Samsung finally took the wraps off its new Galaxy S25 lineup during its Unpacked event on Wednesday, providing us with our first formal look at the forthcoming Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra. Available starting on February 7th,

If you’ve been holding off on upgrading your Samsung device to the latest Ultra variant, this may be the generation to start paying attention. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is the lightest it’s ever been while promising significant gains in performance,

When it comes to the camera, the Galaxy S25 Ultra will see the biggest improvement in its ultra wide sensor, which is getting upgraded to 50-megapixels from 12-megapixels. Otherwise, it will have a 200-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel 5X telephoto camera and a 10-megapixel 3X zoom camera like last year's Ultra.

The Galaxy S25 is available at Amazon, Best Buy, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon in new navy, mint, icyblue, and silver shadow finishes. Samsung's online storefront carries additional blueblack, coralred, and pinkgold variants.

For those interested in the Galaxy S25 and S25+, trading in an old smartphone through the official store can yield savings of up to $500, bringing the starting price for the Galaxy S25 256GB down to just $304 instead of $859. You also get $50 Samsung credit which allows you to buy the Galaxy Buds3 Pro for 70% off. See Galaxy S25 at Samsung.com

During a media briefing on the new S25 series last week, Samsung explained that customers rarely ever used the “Air action” gestures. So the company decided to try and cut costs by ditching them entirely.

Software is another reason why the Pixel 9 Pro XL might be the best Galaxy S25 Ultra alternative. For starters, Google matches Samsung by offering seven years of OS updates and security patches. Nobody else in the industry reaches these heights, although I’m glad to see brands like OnePlus getting close.

Gorilla Armor 2 is more durable than glass, in fact, so was the original Gorilla Armor. Which Samsung says they had 60% less screen repairs on Galaxy S24 Ultra when compared to it

As a Samsung user, I prefer the Galaxy S25 Ultra but is it the right phone for your needs as well or are you better served by Apple?