Samsung’s S25 Ultra and the end of the flagship phone
After almost exactly 18 years, you could make the argument that the tech industry has finally finished what the iPhone started. Itas not that thereas no innovation left in phones, or that there arenat other big ideas to be had about the devices we carry around, but the specific thing the first iPhone was a a candy bar-shaped slab of glass in your pocket a might have reached its final form. Maybe thereas another reason that Samsungas Galaxy S25 lineup looks so familiar, and why it appears this yearas other flagship devices will too. But maybe itas just that thereas not much left to do here.
On this episode of The Vergecast, The Vergeas Allison Johnson tells us all about her experiences with the S25 Ultra, supposedly the most interesting and experimental device in Samsungas lineup, and why sheas a bit underwhelmed despite the fact that the Ultra remains an excellent phone.
We also discuss the phones left to launch this year, and whether this might finally be the year a new phone shape aAflipping, or folding, or maybe tri-folding? a hits the big time. We have some theories, and a lot of hope, but are mostly planning for another year of the same o …