust, and the cameras are as if they were placed only on top of the lenses. It is very strange and not good. I do not understand why Samsung would do something stupid like this.@Anotherdayanotherdollar473
Dude.. i'm a loyal samsung user.. and after i saw this "misunderstood" new ultra, it's my first time (for quite many years) to stick to my. S24Ultra.. and with this downgrade, i'll keep my phone (and the whole ecosystem) for 2 years till changing to another one bcz samsung planning became clear now.. 0 innovation, 0 concern of user feedback etc.. disgraceful..
Making the rings around the camera modules bigger to fake having bigger lenses is so scummy. Similar to what google did with the black space around the cameras on the pixel 8 and 9 pro.
All smartphone makes do this xiaomi vivo oppo oneplus and other brand all have huge fake camera lenses. Look at the stupid big lenses on the oppo find x8 pro-vivo x200 pro-oneplus 13- xiaomi 14 ultra. They al do this, nothing scummy about it.
@@dennis-br6vr Chinese manufacturers (Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi included) generally use much larger sensors than their Western counterparts which at least partly explains their larger camera arrays.
@@otogiokamiExactly. This Samsung fanboys can't take criticism too well. He also forgets that the tech community also criticizes Apple when they mess up. We hold every company accountable.
Taking away S pen premium feature compared to previous S24 Ultra is definitely misunderstood feature sorry "afterthought" that consumers simply can't understand huh why even bother to lie? This is the worst XDA video so far literally shill talking points, gaslighting truth, corporate speak no longer for dedicated tech enthusiasts and lying about features is the final nail in the coffin Unsubbed from this channel 0 unique or truth from this channel
@kevinzki21 nobody is spending thousands of dollars on a Samsung phone. Samsung has the best trade ins in the business. This is exactly what I mean by overdramatic.
Reality translation: "It's not the garbage you think it is, it is only misunderstood because it does not compete with any other brand in any aspect be it camera, software, battery, performance, value or features but it costs more than all of them while cutting features" If anyone is willing to accept this gross display of greed and fact thay Samsung knows people are shills, they have no business gasping at Sony Xperia prices since they actually pack everything we used to get in a phone. Oh no wait, the plague has reached Japan, no more adapters in the box! Still better than Samsung.
😂 what do you mean doesn't compete in all those things especially performce it has the best mobile chip in any smart phone it has the over clocked elite 8 chip. The camera is very competitive and the s 25 ultra still has a ton of features that are competitive. The battery is more then enough.
@JamesThomas-dn6ee watch a couple videos. The thing cannot sustain it's performance at all. NL Tech tests show that the phone gets uncomfortably hot while gaming. The cameras are heavily reliant on "AI" and produce blotchy messes that often look like bad oil paintings. You're more than welcome to but this. You money. But it objectively ain't worth anywhere near that much.
as a customer that has an s25 Ultra on the way now, upgrading from an iPhone 13 pro max, most of the things in videos like this really dont apply and its hard to find any useful information on what to expect when i get the phone after using my iPhone for the past 4 years. I dont care how it compares to the s24, i dont care how little they changed this year, all i care about is whats different and how well theyve done the incremental changes. I always see videos every year saying phones never change year to year, and i dont know why people get so damn pissed that they change very little when thats all technology, small incremental changes until new tech comese out to make a bigger leap and then back to it. Phones, cars, TVs, headphones, everything. all small changes that add up over the years. I personally think this phone is going to be a massive change if youre uograding from either die after 2+ years like myself and MOST of the people buying a new phone are. Most people arent getting the newest phone every single year, time after time.
Yup, I had 1 note 8, 2 Note 10+ and my Gf had an S8 and an S10, all screens cracked eventually, and the OLED meant they developed black spots until the screens died . Funnily enough, though, the boxy shape of the 24 Ultra saved my screen several times, bumper cases are massive on the corners.
I was looking back at reviews between s23 ultra vs s24 ultra. Everyone in the comments was all complaining the same way. How they’re going to keep the s23 ultra and s24 is not all that better… I think most people just want an excuse to keep their current phone… no one needs to switch their phones every 1-2 years.
Its a simple fact that oneplus 13 gives u 100w fast charging(45w 25u), 16gb(12gb 25u),bigger better battery tech and all this for less than the samsung 25 ultra... Buying the 25 ultra is not a wise decision because u tell samsung that they can sell u inferior hardware for more the definition of a sucker and npc... Not with me this anti consumer behavior should not be rewarded!
@Astartes5 bs Tradition what Tradition is it exactly that lets samsung sell u weaker hardware for more than the competition the camera is the same like last year and the year before that same is true for the battery... So stop the coping and acknowledge reality samsung is out to have a free lunch by selling less for more nothing to do with Tradition but that they bet on stupid ill informed customers
Love mine. Big screen without feeling like a brick. Got loads of remarks from people, too. One ordered one there and then; they loved it so much. 😊 Out of all the Ultras I've had, this is definitely my favorite to use daily. I totally agree that you need to have it in your hands and use it daily to appreciate the difference Used it all day and still at 72%😮 The AI picture editing is far more accurate. I removed some items in photos on both my 24u and 25u and the 25u was FLAWLESS, shadows and all.
Lowkey the camera upgrade is very noticable. In practically every way. I don't understand how people dont treat the significalny improved image signal processor as a legitimate upgrade.
The thing is bud , for the average as ge user that uses the phone camera for happy snaps , you could still get quite a decent photo out of a galaxy S8+ , what I'm saying is , what ever smartphone you buy today , most will take very good photos and videos that you still won't notice a difference unless you pixel peep. And when you buy a new phone , two things you always expect, a newer processor and some camera tweaks , plus a bit of cosmetic stuff . And you get those , as well as losing a handy long time feature , which is now the second one on the S pen . When you tag a phone with the name " Ultra" and then take features away , and Samsung has taken a boat load away in recent years , it's not a good look.
The s25 ultra is really underrated. Ive been using the 24 ultra next to the 25 ultra and it's staggering how much faster the 25 ultra feels. Every action you use is so much faster. Plus it's soo much lighter. The processor they're using makes a massive difference 😳
What about the Snapdragon Elite chip? It's a whole new series, with (supposedly) substantial upgrades. Buying a S24 versus an S25 would keep you from using that chip, which could be huge for Samsung DEX and mobile gamers, particularly those who use emulators. I've yet to see someone push that chip to it's limits.
There are no turnip drivers for the 8 elite, so emulators are a mute point for now. You'll get glitches and graphical problems on switch and Windows emulators.
is it a Samsung innovation or a Qualcomm one? Any flagship that used 8 Gen 3 in the previous iteration is expected to use the 8 Elite now. That's the bare minimum.
oneui 7.0 feels like crap makes the phone feel like an iphone. I got the S25U last week was planning to trade in the S23U but probably gonna keep the S23U. Just doesnt feel like an Ultra phone not sure what it is. Also no noticeable camera upgrades also no significant improvement in battery life. Will try it for another week but its probably going back.
Do you use your phone as a professional camera? Games with really demanding graphics? If it's a no to either of them, keep the S22. My new upgrade cycle is every 4/5 years, and I barely see/feel any difference, besides a few seconds between swapping and opening apps.
You will get + 25% better battery life because s22U was really inefficient. + 10% better camera due to new chips - Loss of Spen bluetooth That's it. Not at all worth it.
