The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Galaxy S24 Ultra debate is in full flow, but should you upgrade? Here's how you should spend your cash.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (256GB) is on sale at Best Buy for $999.99, down from the list price of $1,299.99. That's a 23% discount.

Without a trade-in, Samsung is kindly just going to knock $300 off the price. And that’s for all colors. That means with no trade-in you can get the Galaxy S24 for as low as $800. Samsung’s Galaxy S24 is not only a solid choice of Android phone. It’s the best. We ranked it as the “Best Android Phone” in our Gizmodo Best of 2024 List.

Samsung has kicked off 2025 by releasing a whole host of new products, including the Galaxy S25 / S25 Plus, and the Galaxy S25 Ultra. The latter’s previous iteration, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, was created to rival its competitors at Apple and Sony with oodles of AI features,

Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S25 smartphone range earlier this week, meaning you can now get many of its older models for less. This includes the S24 range, with Amazon offering the lowest price around for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra .

This one's easy. Last year, the Galaxy S24 started at $799. This year, the Galaxy S25 starts at...$799. It's a wash, in other words. That said, it's possible that Samsung drops the price of the S24 after the launch of the S25, but until that happens, these two phones cost the same amount of money.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra isn't about groundbreaking hardware upgrades but rather about software additions and making AI more contextual.

The differences between the Galaxy S24 Ultra and S25 Ultra are few and far between. However, the two most notable updates on the S25 Ultra are the new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and the 50MP ultrawide shooter. Additionally, the S25 Ultra is a bit tougher and sleeker.

While the Galaxy S25 Ultra has officially launched and is up for pre-order. If you don't mind buying a generation-old flagship smartphone — in this case, the Galaxy S24 Ultra — you can end up saving a good amount of cash.

On paper, the Galaxy S25 Ultra has the iPhone 16 Pro Max's number. The Galaxy S25 Ultra has 200MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, and 50MP telephoto cameras. The iPhone 16 Pro Max only has 48MP wide, 48MP ultrawise, and 12MP telephoto cameras, respectively. The more megapixels often equates to more detailed and higher resolution photos.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 5G and the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 5G are currently some of the best Android smartphones you can get in the market.