The best Samsung phones for 2025, tested and reviewed

Other Samsung phones

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If you do not see the Samsung phone mentioned in this guide, it may be because it has not been sold in the United States and is a little more difficult to test. It includes devices like Galaxy A55 or the entire Galaxy M series. But here are some other Samsung phones that must be taken into account.

Samsung Galaxy A25 5G for $ 300: This is the only Samsung phone in the collection that I have not tested. I reviewed the oldest model for a few years, A23 5GAnd she had a very bad experience, but things could change dramatically throughout the year. On paper, the specifications appear solid, although Snappy is not expected.

Samsung Galaxy A15 5G for $ 170: Galaxy A15 was a little disappointment because it was The predecessor was exceptional. The performance achieved great success in this latest model, and I suffered from delay and slowdown. Not fun. He – she Do Ownership NFC so that you can pay unseen payments, not to mention the support of the longest software, but it is difficult to be happy with these privileges when the phone is annoying to use. Samsung launched a successor, Galaxy A16And I will review it soon.

If you are looking to provide some cash, I think it is good to buy Samsung’s Galaxy S23 domain or Galaxy S23 Fe From 2023, the prices are much lower than the original MSRP. These phones will still get support for a while, and they are very great. I don’t think it is worth buying anything elderly.

Should you invest in Samsung’s ecosystem?

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Samsung is one of the few smartphones manufacturers that can match Apple to its ecosystem of devices. The company not only makes smartphones, but you can also expand your experience by adding to a Galaxy Watch7 Smartwatchand Galaxy Buds3 Pro Aybudsand Fitness Ring Galaxy episodeand Galaxy Tab S10+ TabletEven it works with Windows Galaxy laptop.

There are some privileges for this as well, such as how some features are on Galaxy and Watch7 It is only available when associated with Samsung, and the earphones will automatically turn between Samsung devices based on what you use. There is not much in the way of exclusive features when using the Galaxy phone with a laptop from Galaxy, but like privileges Fast share Quickly allow you to send pictures and documents between your devices.

Again, this is not necessary, and these other devices may not be the right things for you within the categories of each of them, but if you are chasing equal devices, you have this option with Samsung.

What is Galaxy AI?

With the Galaxy S24 series, launched Samsung “”Galaxy Ai“A selection of artificial intelligence features, many of which are supported by Great Geographic Language Models from Google. These smart features that may be useful daily, such as actual time translations during telephone calls, actual copying in the Samsung audio application, or the ability to summarize long paragraphs of the text in the Samsung Notes application, or change the sentence with the Samsung keyboard. In the Galaxy S25 series, the Galaxy AI has expanded to include Gemini as a virtual sound assistant, and the ability of Gemini to work with multiple applications simultaneously. It also appeared for the first time in the drawing, which allows you to draw or enter a wave and get a picture created from artificial intelligence.

You can find many of these features by heading to Settings> Galaxy AI To replace them or outside. The following phones include or updated to support the Galaxy AI, although all features are not available on old models:

• Galaxy S25, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S23, Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S21 Series
• Galaxy S24 Fe, Galaxy S23 FE
• Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Fold5, Galaxy Fold4, Galaxy Fold3
• Galaxy Flip6, Galaxy Flip5, Galaxy Flip4, Galaxy Flip3

What is Samsung Dex?

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Samsung’s Dex (short of “desktop experience”) was launched in 2017 and is a way to connect your Samsung phone to an external screen and run the desktop version from the Android operating system, all fully supported by the phone. You can find a list of Samsung phones compatible hereAnd you will need a screenand MouseAnd KeyboardMore cable To connect the phone to the screen. (You can also throw DEX to select the screens wirelessly.)

When you are in Dex mode, you can change the size of Android applications, and make them open all in separate Windows. It is a suitable computing platform, although you may not want to use this as a permanent alternative to the laptop or anything like that. It is great if you are visiting another office, or working outside a café or plane (if you have a portable screen). We have a complete guide To prepare and use DeX here.

How do I test phones

I have been reviewing smartphones for nearly a decade, but one of my first smart devices was Samsung Galaxy CaptuateThat I got for a “free” from my carrier at the time. After working during college, I finally provided enough money for a Galaxy S3The first pioneer. I spent years using Samsung phones in my personal life and started reviewing it for a long time.

With every Samsung smartphone, I always put a personal SIM card inside and spend as long as I can (a few weeks) using my phone. I test the camera and compare the results with similar prices, and I link the performance and play the Pianic demand games to learn how to get it out, try all the new features, and even take calls to make sure that the OL ‘function is still working well.