All this to say the Galaxy S25 ($800), Galaxy S25+ ($1,000), and Galaxy S25 Ultra ($1,300) 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.

Samsung calls this phone Ultra because everything is supposed to be ultra. But the regular S25 and S25 Plus have a lot of its best specs and features and cost much less.

The Galaxy S25 is here with all of the proper specs to carry Samsung through 2025 as their flagship S series and that now includes meeting the criteria for next-generation wireless charging. The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is apparently one of the first in the world