I wish Samsung DeX would get more coverage. All this talk about how these devices are boring and phones are stale, yet media continues to ignore remarkable features like DeX. You're literally walking around with a PC in your pocket. In this day and age of the nomad worker, and those who are bouncing between work from home and a couple of days in the office, a feature like DeX is priceless. It also actually works, unlike this AI bullshit. DeX will meet the same fate as the Bluetooth S Pen. There was very little coverage of it functioning as a remote shutter, and now it's gone because nobody knew it could do that and therefore reportedly didn't use it. I adored the remote shutter function on my Note 10 - it really was a difference maker.
I have an S9 that I still use, and one of the features I miss on my newer phone is the pressure sensitive home button. Brilliant features like 3D touch die off due to bad communication 😢.
I love dex, but unfortunately, it's very unlikely that I will just connect my phone to stand alone monitor. At home you have a laptop. On the go, rarely there's a free minitor to use. What's your workflow for Dex?
@ the point would be you don't need to have a laptop at home - I sold my PC when I got my S10 years ago to use DeX as my PC. On the go, most offices these days have USB-C workstations to dock at. Elsewhere, that's where a lapdock can take over if you need to be truly remote. The potential workflow DeX affords is seamless. From creating content with your phone and then being able to edit and share it without transferring to a different device, to being able to get work done on the go in "phone mode" and then docking at the office or home and picking up right where you left off, it is such a good experience.
I mean it's been around for almost a decade, and usually the only new features are "less buggy" and "security fix". What is it about Dex on the S25 that's better than on the S24?
Its very odd Becca didn't mention it. It feels like management just wanted to get "something" to compete with Apple's new audio features, and some overworked engineer said "fine"
Tbh was nearly everything than getting a glance on the devices kinda useless, as none of it seemed to be ready for the market. Apart from Becca's appearance, of course. ;)
The reason why it "restarts" when the user speaks when Gemini is responding is because you can interrupt it during a normal conversations. It thinks that reading aloud is an interruption.
It's such a shame they removed bluetooth from the S-Pen. Using it as a shutter for stuff like group photos, espectially if you used a mini tripod was so freaking useful.
I feel like Chinese phones are the only one innovating these days regarding camera hardware, but only if you can get past the whole politicking first though.
@@LindonSlaght As a Xperia kind-of fan, I can assure you that modern Xperia's camera only works well in theory. I mean, adjustable periscope zoom and Alpha technology sounds really cool right? Until you use it in person and realize how bad the image quality is, especially at night-time where the telephoto struggles to deliver usable images, let alone competitive with the other brands. Not to mention the Chinese brands who's literally wiping the floor with what Samsung/Google does in terms of telephoto lens quality. Alpha technology my ass lol, let's hope Sony actually gets their head out of the sand this year with the 1 VII.
@@Kazz7420 I don't know if you've ever used a sony alpha camera, I have, and I'm here to tell you it is not about having the best image quality on all cameras. The main thing is the workflow. Having a user interface that's very similar to your real camera, and having a lot of the same features, makes things much easier in my opinion. You're right, the telephoto camera isn't that great, but you'll recall we were talking about innovation, not whether something is really good or not. The Xperia 1 VI is genuinely a huge innovation over the last generation, and optical zoom in general is. The main camera is also very excellent, and while it may seem just normal now, when they first started using that sensor last gen, they were the first with it since they made it, and it's genuinely a huge innovation. It may be hard to see that from a user perspective, but stacked sensors in phones is huge, and will pave the way for many further innovations. I understand where you're coming from. I will always prefer my dedicated sony alpha camera for photography. However, I wouldn't diss on it so easily. Xperia is designed for a very specific type of person and that really isn't the average tech enthusiast. Sure, the continous zoom and headphone jack and microSD expansion may draw tech enthusiasts in, but ultimately it's there for people who will actually use it every day and need it to an extent, not for people who want to store a bunch of photos, or who are excited to have the latest camera tech. Not to menion.. if you're shooting anything serious on a phone, I can't say I'd use the telephoto sensor anyways. I don't expect it to be good, though it's cool when they are good, sadly the wide angle camera has always been the main focus with phones.
