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Galaxy S25 FE Review Samsungs Software Lifts Up This Entry-Level Galaxy · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Over the last two weeks, I've been using Samsung six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars Galaxy S twenty five IFE, and
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  Speaker 1: while it'st not without its flaws, this cheaper edition of
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  Speaker 1: the GALAXYUS twenty five came in handy in ways I
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  Speaker 1: did not expect. This is all things Mobile. The Galaxy
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  Speaker 1: S twenty five fee largely continues the formula that Samsung
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  Speaker 1: has followed for the last two years with the S
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  Speaker 1: twenty three and S twenty four I fee. In this case,
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  Speaker 1: the S twenty five fee takes the phone design of
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  Speaker 1: the one thousand dollars twenty five plus and fills it
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  Speaker 1: with internals that match up to last year's Galaxy S
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  Speaker 1: twenty four. This gives the phone the look of a
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  Speaker 1: brand new Galaxy phone with enough power to run all
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  Speaker 1: the features included Android sixteen and Samsung's one UI, but
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  Speaker 1: scales back under the hood in order to hit a
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  Speaker 1: lower price. And for most people, if you just want
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  Speaker 1: a new Galaxy phone with a large screen, a nice camera,
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  Speaker 1: and a bundle of new Galaxy AI features that aren't
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  Speaker 1: offered on cheaper phones, the S twenty five ife gets
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  Speaker 1: you that access without having to pay eight hundred dollars
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  Speaker 1: or more for the more full fledged Galaxy phone. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: this week, I discussed, everard that my internet service provider
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  Speaker 1: quietly raised my monthly rate by thirty dollars. This happens
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  Speaker 1: once a year, and it's largely solved by calling out
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  Speaker 1: my provider, talking my way through voice activated menus that
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  Speaker 1: never seem to understand me, and waiting on hold while
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  Speaker 1: a message keeps telling me how I'm a valued customer.
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  Speaker 1: With the S twenty five FE, I turned on the
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  Speaker 1: text call feature, which lets me text my way through
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  Speaker 1: the call instead of having a fight through all the
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  Speaker 1: voice prompts. When I eventually got the representative, I flipped
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  Speaker 1: it back to a normal voice call and got that
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  Speaker 1: price hike. Waved text call is not a new feature,
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  Speaker 1: but it is new if you are coming to the
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  Speaker 1: S twenty FIVEFE from one of Samsung's cheaper Galaxy aphones
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  Speaker 1: and are using the S twenty Fivefe as an entry
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  Speaker 1: step toward a more feature rich device. The S twenty
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  Speaker 1: five Ife even gets a few perks that aren't on
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  Speaker 1: the eight hundred dollars Galaxy S twenty five. It gets
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  Speaker 1: faster forty five watt wired charging, which In my thirty
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  Speaker 1: minute test, recharged the battery from zero percent sixty nine percent,
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  Speaker 1: and I found its battery to easily get me through
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  Speaker 1: a day of use, typically ranging at about four hours
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  Speaker 1: of screen time. Most days would end at about thirty percent,
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  Speaker 1: enough that an overnight charge isn't needed, but you probably
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  Speaker 1: should plug it back in while getting ready for the day.
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  Speaker 1: The phone runs on Samsung's X and twenty four hundred processor,
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  Speaker 1: which is the same one that Samsung uses on the
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  Speaker 1: z Flip seven F and the international model of the
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  Speaker 1: Gaxy S twenty four. This is the second phone I've
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  Speaker 1: tested that includes its processor, and I have mixed feelings
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  Speaker 1: about it. It's quite capable. It runs games like Fortnited
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  Speaker 1: high settings, assists low like photography, and keeps up with
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  Speaker 1: my constant multitasking, but I do find that the S
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  Speaker 1: twenty five I FV heats up during gaming and video calls,
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  Speaker 1: although this can be alleviated by putting the phone inside
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  Speaker 1: of a case. I'd also recommend a case because I
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  Speaker 1: found the phone it gets scratched up quickly, with a
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  Speaker 1: few marks showing up as quickly as a day or
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  Speaker 1: two in my pocket. And while Samsung says the S
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  Speaker 1: twenty five FF is Chi too ready. That means it
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  Speaker 1: natively supports faster fifteen wireless charging speeds, but you'll also
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  Speaker 1: need a case with magnets if you want to use
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  Speaker 1: it with magnetic wallets er chargers. The cameras also take
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  Speaker 1: nice photos for the phone's price, with the inclusion of
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  Speaker 1: a fifty megapixel wide camera, a twelve megapixel ultra wide,
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  Speaker 1: and an eight megapixel telephoto with a three times optical zoom,
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  Speaker 1: allowing for catching details from a distance. I took the
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  Speaker 1: S twenty five fee to my high school reunion, which
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  Speaker 1: took place at an outdoor bar at night. Considering all
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  Speaker 1: the motion and the dim lighting, the camera did okay
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  Speaker 1: with capturing details while processing away image noise that often
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  Speaker 1: crops up in these situations. I was particularly happy with
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  Speaker 1: the option of film in eight K resolution as well
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  Speaker 1: as four K at sixty frames per second, which made
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  Speaker 1: the nineties cover band at my union look super smooth.
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  Speaker 1: Selfie photos taken on the twelve megapixel front facing camera
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  Speaker 1: were also a bit mixed, depending on the lighting situation.
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  Speaker 1: My photos taken at an outdoor Oktoberfest party include a
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  Speaker 1: lot of detail, but a photo taken at twilight along
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  Speaker 1: a New York waterfront focuses on me but blurs out
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  Speaker 1: a lot of that sunset, which is unfortunate because I
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  Speaker 1: took another photo with the rear camera and it's a
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  Speaker 1: really nice sunset, y'all. Samsung's Galaxy S twenty five AFEE
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  Speaker 1: could be a just right option for many people, especially
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  Speaker 1: if you were coming from the GALAXYUS twenty one FE
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  Speaker 1: or from a lower cost Galaxy A phone, But if
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  Speaker 1: you aren't particularly loyal to Samsung, the S twenty FIVEFE
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  Speaker 1: is now surrounded by similarly priced options that are also
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  Speaker 1: worth considering. You have Google's four ninety nine Pixel nine A.
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  Speaker 1: If you want all the latest Android features and can
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  Speaker 1: do without a telephoto camera, the five hundred fifty dollars
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  Speaker 1: Motorail Edge has faster sixty seven wired charging and has
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  Speaker 1: a similar telephoto camera for zoomed in photos. Or if
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  Speaker 1: you're considering an iPhone, the five ninety nine iPhone sixteen
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  Speaker 1: E and the newly discounted six N nine and iPhone
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  Speaker 1: sixteen are also in the running for the same price
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  Speaker 1: range as this Galaxy S twenty five FE, but as
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  Speaker 1: long as having the newest technology in your phone, isn't
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  Speaker 1: important and you aren't prone to experiencing fomo When the
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  Speaker 1: GALAXYUS twenty six line is likely launched in a few months,
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  Speaker 1: the S twenty five FFE is a good way to
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  Speaker 1: get a flagship Samsung phone while saving a couple hundred
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  Speaker 1: bucks off the price. For more about the Samson Galaxys
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  Speaker 1: twenty five IFE, check out the written review linked in
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  Speaker 1: the comments. I'm Mike Sorrentino and always nego you the
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  Speaker 1: price of your bills.