Galaxy S25 Extremely vs. S25 and S25 Plus: I In contrast All of the Main Specs and Options

Samsung confirmed off the Samsung Galaxy S25 collection of telephones at its Unpacked occasion in San Jose, and whereas a lot of the showcase was reserved for brand new AI options, there’s nonetheless loads of new {hardware} particulars to focus on. Here is what’s totally different throughout the trio of recent telephones, and the way the Galaxy S25 Extremely specs evaluate with the the usual Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus. 

All three telephones have the identical costs as final yr’s Galaxy S24 household, however they’ve all seen adjustments: The usual $800 S25 has all the brand new AI tips and upgrades, the $1,000 S25 Plus builds on that with extra storage and battery in a larger-format handset and eventually probably the most premium (and costliest) $1,300 S25 Extremely has the very best specs when it comes to its cameras and display. 

Unbeknownst to everybody in attendance, the Unpacked occasion had one final shock to disclose: the Galaxy S25 Edge, a slimmer fourth sibling within the telephone technology. Sadly, Samsung hasn’t revealed a lot about this system, and apart from seeing it on the present ground exhibiting off its thinness, we have no specs to check to its three well-known siblings. Chalk it as much as a thriller that we might see launched within the first half of this yr, if rumors are to be believed.

That mentioned, listed here are all of the specs concerning the three S25 telephones we all know lots about.

Design and show

You would be hard-pressed to see variations between final yr’s telephones and this yr’s, as the general look hasn’t modified a lot. However there are nonetheless visible variations between the telephones. Each the smaller S25 and bigger S25 Plus each have a trio of telephone lenses on the again, whereas the S25 Extremely has 4. As has been the case for years, the Extremely mannequin has a slot on the fitting aspect of its backside edge for an extractable S Pen stylus.

Unsurprisingly, the usual S25 is the lightest of the bunch, weighing 162 grams (5.71 ounces), whereas the S25 Plus is heavier at 190 grams (6.7 ounces) and the S25 Extremely coming in at 218 grams (7.69 ounces). The S25 and S25 Plus each have normal aluminum frames, whereas the S25 Extremely has a titanium one. All three telephones are IP68 rated for dust- and water-resistance. 

Although all AMOLED with 1-120Hz refresh charges, the shows are the place the telephones begin to differ. The usual S25 has a 6.2-inch display with tall HD decision (2,340 by 1,080 pixels), whereas the bigger S25 Plus has a 6.7-inch display with sharper 1440p decision (3,120 by 1,440 pixels) and the S25 Extremely has a barely greater 6.8-inch display with the identical 1440p decision with an anti-glare coating to assist reduce reflections.

There’s one other unifying issue: for the primary time in years, the S25 Extremely has a curved-cornered display similar to its smaller siblings. One other vestige of the Notice collection, the flat edges of the display, is gone. The telephone screens all have a most 2,600-nit peak brightness.

Cameras

All three telephones’ cameras have not modified a lot since final yr’s S24 collection. The usual S25 and S25 Plus each have a trio of rear cameras: a 50-megapixel essential shooter, a 12-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and a 10-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom. 

The S25 Extremely boosts these capabilities with a 200-megapixel essential digital camera, a brand new 50-megapixel ultrawide shooter, and twin telephoto cameras: a 10-megapixel 3x optical zoom together with a 50-megapixel 5x optical zoom digital camera.

All three telephones have a 12-megapixel front-facing digital camera for selfies, and all can shoot as much as 8K video from their rear cameras.

Efficiency

The telephones are roughly aligned when it comes to efficiency, seemingly as a result of all of their AI options require a excessive specs baseline. (We have additionally heard this about Apple’s iPhones.) All three telephones pack 12GB of RAM, which may very well be a brand new baseline to make use of these options. Beforehand the S24 solely had 8GB of RAM.

All three pack a custom-made model of Qualcomm’s most superior cellular chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite launched final October, which has quick speeds and loads of AI capabilities built-in. The S25 telephones aren’t the primary to pack the chip, coming in after the Xiaomi 15 late final yr and the OnePlus 13 launched initially of this yr — however Samsung’s latest telephones are among the many preliminary pack harnessing Qualcomm’s most superior silicon for telephones but.

