The best Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra model could be exclusive to Asia

Other regions might miss out on a RAM upgrade

· TechRadar

News By James Rogerson published 20 January 2025

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

  • A source claims the rumored 16GB Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will only be available in Asia
  • We've also seen new imagery of the Galaxy S25 Ultra and its S Pen
  • These pictures hint that the S Pen might not support Bluetooth

We’re now just a couple of days away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, so unsurprisingly there’s an influx of last-minute rumors and leaks, with the latest being a suggestion that if you’re reading this you probably won’t be able to buy the best version of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

According to leaker @chunvn8888, the long-rumored 16GB model of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra will only be sold in China, South Korea, India, and Vietnam, leaving the rest of the world with only a 12GB version.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra already has 12GB of RAM, so that would mean no upgrades in this department for most of the world. The rumored move to 16GB was one of the biggest upgrades we were expecting for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, so this would be disappointing. As ever, we’d take this with a pinch of salt, but the source has a reasonable track record.

A downgraded S Pen

That’s not the only disappointing Galaxy S25 Ultra news either, as we’ve also seen seemingly official marketing images showing the S25 Ultra and its S Pen, and they hint at a lack of Bluetooth for the stylus.

Shared by @DalgleishGX and reposted by Tarun Vats on X, these images highlight things you’ll be able to do with the S Pen, including sketching and note taking. However, what there’s no mention of is things like gesture controls, or being able to use the pen as a camera remote or to take screenshots.

These are things the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s S Pen can do, but they require Bluetooth, and we recently heard that the S25 Ultra’s S Pen might lack Bluetooth.

So while these images don’t confirm that Bluetooth and the features it enables are absent, they do suggest it might be the case.

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