2 / 4 words that no reviewer seems to mention when it comes to Samsung phones. Shutter lag / motion blur. All these audio editing features, megapixels, video modes sound nice, but will we once again end up with flagship device that can't take a decent picture of anything with even slight movement ? Would take less then 2 minutes to test...
You’re my most trusted tech reviewer on YT and such a lovely breath of fresh air 😊 (unrelated but love those finger tattoos 👩❤️💋👩). Keep up the amazing work!
Seems like they have raised the white flag on photo/video/audio improvements and are going full steam ahead on AI regardless of just how glitchy it is. What a disappointment.
I cant for the life of me understand why they cant do a hands on asssistant approach where it'll only record the audio IF your finger is pressed on the assistant icon or power button and as soon as you let go THEN it processes what you ask. Bixby did this on the Note8 and no one does it anymore.
@@bozdowleder2303or maybe the software just isn’t where it needs to be yet... Given that’s the intended use case of the software. In the real world you don’t get to re-record moments.
@@N8N88 No, a bunch of people have used it and it's much better than this. Of course you can do this kind of thing much better with a professional audio editor on a desktop environment but the basic stuff is not really difficult. The frequency bands are quite distinct for basic sound separation. At any rate you wouldn't get any hollow reverberation like what we're seeing here. That actually feels like an added glitch
Quick question: I guess this is a hands-on video and not a review, but the only thing I am missing from this video is your perspective on this launch. What is your opinion about these new phones, AI being stuffed into everything, etc?
Honestly, I prefer the S24 Ultra's sharp corner design because I think that's the Ultra's signature. And now the S25 Ultra's design doesn't look like a flagship phone.
I made up my mind yesterday, DSLR plus a good phone with great screen and SOC will be the greatest cambo to have more fun and taking photography to the next level.
If software is the best selling point sales will plummet. The s23/s24 ulrra will receive most if not all of it. Becca i hope you can get your hands on the Vivo X200 Pro , Xiaomi or Oppo phones. Itd be great to hear your perspective as a person who likes cameras
AI would be really helpful if it could do something really useful: by just opening the settings when one says " my screen is too bright", the real help would be to recognize the device and act on commands. How abt " set the brightness at 30%"?
Both Gemini and Bixby will change your brightness if that’s the stated command. The real “AI” based features would understand “my screen is too bright” to actually reduce the screen brightness
There was exactly 1 reason for me to ever consider the Ultra and that was the wonderful bluetooth enabled S-Pen. They would brag things with the Google app already does for years like that Morning Briefing thing while removing the very thing no other flagship offers and was actually useful.
the unpacked Samsung unveiling event was a letdown......all they had to talk was the AI part....was expecting some better hardware changes but this time was a disappointing lot.....
I didn’t want it to be boring, I keep checking other reviews incase there something that might have been missed…. but it’s definitely boring. the same ai features were literally demoed on the pixel 9 so I am underwhelmed
It’s a Gemini issue everywhere. I’ve had the same experience where I’m waiting for the results to populate, and then another word is uttered, and we go back to square one. It’s incredibly annoying!
Yeah except these are features in the AI stuff that we've had in Google Assistant years ago. Gmail could put events on your calendar until they decided to just sort of stop... And now this...
Love the short spoil in the start of the video. Nothing new, nothing working as should or needed ai-wise. All we want is a week of battery. Who really cares if it add more 3mm or so of thickness ?
Thank u for talking more about experience and not the specifications. I mean yeah, AI features are a live improvement but, if it is just a software update why would you upgrade to the S25? I think samsung might just don't release phone at all this year and just focus on software development to make the user experience smoother, it will be better instead of releasing the 2nd S24 with snapdragon 8 elite. For the design, samsung have made the iconic industrialized square design on their ultra model gone. Their ultra model now kinda looks ike a regular android phone. So I think this year might be worth to upgrade to the new S24 not S25 because of the price down or upgrade to the new Vivo X200 pro, Oneplus, Iphone, or something else that at least is not as boring as S25.
