Samsung Galaxy S25 Phone Preview

The S25 cameras are not getting any major overhauls this year, which is a good thing if you love how photos turn out on your current Galaxy phone.

The S25 Ultra does receive a higher-resolution 50-megapixel ultrawide camera in place of the 12-megapixel ultrawide camera on its predecessor. And that allows you to take even more detailed, up-close shots, Samsung says. Otherwise, the S25 Ultra is keeping its 200-megapixel main shooter, 50-megapixel telephoto with 5x optical zoom, and 10-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom.

The camera hardware on the S25 and S25 Plus remains the same; the models feature a 50-megapixel primary camera, alongside a 12-megapixel ultrawide and 10-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom.

When it comes to videos, the S25 models will be able to take sharper and clearer video, including at night and in low-light conditions, with a wider and more realistic color range, Samsung says.

Samsung touted some new AI-enabled photo and video editing tools, too. For example, you’ll be able to create a custom filter that mimics the look and feel of a favorite photo. And with Samsung’s new Audio Eraser feature, you can easily remove or isolate specific sounds, like background noise, music, or voices, from your videos.

But souped-up camera specs don’t always translate to better-quality photos and videos. That’s why we test the camera performance on every smartphone that comes through our labs. (See which models fare best.)

As mentioned, the complete results for the S25 series will be available to CR members shortly after the phone’s release.