From s22U definitely you should upgrade, but if it puts financial strain then no u can still use another year. From s23 or s24 i would say big nooooo bcs they were equally good plus they had s pen blutooth functionality also enabled.
There must be something wrong with mine Because I can't use mine all day and still have 72%.That's just not normal at least not with the new s twenty five Ultra I have😢
as someone who will be switching from a 16 Pro Max, to the S25 Ultra in May a lot of the complaints don’t apply to me because this will be my first ultra Samsung phone.
Exactly old hardware from past years for more money than better hardware in phones of the competition this is anti co sumer behaviour who would participate in such a deal
I tried it in a store, it's too tall. The phone looks bigger than the S24 Ultra. My choice is the base S25. As for the battery, Samsung actually brought down the brightness on the S25 series in normal use as compared to the S24 series. That's the reason for the longevity
I would never pay the actual price that Samsung request. With several coupons and trade in of an ancient Galaxy S3 I’ve got the S25 Ultra 512GB for 1050€
Eh, this is iterative at best. When the Ultra line first came along, there was genuinely something new in the camera system. The following year, they merged the Note line by adding the stylus which felt like a decent step forward. I think the massive issue now is that these phones no longer have the same weight as the old Note series which was viewed as the ultimate device which could do everything you wanted. Thus phone and the previous few models just feel like Samsung trying to charge as much as they can while stripping features - I guess there are software advances but these tend to trickle down, over the years we've lost things like removable batteries, headphone jacks, expandable storage and now even a fucking battery and Bluetooth in the stylus. You don't even get modern advancements like bigger battery capacities or faster changing speeds so it's starting to feel like this phone just isn't worthy of the whole 'Ultra' name, it's more like something that is the result of cost shavings instead of anything that could actually be considered worthy of a true power user. I have the S22 Ultra and aside from age related battery wear, it's still incredibly competent despite all that I throw at it. I need to see either game changing battery life or some of the older features being added back in before I bother upgrading. The best value upgrade is can forsee currently is a new battery and that's just a depressing state of affairs for the somebody who used to live and breathe tech. Gone are the days where you could actually get a product which met your needs and had the potential to grow with you and your needs, it seems we're stuck with attempts at extracting the maximum amount of our hard earned cash while trying to carefully retain the features which we'll kick off less of a fuss over.
Can confirm he is right. Own a oppo find x8 pro and s25 ultra. Had the s24 ultra also. It really is a better phone compared to the s24u. The oppo find x8 pro is amazing tho, the zoom lens is better same goes for the periscope. But, i prefer the 200mp sensor and also the ultrawide. Dark mode shots are better on the samsung too. Battery life is about the same in my opinion. I dont really notice a diffrence comparing the find x8 pro to the s25 ultra. The find x8 pro is a better phone for its price. The s25 ultra is a better overal package in my opinion. The s24u is a stuttery piece of garbage. And has crap post processing. Never liked the s24u.
PLEASE do not justify this nonsense! please do not let Samsung get away with its complacency and lack of innovation! for all this phone does right, it does 2 or 3 things worse than other options! Samsung needs to do better. and when you say that this phone is "misunderstood", it's basically like saying ok Samsung here's a free pass, you can just sell us a less than Ultra tier product for Ultra tier pricing.
Didn't think I was going to upgrade but I caved and I'm so glad I did. To all those saying this doesn't feel premium, it absolutely does. I snagged the exclusive all black version and it's a beauty! This phone is slick and omg you just don't know how much the s24 ultra was a hand killer and so heavy. Thia feels just right. With the trade in, it's a no brainer for me. I'm Def glad I upgraded
I traded in my Galaxy S24 Ultra for the 25 Ultra, and I can't wait for it to get here. In my brief hands on time at a local Best buy, the zoom stability is markedly increased. Other than that, I am excited for better battery life and better camera performance. The Bluetooth features of the S-Pen I've never really used, so although it is a downgrade, I don't really care.
I like the fact that where you see companies going for tab sized phones with the camera bulging out like a spear with everything put in them. I'd like a practical phone that i can put in my pocket. You can go and see the size of that one inch sensor you guys keep praising. Until it can become practical please keep it out. People also forgot about the total rework of one ui and giving new software features. They fixed the two things purple were complaining about, the animating and the squared corners but it got no praise. And after this they'll ask 'why companies don't listen to us?' i mean why would they if they do and still get criticism. And why would you need a 6k mah battery when you are going to charge it anyways at the end of day and it can most def last a day. I would most def like to see advancements in the ip ratings and they should give options for smaller versions without the spen and they have Bluetooth support in the one they do put in.
I feel this phone seems pretty good for what it is. People are complaining about innovation. But phones these days are so op. I have a S24U and would not bother to upgrade to another phone for several years, unless the foldable phones become cheaper. Yes, they could have kept the BT for the stylus but c'mon for everyone upgrading from a S10 or S20, this phone is like the future with a 2 day battery, good camera selection, long software support and a chipset that can keep up with apple silicone.
The phone is great. Air gestures are not a priority. People should stop crying for no reasons: New design, new chip, new OneUi, new Ultra-wide. Chinese phones are not competitors for S25 Ultra: Galaxy A are. Vivo X200 Pro is not available neither in North America nor in Europe or South America. Same for Oppo X8 Pro: only available online in France but not not available in Germany...what a joke.
I have the phone. I HATE IT ESPECIALLY THE BATTERY, SHUTTER LAG, LOW QUALITY CAMERA SHOTS, S PEN IS USELESS. AND I AM HATING ALL THESE PAID SPONSORS WHO ONLY CAREA ABOUT MONEY!!!
S25 ultra is the best phone overall. I do not say the best in everything, byt the best overall. It is good in everything. Good camera's, good speed, good software, no bugs here, good batterylife, good selfie camera, good zoom. It has it all. Good feeling in the hand also this time, i use a thin transparent tpu cover. It is great phone.
I have S25 ultra, i had S23/S24 ultra also. What is good now? 6.9 screen, thinner bezels, lighter in the hand and it feels better in the hand. And the new software is great, no bugs here. It has it all, great phone. No, the differences are not big thats true, but it is the best ultra from Samsung now. 12gb ram? On this moment i have 0.000 problems, zero problems on this moment, it is great.
@FlubFlubber the issue here u pay more than for a oneplus 13 but get less ram this makes absolutely no sense other than samsung wanting a free lunch and selling u less for more they say they give u 7 years of updates so u can expect by then u would need the 16gb so u see either they really didn't think about their design philosophy or they are scammers selling u hardware that is incoherent with their vision for ai either way this is cheap no class behaviour by samsung
@FlubFlubber but why tell people u get 7 years of updates if u keep the phone and at the same time don't give them the hardware so it is future proof this is a clear contradiction and pretty scummy behaviour... If oneplus 13 can give u 16gb ram for less money samsung has absolutely no excuses to not do the same if they demand more money. And this clearly shows this phone is a scam it doesn't even take itself seriously because if samsung would they had to give u a better battery tech and more ram so u don't run into problems by the time u reach the end of those 7 years. The fact I can come up with this obvious design decision shows samsung should not be rewarded because they deliver bad tech on purpose no way such a big company does such things by accident. And this shows this phone is a waste of money good for samsung but not the consumer because he pays more than he should...
I don't get it, what part about this phone is misunderstood? With all due respect my man, you've said the same thing as the other reviewers. Nothing misunderstood here.
