RUMORS: Samsung Galaxy S25 series

Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S25 series will arrive in the first half of 2025, and a new leak may have narrowed the dates down. According to one rumor, Samsung will launch the Galaxy S25 series on January 23 at a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco.

Samsung raised the price on the Galaxy S24 Ultra to start the year, charging $1,299 for the phone after the Galaxy S23 Ultra had cost $1,199. That would seem to preclude a price hike for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, but the cost for premium phones is on the rise.

A Galaxy S25 rumor tips the display on Samsung's entry-level model to increase in size, hitting 6.36 inches compared to 6.2 inches for the Galaxy S24. Leaks from Ice Universe have hinted that the Galaxy S25 Ultra will feature a curvier design than the last few Galaxy Ultras, but will remain flat around the front. Another leak from Ice Universe also gives us a look at the S25 Ultra's right side, while a collection of leaked images and a hands-on video seem to show off a real version of the S25 Ultra with the same design cues.

Cameras form the centerpiece feature of the Ultra model, as that's the phone Samsung favors with a 200MP main sensor along with a 100MP Space Zoom feature. We'd expect some sort of upgrade to that setup next year, and early Galaxy S25 Ultra camera rumors suggest we may be on to something.

Leakers seem to think that every Galaxy S25 model that arrives in early 2025 will feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite — leaker Ice Universe has said so, and their information about Samsung phones tends to be fairly reliable. It seems a certainty the Galaxy S25 Ultra will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite, regardless of what Samsung decides to do with the standard and Plus models.

Though it may be early for you and I to be thinking about the Galaxy S25 Ultra, it's a safe bet Samsung has already put a lot of thought into what goes into its next device.