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Galaxy S25 Ultra

Marketing claims55
Community reality83

Based on 74 credible posts from Bluesky, Hacker News & YouTube. 39 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.

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Scored September 27, 2026

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Owner reviews

Overall owner mood

54% positive (40)34% mixed (25)12% negative (9)

Owners mostly like it, with reservations: 54% of 74 reviews are positive, 34% mixed, and only 12% negative. Praise centers on display and battery & charging. The most common complaint is camera (4 owners). Owners with 6+ months of use are more positive (75%), which suggests it holds up well.

What owners like

  • Display praised by 7 owners

    “Only to be fixed with oneUI7 lol the s25U has damn good battery life plus the display is so damn beautiful.”

  • Battery & charging praised by 5 owners

    “The Samsung the product is thinner and lighter than the iPhone 17 Pro Max and it also has an S Pen and a SIM Tray and still has a 5000mAh battery!”

  • Camera praised by 5 owners

    “I use it so much for picture taking and videos”

  • Price & value praised by 4 owners

    “With trade in, I get a deal a lot cheaper than going for other options like Oneplus with the same trade in.”

What owners complain about

  • Camera raised by 4 owners

    “Shame Samsung decided to nerf the pen by removing bluetooth, I was one of those users who used it all the time to take photos with, now that they removed that function in the the product I traded in my S24U and bought an Oppo instead.”

  • Connectivity raised by 4 owners

    “I hate so much that they removed the Bluetooth functionality of the SPen .”

  • Price & value raised by 2 owners

    “I won't be upgrading this device for a few more years as it is great phone and let's face it Samsung won't be making many meaningful changes to the S line-up for it to actually be worth upgrading from it for a while.”

What owners talk about

  • Camera5 praise · 4 complain
  • Display7 praise · 0 complain
  • Connectivity3 praise · 4 complain
  • Price & value4 praise · 2 complain
  • Battery & charging5 praise · 1 complain
  • Performance1 praise · 1 complain
  • Controls & input2 praise · 0 complain

Built from the reviews themselves — every quote links to the owner who wrote it.

Galaxy S25 Ultra long-term: how it holds up

Long-term owners feel about the same as new ones, so the Galaxy S25 Ultra holds up.

  • First months100% recommend · 4 owners
  • 1 year or more100% recommend · 10 owners

The claims, and the evidence

What the brand claims

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite for GalaxyFew owner reports
  • 200MP wide cameraMixedCamera: 5 of 9 positive
  • 50MP ultra-wide cameraMixedCamera: 5 of 9 positive
  • Titanium frameFew owner reports
  • Built-in S PenFew owner reports
  • 6.9-inch display with Corning Gorilla Armor 2Owners agreeDisplay: 7 of 7 positive
  • 5000mAh battery with 45W fast chargingOwners agreeBattery & charging: 5 of 6 positive
  • 12GB of RAMFew owner reports
  • 7 years of OS and security updatesFew owner reports
  • Galaxy AIFew owner reports

What owners report

  • “So happy my phone is unlocked! I paid a lot of money for this! $1,299.99 plus tax for my almost 2 year old Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra! I'm truly grateful for my ability to budget and save my money today! [...]”

    after 2 yearsView on Bluesky
  • “I got the 1tb model in black and i think it's the first time I'm keeping a phone for over 2 years.”

    after 2 yearsView on YouTube
  • “Brother i am been using s25 ultra for about six months and suddenly I felt that, when I am zooming beyond 5x, the image changing to blur while zooming and the quality of the image is very poor....I don't know why, because I used to take longshot before, but I never experienced this....but now it's terrible....I stood at same place, same focus point, same 20x zoom....but its was good at earlier and now very worse after I face this issue.... Is that normal or any hardware issue....”

    after 6 monthsView on YouTube
  • “going from a Samsung Note 10+ to a Galaxy S25 Ultra Its been about 6 years since I upgraded my phone XD”

    after 6 yearsView on Bluesky
Read all 74 owner reviews

Common Galaxy S25 Ultra problems

Issues at least two owners independently report.

  • Connectivity4 mentions

    “I use the S pen a lot for precise video & picture editing. I'm part of the 1% who buys the device because of the S pen. Taking the Bluetooth away is a deal breaker because i used it a lot for selfies.”

    View on YouTube
  • Camera4 mentions

    “Brother i am been using s25 ultra for about six months and suddenly I felt that, when I am zooming beyond 5x, the image changing to blur while zooming and the quality of the image is very poor....I don't know why, because I used to take longshot before, but I never experienced this....but now it's terrible....I stood at same place, same focus point, same 20x zoom....but its was good at earlier and now very worse after I face this issue.... Is that normal or any hardware issue....”

    View on YouTube
  • Price & value2 mentions

    “[...] My personal laptop is my phone which is a Samsung S25 ultra with Dex that I use with a lapdock. When I travel and need to do work (i.e coding), I don't even bring my mac because I can do everything on my phone with a VPN. [...] The UI is fast, I have twice the ram of the Neo, all my apps in one place, my phone lasts longer because lapdock charges it, and I can easily multitask between work and personal all on one device. [...] The simple truth is that Macs never were, are not, and never will be worth it for anything. [...]”

    View on Hacker News

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