S25 ultra is not misunderstood. It is just that Apple is a very sore loser and all the sheep swalowed its fairy tale once again , all of it. This world is in decadence , what would you expect? Even considering only the snapdragon 8 elite inside the s25 ultra, it is a very worthy upgrade. But it is not that it has only a new SOC. It has premium materials and premium quality in just about every millimeter in the three dimensions. It is a premium product . You may not like some decisions , but that's all about it. Just because Apple says S24 ultra is very good(actually only a small incremental upgrade with an overclocked snapdragon 8 gen 2 , just christened as snapdragon 8 gen 3 for the occasion) , does not mean it is . I am currently on an s23 ultra and would not just buy a new smartphone yet because it is still like new. But if I wanted to buy one , I would consider a great stupidity to buy the s24 ultra. That one was just an attempt from samsung to milk the unsuspecting until it gets its hands on the shiny and goldie lithography of TSMC(n3e). It is also the reason I did not upgrade my old s tablet to the s10(only a worthless snapdragon 8 gen 3 SOC, inside). Facts are facts . Android phones , including Samsung Galaxy S25 ultra are rocking Apple's Ivory Tower really hard. They have proven they can build just as good phones when they have access to all materials equally. The hilarious thing is though , that they do not propose an alternative that is mostly on par with iphones, but an alternative that is in many aspect superior. Yes , apple has an 8 percent lead in single core performance and is still more efficient , but that's 3-4 hours more battery life on what is already a huge battery life 1,5 days of average usage. Except from the above most flagship androids have humiliated Apple who now eats their dust: better multicore performance , bigger RAM, bigger storage, cheaper , better cameras, better AI, significantly superior GPUs, significanlty superior NPUs. Better interface to be used like a desktop replacement. Most of them still offer the charger(yeah like this is the reason we have environmental catstrophe- the definition of stupid since you will buy a new charger anyway at an additional cost). But at Apple they swallowed their tongues. So, if you can't beat them and boast you are faster what do you do? But of course, denigrate them. Find real and imaginary misses and go hard in propaganda.
What does Apple have to do with anything here. Most of the complaint comes from Samsung users like myself. Apple user don't even watch these type of videos anyway. In fact they don't worry about what other people use.
@@hienho15 Apple has everything to do with this. But I don't want to focus anymore on this, because it will derail my next point. Which is about the complaints . What are these ? Lack of ip69 ,lack of bluetooth in the Spen, lack of siliconcarbide batteries, rounded corners and "only" 12 gb of base RAM? Really? Meanwhile not one great "tech guru" mention anything about DeX. The price is bad but it will be fixed by the market sooner ot later. Not one guru also focused on price. But they are not gurus , they are product advertizers. And I repeat , i did not see any "user" complain this much about s24 ultra which was the real iterative product. If Samsung was very honest it could keep producing the s23 ultra. The s24 one was just an excuse to command a new price premium . Which is the case with s25. But here the premium is too high even if justified.
@@prodromosregalides3402 who are you blaming? It's not Apple fault. Talk to the Samsung CEO. This is a free enterprise society. I am disappointed with Samsung right now because I want a good reason to upgrade to this phone. But there are other good Android phones out there to choose from unlike Apple. But I'm not going to blame Apple for every little single thing that other companies are doing.
Cooments here are from the people who did not upgrade and comparing spec sheets and finding no drastic change. I have just upgraded from S23U and have been using S25U for 5 days. Here are my thoughts: I use Pen to do document signs or video /photo editing where instead of zooming, i can point using the pen. I never in my life used any Bluetooth feature, only good one was remote shutter, but it was pain to get the pen out and than put it back in. Instead Showing your Open palm works everey single time and is soi easy to use. So yes Spen all basic important functions are there. 2. I find the AI integration realy good, 7yrs update means i will move this phone within my family for atleast 5-6 yrs. 3. It is just overall faster and i have not touched S23U , gave to wife. 4. It is lighter and easier to handle , on specsheet it might seems bogus, but i can literally feel the difference. Including the screen, i loved that now i can use any screen protector. 5. As i slapped a protector so the non reflective screen Thing is useless for me. 6. Cpu is a very big upgrade and i dont know why peolle not finding it important? I'm a PC guy so for me motherboard and cpu/GPU are the most important parts and where most of the money goes. And S25 is giving u that. 7. I have used 8k and 4k video recording and did not saw the stutter, in S23 the small stutters were there now and then. As i use video extensively in 4k 60p and 8k so it was important for me. I use sony a6700 for photos. 8. The camera lens have anti flair coating, so less flairing under the sun. 9. I slap cases on phone so dont care about material but more toughness is always better not that i will test it lol Overall i feel i did the right thing after upgrading. This phone feels very polished. If u r after numbers than wait for S26 ot 27. U will get new hard ware and will be used as test subjetcs.(Samsung track records says that) I will be buying S28 or S29 when everything will be polished like S25.
It's a boring device just like every other brand. Capitalism DESTROYED this industry. We only do what sells, and nothing else. Gone are the days of taking risks, being inventive. This phone is generic as fuck just like every single other phones out there. Yes, this also means foldables. The fact that they fold don't make them any less boring (quality is horrible, that a ...plus?). It breaks my heart when I have to fork-out money to buy something that will never make me stand out. You could have a Note 8 in your pocket right now, nobody would bat an eye and it would be perfectly usable. I'm rocking an Ultra 22, you better believe that I am going to use it until 2028 unless...suddenly...a phone maker pulls their thumb out of their ass...
Heh, I have the 22U too and feel the same way. Nothing whatsoever makes me tempted to upgrade. Now if only the mobile data didn't always need resetting...
No amount of speech you and other reviewers make will change that the fact this particular phone is BS and that most reviewers and Samsung think customers are stupid. As a long time Samsung user deep in its mobile ecosystem with even the TV, laptop and fridge to boot. I'd had enough of this tomfoolery and I've left them for honor V3 ( not as smooth or seamless i'll admit, but its exciting, they're being proactive, taking initiative and pushing the boundaries by trying out new things) and possibly others until Samsung finds it's way back and stop sniffing apple butt as even they kept setting the bar lower and they always follow suite. Disgusting 🤮!!!
Trade in with Samsung kinda makes the price point a non thing really also going through your carrier for a phone costs you a small monthly fee. Who pays full retail?
Shame on Samsung for building two great phones back to back. S24 is a great phone S25U it's that but better. It's kind of once you use you get. Watching reviews isn't going to give you the feel.
S23 ultra is a beast phone. S23 ultra is better then S24 ultra. S25 ultra is the best for me and i had them all. Are the differences big? No , but that small improvements make a different for me. But i understand why people stay with s23 ultra. For me: salsung did finally what i want: thinner bezels and the phone have lighter weight, better to handle now also.
*Misleading clickbait title.* Samsung's flagships are now increasingly becoming iphone lite. If a person wanted iphone, they can buy the real iphone instead. Removing features and making marginal software improvements is not what the users expect from Samsung.