The telephones pack escalating quantities of storage, with the S25 coming in both 128GB or 256GB, the S25 Plus packing both 256GB or 512GB and the S25 Extremely arriving with both 256GB, 512GB or 1TB. As in earlier years, not one of the telephones have a microSD slot or different technique to bodily increase storage, so you will want to purchase cloud storage choices to save lots of past their onboard storage.

The telephones all include Android 15 out of the field in addition to Samsung’s One UI 7 overlay. The telephones all have Samsung’s assured seven years of Android and safety updates.

AI options

The new AI options within the S25 collection could also be its most defining characteristic distinguishing it from final yr’s S24 telephones (it is unclear if or how lots of the options will trickle right down to older Samsung handsets). All three S25 telephones can entry the identical AI options.

Probably the most vital new AI options is what Samsung is looking cross app actions — for instance, a request to “discover a vegan pet-friendly restaurant and textual content it to me” would seek the advice of a number of apps for a solution, like Yelp and Messages. Relying on the request, both Samsung’s or Google’s AI fashions shall be used.

One other Samsung-exclusive AI characteristic is AI Choose, which suggests actions or apps relying on what you are taking a look at. Simply swipe out from the display to launch the Edge Panel (the sidebar with app shortcuts) and faucet the AI Choose button to have it make recommendations within the context of what you are taking a look at, like setting a GIF or the picture you are taking a look at as your telephone background.

Samsung additionally has a brand new characteristic referred to as conversational search which responds to extra informal requests with contextual recommendations — so if you happen to say “my eyes are hurting, are you able to assist with the display” then the telephone will deliver up brightness settings and the blue mild filter. It’s going to additionally assist make photograph search smarter, very like how Apple and Google have used AI to enhance their very own photograph album searches.

The Circle to Search operate, which debuted on final yr’s S24 collection, can also be getting an improve: It could actually now acknowledge audio, so you may say goodbye to Shazam. The brand new telephones even have extra customized suggestions, Samsung says, like recommending thermostat adjustments when your telephone notices you sleep higher at a sure temperature (assuming that well being information is coming in from a Samsung Galaxy Ring or Galaxy Watch). 

Battery

Battery capability is one other space the place the telephones differ, although it is essential to make clear that extra capability does not at all times correlate to your telephone lasting longer. Brightness, GPS location-tracking and different options might drain your telephone quick regardless. However all issues being equal, greater batteries imply extra battery life: the S25 has a 4,000-mAh battery, the S25 Plus has a 4,900-mAh battery and the S25 Extremely has a 5,000-mAh battery.

Each the S25 and S25 Plus have 25-watt charging, a fee Samsung telephones have been caught on for years as different main Android flagships depart them within the mud — the OnePlus 13, for example, has 100-watt charging (80-watt within the US) that utterly refilled an empty battery in simply over half an hour in our testing. The S25 Extremely is barely higher, with 45-watt charging, but it surely feels significantly archaic on probably the most superior telephone in Samsung’s steady.

All three telephones have 15-watt wi-fi charging (the identical as you will get with the Qi2 normal) in addition to wi-fi PowerShare to juice up different gadgets utilizing its personal battery. Whereas the telephones haven’t got the MagSafe magnetic connection inside the telephones like Apple’s newest iPhones, they will approximate it with official Samsung and third-party instances with magnetic connectors.

Conclusion

Samsung’s three-phone lineup is fairly set in stone today, with the lowest-priced S25 having the least spectacular specs, the bigger S25 Plus suiting customers who need extra battery and the S25 Extremely providing the very best spec with S Pen performance. 

However these strains have been blurred a bit due to the across-the-board improve to 12GB of RAM, which leaves storage and display decision as the largest differentiator between all of the telephones. The massive leap between the S25 Plus and S25 Extremely stays the latter’s extra spectacular cameras and stylus, although that is changing into a steeper hike for the $300 soar in worth.