The largest reveal from final week’s Samsung CES press convention might properly have been one other press convention. The {hardware} big closed out the principle occasion by teasing the corporate’s upcoming present. The subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion is ready for January 22 at 10 a.m. PT.
As with all current Unpacked occasions, subsequent week’s massive present shall be streamed each straight by way of Samsung’s web site, in addition to the corporate’s YouTube channel.
Samsung is so excited to get the preorders flowing forward of time that reservations previous to the occasion include a $50 Samsung retailer credit score. You can discover the entire effective print on that over right here.
The one absolute slam dunk for the occasion is the Galaxy S25 line. Since breaking off from CES/MWC for its cell bulletins, the corporate has developed a twice-a-year cadence for flagship releases. We get the Galaxy S sequence round January/February, adopted by new foldables over the summer time.
The line ought to embody three key fashions: the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra, the latter of which is the product of the S line absorbing the Galaxy Note as its largest, most premium machine. Per the same old, the lead-up to the occasion has been peppered with leaks, renders, and circumstances. The latter offers us a basic sense of dimensions for the road, as they’re constructed to specs submitted by Samsung to the producer.
The lion’s share of rumors level to the S25 wanting a complete lot like its predecessor. The largest change on the {hardware} entrance is a slimmer design. Rumors printed this week level to Samsung shaving 1 to 2 millimeters off the machine’s profile. Another almost sure rumor is the inclusion of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip that Qualcomm unveiled in Hawaii final October. (The standard caveat is that there’s all the time a little bit of processor variation in worldwide markets. Here within the States, nonetheless, it’s just about a finished deal.)
Galaxy AI will, in fact, be the centerpiece as Samsung seems to be not solely to current itself as a pacesetter within the class, but additionally differentiate its providing from Google Gemini options that shall be obtainable throughout Android units. Of course, final 12 months’s massive AI announcement was Circle to Search, a Google characteristic that launched on the S24 first.
Other doable — however considerably much less sure — reveals embody a successor to the lukewarmly acquired Galaxy Ring wearable and a better take a look at Project Moohan, an prolonged actuality headset being collectively developed with Google.
