4 issues the Galaxy S25 Extremely must change into...

It may be tough to consider should you’re aware of how a lot I cowl Apple’s iPhone, however there was a time after I most well-liked Samsung’s S collection smartphones. Again within the day, in comparison with Apple’s providing, they featured what felt like a monumental bounce in design and {hardware} yearly, particularly relating to digital camera efficiency. I do know it was years in the past, however keep in mind the large leap between the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S4? In 2013, it felt monumental.

However these days are lengthy gone, with the South Korean tech big as a substitute content material to launch yearly iterative updates to its top-tier smartphone line, identical to almost each fashionable cellphone maker. Nonetheless, based on leaks and rumors, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is shaping as much as be a formidable smartphone, particularly if Samsung makes a number of key upgrades to the flagship gadget. With only some days till its official reveal on January 22nd, we can’t have lengthy to attend to know for positive.

With all of this in thoughts, listed below are 4 upgrades I hope we see with the Galaxy S25 Extremely this yr.

1 Please ensure that iPhone-like design revamp is refined

Primarily based on leaks, Samsung is unquestionably heading in the right direction

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I just like the adjustments Samsung made to the look of Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 this yr. The corporate’s extra squared-off design course provides the foldable smartphones an angrier, barely extra mature look. However, with the Galaxy S25 Extremely (and the remainder of the Galaxy S25 line), rumors level to Samsung taking issues in a barely totally different course.

Together with lowered bezels and a barely smaller dimension throughout the board, all Galaxy S25 gadgets (together with the Galaxy S25 Extremely) are rumored to function a extra rounded-off nook with rear digital camera bumps that look much like the Galaxy Z Fold 6. They’re impartial and never sitting on a extra vital bump and appear to function the skinny black rings I wasn’t an enormous fan of with the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Total, although, I am into the design, however like with all smartphones, I am going to have to get my fingers on the Galaxy S25 extremely earlier than passing last judgment.

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2 Please make 16GB of RAM commonplace

It is 2025 — 12GB simply does not reduce it on an Android cellphone anymore

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We all know just about for positive that the Galaxy S25 Extremely will function Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, however how a lot RAM the smartphone will come outfitted with is a distinct query. The Galaxy S24 Extremely featured 12GB of RAM until you opted for the top-tier storage configuration, however with rumors surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy AI efforts being kicked into overdrive, it is sensible for the tech big to extend the Galaxy S25 Extremely’s RAM to 16GB.

Hopefully, that is true and all Galaxy S25 Extremely storage configurations, together with 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB, include 16GB of RAM. To be honest, my expertise with all Galaxy S collection gadgets has been easy for a number of years, however extra RAM is rarely a nasty factor.

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3 The Galaxy S25 Extremely wants to start out at 512GB of storage

256GB of storage is not sufficient anymore

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Sure, I do know cloud storage exists — Google Pictures is nice, for positive. However given how a lot Samsung’s top-tier flagship smartphone prices now, particularly within the US, it feels ridiculous that the gadget has began at simply 256GB of onboard storage for the previous a number of years. I hope that this yr, Samsung lastly provides in and gives the base-tier Galaxy S25 Extremely with 512GB of storage.

This transformation is lengthy overdue and may have occurred a number of years in the past as app and photograph file sizes proceed to extend.

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4 I need Photographic Type-like options

I exploit an iPhone as my every day gadget, and it will be tough to surrender the gadgets’ versatile digital camera settings

No less than so far as the Galaxy S25 Extremely’s digital camera is worried, I am not anticipating vital upgrades. This implies we’ll probably see a 200-megapixel most important sensor, a 50-megapixel 5x telephoto lens, a 10-megapixel 3x telephoto, and new for this yr, an upgraded 50-megapixel ultra-wide. Whereas the ultra-wide enchancment is welcome, I discover that I actually do not use the lens fairly often.

What I need from the Galaxy S25 Extremely is a function much like the iPhone 16’s Photographic Styles. As a smartphone pictures fanatic, this function is an entire sport changer. It permits me to tweak images precisely how I need, proper all the way down to the tone and total colours of the images. Within the context of the Galaxy S25 Extremely, I would be capable of extra finely tune down the pores and skin smoothing and out-there highlights which are so frequent with the tech big’s flagship smartphones. This may undoubtedly encourage me to achieve for the Galaxy S25 Extremely extra incessantly after I depart the home and know I will be taking some images.

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