{"id":14028,"date":"2025-02-06T18:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14028"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:05:49","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s25-s25-and-s25-ultra-review-ai-snoozefest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14028","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra Review: AI Snoozefest"},"content":{"rendered":"


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You either fall<\/span> into the \u201cit’s just a phone\u201d camp, or you’re someone who meticulously pores over all the new features of a smartphone, stays up to date on all the top devices every year, and feels a sense of pride when you look at your shiny, pricey investment.<\/p>\n

This is my 10th year of reviewing smartphones<\/a> for a living, and I still get excited. I saved up cash working at my college library to buy my first phone, and I’m just as delighted a decade later when a new phone lands on my doorstep and I get to puzzle over its new capabilities, even if it only has minor changes<\/a> over its predecessor.<\/p>\n

Except, I didn’t get any tingly feelings when the Galaxy S25 series arrived<\/a>. Samsung had one of the most lackluster smartphone launches I’ve seen of late\u2014not because these are bad<\/em> phones, but because there’s not much new<\/a>. The hardware is barely different\u2014it’s all AI, AI, AI, some of which is useful, some of which is not. I also struggle to find any character in this phone’s design\u2014the launch colors are boring.<\/p>\n

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All this to say the Galaxy S25 ($800), Galaxy S25+ ($1,000), and Galaxy S25 Ultra ($1,300)<\/a> are powerful, reliable, and well-equipped smartphones. They’re excellent upgrades if you’re coming from a three or four-year-old device. They’re just not otherwise interesting or exciting.<\/p>\n

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