Either way you were long overdue an upgrade. Enjoy.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Family Thread
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My sim only 12 month contract is up next month, looking around on sites like uswitch, looks like sim only prices have gone up 
Some offer cheap deals for the first 3 months but then go up to around £8 a month (I'm currently paying £7 a month)
So much for "network mergers providing cheaper prices"
Might be worthwhile now just going back to a phone and contract deal given the prices of phones and now sims. Are the GS 25 ultra deals still running? IIRC, there was one couple months back where you could get the gs 25 ultra for £10 a month and after trade in etc. up front was like £300 along with the tablet.
Some offer cheap deals for the first 3 months but then go up to around £8 a month (I'm currently paying £7 a month)So much for "network mergers providing cheaper prices"
Might be worthwhile now just going back to a phone and contract deal given the prices of phones and now sims. Are the GS 25 ultra deals still running? IIRC, there was one couple months back where you could get the gs 25 ultra for £10 a month and after trade in etc. up front was like £300 along with the tablet.
I bought a 'mint' one off CEX with vouchers bought at 85% of face value.
Worked out quite well.
How much is that? £935?
Silver one was £865 for some reason, guess it's not as popular.
Paid just over £700 with the vouchers.
Edit - was going to trade in my old phone, it's worth £150 so price would be £550 for the s25u, but I'm just going to keep it as a spare.
Paid just over £700 with the vouchers.
Edit - was going to trade in my old phone, it's worth £150 so price would be £550 for the s25u, but I'm just going to keep it as a spare.
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How many batteries had it been through in 11 years?
Keeping the same phone for 11 years is impressive!
I'm a sucker for the new shiny and use my phone a lot and so tend to 'upgrade' often (generally when the cost of the phone minus trade in and selling any 'freebies' is in the £400 - £450 net region.
The S25U hit that point on the online portal work works discount a few weeks back and so that's what I'm using now.
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Ahh that makes sense. I did wonder how long it was lasting off charge after all that time!
My sim only 12 month contract is up next month, looking around on sites like uswitch, looks like sim only prices have gone up
So much for "network mergers providing cheaper prices"
Might be worthwhile now just going back to a phone and contract deal given the prices of phones and now sims. Are the GS 25 ultra deals still running? IIRC, there was one couple months back where you could get the gs 25 ultra for £10 a month and after trade in etc. up front was like £300 along with the tablet.
This is what i managed (15pm). Just got to keep your eye on hukds.
Yeah I couldn't see anything over the past 1-2 weeks as good as the deal a couple months back so just went with a new 12 month sim contract for £8 a month. GS 23+ still going strong tbf.
Hopefully be some more deals/stacking codes on just the handset when GS 6 comes out. I was tempted by the pixel 10 but it looks pretty poor, battery barely any better than p9 and issues with the gpu/cpu not to mention, most of the main features that make a pixel a pixel not being available outside of USA.
Time to upgrade from my S23U.
Is the S25U still the best option? I generally travel a lot so want decent battery, screen and audio (over headphones).
Was tempted by the Pixel 10 Pro, but not liking the battery management advertised for that and want to get into some gaming.
Is the S25U still the best option? I generally travel a lot so want decent battery, screen and audio (over headphones).
Was tempted by the Pixel 10 Pro, but not liking the battery management advertised for that and want to get into some gaming.
I was in the same boat when I was upgrading. Pixel or continue with Samsung addiction.
Got the S25U and its been spot on for my needs, the battery life for me is out in a league of its own compared to previous Samsung models.
I've went from a few pixels and the s25u feels like an upgrade.
I don't know how old it is but battery health drops over time with charging cycles, if happy with the phone most cases getting the battery replaced will give it a new lease of life and very noticeable
With so minimal upgrades from models few years old and still supported with updates it really only the battery life suffering which can be replaced and it's cheaper
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Went from S24U to Pixel 9 Pro XL then S25U. I will not go S26UI though given recent info leaks on specs, seems a bit of a sidestep only, same charging speeds,difference camera bump design but same cameras, smaller batteries? Also some naming nonsense to likely shift prices upwards aka pulling an Nvidia.
S25U has been exceptional though, battery life when used out in the wild heavily could be better, so maybe if the newer chipsets are much more efficient or we see new battery tech, then I will upgrade. Until then I just keep a small powerbank with me on days out if I am using the camera a lot.
S25U has been exceptional though, battery life when used out in the wild heavily could be better, so maybe if the newer chipsets are much more efficient or we see new battery tech, then I will upgrade. Until then I just keep a small powerbank with me on days out if I am using the camera a lot.
