The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra does all of the right things you want from a high-end smartphone, but its redesign annoys me.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra takes AI phones to the next level with new cross-app action capabilities. You also get iPhone-beating cameras, strong Snapdragon 8 Elite performance, a bigger display and long battery life.

People tend to keep phones longer than they used to, though, and anyone upgrading to the S25 from an Android phone released more than a couple of years ago won't mind that, visually, it looks like Samsung's released the same phone three years in a row. Next to a modern Google or OnePlus phone, though, the Galaxy S25 looks awfully basic.