The S25 Ultra has received a lot of criticism and rightly so. Yes the S25 Ultra should have had much more hardware upgrades, but honestly apart from the 6000mAh battery🔋 on Chinese Android smartphones, what are the hardware upgrades that justify smartphones like the OnePlus 13 and Pixel 9 Pro XL having seen price increases, or smartphones like the Oppo Find X8 Pro, Vivo X200 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max being as expensive if not more expensive than the S25 Ultra 🤔 Not to mention the fact that in reality and despite the Galaxy's slightly higher Msrp compared to others, thanks to deals, trade-in, careers deals, gifts and other coupons, in North America and Europe (the markets really targeted by the Galaxy S) people pay much less for a Galaxy than for an iPhone counterpart and even for a Vivo, OnePlus, Oppo... 🤷🏽♂️
S21 ultra was not a brick at all. And its rings didn't fall out. I think vivo, oppo and one plus have more to offer at the moment. Samsung is lazy and relies heavily on trying to make an alternative iPhone. 😁 I miss the good old Samsung
I don't get why people cry so much. There are two options. Buy it and love it. Or freaking do not. I had the S23Ultra and the S25Ultra make that one feel like a completely different world. Maybe I had a lemon 😆 Anyways, instead of crying about what the phone may be lacking. Enjoy it for what it is. 🙏 If you feel like it's not worth the upgrade. Love and enjoy what you currently have 💪
I bought the 25 Ultra, and even I don't think it's misunderstood. Samsung released a phone with only a couple of major updates, and is justifiably being criticized for it.
Samsung is the luckiest manufacturer...when ever they came up with lame upgrades these android ytubers gaslight people with such videos....same is the case with Apple but in ios scenario it's only one company...but when one plus or LG does a lame upgrade these people would blast at them. Samsung always get a free pass.. Such a ridiculous upgrade cycle aka downgrade
My wife purchased the S24 Ultra earlier in January at a significant discount. She loves the Titanium Yellow, which isn't available for the S25 Ultra; Titanium Yellow looks just like Chinese gold. (The S25 Ultra's Titanium Pink Gold is less appealing.) Having seen the S25 Ultra now, it looks like my wife made the right call. The removal of Bluetooth from the S Pen was a mistake. There's nothing else about the S25 Ultra that my wife cares about.
You never take away what given for free ,most people like my sister never used s-pen as a stylus but as a photo snapper .taking away most unique think about ur s-pen to make more sell at watch and what not is nothing else but greed Also JUST BECAUSE UR TAKE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DOESN'T ALWAYS MEANT IT IS COOL , U R JUST BEING RETARED .
With all due respect, nothing you say in the video shows that it's misunderstood. Quite to the contrary, in fact.
This comment deserves more likes.
If there's anything I understood when this phone came out and I saw the design, was that it did not only fall below the "safe" option, it managed to fall lower. It now tried to be an iPhone.
It folded. Shame.
@@archiox0628 It is clearly aimed at the iPhone population. They brought the design closer to the pro max, polished the fluidity of the OS, have crazy high numbers on benchmarks and the biggest focus is on AI, the one point Apple failed in their last launch.
@@archiox0628for me this is the biggest turn off, their Galaxy watch Ultra got me to start looking at other brands more, no rotating bezel, looks like a fake apple watch off Temu, Samsung isn't going to stay in the game by copying Apples homework, if it weren't for the Note Apples phones wouldn't have jumped in size so fast, I still think of innovation when I think of Samsung but rn it's just freaking sad, the only hope I have is in their flip/fold line which is getting riddled with iPhone aesthetic interface :-/
The squared off design is quite nice , you could make the assertion that you he pixels also took design cues from the iPhones , and as a pixel and an iPhone owner I'm a fan of the brick style😊.
The AI stuff , a big percentage of it is quite gimmicky , and a lot of it is getting transffered to older models the instant you use Google search , even my dear old note 9 is getting some Gemini .
I have Google apps on my iPhone , but most days I rarely find a use for that stuff.
And according to Samsung the AI or parts of it will be going subscription based by the end of the year , absolutely zero interest on my part to pay for another bloody subscription .@@jtt7784
It's excellent I'm a hardcore note user, love it!
That doesn't mean there were no rooms for upgrade.
It would cost Samsung nothing to put a 6,000mAh battery
1 inch type sensor
Bluetooth S-pen
They won't because paid reviewers are everywhere to defend them at every point(not saying xda tv is one of them) and Samsung will implement those in next near and so on bit by bit and fake reviewers will puff it like anything.
Precisely the upgrades I want! Faster charging speeds, IR blaster and better haptic feedback would be a bonus :p
The battery has been improved significantly and has improved way more than last year. Don't just count on numbers
@@hamzasherasmat6593 I believe and hope it has! But still i want the bigger battery :)
6000mAh batteries are made only by Chinese vendors. Samsung soft-exited the Chinese market a while back so it'd have been difficult for them to procure the sheer volume of Si-C batteries needed for the S25 series. Mind you, Samsung flagships sell in far greater numbers than Chinese flagships.
misunderstood? by downgrading? 💀
Overestimated the competition sells u better features for less money this is indefensible and a fatal flaw of the 25 ultra
The battery was disgraced, but in many battery tests, the s25 U gets far far more than the s24U. The chip performance is amazing, the galaxy Ai features and the One Ui 7 is amazing too. You people are just taking "upgrading every year" more important
Xda forums are dead, the custom ROM community is dead... I'm leaving
@@jkn2k strange, as the A.I.-coding support should make the custom ROM community blossom.
@@87solarskyit's more about the lack of bootloader unlocking
Bet
@@87solarsky Nah. Devs never released apis , it's just a dead forum sadly... Still remember cyanogen mod and dirty unicorns
@@jkn2k Ahh, Dirty Unicorns... I loved that ROM on my Nexus 5. It was so incredibly smooth and stable, and the customization options were perfect. It's a shame we'll probably never see a ROM like that again.
I was looking for this phone to upgrade my s23 ultra. But after watching Jerry's review I'll use my phone another year.
Why? You have razors and screw drivers instead of fingers?
use it till your software update policy expires no other way
@@Anotherdayanotherdollar473 we are not ignorant maybe ? All the ppls protecting samsung for taking away phisical hardware featuers and material are fools that make these things worse . On top every new feature is mostly software which comes to the older models so what new thing do i gain ?
The cameras are very prominent on the back, they collect a lot of dust, and the cameras are as if they were placed only on top of the lenses. It is very strange and not good. I do not understand why Samsung would do something stupid like this.@Anotherdayanotherdollar473
@kaszas272HU agreed but the other guy is right about the durability
Dude.. i'm a loyal samsung user.. and after i saw this "misunderstood" new ultra, it's my first time (for quite many years) to stick to my. S24Ultra.. and with this downgrade, i'll keep my phone (and the whole ecosystem) for 2 years till changing to another one bcz samsung planning became clear now.. 0 innovation, 0 concern of user feedback etc.. disgraceful..
And disrespectful
very.. very disrespectful..@@dr_emmz
Thanks for announcing your plan to use an inferior phone…
so basically, you’re mad because Samsung is catering to the majority rather than a minority of tech nerds😂😂
You don't have to be different just for the sake of being different. This is cheap journalism.
Because they didn’t pander to people who have an s24 or s23 that are trying to make themselves feel better about their phones?
Making the rings around the camera modules bigger to fake having bigger lenses is so scummy. Similar to what google did with the black space around the cameras on the pixel 8 and 9 pro.
All smartphone makes do this xiaomi vivo oppo oneplus and other brand all have huge fake camera lenses. Look at the stupid big lenses on the oppo find x8 pro-vivo x200 pro-oneplus 13- xiaomi 14 ultra. They al do this, nothing scummy about it.
@@dennis-br6vr Chinese manufacturers (Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi included) generally use much larger sensors than their Western counterparts which at least partly explains their larger camera arrays.
@@rogenyoursethThat's certainly true.
They keep making excuses. It's pretty incredible to watch.
You don’t say the same thing about apple so why cry when Samsung do it ?
@dillonbanks609 when the counter is a "why don't you complain about apple" whataboutism you know something isn't right.
@@otogiokamiExactly. This Samsung fanboys can't take criticism too well. He also forgets that the tech community also criticizes Apple when they mess up. We hold every company accountable.
They keep complaining about minor quibbles for a phone that they have held or even seen in real life. It's pretty incredible to watch.
@@VetIntel Case in point. They have this phone in displays everywhere. Literally anyone can hold it and try it
Taking away S pen premium feature compared to previous S24 Ultra is definitely misunderstood feature sorry "afterthought" that consumers simply can't understand huh why even bother to lie?
This is the worst XDA video so far literally shill talking points, gaslighting truth, corporate speak no longer for dedicated tech enthusiasts and lying about features is the final nail in the coffin
Unsubbed from this channel 0 unique or truth from this channel
10000%. Even more so after watching Jerry rig everything's video, the pen has a battery spot filled with GLUE.
spen is trash anyway, i got my TabS9 if i wanted to use pen in the phone..
Can just remove the whole pen
You guys are overdramatic girls
People spend thousands of dollars on this phone. Nothing overdramatic about this at all.
@kevinzki21 nobody is spending thousands of dollars on a Samsung phone. Samsung has the best trade ins in the business. This is exactly what I mean by overdramatic.
Reality translation:
"It's not the garbage you think it is, it is only misunderstood because it does not compete with any other brand in any aspect be it camera, software, battery, performance, value or features but it costs more than all of them while cutting features"
If anyone is willing to accept this gross display of greed and fact thay Samsung knows people are shills, they have no business gasping at Sony Xperia prices since they actually pack everything we used to get in a phone. Oh no wait, the plague has reached Japan, no more adapters in the box! Still better than Samsung.
😂 what do you mean doesn't compete in all those things especially performce it has the best mobile chip in any smart phone it has the over clocked elite 8 chip. The camera is very competitive and the s 25 ultra still has a ton of features that are competitive. The battery is more then enough.
@JamesThomas-dn6ee watch a couple videos. The thing cannot sustain it's performance at all. NL Tech tests show that the phone gets uncomfortably hot while gaming. The cameras are heavily reliant on "AI" and produce blotchy messes that often look like bad oil paintings. You're more than welcome to but this. You money. But it objectively ain't worth anywhere near that much.
The only thing that changed is that they removed bluetooth from the S-Pen (which is a bad thing).
as a customer that has an s25 Ultra on the way now, upgrading from an iPhone 13 pro max, most of the things in videos like this really dont apply and its hard to find any useful information on what to expect when i get the phone after using my iPhone for the past 4 years. I dont care how it compares to the s24, i dont care how little they changed this year, all i care about is whats different and how well theyve done the incremental changes. I always see videos every year saying phones never change year to year, and i dont know why people get so damn pissed that they change very little when thats all technology, small incremental changes until new tech comese out to make a bigger leap and then back to it. Phones, cars, TVs, headphones, everything. all small changes that add up over the years. I personally think this phone is going to be a massive change if youre uograding from either die after 2+ years like myself and MOST of the people buying a new phone are. Most people arent getting the newest phone every single year, time after time.
I appreciate samsung for getting rid of the curved screen , i found out flat sceen is light years more durable than curved ,
Yup, I had 1 note 8, 2 Note 10+ and my Gf had an S8 and an S10, all screens cracked eventually, and the OLED meant they developed black spots until the screens died .
Funnily enough, though, the boxy shape of the 24 Ultra saved my screen several times, bumper cases are massive on the corners.
I was looking back at reviews between s23 ultra vs s24 ultra. Everyone in the comments was all complaining the same way.
How they’re going to keep the s23 ultra and s24 is not all that better… I think most people just want an excuse to keep their current phone… no one needs to switch their phones every 1-2 years.
Samsung's anti-reflective screen is pointless _if you use a screen protector._ Most users will use a screen protector.
Should buy Anti reflective One from samsung websites only. They don't cost too much.
In a software&cloud 1st world there's no need for this annual smartphone rip-off any longer.
Its a simple fact that oneplus 13 gives u 100w fast charging(45w 25u), 16gb(12gb 25u),bigger better battery tech and all this for less than the samsung 25 ultra...
Buying the 25 ultra is not a wise decision because u tell samsung that they can sell u inferior hardware for more the definition of a sucker and npc...
Not with me this anti consumer behavior should not be rewarded!
OnePlus 13 has traditionally weak cameras comparing to flagship Samsungs or Vivos or iPhones. You pay more for better cameras
@Astartes5 bs Tradition what Tradition is it exactly that lets samsung sell u weaker hardware for more than the competition the camera is the same like last year and the year before that same is true for the battery...
So stop the coping and acknowledge reality samsung is out to have a free lunch by selling less for more nothing to do with Tradition but that they bet on stupid ill informed customers
@Astartes5 also if ur logic was right why don't the ultra got 100w fast charging u pay more for better right...
Then how does the s25U battery destroys the oneplus battery?
Love mine. Big screen without feeling like a brick. Got loads of remarks from people, too. One ordered one there and then; they loved it so much. 😊
Out of all the Ultras I've had, this is definitely my favorite to use daily. I totally agree that you need to have it in your hands and use it daily to appreciate the difference
Used it all day and still at 72%😮
The AI picture editing is far more accurate. I removed some items in photos on both my 24u and 25u and the 25u was FLAWLESS, shadows and all.
Im waiting to see what the fold 7 brings, but the s25 ultra is a nice step up
Lowkey the camera upgrade is very noticable. In practically every way.
I don't understand how people dont treat the significalny improved image signal processor as a legitimate upgrade.
Probably coz that's due to Qualcomm & is always expected, like if Qualcomm didn't upgrade ISP then it samsung phone will be same
@g1y3 From what I know the image signal processor is exclusive to galaxy phones ( 8 elite for galaxy )
The thing is bud , for the average as ge user that uses the phone camera for happy snaps , you could still get quite a decent photo out of a galaxy S8+ , what I'm saying is , what ever smartphone you buy today , most will take very good photos and videos that you still won't notice a difference unless you pixel peep.
And when you buy a new phone , two things you always expect, a newer processor and some camera tweaks , plus a bit of cosmetic stuff .
And you get those , as well as losing a handy long time feature , which is now the second one on the S pen .
When you tag a phone with the name " Ultra" and then take features away , and Samsung has taken a boat load away in recent years , it's not a good look.
The s25 ultra is really underrated. Ive been using the 24 ultra next to the 25 ultra and it's staggering how much faster the 25 ultra feels. Every action you use is so much faster. Plus it's soo much lighter. The processor they're using makes a massive difference 😳
Great phone, Samsung need to stop remove useful feature that always set them apart..... we miss the old Samsung
Everybody says it isn't woth the upgrade from s24 ultra, so do you. So where is the misunderstanding?
So this is the latest excuse! It's a product that we dont understand!
