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Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Debuts with Enhanced Galaxy AI Features

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Samsung‘s new flagship series – the Galaxy S25 series – is doubling down on Galaxy AI. The new series of flagship smartphones brings several enhancements to Galaxy AI and a whole new level of personalisation that make it even more compelling than ever.

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Same Galaxy Design with Some Big Changes

Let’s talk about the design and specs before we jump into the juicy Galaxy AI details. The Galaxy S25 series will come with three variants as always. There will be the vanilla Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25+ and the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Samsung is breaking away from its norms a little bit this year by kitting all three variants with 12GB of RAM. Yep – the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra will have the same amount of RAM. The whole Galaxy S25 series will be coming with the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy. When it comes to the display, all variants will be coming with a Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel. The Galaxy S25 will be sporting a 6.2-inch FHD+ display, the Galaxy S25+ will have a 6.7-inch QHD+ display while the Ultra will have a larger 6.9-inch QHD+ display.

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When it comes to cameras, we’re seeing a familiar setup for the S25 and S25+. Both variants come with a triple camera setup with a 50-megapixel wide sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and 85˚  field of view (FOV), a 12-megapixel Ultrawide sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and a 120˚  FOV and a 10-megapixel telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, an f/2.2 aperture and a 36˚  FOV. Up front is a 12-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and an 80˚  FOV.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra is getting a slight improvement in its camera setup with a brand new 50-megapixel ultrawide sensor with an f/1.9 aperture and a 120˚  FOV. Aside from this, we’re seeing Samsung stick to a 200-megapixel wide sensor with optical image stabilization, an f/1.7 aperture and an 85˚  FOV. This is complemented by a 50-megapixel Telephoto sensor with 5x optical zoom, OIS, an f/3.4 aperture and a 22˚  FOV and a 10-megapixel telephoto sensor with 3x optical zoom with OIS, an f/2.4 aperture and a 36˚  FOV. Up front is the same 12-megapixel selfie camera as the S25 and S25+.

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Under the hood, the S25 is running on a 4,000mAh battery while the S25+ has a larger 4,900mAh battery. The Ultra, on the other hand, has a 5,000mAh battery. The S25+ and S25 Ultra support 45W fast charging while the vanilla S25 supports 25W fast charging. Fast Wireless Charging 2.0 and Wireless power sharing is also supported across the board.

Design-wise, the series inherits a lot of the design cues from the S24 series. However, the S25 Ultra is taking a huge departure when it comes to design language. The S25 Ultra is saying good bye to the curved display and opting for a more flat approach. It also adopts the same design cues that have now become signature of the Galaxy S series with rounded edges for better structural integrity. The Ultra continues to have a titanium build while the S25 and S25+ continue to use Armour Aluminium. Samsung is also promising seven years of updates with seven generations of OS updates with the S25 series.

Galaxy AI Gets Personal with NOW Brief and Samsung’s Personal Data Engine

Samsuing’s Galaxy AI is being super charged with the Galaxy S25 series. Across the board, Galaxy AI and its features are becoming more personal and better. Google powered services like Circle to search and Music search are getting a much needed update that allows your Galaxy S25 series smartphone to give you better contextual information. Circle to search will now be able to quickly recognise phone numbers and more on your screen. Gemini also takes center stage with better contextual information.

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Samsung’s One UI 7 is pushing AI features forward with a huge upgrade when it comes down to personalisation and contextual information. It also allows you to interact even more naturally with the smartphone with Gemini. This is thanks to Samsung’s new Personal Data Engine. This new feature allows your S25 series smartphone to leverage information it gathers to give you more relevant and personalised information.

Of course, when it comes to personalisation, the question of data privacy is front and center. Samsung leverages Knox Vault to store, isolate and secure data used for personalisation. Data gathered for personalisation is also processed on-device. However, certain features may necessitate uploading some information to online modals for the feature to work. This is fortified even further with post-quantum cryptography which comes with the S25 series. However, Samsung allows you to opt out of all personalisation in the settings altogether.

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One of the highlights of the new S25 series is Samsung’s NOW Brief. The new feature takes Samsung’s Brief feature and supercharges it with contextual and personalised information. The new NOW Brief will give you relevant details when you need it. It will learn your interests and schedule to do this. It also takes things to the next level with the NOW Bar which will appear on the lockscreen of your Galaxy S25 series device. This also extends to routines making integrating the feature a even more simple and essential to a core Galaxy experience.

On top of that, One UI 7 will also bring improvements to features like Call transcript, Writing Assist and Drawing Assist.

Pricing & Availability

The Samsung Galaxy S25 series will be available for pre-order starting on 23 January 2025 until 13 February 2025. Pre-orders of the new flagship series will be entitled to offers worth up to RM1600. You can even get a double storage upgrade worth up to RM600. If you pay with your CIMB bank card, you’ll also get an extra RM400 off. Pre-registration for the S25 series will also get you an e-voucher for up to RM600 off your order.

