Galaxy S25 Ultra review: The everything phone — now with a sharper ultrawide and a lighter titanium frame.
Still the Android phone that does everything — if you can absorb the price.
The S25 Ultra refines rather than reinvents: lighter titanium, a sharper ultrawide, a faster chip. The camera array remains unmatched for flexibility and the seven-year update promise makes the high price easier to justify over time.
01Display
96/10096/100 puts it above the 92-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
02Camera
93/10093/100 puts it above the 89-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
03Performance
94/10094/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
04Battery
88/10088/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
05Build
93/10093/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
06Value
78/10078/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.
- The most versatile camera system on any phone — four useful focal lengths.
- Seven years of OS updates matches Apple for longevity.
- Gorilla Armor 2 glass is the most scratch- and glare-resistant around.
- Built-in S Pen still has no real equivalent elsewhere.
- 45 W charging is mid-pack against Chinese flagships.
- Priced at the very top of the market.
- 3× telephoto is only 10 MP — the weak link in the array.
- One UI remains heavy out of the box.
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? .