What about the Snapdragon Elite chip? It's a whole new series, with (supposedly) substantial upgrades. Buying a S24 versus an S25 would keep you from using that chip, which could be huge for Samsung DEX and mobile gamers, particularly those who use emulators. I've yet to see someone push that chip to it's limits.
There are no turnip drivers for the 8 elite, so emulators are a mute point for now. You'll get glitches and graphical problems on switch and Windows emulators.
is it a Samsung innovation or a Qualcomm one? Any flagship that used 8 Gen 3 in the previous iteration is expected to use the 8 Elite now. That's the bare minimum.
8 elite sould be expectation and no surprise
oneui 7.0 feels like crap makes the phone feel like an iphone. I got the S25U last week was planning to trade in the S23U but probably gonna keep the S23U. Just doesnt feel like an Ultra phone not sure what it is. Also no noticeable camera upgrades also no significant improvement in battery life. Will try it for another week but its probably going back.
I'll rather have the Bluetooth shutter on S-pen than all the AI bloatware.
This won’t be an issue for me as my first Samsung ultra phone and for me I care about AI more
I'm upgrading from S22 Ultra to S25 Ultra, is it worth it?
Do you use your phone as a professional camera? Games with really demanding graphics?
If it's a no to either of them, keep the S22.
My new upgrade cycle is every 4/5 years, and I barely see/feel any difference, besides a few seconds between swapping and opening apps.
I say yes. Because you get a faster processor, better battery life, faster charging, and a bit better camera performance.
You will get
+ 25% better battery life because s22U was really inefficient.
+ 10% better camera due to new chips
- Loss of Spen bluetooth
That's it. Not at all worth it.
From s22U definitely you should upgrade, but if it puts financial strain then no u can still use another year.
From s23 or s24 i would say big nooooo bcs they were equally good plus they had s pen blutooth functionality also enabled.
if you had Exynos- then yeah
There must be something wrong with mine Because I can't use mine all day and still have 72%.That's just not normal at least not with the new s twenty five Ultra I have😢
as someone who will be switching from a 16 Pro Max, to the S25 Ultra in May a lot of the complaints don’t apply to me because this will be my first ultra Samsung phone.
It's a scam...
Exactly old hardware from past years for more money than better hardware in phones of the competition this is anti co sumer behaviour who would participate in such a deal
I tried it in a store, it's too tall. The phone looks bigger than the S24 Ultra. My choice is the base S25. As for the battery, Samsung actually brought down the brightness on the S25 series in normal use as compared to the S24 series. That's the reason for the longevity
It's literally 0.5mm taller, but less wide and thinner, and even weighs less. Your comment is WRONG
I would never pay the actual price that Samsung request. With several coupons and trade in of an ancient Galaxy S3 I’ve got the S25 Ultra 512GB for 1050€
The camera rings are just glued. I'm not buying that.
A 1300 dollar phone should have ultra specs which the s25 doesnt have. It they called it the s24s it wouldn't be as disappointing.
Eh, this is iterative at best.
When the Ultra line first came along, there was genuinely something new in the camera system. The following year, they merged the Note line by adding the stylus which felt like a decent step forward. I think the massive issue now is that these phones no longer have the same weight as the old Note series which was viewed as the ultimate device which could do everything you wanted. Thus phone and the previous few models just feel like Samsung trying to charge as much as they can while stripping features - I guess there are software advances but these tend to trickle down, over the years we've lost things like removable batteries, headphone jacks, expandable storage and now even a fucking battery and Bluetooth in the stylus. You don't even get modern advancements like bigger battery capacities or faster changing speeds so it's starting to feel like this phone just isn't worthy of the whole 'Ultra' name, it's more like something that is the result of cost shavings instead of anything that could actually be considered worthy of a true power user.
I have the S22 Ultra and aside from age related battery wear, it's still incredibly competent despite all that I throw at it. I need to see either game changing battery life or some of the older features being added back in before I bother upgrading. The best value upgrade is can forsee currently is a new battery and that's just a depressing state of affairs for the somebody who used to live and breathe tech. Gone are the days where you could actually get a product which met your needs and had the potential to grow with you and your needs, it seems we're stuck with attempts at extracting the maximum amount of our hard earned cash while trying to carefully retain the features which we'll kick off less of a fuss over.
I love my S25.
People often love toxic things they should stay away from
why made this video...excep Samsung payed you
Can confirm he is right. Own a oppo find x8 pro and s25 ultra. Had the s24 ultra also. It really is a better phone compared to the s24u. The oppo find x8 pro is amazing tho, the zoom lens is better same goes for the periscope. But, i prefer the 200mp sensor and also the ultrawide. Dark mode shots are better on the samsung too.
Battery life is about the same in my opinion. I dont really notice a diffrence comparing the find x8 pro to the s25 ultra.
The find x8 pro is a better phone for its price.
The s25 ultra is a better overal package in my opinion.
The s24u is a stuttery piece of garbage. And has crap post processing. Never liked the s24u.
PLEASE do not justify this nonsense! please do not let Samsung get away with its complacency and lack of innovation! for all this phone does right, it does 2 or 3 things worse than other options! Samsung needs to do better. and when you say that this phone is "misunderstood", it's basically like saying ok Samsung here's a free pass, you can just sell us a less than Ultra tier product for Ultra tier pricing.
Seriously? My S21 ultra feels much smaller even though it's not.
Didn't think I was going to upgrade but I caved and I'm so glad I did. To all those saying this doesn't feel premium, it absolutely does. I snagged the exclusive all black version and it's a beauty! This phone is slick and omg you just don't know how much the s24 ultra was a hand killer and so heavy. Thia feels just right. With the trade in, it's a no brainer for me. I'm Def glad I upgraded
I traded in my Galaxy S24 Ultra for the 25 Ultra, and I can't wait for it to get here. In my brief hands on time at a local Best buy, the zoom stability is markedly increased. Other than that, I am excited for better battery life and better camera performance. The Bluetooth features of the S-Pen I've never really used, so although it is a downgrade, I don't really care.
That honor 7 pro camera is awful i completely disagree i have used it in person and the photos look not true to life at all
Phone must weight half a ton with that monstrosity on it.
I like the fact that where you see companies going for tab sized phones with the camera bulging out like a spear with everything put in them. I'd like a practical phone that i can put in my pocket. You can go and see the size of that one inch sensor you guys keep praising. Until it can become practical please keep it out. People also forgot about the total rework of one ui and giving new software features. They fixed the two things purple were complaining about, the animating and the squared corners but it got no praise. And after this they'll ask 'why companies don't listen to us?' i mean why would they if they do and still get criticism. And why would you need a 6k mah battery when you are going to charge it anyways at the end of day and it can most def last a day. I would most def like to see advancements in the ip ratings and they should give options for smaller versions without the spen and they have Bluetooth support in the one they do put in.
I feel this phone seems pretty good for what it is. People are complaining about innovation. But phones these days are so op. I have a S24U and would not bother to upgrade to another phone for several years, unless the foldable phones become cheaper.
Yes, they could have kept the BT for the stylus but c'mon for everyone upgrading from a S10 or S20, this phone is like the future with a 2 day battery, good camera selection, long software support and a chipset that can keep up with apple silicone.
The phone is great. Air gestures are not a priority. People should stop crying for no reasons:
New design, new chip, new OneUi, new Ultra-wide.
Chinese phones are not competitors for S25 Ultra: Galaxy A are.
Vivo X200 Pro is not available neither in North America nor in Europe or South America.
