The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is an AI phone through and through, for better or worse. At a starting price of $1,300, does it still deserve a spot in your pocket?

In order to see the year-over-year difference between Samsung's premium phones, I shot over 200 photos with the Galaxy S25 Ultra and S24 Ultra. Let's find out which Ultra takes the better photos.

I had one of the first Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones. In the past few years, though, I've gotten accustomed to smaller phones (Google's Pixel 7a, iPhone 15 Pro) that fit in the back pocket of my favorite jeans.