It’s no secret I’ve been critical of Galaxy AI in its current form on the new Samsung Galaxy S25 phones. It needs a bit more polish to be ready for prime time, especially if Samsung wants to use it as the main reason you’d buy a new Samsung in 2025.

It feels like every major tech company is totally convinced that AI is the future. And for all I know, they may be right. But while we’re waiting for someone to develop our seemingly inevitable AGI-based overlords,

Now, LaptopMag is among the publications claiming the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra brings not only an improvement to its predecessor but also compared to Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. While the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy falls behind the A18 Pro chip in single-core scores, the multicore scores are higher for the Samsung phone.