Is the S25 Ultra better than its predecessor, the S24 Ultra? Amy Davies finds out The post Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: do photographers need to upgrade their flagship smartphone?

Hot on the heels of last year's state-of-the-art Galaxy S24 Ultra, the slightly smaller and humbler Galaxy S24 Plus from 2024 has gone out of stock in all variants and models on Samsung's official US website,

With only one hardware upgrade, has Samsung done enough to continue offering a better camera experience than the competition?

Samsung is rumored to be interested in plugging "variable aperture" into the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Rumors about the aperture range remain unknown; however, Xiaomi recently did this, delivering an f/1.63 to f/4.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could gain a camera hardware feature seen on older Galaxy devices and rival flagships.

R emember the only notable feature of the Galaxy S9? It had the ability to change the aperture of the main camera. This was pretty significant, and it was a talking point for what

According to a reliable Samsung tipster, IceUniverse on Weibo, Samsung may bring back the variable aperture in its camera in its upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra flagship smartphone. This was last seen in the Galaxy S9 and S10 series.

Variable aperture is rumored to make an first appearance on a Samsung Galaxy phone later this year, for the first time since 2019.