Same for Oppo X8 Pro: only available online in France but not not available in Germany...what a joke.
The X8 Pro is available in the UK
Also available in the netherlands l.
@@dennis-br6vr yes. It seems it’s a available in other countries like Italia too but not in Germany...richest country in Europe, very weird.
I have the phone. I HATE IT ESPECIALLY THE BATTERY, SHUTTER LAG, LOW QUALITY CAMERA SHOTS, S PEN IS USELESS. AND I AM HATING ALL THESE PAID SPONSORS WHO ONLY CAREA ABOUT MONEY!!!
why do i feel like they talk about the s25 ultra's camera as if it's shit
Its an incredible camera the hate for the s25 ultra is so forced
S25 ultra is the best phone overall. I do not say the best in everything, byt the best overall. It is good in everything.
Good camera's, good speed, good software, no bugs here, good batterylife, good selfie camera, good zoom.
It has it all.
Good feeling in the hand also this time, i use a thin transparent tpu cover.
It is great phone.
I have the S22 Ultra & nothing about the S25 series, I'm confused about. It's not worth the upgrade to downgrade. Thks however
There is only one good thing 6.9 screen. How will offline ai work with 12gb of RAM? 🤪
I have S25 ultra, i had S23/S24 ultra also.
What is good now? 6.9 screen, thinner bezels, lighter in the hand and it feels better in the hand. And the new software is great, no bugs here.
It has it all, great phone. No, the differences are not big thats true, but it is the best ultra from Samsung now.
12gb ram? On this moment i have 0.000 problems, zero problems on this moment, it is great.
@FlubFlubber the issue here u pay more than for a oneplus 13 but get less ram this makes absolutely no sense other than samsung wanting a free lunch and selling u less for more they say they give u 7 years of updates so u can expect by then u would need the 16gb so u see either they really didn't think about their design philosophy or they are scammers selling u hardware that is incoherent with their vision for ai either way this is cheap no class behaviour by samsung
@TristanWegner-mw3id I buy always the new one. If you hold the phone for 5-7 years, then maybe it can be a problem that 12GB ram, maybe.
@FlubFlubber but why tell people u get 7 years of updates if u keep the phone and at the same time don't give them the hardware so it is future proof this is a clear contradiction and pretty scummy behaviour...
If oneplus 13 can give u 16gb ram for less money samsung has absolutely no excuses to not do the same if they demand more money.
And this clearly shows this phone is a scam it doesn't even take itself seriously because if samsung would they had to give u a better battery tech and more ram so u don't run into problems by the time u reach the end of those 7 years.
The fact I can come up with this obvious design decision shows samsung should not be rewarded because they deliver bad tech on purpose no way such a big company does such things by accident.
And this shows this phone is a waste of money good for samsung but not the consumer because he pays more than he should...
Glad i bought the s23 ultra at discounted price.
Removing the boxy look was a bad move by samsung
I don't get it, what part about this phone is misunderstood? With all due respect my man, you've said the same thing as the other reviewers. Nothing misunderstood here.
When the sponsored case ad shows more innovation than the main video 😂
S25 ultra is not misunderstood. It is just that Apple is a very sore loser and all the sheep swalowed its fairy tale once again , all of it. This world is in decadence , what would you expect?
Even considering only the snapdragon 8 elite inside the s25 ultra, it is a very worthy upgrade.
But it is not that it has only a new SOC. It has premium materials and premium quality in just
about every millimeter in the three dimensions. It is a premium product . You may not like some
decisions , but that's all about it.
Just because Apple says S24 ultra is very good(actually only a small incremental upgrade with an overclocked snapdragon 8 gen 2 , just christened as snapdragon 8 gen 3 for the occasion) , does not mean it is .
I am currently on an s23 ultra and would not just buy a new smartphone yet because it is still like new.
But if I wanted to buy one , I would consider a great stupidity to buy the s24 ultra. That one was just an
attempt from samsung to milk the unsuspecting until it gets its hands on the shiny and goldie lithography of TSMC(n3e). It is also the reason I did not upgrade my old s tablet to the s10(only a worthless snapdragon 8 gen 3 SOC, inside).
Facts are facts . Android phones , including Samsung Galaxy S25 ultra are rocking Apple's Ivory Tower really hard.
They have proven they can build just as good phones when they have access to all materials equally.
The hilarious thing is though , that they do not propose an alternative that is mostly on par with iphones, but an alternative that is in many aspect superior.
Yes , apple has an 8 percent lead in single core performance and is still more efficient , but that's 3-4 hours more battery life on what is already a huge battery life 1,5 days of average usage.
Except from the above most flagship androids have humiliated Apple who now eats their dust:
better multicore performance , bigger RAM, bigger storage, cheaper , better cameras, better AI,
significantly superior GPUs, significanlty superior NPUs. Better interface to be used like a desktop
replacement. Most of them still offer the charger(yeah like this is the reason we have environmental
catstrophe- the definition of stupid since you will buy a new charger anyway at an additional cost).
But at Apple they swallowed their tongues. So, if you can't beat them and boast you are faster what do you do?
But of course, denigrate them. Find real and imaginary misses and go hard in propaganda.
What does Apple have to do with anything here. Most of the complaint comes from Samsung users like myself. Apple user don't even watch these type of videos anyway. In fact they don't worry about what other people use.
@@hienho15 Apple has everything to do with this. But I don't want to focus anymore on this, because it will derail my next point. Which is about the complaints . What are these ?
Lack of ip69 ,lack of bluetooth in the Spen, lack of siliconcarbide batteries, rounded corners and "only" 12 gb of base RAM?
Really?
Meanwhile not one great "tech guru" mention anything about DeX.
The price is bad but it will be fixed by the market sooner ot later. Not one guru also focused on price. But they are not gurus , they are product advertizers.
And I repeat , i did not see any "user" complain this much about s24 ultra which was the real iterative product. If Samsung was very honest it could keep producing the s23 ultra. The s24 one was just an excuse to command a new price premium . Which is the case with s25. But here the premium is too high even if justified.
@@prodromosregalides3402 who are you blaming? It's not Apple fault. Talk to the Samsung CEO. This is a free enterprise society. I am disappointed with Samsung right now because I want a good reason to upgrade to this phone. But there are other good Android phones out there to choose from unlike Apple. But I'm not going to blame Apple for every little single thing that other companies are doing.
@@hienho15 But I am not complaining. I am celebrating. Samsung offers its best ultra yet. Why would I complain?
Cooments here are from the people who did not upgrade and comparing spec sheets and finding no drastic change.
I have just upgraded from S23U and have been using S25U for 5 days.
Here are my thoughts:
I use Pen to do document signs or video /photo editing where instead of zooming, i can point using the pen. I never in my life used any Bluetooth feature, only good one was remote shutter, but it was pain to get the pen out and than put it back in. Instead Showing your Open palm works everey single time and is soi easy to use.
So yes Spen all basic important functions are there.
2. I find the AI integration realy good, 7yrs update means i will move this phone within my family for atleast 5-6 yrs.
3. It is just overall faster and i have not touched S23U , gave to wife.
4. It is lighter and easier to handle , on specsheet it might seems bogus, but i can literally feel the difference. Including the screen, i loved that now i can use any screen protector.
5. As i slapped a protector so the non reflective screen Thing is useless for me.
6. Cpu is a very big upgrade and i dont know why peolle not finding it important? I'm a PC guy so for me motherboard and cpu/GPU are the most important parts and where most of the money goes. And S25 is giving u that.