I stopped buying Samsung phones years back when they started pre-loading all the Samsung specific apps, (aka crapware). Do they still preload all that stuff?
Samsung should focus on DeX. But yeah, boring upgrade when comparing to S24. That Blue colour is neat, but that and AI only does not make me to upgrade from S21FE.
I love AI though I'll admit I watched on my Pixel 8 Pro haha great review! I imagine some of these features will come to Pixel sometime soon and my brother is a Samsung guy so I told him to get one!
AI is a hollow marketing phrase. Voice recognition is something completely different from automatic editing of pictures. This needs more precise language. And voice search in settings? That's the killer application now? Not sure.
Samsung is keeping its look. Fair enough. I never could and can never do anything with such sharp phone edges. Best hand shape forever, iPhone 6 and its heirs (6s, 7, 8, SE 2020 etc.).
Ok wow, most of your video is about software. Which means, I could buy the phone from last year. But you mentioned the camera system which is the same as in S24, which was already the same as in S23 which had the banana gate. Is this still a thing?
Apple does the same thing with AI. It just pops up a temp window that disappears quickly. I don't know who is designing these interfaces, but they fail at basic stuff like "don't delete my stuff".
I'm still on s22 ultra.....have never been presented with a need to upgrade. Battery is still solid, buttery smooth with no lag and it's about to get android 15.......
Google voice commands have gotten worse over the years. Assistant is worse then it was 5 years ago. Gemini is an even worse then Assistant. Home is a complete mess that constantly screws up.
I prefer the S24 ultra look, its sexier. I wish Samsung made the S lineup look different but they just keep making their flagships look like their midrange and entry level phones.
Agree Becca that it’s boring. The phones look nice but the AI features are the only “new” thing, which aren’t that exciting until they reach Jarvis level at some point.
How much of this is true ai? It looks to me that what is being advertised as ai is merely algorithmic processing in a new outfit? This applies to all the manufacturers, not just Samsung. Genuine question.
A lot of the features seem rushed to compete with XYZ. Some of these things seem a bit too finicky to be useful for the average consumer without a demo…
Well first of all all that AI features are only available for US market and MAYBE for few Europeans - so for majority it doesn't matter if AI is there or not. They can't use it or can use some basic features. I still remember S4 having moisture and temperature sensor, imagine having it back and connecting it to our smart homes - we could do easy automatization like "if I'm at home and phone is lying flat (that means its not measuring humidity coming from our mouth or in our pocket) and humidity is below X% turn on humidifier" - that's "smart". Not pushing AI everywhere while it doesn't work properly and most people use it few times and then forget about it.
If they finally added a 1 inch new generation camera sensor, a larger (at least +1000 mAh) silicon carbon battery capacity and real fast charging (at least 90W) to their phones, maybe we could say that they have caught up with this year's requirements. All we can say now is it's the same phone with this year's processor. They're doing great with software, but they should stop chasing Apple with hardware. There were two things they did differently and beautifully but they managed to cripple both of them this year. They ended DEX for PC support and killed the bluetooth features on Spen. If they continue like this they will be the new Nokia or LG.
Is it just me or is it crazy that the audio and video quality of the phones plainly just suck in comparison to competitors? I genuinely cannot believe a camera that could very well be from 2018 is still being pushed and marketed as ''Flagship''... I guess their screens look nice..?
Yeah, since the ultra 22 it's been boring. And I gotta say, I constantly hear that we hit some sort of limit with tech and that's why the iphones and Samsung are so boring now. 6 months ago I've left my 22 ultra behind and got an honor magic v3, thinner, foldable, with bigger battery, faster changing (wired and wireless), we didn't hit no limit, companies in America just got lazy.
