After almost exactly 18 years, you could make the argument that the tech industry has finally finished what the iPhone started. Itâs not that thereâs no innovation left in phones, or that there arenât other big ideas to be had about the devices we carry around, but the specific thing the first iPhone was â a candy bar-shaped slab of glass in your pocket â might have reached its final form. Maybe thereâs another reason that Samsungâs Galaxy S25 lineup looks so familiar, and why it appears this yearâs other flagship devices will too. But maybe itâs just that thereâs not much left to do here.
On this episode of The Vergecast, The Vergeâs Allison Johnson tells us all about her experiences with the S25 Ultra, supposedly the most interesting and experimental device in Samsungâs lineup, and why sheâs a bit underwhelmed despite the fact that the Ultra remains an excellent phone.
We also discuss the phones left to launch this year, and whether this might finally be the year a new phone shape â flipping, or folding, or maybe tri-folding? â hits the big time. We have some theories, and a lot of hope, but are mostly planning for another year of the same o …
