By Friday, the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is officially on sale. Of course, Samsung has now been carrying S25 phones for at least a week, but February 7 was still an important date as it changes the percpitation. Free storage upgrades (mostly) for pre-orders are gone, but now there are other incentives.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Offer fur is very easy, it comes with a $ 200 gift card. Check both Amazon and Best Buy.
The Samsung Galaxy S 25+ situation is a bit more complicated. The base 256GB model comes with a $ 100 gift card, making its effective cost $ 900. However, the 512GB model is $ 100 off (it makes almost a free storage upgrade, which costs $ 120) and gets a $ 50 gift card. Unless you have a good plan for a $ 100 gift card, we will say go with big storage.
Then there is Vanilla Samsung Galaxy S22 – this gets a $ 100 gift card and that’s it. Don’t forget that the vanilla model finally got a 12GB of RAM bump, but base storage is still 128 GB. Here, even compared to S 25+, we will say go with big storage.
Samsung’s biggest advantage right now seems to be in Software Feware – a UI 7 was very well received, some people really like AI content, or at least there are things like circle, and decks. Also, the promise of 7 -year -old Software Fatware Support. You do not need S22 for all of them, however, the cheapest Galaxy S24fan will get all these things with some conditions. First, it is a 2024 model, so it is 6 years of support (it’s still plenty). Also, you really have to wait a bit for a UI 7 to roll, but the S22F should be in the first to get it.
The Samsung Galaxy A16 5G will also get a UI 7, this phone will be supported for 6 years, but is a Software Fatware cut-down version. There is no Galaxy AI, no decks, no circle to find. Still, the A16 5G is cheap and a UI is great without playing AI Bells and CT. Oh, and you can attach the phone for $ 40 more with Galaxy Buds Fe.
Talking about headphones, you can get Samsung’s premium TWS buds, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, $ 50 discount. Unlike FE buds, it has stems (with lights), more advanced sound cancellation and better Audio deo quality.
Going away from Samsung, you can get the OnePlus 12R in $ 400. It is very affordable for a phone with Snapdragon 8 General 2-The old flagship chip is starting to show its age, but it is better than any mid-range chip. And 6.78 “display is LTPO OLED which is better than 1080p+ resolution. Throw a large 5,500mAh battery and 12R is a very good phone. The only thing that lacks is camera.
The sequel, the OnePlus 13R, costs $ 600 and comes with a $ 100 gift card. This is also with 256GB of storage instead of 128GB. The Snapdragon 8 General 3 chip is only one pay-generation behind and this model has a 50 MP47 mm (2x) telephoto lens, which was lacking on the previous R-Modello. With SI/C batteries, capacity increased to 6,000 mAh.
We do not know why Android manufacturers hate the magnetic aspect of QI2. HMD Skyline is the first to implement a magnetic profile – and so far – phone. The phone’s Snapdragon 7S General 2 is slow and 2 main OS updates do not go further (especially since they are already down, Android 15 last month). Nevertheless, the ease of repair can appeal to some who did not like the Fairphone.
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