My first Samsung Galaxy in over ten years

[qbnkelt]

It’s been a very very very long time since I’ve posted here.

Two days ago, without any forethought, I found myself in the Samsung website ordering an unlocked S25 Ultra with 1 TB storage in rose gold. It will arrive on Monday.

I dragged my old S20 out, fired it up, and backed everything up. Bought some cloud storage just in case.

I will be ordering a Defender Otterbox case.


I will be using both my iPhone 16 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra on different lines at the same time because I also have an iPad and a MacBook Pro.

So…….what should I expect in terms of culture shock from my S20 to my S25?

 

[Trees]

Good to see a long time forum member, I seem to remember your username from here or maybe iMore.

Changes and differences between the form factors, Android OS, and One UI may be some new variables to get used to.

Swiping down from the top left to get your notifications, and from the top right to get the controls might be a minor shock, although I think there is a setting where the behavior can be changed so that swiping down from the screen top will bring up control center and notifications at the same time like with the S20.