I fell like the we are in the trenches with AI... - its clear its gonna take Time(+3 Years) for it to become natural to interface with AI - I feel like the chip sets are powerful enough that I kinda want the wacky phones Like the LG WING and Blackberry Priv to start a resurgence - I feel like Companies need a W-Model phone ( Wacky!) Something fun! Where they can try new things and just throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks... Awesome Vid!
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specs for ya:
S25 $799.99 - 6.2" FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display, 4000mAh battery
S25+ $999.99 - 6.7" QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display, 4900mAh battery
S25 Ultra $1,299.99 - 6.9" QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display, 5000mAh battery
All powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy processors.
S25/+ camera: 50MP Wide, 12MP Ultra-wide, 10MP Tele
(In the above video I wrongly stated that the base models got the upgraded 50MP ultra-wide. Sadly, they didn’t ~ better luck next year!)
S25 Ultra camera: 200MP Wide, 50MP Ultra-wide, 100MP 3x Tele, 50MP 5x Tele
is the base model ultra-wide camera still fixed focus?
there is a hilarious typo at ultra cam
AI continues to be an underwhelming snoozefest... 😴
terribly overpriced for a simple Samsung
I think it's absolutely unreal that you were able to attend the event, film it, and pull off such an amazing edit (script included) ON THE SAME DAY.
🙏🙏 (cool on the outside, sweating and absolutely cooked on the inside)
5:49 only the ultra gets the new Ultra Wide😅
🇧🇷
She mentioned her special skill on fast editing some videos earlier... Benchmarks are set to be achieved, right?
Watching Becca’s video before Marquis’s, Becca is the shit
She has become so much more interesting than so many of the old pros.
@@sloanNYC Becca and Mr Mobile, the best ones
@@ALROD THIS!
I wish Samsung DeX would get more coverage. All this talk about how these devices are boring and phones are stale, yet media continues to ignore remarkable features like DeX. You're literally walking around with a PC in your pocket. In this day and age of the nomad worker, and those who are bouncing between work from home and a couple of days in the office, a feature like DeX is priceless. It also actually works, unlike this AI bullshit.
DeX will meet the same fate as the Bluetooth S Pen. There was very little coverage of it functioning as a remote shutter, and now it's gone because nobody knew it could do that and therefore reportedly didn't use it. I adored the remote shutter function on my Note 10 - it really was a difference maker.
I have an S9 that I still use, and one of the features I miss on my newer phone is the pressure sensitive home button. Brilliant features like 3D touch die off due to bad communication 😢.
I love dex, but unfortunately, it's very unlikely that I will just connect my phone to stand alone monitor.
At home you have a laptop. On the go, rarely there's a free minitor to use.
What's your workflow for Dex?
@ the point would be you don't need to have a laptop at home - I sold my PC when I got my S10 years ago to use DeX as my PC.
On the go, most offices these days have USB-C workstations to dock at. Elsewhere, that's where a lapdock can take over if you need to be truly remote.
The potential workflow DeX affords is seamless. From creating content with your phone and then being able to edit and share it without transferring to a different device, to being able to get work done on the go in "phone mode" and then docking at the office or home and picking up right where you left off, it is such a good experience.
I mean it's been around for almost a decade, and usually the only new features are "less buggy" and "security fix".
What is it about Dex on the S25 that's better than on the S24?
its a niche feature, no one cares
That processed audio thing was horrific
Its very odd Becca didn't mention it.
It feels like management just wanted to get "something" to compete with Apple's new audio features, and some overworked engineer said "fine"
My brain was hurting trying to separate what she was saying from the constant garbled audio
I'm sure it will be covered in a full review
Tbh was nearly everything than getting a glance on the devices kinda useless, as none of it seemed to be ready for the market. Apart from Becca's appearance, of course. ;)
@@TheOfficialOriginalChadI wonder what setting she used. Everyone else got much better results
1:40 the real life problems with these tech ideas right there. "See, you can just talk to it and it'll do the thing." "NO DON'T TALK NOW"
The reason why it "restarts" when the user speaks when Gemini is responding is because you can interrupt it during a normal conversations. It thinks that reading aloud is an interruption.
