From digicam enhancements to RAM upgrades, colour choices, troublesome processor selections, potential launch dates, and naturally, design revisions, there certain have been numerous issues rumored concerning the upcoming
Galaxy S25 household.
But one key element has largely been averted by essentially the most prolific leakers and skilled business pundits on the market… till right this moment. This may properly make or break Samsung’s subsequent huge factor(s), particularly if the S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra do not find yourself wanting very totally different to or bringing many main inner adjustments over the S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra to the desk.
How expensive is simply too expensive?
Before sinking my enamel into the most recent Korean media report (translated right here), I imagine a few of it’s possible you’ll want a refresher on the Galaxy S24 sequence pricing construction again at launch:
- 6.2-inch Galaxy S24 – $799.99 with 128GB storage, $859.99 in 256GB variant;
- 6.7-inch Galaxy S24 Plus – $999.99 in 256GB configuration, $1,119.99 with 512GB storage;
- 6.8-inch Galaxy S24 Ultra – $1,299.99 with 256GB storage, $1,419.99 in 512GB variant.
If that each one felt slightly steep for you, get able to pay much more for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra in only a month or two. That’s no less than in accordance with unnamed “business” sources quoted by Yonhap News over in Samsung’s homeland, who’re blaming this anticipated “slight” worth enhance on two huge issues.
The S25 Ultra is more likely to be priced slightly greater than the S24 Ultra. | Image Credit — Technizo Concept
The first one is the quickly rising Korean gained/US greenback alternate charge, which sounds prefer it shouldn’t have any influence on the telephones’ costs stateside, whereas the second is sadly all however assured to have an effect on the whole world. Yes, Samsung is broadly anticipated to make use of a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor on all S25 fashions across the globe, and that next-gen Qualcomm beast is more likely to value considerably greater than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Exynos 2400 chips contained in the S24 household.
Of course, element manufacturing prices do not all the time should replicate in a handset’s retail worth, however that appears to occur as a rule, and the Galaxy S25 sequence is unlikely to show an exception to the rule. What’s unclear is simply how “slight” of a worth hike we’re coping with right here, however if you happen to’re keen on my very own private guesstimates (primarily based on historical past and customary sense), right here they’re:
- 6.2-inch Galaxy S25 – $849.99 with 128GB storage; $899.99 in 256GB variant;
- 6.7-inch Galaxy S25 Plus – $1,049.99 in 256GB variant; $1,159.99 with 512GB storage;
- 6.8-inch Galaxy S25 Ultra – $1,349.99 with 256GB storage; $1,499.99 in 512GB variant.
I do know, these worth factors appear actually exhausting to swallow (particularly so far as the S25 Ultra is worried), however you must take into account that Samsung is anticipated to improve these unhealthy boys’ reminiscence counts just about throughout the board as properly. The 512GB Galaxy S25 Ultra, as an example, may pack a whopping 16 gigs of the good things, so it is best to most likely not write off Samsung’s probabilities of turning its next-gen flagships into enormous box-office hits simply but.
What concerning the Galaxy S25 Slim?
Probably essentially the most extremely anticipated member of the S25 household proper now isn’t talked about in any method on this new Korean media report for a presumably quite simple cause. According to a number of totally different sources, the Galaxy S25 Slim, which is sort of definitely actual and but unlikely to go official underneath that identify, will come out a number of months after the “regular” S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra.
The S25 Slim is anticipated to scale back the thickness of the S24 Ultra, lose the stylus, and price a small fortune. | Image Credit — PhoneArena
When it does, its price ticket is already anticipated to be set at a sky-high stage as a consequence of its top-of-the-line digicam specs, so right this moment’s information makes me much more pessimistic concerning the mainstream potential of this razor-thin and ultra-lightweight monster.
For what it is price, ditching the S25 Ultra’s S Pen ought to assist the S25 Slim maintain its prices down slightly, however if you happen to’re hoping this factor will begin under the $1,200 mark, you are most likely in for a impolite awakening come March or April 2025.
