Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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[SAMSUNG GALAXY S25 ULTRA REVIEW]
Imagine you’re a company with a successful product line, and your customer data tells you that fewer than 1% of those customers actually use one of its features. Wouldn’t you remove it to make room for something more compelling to a wider range of people, maybe something to help you sell even more products?
I'd wager that’s what Samsung was thinking when it deleted the least-sticky features from the signature S Pen on its latest phone. And the trouble it ran into is twofold: First, when you’re the scale of Samsung, 1% of users means 160,000 people (from the last year of sales alone) – the kind of customers already predisposed to get vocal about phones. And second, the company didn’t make a convincing case that it did anything compelling with the reclaimed space or component cost. Deleting the S Pen features didn’t directly result in a phone with a bigger battery; or integrated Qi2 charging; or a design that’s evolved much since 2022. And the new capabilities Samsung does offer up are rooted in the same “Galaxy AI” whose benefits, to me, still seem rather dubious.
There is beauty to be found both in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and in the scenes I was able to capture through its five cameras over three days in Northern California. But I still came away with the sense that this is a familiar phone from a brand that’s become quite unfamiliar to me.
[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S SAMSUNG GALAXY S25 ULTRA REVIEW]
MrMobile's Galaxy S25 Ultra Review was produced following seven days with a Galaxy S25 Ultra review sample provided by Samsung, which also hosted MrMobile in San Jose, California for Samsung Unpacked 2025 – travel, lodging and some meals were provided.
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Samsung did not provide compensation in exchange for this coverage and was given no editorial input into its production. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.
[LINKS]
NexDock XL:
nexdock.com/nexdock-xl
[CHAPTERS]
00:00 Familiar phone from an unfamiliar brand
01:55 Don't grow up – it's a trap
2:33 Sanding off the corners
03:45 [sigh] AI
07:03 The pen is still (kinda) mightier
09:07 Camera test: sitting on the Cafezinho steps
12:37 Power! UNLIMITED power!
13:06 Seek no surprises from this Samsung
14:50 Surfshark
15:44 Disclosures & Outro
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[SAMSUNG GALAXY S25 ULTRA REVIEW]
Imagine you’re a company with a successful product line, and your customer data tells you that fewer than 1% of those customers actually use one of its features. Wouldn’t you remove it to make room for something more compelling to a wider range of people, maybe something to help you sell even more products?
I'd wager that’s what Samsung was thinking when it deleted the least-sticky features from the signature S Pen on its latest phone. And the trouble it ran into is twofold: First, when you’re the scale of Samsung, 1% of users means 160,000 people (from the last year of sales alone) – the kind of customers already predisposed to get vocal about phones. And second, the company didn’t make a convincing case that it did anything compelling with the reclaimed space or component cost. Deleting the S Pen features didn’t directly result in a phone with a bigger battery; or integrated Qi2 charging; or a design that’s evolved much since 2022. And the new capabilities Samsung does offer up are rooted in the same “Galaxy AI” whose benefits, to me, still seem rather dubious.
There is beauty to be found both in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and in the scenes I was able to capture through its five cameras over three days in Northern California. But I still came away with the sense that this is a familiar phone from a brand that’s become quite unfamiliar to me.
[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S SAMSUNG GALAXY S25 ULTRA REVIEW]
MrMobile's Galaxy S25 Ultra Review was produced following seven days with a Galaxy S25 Ultra review sample provided by Samsung, which also hosted MrMobile in San Jose, California for Samsung Unpacked 2025 – travel, lodging and some meals were provided.
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Samsung did not provide compensation in exchange for this coverage and was given no editorial input into its production. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.
[LINKS]
NexDock XL:
nexdock.com/nexdock-xl
[CHAPTERS]
00:00 Familiar phone from an unfamiliar brand
01:55 Don't grow up – it's a trap
2:33 Sanding off the corners
03:45 [sigh] AI
07:03 The pen is still (kinda) mightier
09:07 Camera test: sitting on the Cafezinho steps
12:37 Power! UNLIMITED power!
13:06 Seek no surprises from this Samsung
14:50 Surfshark
15:44 Disclosures & Outro
[SOCIALIZE]
facebook.com/themrmobile
instagram.com/themrmobile
instagram.com/captain2phones
threads.net/themrmobile
threads.net/captain2phones
twitter.com/themrmobile
twitter.com/captain2phones
https://bsky.app/profile/captain2phones.bsky.social
https://mrmobile.tech
[DISCLOSURES]
This post may contain affiliate links, which afford Future plc a commission should you make a purchase. This does not affect MrMobile’s editorial content. See Future's disclosure policy for more details:
futureplc.com/terms-conditions
Additional information concerning MrMobile’s ethics policy can be found here:
https://mrmobile.tech/ethics
#samsung #galaxys25ultra #samsunggalaxy #samsungunpacked #samsung2025 #galaxys25 #paidtravel