It's such a shame they removed bluetooth from the S-Pen. Using it as a shutter for stuff like group photos, espectially if you used a mini tripod was so freaking useful.
Oh, they remove the bluetooth? I use that shutter function a lot... That's a deal breaker for me...
yep that was my favorite feature :(
It's a really stupid decision. Why not just keep it??
I'm sure it's a coincidence that the $400 Galaxy Ring has a gesture that lets you use it for shutter control.
I feel like Chinese phones are the only one innovating these days regarding camera hardware, but only if you can get past the whole politicking first though.
Sony Xperia
@@LindonSlaght As a Xperia kind-of fan, I can assure you that modern Xperia's camera only works well in theory. I mean, adjustable periscope zoom and Alpha technology sounds really cool right?
Until you use it in person and realize how bad the image quality is, especially at night-time where the telephoto struggles to deliver usable images, let alone competitive with the other brands. Not to mention the Chinese brands who's literally wiping the floor with what Samsung/Google does in terms of telephoto lens quality. Alpha technology my ass lol, let's hope Sony actually gets their head out of the sand this year with the 1 VII.
A lot of it is very gimmicky, though
@@Kazz7420 I don't know if you've ever used a sony alpha camera, I have, and I'm here to tell you it is not about having the best image quality on all cameras. The main thing is the workflow. Having a user interface that's very similar to your real camera, and having a lot of the same features, makes things much easier in my opinion. You're right, the telephoto camera isn't that great, but you'll recall we were talking about innovation, not whether something is really good or not. The Xperia 1 VI is genuinely a huge innovation over the last generation, and optical zoom in general is. The main camera is also very excellent, and while it may seem just normal now, when they first started using that sensor last gen, they were the first with it since they made it, and it's genuinely a huge innovation. It may be hard to see that from a user perspective, but stacked sensors in phones is huge, and will pave the way for many further innovations. I understand where you're coming from. I will always prefer my dedicated sony alpha camera for photography. However, I wouldn't diss on it so easily. Xperia is designed for a very specific type of person and that really isn't the average tech enthusiast. Sure, the continous zoom and headphone jack and microSD expansion may draw tech enthusiasts in, but ultimately it's there for people who will actually use it every day and need it to an extent, not for people who want to store a bunch of photos, or who are excited to have the latest camera tech. Not to menion.. if you're shooting anything serious on a phone, I can't say I'd use the telephoto sensor anyways. I don't expect it to be good, though it's cool when they are good, sadly the wide angle camera has always been the main focus with phones.
As an event producer, when even the content creators are clocking the bad lighting when they're focused on product..... It's bad... Yeesh
poor Tony Kim getting spammed 3 duplicate messages
5:29 Only the Ultra has the 50MP ultrawide, S25 and S25+ have the same 12MP from last year.
Noooooooo, dam that would have been so good
Becca you’re in the Tech Reviewers Club now huh like the pro club that’s awesome !!!
5:28 Ultra-wide lens is 50MP only on Ultra not across the line up.
2 / 4 words that no reviewer seems to mention when it comes to Samsung phones. Shutter lag / motion blur. All these audio editing features, megapixels, video modes sound nice, but will we once again end up with flagship device that can't take a decent picture of anything with even slight movement ? Would take less then 2 minutes to test...
"table rock" ok, that's stuck in my head forever now
I hate that by gemini if i touch the screen or do something my whole writing or request goes away and i have to start all over again
You’re my most trusted tech reviewer on YT and such a lovely breath of fresh air 😊 (unrelated but love those finger tattoos 👩❤️💋👩). Keep up the amazing work!
Seems like they have raised the white flag on photo/video/audio improvements and are going full steam ahead on AI regardless of just how glitchy it is. What a disappointment.
