This Samsung phone exceeds my expectations. The performance is fast and smooth, and apps open quickly without any lag. The screen is bright, clear, and very vibrant, making videos and photos look amazing. The battery life easily lasts all day with normal use. The camera quality is excellent, especially in low light. The build feels premium and solid in hand. Overall, this is a reliable and high-quality smartphone. I’m very happy with this purchase and would definitely recommend it.

Great phone at a great price. $699 instead of $999. Love the color, too.

I was worried at first since I was changing from an iPhone to Samsung, but it works just perfectly. Great battery life and no overheating. I also love the screen quality.

One of the best phones, great cameras, battery life. Jumped from S22+ and the upgrade was amazing! Love the AI features that samsung has added. The durability of this phone is superb, love the titanium frame. Bought it unlocked and the connectivity is perfect, always have strong signal and 5G coverage.

Phone is a beast that hasn't flinched at anything I threw at it. Cameras have been great. Software is best in class, s pen is handy for quick notes. I do have some feedback for samsung though, some of these are nitpicks but I do wanna bring those up.- Camera is great for my usage but it would be great if the array of cameras was in a horizontal visor akin to the pixel-OIS on the space zoom camera. Sometimes I use my phone like binoculars when hiking and wanna snap a quick pic. Also maybe copy some ideas from apple like the camera button, the magnetic sensor shift stabilization, and square sensor.- More ram would be appreciated, 12gb is no slouch and I have no doubts it won't be a painpoint but competitors like google have it albeit with a much weaker chip. It's not that the phone isn't future proof, it's more that there could be more to be done. That being said the RAM shortage is surely gonna keep 12gb the standard for the foreseeable. future.-PLEASE KEEP THE SPEN. I don't care for bluetooth functionality but other people do. I just like it for quick notes and using it like a mouse. Honestly I wouldn't consider this phone if it didn't have it.-Silicon carbon battery? Now the battery has been able to last me a full day with the light performance profile, 1080p resolution, mostly on wifi, 6-9 hours of SoT depending what I'm doing. I do understand the US has some regulations on battery capacity and samsung might still have ptsd from the note 7, but companies like oneplus have it. Yes they do age faster then conventional batteries but even so, an aged silicon carbon battery can still have better battery than a conventional lithium ion.-I don't really play games on my phone, mostly use my steamdeck for that but I'm just gonna throw this out there... a sprititual successor to the xperia play would make me so happy.-Samsung I love oneui but please stop making duplicate apps for everything. It's a minor annoyance since you can uninstall/hide everything but come on don't be annoying.-speech to type is better on the pixel from what I've read online-maybe support the aptx adaptive and aptx hd bluetooth codecs-Bring gemini to android auto. Now I'm not a big ai user I turn off most everything except gemini and circle to search, I think it's obnoxiously implemented but google assistant is just plain stupid when using android auto. Also while on the topic of gemini, I want to be able to tell gemini "play *song* by *artist* and it not be limited to youtube music and spotify. I wanna use other services like deezer or my locally downloaded music.-front facing speakers. I appreciate the stereospeakers but how cool would it be if we had both speakers front facing?-finally please implement a "hold for me" and call tree like pixels do. I know it sounds like I'm just envying pixel software feature but that would seriously be game over. Phone trees seems to be brain numbing nowadays and hold music is a form of torture.

Been buying cell phones since the beginning all the way back to when they were called car phones, lol (shows my age)Once they went to texting and smart phones I have always bought budget model phones Samsung, Moto, etc.. I never really used them for more than texting and phone calls. Then came 2FA and apps for everything. I have always liked Samsung phones, I was ready for a new device and this time I decided to look at the top tier devices during the sales.NEVER APPLE or ONE PLUS so would be Pixel 10 Pro or S25 Ultra. Bought both...Usually I spent $150 -$200 and they get the job done so I was sceptical on spending $1K on a phone. The Pixel was ok, though not worth it over what I already had. Then the Samsung S25 Ultra arrived (with a free bundled set or Pro 3 Ear Buds) and all I can say is Wow!This thing is built like a tank, super quality construction. Love the material, screen OLED is amazing, camera is outstanding and the audio synced with the Pro 3 Buds is unreal. Put Spotify on and I hear thing in songs I have never heard before, the clarity and frequency response is like nothing I have ever heard before.I love Samsung because you can customize almost everything about this phone, they don't load it with bloat, and they make it easy to disable features if you don't want them, unlike some other brands. I run mine pretty lean without a lot of background stuff going and the battery charge lasts longer than any other phone I have had. I did not expect that at all. And it charges fast.Has every function I could possibly need and more is I want it. The feel is pure quality, has the durable OLED glass for protection. This thing has exceeded my expectations in every way and if you can get one, it is well worth it. IMO

