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Is an upgrade worth it from S24Ultra to S25Ultra?

(Topic created on: 25-01-2025 08:19 AM)
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TheDenny
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Generally the S24Ultra for me works but the camera isn't the most efficient.

Considering an upgrade with a trade in to address camera issue on S24ULTRA but no guarantee it would be better on S25Ultra.

Any thoughts?

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GoanGeek
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I have done it. 😊

The way I see it. If you can get it just get it.

Samsung is bad at advertising and you always find stuff which they didn't mention.

Also. The S24 series might loose some of the AI stuff they were giving away for free.
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Seadweller
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I'm in the same boat, although I have placed my order. I got mine after trade-in and all discounts for £389. But I'm really considering cancelling my order now... reviews aren't really doing the S25U much justice
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Remember the influencers on YouTube and early evaluation are very short term and 'first impressions' .

Longer term tests can sometimes bring more to the table. I.e. efficiency of the new chipset battery life for example, and also the chipset performance and speed won't be known with just a couple of days testing and until learning cycles are completed.

Camera tests evolve over a longer test period, and many times new camera software can be pushed out to optimise. Log video format looks great, as does the new macro wideangle lens abilities.

The new screen technology of hop3.0 and proscalar features are still to be evaluated across use cases. I know when I bought my first upscaling DVD in the home, it was like night and day difference. A display with upscaling ability may be quite a difference in visuals.

A newly released phone always brings uncertainties and often also a few bugs as well.

I am very optimistic about the improvements, even if many youtubers have summarised their thoughts as a very minor update.

Finally as both s24u and s23u are getting oneui7... this does not necessarily mean that all new features will propagate down. So the integration into Gemini for example, might be more unique to s25 range.

I have my preorder in. Looking forward to the evaluation period 👍 😉

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ikironking
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Yh it look worse than s24 but most upg are under the hood so apart from looks it's good
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TheDenny
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This was my mistake last time. I ordered too soon. I took long 4 years before leaving my S10PLUS to join the Ultra group.

So don't want to waste money of false economy of mobile phone depreciation either 😒
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By the way I have also gone 'Jet black'. The batman phone as one youtuber put it ❤


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Moiramon
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I wouldn't bother. Take away all the AI stuff and your left with a faster processor and a better ultrawide camera. If you think your S24 Ultra is slow then ok but if you think your phones fast enough then why bother. Never get conned into buying something because of how much your saving on the full price think about what it's costing you. So in your case is it £486 better than your S24 Ultra.
Ginsing64
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Same here. I've ordered it, but having 2nd thoughts. I'm not sure whether it's worth it even with the discounts, which we're a pain to enter as the site wouldn't accept them. I don't know if I'd get that much benefit from it. I'm going on youtube now. I don't get the buzz this time around, to be honest. Very torn by this, how sad am I (very) 😂 😂 😂
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Ginsing64
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I don't think the colour matters much, to be honest. Once it's in a case, you won't see it anyway. That's what I found.