I cant for the life of me understand why they cant do a hands on asssistant approach where it'll only record the audio IF your finger is pressed on the assistant icon or power button and as soon as you let go THEN it processes what you ask. Bixby did this on the Note8 and no one does it anymore.
We DON'T need yearly updates.
You’re right but money is the motive
@@N8N88 Obviously, but not your money, their money. Let's stop being poor and more conscious with what matters and our spending.
That processed audio is shitt 😂
I wonder what setting she used. Everyone else got much better results
@@bozdowleder2303or maybe the software just isn’t where it needs to be yet... Given that’s the intended use case of the software. In the real world you don’t get to re-record moments.
@@N8N88 No, a bunch of people have used it and it's much better than this. Of course you can do this kind of thing much better with a professional audio editor on a desktop environment but the basic stuff is not really difficult. The frequency bands are quite distinct for basic sound separation. At any rate you wouldn't get any hollow reverberation like what we're seeing here. That actually feels like an added glitch
Quick question: I guess this is a hands-on video and not a review, but the only thing I am missing from this video is your perspective on this launch. What is your opinion about these new phones, AI being stuffed into everything, etc?
Becca's Apple keynote highlight editing skills coming in clutch.
Honestly, I prefer the S24 Ultra's sharp corner design because I think that's the Ultra's signature. And now the S25 Ultra's design doesn't look like a flagship phone.
Yeah and also the sides are more rounded so it's more comfortable to hold that way.
I made up my mind yesterday, DSLR plus a good phone with great screen and SOC will be the greatest cambo to have more fun and taking photography to the next level.
If software is the best selling point sales will plummet. The s23/s24 ulrra will receive most if not all of it. Becca i hope you can get your hands on the Vivo X200 Pro , Xiaomi or Oppo phones. Itd be great to hear your perspective as a person who likes cameras
Hi Becca. Could you tell me the name/artist of the song that starts at 5:55? 🙏🏼 Love those chords
AI would be really helpful if it could do something really useful: by just opening the settings when one says " my screen is too bright", the real help would be to recognize the device and act on commands. How abt " set the brightness at 30%"?
Both Gemini and Bixby will change your brightness if that’s the stated command. The real “AI” based features would understand “my screen is too bright” to actually reduce the screen brightness
For your 1000 picture testing, can you see if the shutter lag is gone? Want to see if it can capture fast moving subjects like kids and pets. Thanks!
$800 is the entry level - that's insane
entry level of the flagship?
that's been the norm for many years, they will likely release the S25 FE at a lower price point in a few months
@@squirtle88 I bet that will have an Exynos or if they do learn from their mistakes for a change, they should use the 7-Core 8 Elite.
There was exactly 1 reason for me to ever consider the Ultra and that was the wonderful bluetooth enabled S-Pen.
They would brag things with the Google app already does for years like that Morning Briefing thing while removing the very thing no other flagship offers and was actually useful.
They are a bit boring .....,.
" AI, AI OOOOHhhhh" 😂😂
the unpacked Samsung unveiling event was a letdown......all they had to talk was the AI part....was expecting some better hardware changes but this time was a disappointing lot.....
Great video!
Algo Push :) you're doing great
1:10 So scanning a Chelsea vs Arsenal match ticket creates a payment reminder on your calendar? And that's a demo use case?
The "beautiful vocal chords" bit 🤣 Keep up the great work Becca!
I didn’t want it to be boring, I keep checking other reviews incase there something that might have been missed…. but it’s definitely boring. the same ai features were literally demoed on the pixel 9 so I am underwhelmed
Wow, that audio eraser is bad.
Becca is the Queen !!!! GOAT youtube tech reviewer.
It’s a Gemini issue everywhere. I’ve had the same experience where I’m waiting for the results to populate, and then another word is uttered, and we go back to square one. It’s incredibly annoying!
Almost expected Becca to say ‘peace’ like Marques in the end there.
Does it have a headphone jack?
LMAO.
I wish...
