With an expected launch in January 2025, Samsung’s Galaxy S family will again set the smartphone tone for the first half of the year. It looks like Samsung is preparing a significant update for the S25 family in general and the Galaxy S25 Ultra in particular. Why else would you give it the internal codename of “paradigm”?

A fresh render of the Galaxy S25 Ultra shows off the difference between it and the S24 Ultra. It’s said Samsung will tweak the metal frame to be thinner and lighter with rounded corners.

However, it seems that the Galaxy S25 Ultra will have a lighter weight than the iPhone 16 Pro Max. In the smartphone industry, there was a time when the trend among high-end products was to make them as light and thin as possible.