Samsung employs Corning’s new Gorilla Armor 2 glass on the S25 Ultra, which reportedly has 29 percent more fracture resistance than the original Gorilla Armor on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Interestingly, Samsung says it saw a 60 percent drop in screen repairs on the S24 compared to the S23 series, which could mean the S25 is even more durable.
The phones are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, which debuted in phones like the Honor Magic 7 Pro and OnePlus 13. This will be the processor in all Samsung Galaxy S25 series phones globally, unlike previous years when Samsung opted for its own Exynos chips in some markets. Samsung claims this chip offers a 37 percent CPU upgrade, a 30 percent graphics boost, and a 40 percent improved neural processing unit compared to the S24 series.
Samsung and Qualcomm collaborated to optimize the chip, and that close bond has enabled new features like ProScaler. On the S25 Ultra and S25+, this feature can upscale images on the screen to match the screen resolution. Let’s say you’re browsing Instagram and someone uploaded a 1080p image; will be expanded to QHD+.
The vapor chamber cooling system is larger on all three, a crucial component in keeping the phones from getting too hot during intense gaming sessions, and the S25 Ultra’s camera has increased in size by 40 percent. Samsung also says that on top of the chip is a new “custom thermal interface material” that leaves no air gaps, drawing heat from the processor directly into the vapor chamber cooling system to increase performance and reduce stress on the chip. battery.
Arguably the most disappointing part of the hardware story is the lack of support for Qi2 charging. This is the new version of the Qi wireless charging standard, which borrows many features from Apple’s MagSafe charging system. It incorporates magnets into the phone, allowing users to magnetically connect the phone to a Qi2 charger for more efficient and faster wireless charging, plus the convenience of magnetic accessories to enhance the phone. I expected to see several Qi2 Android phones in 2024, but all we got was HMD’s Skyline. Now, in a move that will make things more confusing, the Galaxy S25 series is classified as “Qi2 ready.”
This is a new classification for phones that No They have built-in magnets, but will feature official and third-party Qi2 cases with magnets inside, essentially providing a similar, if not the same, magnetic experience as a proper Qi2 device. Android users who want the MagSafe utility have had to rely on these cases until now, so it’s a shame that Qi2 isn’t yet a native part of these new phones.
Camera specs are more or less the same as before, with the ultra-wide being the exception on the Galaxy S25 Ultra: it now has 50 megapixels instead of 12. Samsung says this in turn increases the quality of macro photos. There are some more interesting changes to the image processing algorithm. Samsung’s next-generation ProVisual Engine uses a “spatio-temporal filter” to distinguish between moving and stationary objects to ensure that photography subjects are not blurred when capturing an image in low-light conditions. Dual analysis denoising analyzes each pixel for noise, looks at eight pixels around it, and removes the noise to clean the image.