Galaxy S25+ review: The Ultra’s screen and battery without the S Pen tax.
The value pick in the S25 line for buyers who never used the S Pen anyway.
The S25+ takes the Ultra’s display, charging and update policy, drops the S Pen and the long telephoto, and shaves $300 off. For most people that is the smart trade.
01Display
94/10094/100 puts it above the 92-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
02Camera
86/10086/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.
03Performance
93/10093/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
04Battery
86/10086/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
05Build
90/10090/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
06Value
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
- Same gorgeous QHD+ 120 Hz panel as the Ultra.
- Large 4,900 mAh battery with comfortably all-day endurance.
- Seven years of OS updates.
- Lighter and slimmer than last year.
- Only a 3× telephoto — no long-reach zoom.
- 45 W charging is unremarkable.
- No S Pen support.
- Gorilla Glass Victus 2, not Armor.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 39-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .