As excited as you were to hear about the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s potentially massive camera improvements last month, we’re afraid the latest rumor about the lowliest member of Samsung’s next (non-folding) high-end handset family will seriously curb your excitement. .
Yes, it looks like the “base” Galaxy S25 will continue to have a primary basic camera on the back, at least according to a Dutch publication with excellent connectivity that is almost never wrong about this kind of thing (not even six times). or seven months before a phone’s official launch).
Will the Galaxy S25 take disappointing photos?
Not at all. We know, we know, you probably expected us to give you the typical “too early to tell” answer to that seemingly awkward and apparently premature question. But it’s certainly not too early to know that the “vanilla” Galaxy S24 puts its 50MP main camera to good use, delivering an overall satisfying photography experience for most users… who can’t afford the clearly superior S24 Ultra.
So the same will likely be true for the non-Plus and non-Ultra Galaxy S25 if this new report (translated here) comes out and the aforementioned 50-megapixel image sensor is indeed not upgraded in any way, shape, or form. .
The Galaxy S24 is an excellent camera phone. | Image credits: PhoneArena
The non-Plus and non-Ultra Galaxy S24Mind you, it’s undoubtedly one of the best Android phones in the world today in all aspects, from raw power to build quality, software support and yes, camera capabilities, and while that list is guaranteed to see a lot of changes in 2025, we have I’m ready to bet that the Galaxy S25 will find a place on the said list when it makes its commercial debut.
Additionally, it’s important to remember that megapixels aren’t everything, and just because the S25 is tipped to retain the camera resolution of its predecessor, that doesn’t mean the sensor itself will remain unchanged. Obviously, not all 50MP cameras are created equal, so there are still plenty of improvements Samsung could make without necessarily jumping to 108 or 200 megapixels.
And that’s before we get into the software optimizations that are often more important to a device’s real-life photography skills than hardware revisions, not to mention the increasingly sophisticated AI technologies that are all the rage in today’s world. mobile industry. In short, it’s actually too early to predict How good the Galaxy S25 will be from a display perspective, but it’s probably not premature to expect it to be good at… pretty much everything.
What about all the other cameras?
Unfortunately, there’s no word yet on the Galaxy S25’s secondary and tertiary rear-facing snappers, which may or may not mean that Samsung is preparing more meaningful and obvious upgrades in these two departments. This semi-mysterious report comes after the S25 Ultra was rumored to increase the megapixel count of both its predecessor’s telephoto and ultra-wide-angle lenses, which certainly raises our expectations for the S25 and S25 Plus as well.
The Galaxy S24 Plus comes with the same camera system as the S24. | Image credits: PhoneArena
The Galaxy S25 Plus, by the way, is explicitly tipped today to share a 12MP front-facing camera with its little brother, but it’s currently unclear whether the same will apply to the aforementioned 50MP primary rear-facing sensor. History suggests this will almost certainly be the case, but you never know when Samsung might decide to change its strategy and more clearly separate the ‘regular’ and Plus members of its Galaxy S family.
Of course, the Galaxy S25 series still is a lot of months away from a formal announcement and commercial release, so all this speculation and guesswork might ultimately prove to be in vain as Samsung itself likely hasn’t finalized many details, specs, and features at this point.
