The Samsung Galaxy S25 will get ‘top-of-the-line’ digital camera and show upgrades

The Galaxy S25 may symbolize a major leap over its predecessors — or so suggests Samsung Cell Expertise VP Daniel Araujo. “For digital camera and show specs particularly, the place we’ve been main, the S25 at launch could have top-of-the-line upgrades,” Araujo mentioned in a current earnings name, in response to SamMobile. “And we’re additionally getting ready industry-best APs [application processors] and reminiscence to spice up AI efficiency and supply an total premium expertise.”

Latest rumors cited by SamMobile declare that the S25 Extremely may ship with a 200-megapixel main rear digital camera, a 50-megapixel 3x telephoto, a 50MP 5x telephoto, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide. Whereas digital camera high quality can be depending on elements like lens and software program high quality, on paper these specs would trounce the S24 Ultra, which makes use of a 12-megapixel ultra-wide and a 10-megapixel 3x telephoto. In reality there are few different telephones with comparable specs — even this fall’s iPhone 16 Pro Max is predicted to maintain a 48-megapixel essential digital camera, the important thing improve being the change from a 12-megapixel ultra-wide to 48.

It is not clear what show upgrades Samsung could be planning. The S24 Extremely already makes use of a 6.8-inch, 3088×1440 AMOLED show with an adaptive 120Hz refresh charge, and even the bottom S24 has a 6.2-inch, 2340×1080 panel. Conceivably Samsung may enhance brightness or barely improve display dimension.

The earnings name additionally revealed that at the very least some variations of the S25 will use an unreleased Exynos 2500 processor, and that Samsung is working to make its AI really feel extra conversational. “So, trying ahead, we anticipate to have the ability to perceive the context of conversations and supply a pure dialog and expertise throughout our units,” Araujo added. “To attain this, we’ll strengthen partnerships and collaborations whereas growing our AI applied sciences additional.” That appears to indicate deeper collaboration with Google, from which some S24 AI options have carried over.

What else do we all know concerning the Galaxy S25?

Some configurations of the S25 Extremely, at the very least, are prone to be outfitted with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. That chip ought to be introduced at an October Qualcomm occasion. It may very well be utilized in different tiers of the cellphone as properly, however probably solely in choose markets just like the US. In most international locations, Samsung tends to desire its personal Exynos chips for Galaxy S telephones.

We’re unsure when the S25 might be launched. The S24 was introduced at a January 2024 “Unpacked” occasion nonetheless, so there is a sturdy likelihood we’ll see an S25 launch in January 2025.