The fall prime days deal got me sold over the new iphone 17, as it was 170 bucks cheaper for the same capacity.Coming from an old iphone that has been saying I am tired, everything feels amazing. However, I do have an iphone 15 pro and have used 17 briefly, so I will compare them if you are having to decide between them:Camera: 15 pro has an overall a bit better camera system, pronounced more with indoor shots and low light situations. S25 seems to prioritize faster shutter over better light capture and it can gather less light, limiting its photo quality at low light. At other situations, there is no noticeable quality difference. 17 has a better low light performance as well, but lacks the telephoto lens. The biggest win for S25 camera is the telephoto in my opinion, and it is amazing for professional looking outdoor shots. I may be overusing it during my trips but it has been a game changer for me. pro iphones have the same lens, but they are a lot more pricey. It is a privilege at this price point. The official expert raw app from Samsung gives you a bit more edge over iphones, but it is not enough to compensate for the inferior sensor during point and shoot scenarios. May be a different story if you got time and the skills to use it.Material feel: the aluminum and glass body is iphone like, and it is great to see the phone industry caught up with apple on this. I like the iphone roundness a bit more aestetically pleasing, but my eyes got used to it too.Unlocking: faceID works fine mostly during the day but struggles at night, unlike iphones that can do it at any condition. The fingerprint is my most go to method, but finding where the sensor is sometimes a hit or miss. I drew lines on the case to find it more easily. Also, the accuracy drops a bit further with a glass screen protector and most protectors have the fingerprint accuracy drop as feedback on their pages. I wish I knew this before. Still searching for that amazing screen protector.Screen: 120 hz smoothness has been there for a long time, but my first experience with it now on the android side and 60hz feels yuck at this point. Can't go back. Both 17 and 15 pro has the feature, so no longer a deciding factor, but I am glad to see Apple finally giving that to everyone with 17. Too late for me though.I lost FaceTime and the blue bubbles (or green, I don't remember what color it was), and it has been alright. I am using WhatsApp video calls instead, and I admit that the video quality seems to be noticeably worse, but I got used to it all. The lines are more blurry with imessage, as RCS on the new androids allow for the most of that bubbles privileges.One more loss was airdrop, which I used to use a lot sending photos, but now I just use a usb cable between phones and grab from the iphone using the files manager. I am rooting for a handshake between Google and Apple someday that they will lower the walls. I tried a few third party apps that replace airdrop, but none was ok (update: I got airdrop with one ui 8.5 update, so I can send and receive photos from my Apple devices now, wow!).On the other hand, finally I can transfer all my photos to my PC at once, by just plugging it! A feature that iphones lack. Tried getting all the photos to backup with the iphone and it fails no matter what I tried. I speculate that they are pushing icloud onto us and japordizing all the other methods for backing up photos, so the exit is here. Just get a phone that doesn't force you to their cloud service (hint: this one).The UI: can be set up like iphone by selecting "gestures", but the classic back button layout is more intuitive and the gestures mode seems less polished. A good alternative especially if you swear by the iphone way to interact with your phone.Payment: Apple pay has to strong contenders here: Google Pay and Samsung Pay. Both are very strong but I ended up with Google pay as it is more widely used. From pizza apps to banking, almost all the apps that I used to use Apple pay with just works with Google Pay.Battery life: not noticeably different from 15 pro or 17. 17 has a bit more juice even though it has lower battery capacity, but the difference between this or the others is something I could not tell during my use. The least I can say is that it should not be a deciding factor.Weight and size: feels significantly lighter than the pro Iphones and a bit lighter than the regular. A blindfolded person can easily tell the difference and holding iphones feel heavy to me now. Can't get smaller phones anymore, but hats off to Samsung for sticking with the lightness at least!Overall, a bit better point and shoot camera is not enough to justify that extra for me and I like the flexibility that android gives to this phone. The iphones and this are way too similar than I imagined before getting it, so the switch (both ways) is a lot easier now than ever. I am very happy with the phone and if you are on the fence, I would say just give it a try, please?Upda...

I didn't buy this for myself. My Hubby wanted this particular phone when we switched from one of the "Big Three" phone companies to a smaller, cheaper service. We bought it unlocked for a GSM service, usable and compatible with our new phone plan. I've only gotten to hold this thing a couple of times, but I have a lot to say about it!First, this phone is enormous! He upgraded from a Galaxy S21 FE 5G, which I thought was close in size, but somehow, the S25 feels much bigger. It's quite hefty in weight, too, which is perfect for the tremor he has in his left hand. Having a heavier object tends to squelch the shaking a bit. The display is crystal clear and brilliant. Movies and TV shows never looked so good on a handheld device as they do with this one. Games run super fast with no lag, and charging takes no time at all with a proper fast charging system.And now, the feature I've wanted in a phone for a long time...? The smart pen/stylus. Man, this thing is slick. I had to use it to capture my signature for an e-sign document. For once, my signature actually looked like I had signed it. Getting the file from his phone to my PC was pretty simple to do, as they connected via Bluetooth to do so. The stylus has a cozy little home tucked into its own space and won't come out (or it hasn't yet) by just dropping or knocking the phone against something. That thing is in there for the long haul until you want it out.This phone is everything I've come to expect from Samsung's Galaxy S series. A bit on the pricey side, but to him, it's worth every penny. He loves the Titanium Black color he purchased, as he fancies the darker colors with phones and just about everything else. At least he coordinates! The bright, AMOLED display is crystal clear with brilliant, vivid colors. It's such a neat phone, one like I've always wanted for myself, but could never quite afford.Spring for a new phone and get this beauty. You really won't be sorry.