My biggest gripe about modern smartphones is that they’re too complex. This was true before the chatbots became The New Thing, but generative AI has only accelerated the problem. Samsung is first out of the blocks with its solution: a repurposed Bixby on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Samsung and Google's newest base-model flagships couldn't be more different, despite costing the same amount of cash. Here's how they fare in the real world.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra promises more AI capabilities, plus some incremental hardware improvements. But is the new Galaxy S25 Ultra worth the spend? Let's dive in and see what the up