Welcome to the TechMean Right Home for Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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Samsung held its unpacked event today, where as expected, they unveiled the Galaxy

S-25 lineup.

Let's focus on the flagship device, the S-25 Ultra. The design has been upgraded with rounded

corners, but flat edges that suggests the look of the S-series. It's got Qualcomm's top-of-the-line

chip, a new ultra-wide camera, and the price is staying the same. It starts at $1,299 in ships February 7th, quoting the verge.

Something about the shift from curved edges to flat sides makes the S-25 Ultra look hefty in photos,

like if the cyber truck were a phone. But it's actually slightly smaller and lighter than last year's device,

even with a bigger 6.9-inch screen, thanks to slimmer bezels. It's equipped with a

Snapdragon 8-Eleet processor tuned for galaxy devices. That's true for all S-25 series phones sold

in all regions, which hasn't been the case recently, and it still comes with one more strong

spec, seven years of OS updates and security patches. Camera hardware is largely unchanged from the previous model

except for a new 50 megapixel ultra-wide,

replacing a 12-machyixel module.

Samsung claims that an upgrade to the S-25's algorithmic image processing

has improved detail in zoomed images.

On the video side,

Samsung now offers a Galaxy Log profile

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