Yeah except these are features in the AI stuff that we've had in Google Assistant years ago. Gmail could put events on your calendar until they decided to just sort of stop... And now this...
if you find them boring why dont you compare their samsung log video to motioncam demo on play store?
Isn't the 50mp ultra wide exclusive to the Ultra?
Love the short spoil in the start of the video. Nothing new, nothing working as should or needed ai-wise. All we want is a week of battery. Who really cares if it add more 3mm or so of thickness ?
The first thing I did when I got my S24 was disable the AI app in App settings. I don't need or want it. 🤷♂️
Thank u for talking more about experience and not the specifications. I mean yeah, AI features are a live improvement but, if it is just a software update why would you upgrade to the S25? I think samsung might just don't release phone at all this year and just focus on software development to make the user experience smoother, it will be better instead of releasing the 2nd S24 with snapdragon 8 elite.
For the design, samsung have made the iconic industrialized square design on their ultra model gone. Their ultra model now kinda looks ike a regular android phone. So I think this year might be worth to upgrade to the new S24 not S25 because of the price down or upgrade to the new Vivo X200 pro, Oneplus, Iphone, or something else that at least is not as boring as S25.
I stopped buying Samsung phones years back when they started pre-loading all the Samsung specific apps, (aka crapware). Do they still preload all that stuff?
So still 12MP photo? only iPhone is doing 24MP at this time?
"into a room with expensive phones and subpar lighting" is a great sentence.
is there a chance for a cheaper Fold?
Samsung should focus on DeX. But yeah, boring upgrade when comparing to S24. That Blue colour is neat, but that and AI only does not make me to upgrade from S21FE.
I DONT WANT AI IN MY DAMN PHONE. NOT having AI is a selling point. We dont want this cancer in our lives.
Awesome vid! For the review, would you be able to differentiate which “AI” features are processed in the cloud VS on device?
ohhh tyty great idea! yes.
Of course! Thank you so much! 😁
I love AI though I'll admit I watched on my Pixel 8 Pro haha great review! I imagine some of these features will come to Pixel sometime soon and my brother is a Samsung guy so I told him to get one!
so log available on s25 phones or only on s25 ultra whaatt
Feels like these companies are vastly overestimating how much the average consumer cares about AI.
AI is a hollow marketing phrase. Voice recognition is something completely different from automatic editing of pictures. This needs more precise language.
And voice search in settings? That's the killer application now? Not sure.
Samsung is keeping its look. Fair enough. I never could and can never do anything with such sharp phone edges. Best hand shape forever, iPhone 6 and its heirs (6s, 7, 8, SE 2020 etc.).
Yeah, they are... but as you said "exciting things has not been around in ages". It's funny how they are tale rocker just like the new iPhones.
Hi Becca!
👋👋
Now I await to see how much the same the Fold 7 will be compared to the Fold 6
Also, I'm still waiting when there is a flagship phone with 6" screen. My current phone (S21FE) has too big screen (6.4").
Ok wow, most of your video is about software. Which means, I could buy the phone from last year. But you mentioned the camera system which is the same as in S24, which was already the same as in S23 which had the banana gate. Is this still a thing?
Apple does the same thing with AI. It just pops up a temp window that disappears quickly. I don't know who is designing these interfaces, but they fail at basic stuff like "don't delete my stuff".
Apple is poor at ai.
@ sure, but the interface using a temporary pop up is pretty simple UI/UX design.
I'm still on s22 ultra.....have never been presented with a need to upgrade. Battery is still solid, buttery smooth with no lag and it's about to get android 15.......
I know its just because of the angle, but the S25 Ultra looks like a stone tablet found in the Paleolithic era
😂😂
I really dont know who tf gives a single F about any new phones these days.
I'm glad I'm invested on Google pixel 9 pro XL ❤!
that audio video enhancer sounds like my hp computer on a zoom call
Google voice commands have gotten worse over the years. Assistant is worse then it was 5 years ago. Gemini is an even worse then Assistant. Home is a complete mess that constantly screws up.
