Galaxy S25: Release Date, Expected Models, Prices, Features & More

Samsung has consistently maintained its position as one of the best Android phone producers in the world. Let’s see if the upcoming Samsung S25 can follow suit.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 officially launches on January 22, 2025 (expected to hit shelves two weeks later, on February 7, 2025) and will feature even more AI features. Samsung is marketing the S25 with the strapline: “A true AI companion is coming.”

We also expect the usual hardware improvements, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor, a bigger display, and better camera quality.

Here is everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy S25 so far, including news of the temporary farewell to the region-specific Exynos processor.

Table of Contents Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. What Is the Samsung S25?
3. When Will Samsung Galaxy S25 Come Out?
4. Samsung S25 First Look
5. Samsung Galaxy S25 Features
6. Galaxy S25 Hardware & Specs
7. Samsung S25 Colors
8. Samsung Galaxy S25 Models
9. Galaxy S25 vs. Galaxy S24
10. Samsung Galaxy S25 Price
11. The Bottom Line
12. FAQs
13. References

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Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. What Is the Samsung S25?
3. When Will Samsung Galaxy S25 Come Out?
Show Full Guide
4. Samsung S25 First Look
5. Samsung Galaxy S25 Features
6. Galaxy S25 Hardware & Specs
7. Samsung S25 Colors
8. Samsung Galaxy S25 Models
9. Galaxy S25 vs. Galaxy S24
10. Samsung Galaxy S25 Price
11. The Bottom Line
12. FAQs
13. References

What Is the Samsung S25?

The Samsung Galaxy S25 is the next flagship smartphone from Samsung, set to launch at the Galaxy Unpacked event on January 22, 2025.

The launch will occur at 10 a.m. PT in San Jose, California (streaming globally at samsung.com), and Samsung’s wording suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the key selling point.

“Get ready for AI that is more natural and intuitive. The next evolution of Galaxy AI is coming and it’s going to change the way you interact with the world every day.

“The new Galaxy S series is about to set the bar once again for mobile AI experiences now and into the future.”

Early reports indicate that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor will power the experience, with Samsung reportedly working with Google to deliver a Gemini Nano 2 AI model under the hood.

The S25 series will include three models — S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra — with larger displays, upgraded cameras, and a refined design.

When Will Samsung Galaxy S25 Come Out?

The Samsung S25 will launch on January 22, 2025 at Samsung’s annual Galaxy Unpacked event, this time in San Jose.

If history follows suit, it will be a week or two before the S25 hits stores. Our money, based on reports emerging from Korea, is on Friday, February 7.

Samsung’s launch pattern has been fairly predictable for over a decade: The tech giant has routinely launched its Galaxy S series between January and March since 2013.

Looking at the last three Galaxy S series announcements, we see that:

Samsung S25 First Look

On October 15, 2024, a tweet from a respected account, ICE UNIVERSE, showed us what appears to be the finished production models of the S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra.

S25，S25+，S25 Ultra pic.twitter.com/x7TupwE1GJ

— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) October 9, 2024

We see the classic Samsung look across the three models, but we await to see further shots, as we will likely glean more information from a side and back view.

However, it appears to be confirmation that the range is deep into production and beginning to appear outside of Samsung’s closed doors.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Features

A leak by Anthony, a popular tipster on X, suggests that Samsung plans to make its next Galaxy S series bigger. The leak suggests that the screen of the Galaxy S25 will increase to 6.36 inches from the 6.2 inches we have in the Galaxy S24.

Bigger iPhone & Bigger Galaxy

Both the base iPhone Pro model and Galaxy S are expected to bring bigger displays

Galaxy S25: 6.36" display
iPhone 16 Pro: 6.3" display pic.twitter.com/DntLtwLBx6

— Anthony (@TheGalox_) April 21, 2024

The same leak suggests that Samsung is no longer using the Isocell GN3 camera sensor. Instead, it will use a Sony camera model in its next Galaxy S series.

While the details of this development are vague, we hope the Galaxy S25’s already impressive camera quality improves even further.

The S25 will be powered by Android 15, and Google and Samsung previously announced a partnership that will bring Google’s generative AI model to Samsung mobile phones.

For the Google Unpacked event, Samsung uses the tagline: “A true AI companion is coming.”

While every company is throwing AI into the buzzword mix, we do have some trust that — if any company can truly bring AI to the mainstream — Samsung is one of the true contenders.

Since the Galaxy 24 already runs on Gemini Nano, we expect to see another version, probably Gemini Nano 2, in the Galaxy S25 series.

New mentions of Nano 2 have been scarce, so if the S25 remains on the older version, we expect software enhancements to maximize the AI model’s potential.

Galaxy S25 Hardware & Specs

The Samsung S25 will ship worldwide with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC.

Why is that surprising? Samsung has long-divided regions with different processors — either Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips or Samsung’s own Exynos chips, with various pros and cons to both, including raw power, battery life, and the ease of unlocking and customizing ROMs chief among them.

Breaking ‼️

Galaxy S25 (SM-S931B) just surfaced on Geekbench! 🚀

Powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Processor with 12GB RAM!
Single-Core: 2986
Multi-Core: 9355

Snapdragon 8 Elite is officially confirmed for Vanilla model in International markets (India, Europe & more)! 🌍 pic.twitter.com/9ySZFnKxRt

— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) December 31, 2024

But Samsung has (temporarily?) dropped Exynos, reportedly so it can focus on optimizing the S25 for AI. That’s not a slight on Exynos, which also handles AI well, but likely a “put all your attention into one place” move.

Leaker Ice Universe agrees.

Qualcomm’s chip will be based on a 3nm process and is poised to reach a clocked speed of 4GHz or potentially 4.26GHz.

As a result of these changes, we might expect increased battery capacity in the Samsung S25 to feed the processors with enough energy.

Already there are rumors of Galaxy S25 coming with ‘battery AI’ to enhance backup time by eliminating unnecessary tasks.

The feature is also rumored to extend runtime by 5-10 percent without compromising performance.

There is also speculation on X that the Samsung S25 will come with faster storage, which may double the speed to 8GB/second — vital for all the speculated AI features the Samsung Galaxy S25 is poised to pack.

Samsung S25 Colors

Evan Blass, a noted leaker with more than a decade of accurate information, shared on his protected X account that the S25 colors are Blue, Mint, Navy, and Silver Shadow.

Another analyst, Ross Young, gave different names: Moon Night Blue, Silver Shadow, Sparkling Blue, and Sparkling Green. It’s possible that both are correct — and what we see here are different names for the same shades of color.

Based on both analysts’ reputations, we suspect these are close to the final colors.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Models

In the past few years, Samsung has consistently released its Galaxy S series in three variants.

There is no indication that they are stopping on this pattern.

So expect to see Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and the more luxury Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Galaxy S25 vs. Galaxy S24

Samsung Galaxy S25 Price

While it is too early to take any pricing speculation seriously, Samsung may try to increase the base price of its next flagship smartphones to offset the increasing price of raw materials, including processor costs.

However, if we look at the base pricing for the Samsung S series for the last three years, we will see Samsung maintained a static price point.

If they continue that way, then expect Samsung Galaxy S25 to launch at $799.99.

The Bottom Line

The Samsung Galaxy S25 release date is among us. While the phone may not launch with a major iteration away from the current Galaxy S24, Galaxy lovers are still excited about what the smartphone will bring onboard.

If the Samsung Galaxy S25 rumors are true, then we expect to see an improvement in operational power compared to its immediate predecessor.

From all indications, expect to see a newer processor, a stronger battery capacity, more AI features, and probably a bigger display and better image quality across the Samsung S25 series.

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