Samsung Galaxy S25 review – feeling left behind and waiting for the future
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The Galaxy S25 may look like the last few generations of Galaxy phone, but inside it's a blank slate waiting to be filled with all of your personal data from every Galaxy and Samsung device you own. It's a good phone with an eye on the distant future, so if that doesn't sound exciting now, you may find yourself waiting and wondering what makes the Galaxy S25 so special. I spent a couple hours with this phone, and I heard a lot about what it will do eventually, but I didn't see much of that future right now.
![[Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus left next to Galaxy S25 right]](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Am4pVczhVzSRTyuMJn3LLP-320-80.jpg)
Fast Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy inside. Plenty of AI, if that's your thing. The AI should get better as it gets to know you. No major camera updates. No major design changes. No major anything, really. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test.
![[Samsung Galaxy S25 showing app drawer screen]](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vC65wfkRmtcCMtYCiBxtfD-320-80.jpg)
The Samsung Galaxy S25 was left home alone this year. In all the excitement over Galaxy AI, the redesigned Galaxy S25 Ultra, and ProScaler on the bigger phones, I think Samsung forgot something important: it forgot to bring the Galaxy S25 into 2025. The Galaxy S25 looks a lot like last year's Galaxy S24, and the Galaxy S23 from the year before that. It's a bit thinner and a tad lighter, but not much else has changed.
![[Samsung Galaxy S25 in blue, silver, light blue, and mint green]](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fu9H4ZRP3eYeDT5oSZB3hC-320-80.jpg)