"A lot of this was user error." I don't think it was. If it's not easy to use / intuitive, it's pointless.
The audio fix is video isn't great. Would rather have original with the noise.
Very practical review. The UI of the Samsung changed a lot.
I will consider Samsung for my 2025 upgrade.
please review some weird phones, biggest phone on the market etc
1000 photos test is what I need.
A shame, the non Ultra models don't get the 3x lens of the Ultra - again.
I prefer the S24 ultra look, its sexier. I wish Samsung made the S lineup look different but they just keep making their flagships look like their midrange and entry level phones.
I saw Dave2D, Marques, Aron all pop up in my feed. I clicked here first.
The ultra looks comically large in normal sized hands 😅
Becca, you’re better than MKBHD imo.😊
I did not know that Samsung phone can cost 1000USD but OK. Always enjoy your videos!
Agree Becca that it’s boring. The phones look nice but the AI features are the only “new” thing, which aren’t that exciting until they reach Jarvis level at some point.
fi cannot believe how much flack people give Apple because 'every iPhone is the same' when Samsung out here doing this 🤯
How much of this is true ai? It looks to me that what is being advertised as ai is merely algorithmic processing in a new outfit? This applies to all the manufacturers, not just Samsung. Genuine question.
And this is how it’s done 🙌🏻
I can't wait for the actual reviews where everyone bashes the S25 series for having no significant upgrades.
Look at Oneplus and Redmagic.
A lot of the features seem rushed to compete with XYZ. Some of these things seem a bit too finicky to be useful for the average consumer without a demo…
Well first of all all that AI features are only available for US market and MAYBE for few Europeans - so for majority it doesn't matter if AI is there or not. They can't use it or can use some basic features.
I still remember S4 having moisture and temperature sensor, imagine having it back and connecting it to our smart homes - we could do easy automatization like "if I'm at home and phone is lying flat (that means its not measuring humidity coming from our mouth or in our pocket) and humidity is below X% turn on humidifier" - that's "smart". Not pushing AI everywhere while it doesn't work properly and most people use it few times and then forget about it.
I'm so early I really deserve your reply Becca xD, anyways Love from India IN
done and done ✅ thanks for being here!
If they finally added a 1 inch new generation camera sensor, a larger (at least +1000 mAh) silicon carbon battery capacity and real fast charging (at least 90W) to their phones, maybe we could say that they have caught up with this year's requirements. All we can say now is it's the same phone with this year's processor. They're doing great with software, but they should stop chasing Apple with hardware. There were two things they did differently and beautifully but they managed to cripple both of them this year. They ended DEX for PC support and killed the bluetooth features on Spen. If they continue like this they will be the new Nokia or LG.
very interesting to AI fail, but for UX reasons rather than technical ones. my career is safe for now
I want a Blackberry
Is it just me or is it crazy that the audio and video quality of the phones plainly just suck in comparison to competitors? I genuinely cannot believe a camera that could very well be from 2018 is still being pushed and marketed as ''Flagship''... I guess their screens look nice..?
Yeah, since the ultra 22 it's been boring.
And I gotta say, I constantly hear that we hit some sort of limit with tech and that's why the iphones and Samsung are so boring now.
6 months ago I've left my 22 ultra behind and got an honor magic v3, thinner, foldable, with bigger battery, faster changing (wired and wireless), we didn't hit no limit, companies in America just got lazy.
How are they going to sell any of these this year? They're going to do 100% trade in promotion 😂😂😂
This whole AI shit is nothing but a tech demo to show off how great some future none of us want to live in could be.
I fell like the we are in the trenches with AI...
- its clear its gonna take Time(+3 Years) for it to become natural to interface with AI
- I feel like the chip sets are powerful enough that I kinda want the wacky phones Like the LG WING and Blackberry Priv to start a resurgence
- I feel like Companies need a W-Model phone ( Wacky!) Something fun! Where they can try new things and just throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks...
Awesome Vid!