The Galaxy S25 Ultra will introduce important changes at the design level. It also comes with significant improvements at the hardware level this will justify a generational change and that could greatly affect the selling price Samsung would be forced to take a difficult decision.

The key to this difficult decision lies in the SoC that this new Samsung smartphone will use. Analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo believe that the company is struggling to succeed on the wafer at its 3nm GAA node, and that will affect startup and availability Exynos 2500 SoC.

Samsung will not be able to produce enough units of said SoC in time to implement it in the Galaxy S25 Ultra, forcing the South Korean giant to only use Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoCchip that will be very powerful but also much more expensive than the current generation.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra could be more expensive than the Galaxy S24 Ultra

And the culprit would be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, which will be up to 30% more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. As I told you at the beginning of the article, as a result of this price increase, Samsung would have to make a very difficult decision, pass this cost increase on to consumers increasing the price of the Galaxy S25 Ultra or absorbing it, maintaining the selling price and reducing its profits per unit sold.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is important that you bear this in mind That doesn’t mean the Galaxy S25 Ultra will cost 30% moreTo think that is nonsense, and for Samsung, it would be like shooting itself in the foot. This cost increase only concerns the SoC, which represents a specific part of the total production cost of the Galaxy S25 Ultra and which will have a proportionally smaller impact on the price of said terminal.

Samsung is the one with the final say and the one who will have to decide whether to keep or raise the price of the Galaxy S25 Ultra. With all the changes coming with this terminal, I think co he has the perfect excuse increase its selling price between 50 and 100 euros.

New leaks will gradually emerge that will allow us to shed a little more light on this issue, but we won’t know for sure until Samsung officially unveils the new Galaxy S25, which will happen at the beginning 2025, specifically between the months of January and February.