7. I have used 8k and 4k video recording and did not saw the stutter, in S23 the small stutters were there now and then. As i use video extensively in 4k 60p and 8k so it was important for me. I use sony a6700 for photos.
8. The camera lens have anti flair coating, so less flairing under the sun.
9. I slap cases on phone so dont care about material but more toughness is always better not that i will test it lol
Overall i feel i did the right thing after upgrading. This phone feels very polished. If u r after numbers than wait for S26 ot 27. U will get new hard ware and will be used as test subjetcs.(Samsung track records says that) I will be buying S28 or S29 when everything will be polished like S25.
It's a boring device just like every other brand. Capitalism DESTROYED this industry. We only do what sells, and nothing else. Gone are the days of taking risks, being inventive. This phone is generic as fuck just like every single other phones out there. Yes, this also means foldables. The fact that they fold don't make them any less boring (quality is horrible, that a ...plus?). It breaks my heart when I have to fork-out money to buy something that will never make me stand out. You could have a Note 8 in your pocket right now, nobody would bat an eye and it would be perfectly usable. I'm rocking an Ultra 22, you better believe that I am going to use it until 2028 unless...suddenly...a phone maker pulls their thumb out of their ass...
Heh, I have the 22U too and feel the same way. Nothing whatsoever makes me tempted to upgrade. Now if only the mobile data didn't always need resetting...
@@Leo23XR
You're blaming Crony Capitalism on REAL Capitalism. Dumb mistake.
No amount of speech you and other reviewers make will change that the fact this particular phone is BS and that most reviewers and Samsung think customers are stupid. As a long time Samsung user deep in its mobile ecosystem with even the TV, laptop and fridge to boot. I'd had enough of this tomfoolery and I've left them for honor V3 ( not as smooth or seamless i'll admit, but its exciting, they're being proactive, taking initiative and pushing the boundaries by trying out new things) and possibly others until Samsung finds it's way back and stop sniffing apple butt as even they kept setting the bar lower and they always follow suite. Disgusting 🤮!!!
Trade in with Samsung kinda makes the price point a non thing really also going through your carrier for a phone costs you a small monthly fee. Who pays full retail?
Shame on Samsung for building two great phones back to back. S24 is a great phone S25U it's that but better. It's kind of once you use you get. Watching reviews isn't going to give you the feel.
Nah Still keeping My S23 Ultra best phone ever made by Samsung ❤❤
S23 ultra is a beast phone. S23 ultra is better then S24 ultra.
S25 ultra is the best for me and i had them all.
Are the differences big? No , but that small improvements make a different for me.
But i understand why people stay with s23 ultra.
For me: salsung did finally what i want: thinner bezels and the phone have lighter weight, better to handle now also.
*Misleading clickbait title.* Samsung's flagships are now increasingly becoming iphone lite.
If a person wanted iphone, they can buy the real iphone instead. Removing features and making marginal software improvements is not what the users expect from Samsung.
The S25 Ultra has received a lot of criticism and rightly so.
Yes the S25 Ultra should have had much more hardware upgrades, but honestly apart from the 6000mAh battery🔋 on Chinese Android smartphones, what are the hardware upgrades that justify smartphones like the OnePlus 13 and Pixel 9 Pro XL having seen price increases, or smartphones like the Oppo Find X8 Pro, Vivo X200 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max being as expensive if not more expensive than the S25 Ultra 🤔
Not to mention the fact that in reality and despite the Galaxy's slightly higher Msrp compared to others, thanks to deals, trade-in, careers deals, gifts and other coupons, in North America and Europe (the markets really targeted by the Galaxy S) people pay much less for a Galaxy than for an iPhone counterpart and even for a Vivo, OnePlus, Oppo... 🤷🏽♂️
they start killing ultra series so it can be replace with fold
I'll keep my S22 ultra with a functional PEN.
I think we understand quite fine. The phone is a rip off.
If they are removing Bluetooth from S-pen, then they can just remove the pen altogether!
Yes and add a 1000mah
@@Panmiszcz-lv4mkyea or at least have 2 versions so people can choose
Samsung have obviously been round with the cheque books after the first reviews came out.. 😆
Flat frame is uncomfortable to hold
S21 ultra was not a brick at all. And its rings didn't fall out. I think vivo, oppo and one plus have more to offer at the moment. Samsung is lazy and relies heavily on trying to make an alternative iPhone. 😁 I miss the good old Samsung
Not misunderstood the phone with no f*king upgrade just the new processor it's the biggest disappointment samsung make ever
Nah...this year Samsung dropped the ball
I don't get why people cry so much. There are two options. Buy it and love it. Or freaking do not. I had the S23Ultra and the S25Ultra make that one feel like a completely different world. Maybe I had a lemon 😆 Anyways, instead of crying about what the phone may be lacking. Enjoy it for what it is. 🙏 If you feel like it's not worth the upgrade. Love and enjoy what you currently have 💪
Great video! Do you plan on making a detailed display analysis on this phone? Especially comparing with the S24 Ultra and its grainy display
It's 6% lighter as far as I read!! Not substantial 🤷🏼
Previous design was astonishing. 25U So dumb design.
S25 ultra is a beast.
It is great in everything.
No complaints here.
I bought the 25 Ultra, and even I don't think it's misunderstood. Samsung released a phone with only a couple of major updates, and is justifiably being criticized for it.
Samsung is the luckiest manufacturer...when ever they came up with lame upgrades these android ytubers gaslight people with such videos....same is the case with Apple but in ios scenario it's only one company...but when one plus or LG does a lame upgrade these people would blast at them. Samsung always get a free pass.. Such a ridiculous upgrade cycle aka downgrade
the glazing is unreal how much did they pay you lmao
For me, you were convincing enough.
I might consider stealing one.
My wife purchased the S24 Ultra earlier in January at a significant discount. She loves the Titanium Yellow, which isn't available for the S25 Ultra; Titanium Yellow looks just like Chinese gold. (The S25 Ultra's Titanium Pink Gold is less appealing.)
Having seen the S25 Ultra now, it looks like my wife made the right call. The removal of Bluetooth from the S Pen was a mistake. There's nothing else about the S25 Ultra that my wife cares about.
Thank You so much for sharing.I think I want to wait for a little to see what is next.💯✌️
Misunderstanding yeah this phone should be China phone with cheaper prices, 1300 selling points =name, Sd x elite chips from other company 😂
Samsung s25 ultra could not compete with oneplus 13.
Watching on the s25 ultra, it's a great phone.
Traded in s23 ultra and so far huge difference. Much more refined and smoother.
This is not a review but rather a kiss ass for samsung !
You are a waste of time, I am unsubscribing.
I really sad lol second player dream to be 1st 🥇 he is not sure for second place some Chinese guy should be
I can take my camera off also on my s23 ultra lmao 🤣 does that mean it fake??
Thank you 😊
I adore your style! You’re doing an excellent job.
Definitely FOR 👍 Great video 👍
Hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahah
You never take away what given for free ,most people like my sister never used s-pen as a stylus but as a photo snapper .taking away most unique think about ur s-pen to make more sell at watch and what not is nothing else but greed
Also JUST BECAUSE UR TAKE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DOESN'T ALWAYS MEANT IT IS COOL , U R JUST BEING RETARED .