During Samsung's Galaxy S25 Unpacked Stream earlier this week, the new Galaxy S25 Series lineup was announced. They include the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. This new lineup arrives on Feb. 7, but preorders are up already. Amazon and Samsung are currently offering the best preorder deals, with an Amazon gift card of up to $200 or a free storage upgrade.
The new Samsung S25 phones have a focus on AI features and are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with 12GB of RAM, a significant improvement over the last version.
The S25 preorder deal
Amazon is offering gift cards of $100 for the S25 and S25+ and $200 for the S25 Ultra. If you don't mind the 128GB storage, Amazon offers the best deal for the most basic S25. But if you want more storage, Samsung's offer is technically cheaper if you don't take Amazon's $100 gift card into consideration. But who doesn't like Amazon gift cards?
The S25+ preorder deal
The S25+ preorder deal is the same if you shop at Amazon or Samsung, but an Amazon gift card offers much better purchase options than a Samsung one. If you're looking to update the storage, you might as well buy it from Samsung for $100 less (even with the $100 Amazon gift card).
The S25 Ultra preorder deal
If you want the best phone, the S25 Ultra, with the lowest storage of 256GB (which for most people should be enough), get it from Amazon, since it offers a $200 gift card. But if you know you'll be needing more space, both Amazon and Samsung are offering good deals to double the storage.
Samsung's deal doubles it for free at the same $1,299.99 price and offers an $80 Samsung credit. With Amazon, you'd be paying more upfront, $1,419.99, but you'll likely find it easier to use a $200 Amazon gift card than an $80 Samsung one. Either way, when both gift cards are used, you end up with the same value proposition.
The one reason you should go with Samsung over Amazon is if you have products to trade in, since it offers up to $900 instant trade-in credit.
