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On paper, the Galaxy S25 Ultra has the iPhone 16 Pro Max's number. The Galaxy S25 Ultra has 200MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, and 50MP telephoto cameras. The iPhone 16 Pro Max only has 48MP wide, 48MP ultrawise, and 12MP telephoto cameras, respectively. The more megapixels often equates to more detailed and higher resolution photos.

Glucose monitoring without piercing the skin is a prize companies like Apple and Samsung have been aiming for. Now, Samsung has news.

Samsung’s exciting new flagship launch is just a few weeks away, and promises an Android upgrade that’s the closest we’ve seen yet to iPhone, at least from a security and privacy perspective. Android 15 which hit Pixels late last year has already raised the bar, but Samsung will take this further when its One UI 7 is released alongside the S25.

Samsung and Apple both have new flagship phones on the market. Which one should you buy? We compare the Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16 lineups to determine which is best.

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Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, powers the @samsungmobile Galaxy S25 Series worldwide and is equipped with ultra-fast Wi-Fi 7 from Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 for seamless connectivity. pic.twitter.com/gW7VsTs0qe — Qualcomm (@Qualcomm) January 23,

Here is everything that happened with the S25 phones this week, plus more on the two surprise additions: the Galaxy S25 Edge and the Galaxy XR headset.

Don’t be surprised if the Samsung Galaxy S25’s fresh approach ends up making believers out of the AI agnostics.

We have been waiting and waiting for more Android phones to support the full Qi2 wireless charging standard, including phones with built-in magnets. And with the Galaxy S25 phone line, Samsung is making a small step towards this by offering official cases that include magnets, but not including magnets within the phone itself.

Samsung’s new phones will almost certainly be the most popular Android phones of 2025. They’ll probably also be among the best Android phones of 2025. And yet the Unpacked event this week felt like one of the most boring phone