There’s something very familiar about this year’s S-series phones.
Sure, the S Pen lost its Bluetooth features with the Galaxy S25 Ultra. But you know what hasn’t changed? It still smells kinda bad. I confirmed this myself when I unboxed the phone in San Jose, and have verified with another colleague who remarked that it smells “plasticky.” And guess what? That’s not even the only thing that stinks about it.
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Still big. Still great. But Samsung is losing the plot on what makes the Ultra so extra.
We’re getting a recap of the S25 series with a nice big bento of the new features — narrated by, the voice of Bixby itself? Maybe? Phones are shipping February 7th.
The S25 will come with its own photo face swapping feature called Best Face. It looks a lot like Google’s Best Take on Pixel phones, letting you pick the best face from a series of photos so you can make sure everyone’s eyes are open in a group photo. No full body swaps, though.
