Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: Your next Companion

Here at Prestige Magazine, we have had the pleasure of living with the new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for a while now. This isn’t just another smartphone. It’s a complete game-changer, a true companion designed to seamlessly integrate into and elevate your everyday life. From its impeccable camera to its Fort Knox-like security and genuinely intelligent AI, the Galaxy S25 Ultra feels like it was crafted for you, anticipating your needs before you even realise them.

Camera: A Video Studio in your pocket

The Galaxy S25 Ultra’s camera is, quite simply, breathtaking. Forget those grainy, pixelated concert videos or murky night shots you’re used to. This device lets you snap photos and capture videos with crystal clarity and “Ultra”-smooth frame rate, even when the lighting is bad. Think professional-grade output. Its 8K video capability will have you feeling like you’re directing your own feature film.

Furthermore, the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s ability to record videos in a log profile significantly expands your creative control. Log footage captures a much wider dynamic range and more colour information than standard video, resulting in a flat, desaturated image straight out of the camera. However, this “flat” look is precisely what professional videographers desire, as it provides immense flexibility during post-production, allowing them to precisely adjust colours, contrast, and highlights, and achieve truly cinematic and customised results. With its versatile options for 50MP and 200MP photos, your camera roll is about to get a serious upgrade.

AI 360 Security: Your digital fortress on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

In an age where digital threats seem to lurk around every corner, the Galaxy S25 Ultra offers a profound sense of peace of mind. Its 360 AI security feature is incredibly intuitive; it learns how you use your phone, building a personalised, invisible shield against suspicious activities like insidious malware or sneaky hacking attempts. Your personal data can be processed on the device, not just fed through a vulnerable cloud, which means your privacy stays secure. Samsung’s robust Knox security platform is the backbone here, offering real-time threat detection across your entire device ecosystem, creating a truly impenetrable digital fortress. This is a feature I genuinely appreciate and rely on.

Photo & Audio Assist: effortless editing… Pure magic

Ever taken what you thought was a perfect photo, only to find an unwanted photobomber in the background or the lighting just felt… off? The Galaxy S25 Ultra’s Photo Assist is nothing short of a revelation. This isn’t just some basic filter; it’s a built-in powerhouse for advanced photo editing. You can effortlessly remove distracting background items, tweak the lighting to perfection, or artfully blur objects without ever needing to download another clunky app. Which, I would like to add, comes in handy when you’re on the fly and need to capture something quickly, yet tastefully.

New this year, the Galaxy S25 also introduces a range of analogue-style Filters for both photos and videos, allowing you to easily achieve a film-like aesthetic directly from your device. And for video? Its Audio Trim and Audio Eraser tools are powered by smart AI, automatically highlighting the most engaging moments and, my personal favourite, magically removing unwanted background noise.

Imagine capturing a beautiful outdoor scene without that pesky wind ruining the audio! The Audio Eraser goes beyond simple noise reduction by leveraging the Galaxy S25’s powerful AI to intelligently differentiate and isolate various sound types within your video, such as voices, music, wind, crowds, and general noise. This allows you to precisely control and adjust the volume of each element, effectively muting distractions or even amplifying desired sounds like a speaker’s voice, giving you unprecedented control over your video’s soundscape directly on your device. This definitely comes in handy for when we are out and about attending one of our many prestigious events.

Gaming & Performance: console-level, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra phone-sized convenience

For all you dedicated gamers out there, prepare to be utterly impressed. The Galaxy S25 Ultra’s Advanced Ray-Tracing isn’t just a techy buzzword; it brings ultra-realistic lighting and shadows that make games feel incredibly immersive, almost as if you’re playing on a dedicated console. The Game Optimised feature ensures everything runs fast and smooth for hours on end, intelligently managing performance to prevent any frustrating lag or stutter. This seamless, incredible experience is all thanks in part to an enlarged vapour chamber, a clever piece of engineering that keeps the phone cool even when you’re pushing it to its absolute limits with intense gaming sessions or demanding 4K video recording.

Nightography Video: The night is yours to see and capture

Concerts, vibrant cityscapes at dusk, romantic evening strolls – the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s unrivalled Nightography Video means you can capture all of it with astonishing clarity, brightness, and smoothness. Forget grainy, “potato”-quality footage; this phone makes low-light videos look truly aesthetic and share-worthy.

AI Features galore: your “smartest” Smartphone yet

Nonetheless Samsung has gone all-in on AI, transforming daily tasks into effortless interactions.

• The Now Bar, a rather brilliant new addition with One UI 7, lives conveniently on your lock screen, giving you instant access to crucial apps and information without even unlocking your phone. Think quick navigation with Google Maps or checking live sports scores with a single tap.
• Your personalised Now Brief acts as an AI-driven dashboard, delivering timely information like weather updates, calendar events, and health data, all intelligently tailored to your day and habits.
• The YouTube Summarizer is my personal favourite – simply ask Galaxy AI to summarise a video, and boom, you get the key points without spending ages watching the whole thing. A true time-saver!
• Circle to Search with AI Overviews is pure magic. See something on your screen you want to know more about? Just circle it, and Google Gemini, powered by Galaxy AI, instantly delivers detailed, contextual information. It’s like having an all-knowing assistant built right into your display.
• The overall One UI 7 enhancement means deeper AI integration across the board, from multimodal interactions (your phone understands text, speech, images, and video) to advanced editing tools and natural language search. It’s genuinely intuitive and responsive.
• Seamless Actions Across Apps lets you perform complex, multi-step tasks with a single command – imagine finding a restaurant, checking its reviews, and sending the details to a friend, all with one simple instruction. It’s multitasking on a new level.
• Multimodal Search Across Apps takes searching to a whole new level, letting you use text, voice, images, or even video to find precisely what you need across all your apps, from YouTube to your notes and messages.
• Finally, Gemini Assist is your new default virtual assistant. It’s Google’s powerful Gemini AI fully integrated, replacing Bixby and offering more context-aware, natural language support for everything from drafting emails to setting reminders across all your applications. It’s incredibly responsive and helpful.

Lastly, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn’t just a collection of impressive specs; it’s a testament to how intelligent design and cutting-edge AI can genuinely enhance our daily lives. It’s intuitive, powerful, and truly a joy to use. If you’re looking for a device that not only does it all but anticipates your needs and makes life simpler, this one is an absolute winner.