Prices and colourways for the S25 series are as follows:

ModelStorageRRP (USD)Malaysian RRP (RM)Colour Availability
Galaxy S25 Ultra1TBUSD$1,659.99RM7,799Titanium Silverblue
Titanium Gray
Titanium Whitesilver
Titanium Black  

Online Exclusive: Titanium Jadegreen
Titanium Pinkgold
Titanium Jetblack
Galaxy S25 Ultra512GBUSD$1419.99RM6,599
Galaxy S25 Ultra256GBUSD$1,299.99RM5,999
Galaxy S25+512GBUSD$1,119.99RM5,599Navy
Icyblue
Mint
Silver Shadow  

Online Exclusive: Blueblack
Coralred
Pinkgold  
Galaxy S25+256GBUSD$999.99RM4,999
Galaxy S25512GB–RM4,599
Galaxy S25256GBUSD$859.99RM3,999
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Samsung Unpacks the New Galaxy Book Series

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Samsung unpacked a brand new series of laptops that make up the new Galaxy Book Series. The new series brings a renewed focus on productivity and also inter-device connectivity with Samsung focusing on features like Multi-control and Second Screen.

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Source: Samsung

The Galaxy Book Series comprises of three entries: The Galaxy Book Pro, Galaxy Book Pro 360 and the Galaxy Book Ultra. Each brings Samsung’s flavours to a different class of laptops. However, they focus on bringing a revolutionary user experience to the thin and light category of laptops.

The Galaxy Book Pro brings either a 14-inch or 16-inch display to the traditional clamshell laptop form factor. The Galaxy Book Pro 360 brings a larger 16-inch display complete with S Pen functionality. Finally, the Galaxy Book Ultra is a 16-inch beast looking to find its home with creators. The three laptops have a simplistic design that emphasises minimalism and functionality. This design approach allows Samsung to have a series of laptops that are incredibly thin and light with the largest – the Ultra – coming in at only 16.5mm thick and weighing 1.79kgs.

The Galaxy Books will be coming with the latest 13th Generation Intel Core processors. Samsung has supercharged their Galaxy Book Ultra with configurations supporting the Core i7 and Core i9 with up to 32GB of RAM. Together with these, the Ultra will also feature configurations with either the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX4050 Laptop GPU. The Pro and Pro 360, on the other hand, will take advantage of the integrated Intel Xe Graphics.

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Source: Samsung

All the laptops come equipped with a 16:10 Dynamic AMOLED Display with support for up to a 3K display with a resolution of 2880×1800. The display also sports a 120Hz refresh rate with a 500nit peak brightness. It’s also VESA ClearMotion Ratio and VESA Display HDR TrueBlack 500 certified. In addition, the Galaxy Book Series will also come with studio-quality dual mics with ambient noise cancellation. They also come with a quad-speaker setup with two 5W woofers and two 2W tweeters for a more immersive audio experience.

When it comes to ports, the laptops come with a universal USB-C charger, microSD card slot, USB Type-A (v3.2), headphone and mic combo input, Thunderbolt 4 enabled USB-C ports and an HDMI port. They also ship with an integrated FHD webcam.

Software to Complement the Power

In addition to the hardware, Samsung has its eyes focused on providing a uniquely Samsung experience when it comes to their laptop lineup. The laptops will be able to take advantage of Galaxy Book Smart Switch which allows you to copy all your data from your old PC over to your Galaxy Book. You’ll also be able to leverage your Samsung account to sign in with Single Sign On (SSO). Your passwords are also securely stored in Samsung Pass.

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Source Samsung

If you’re working on the go, you’ll probably be utilising Link to Windows to connect and control your smartphone from your laptop. In addition, with the latest updates to the app, you’ll be able to automatically turn on your phone’s Hotspot feature with Auto Hotspot. Samsung is also bringing the ability to synchronise your recent websites with your laptop. The most useful feature will, of course, be Multi Control which allows you to seamlessly transition between your phone, tablet or laptop. In addition, you can even use your Galaxy Tab as a second screen.

Pricing & Availability

The Galaxy Book laptops will not be available in Malaysia. However, they will be available in global markets starting in Q2 2023.

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Fresh Off the Unpacked 2022 Boat, and On to Another – Samsung is Back for MWC 2022

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Our memory is still fresh with Samsung’s Galaxy S22 launch earlier this month. If you have been living under a shell; yes, it is the year 2022 and Samsung has launched their latest sequel to one of the most successful line-ups of Android devices in the world. The Samsung Galaxy S22 is here and will come to your doorways on the 3rd of March 2022.

It does not seem like Samsung is done launching devices though. They have just announced that they will be making another appearance alongside MWC 2022. On the 27th of February 2022, Samsung is making another round of announcements and inevitably launch a few products. The public invite on their website says that the event will be streamed LIVE on their YouTube channel at 7.00 p.m. CET (2.00 a.m. 28th of February 2022 Malaysia Time). They have also released some graphics with the date announcement and said that the graphics will be representative of what they are launching in late February.

We eyed a smartphone, tablet, the S Pen, a wearable, the Z Fold and Z Flip, and a laptop. Considering Samsung just launched their new smartphone and tablet, we doubt they will be releasing anymore of those anytime soon. In that case we probably can expect Samsung to launch a new wearable maybe, or a new notebook PC in that case.

There is also a small chance that Samsung might announce the inclusion of their smartphones and wearables in their Bespoke program. In that case, you might be able to buy a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 in a very special colour of your own for example. Then again, this is all speculations.

We could all be wrong, and Samsung might just launch a whole new line-up of smarthome products. This is MWC though, so we think that is highly improbably too. Samsung is being a little vague on this event.

Whatever it is, we will only find out in their second major announcement of the year in their MWC 2022 event. Again, you can watch their announcement on their YouTube channel on the 27th of February 2022 at 7.00 p.m CET (28th of February 2022 at 2.00 a.m. Kuala Lumpur time). If you want to know more about this event, you can head over to their website.