Double the storage for the same price? The iPhone 17 has a lot going for it, but so does the Galaxy S25.
The second half of 2025 brings us Apple’s iPhone 17 — its most modern base iPhone in years, finally packing features like a 120Hz display, but also a sharper 18 MP selfie camera with OIS and a pro-grade ultrawide camera.
Meanwhile, Samsung’s Galaxy S25 has already set the bar high as one of the lightest Android flagships of the year, offering sleek design, a dedicated telephoto camera, and Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.
Both phones start at $799 and target the same “affordable flagship” space, but which one is the better deal?
iPhone 17 vs Galaxy S25 differences:
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The Galaxy S25 is still the most compact mainstream flagship phone you can buy right now. It weighs just 162g and measures a sleek 7.25mm in thickness — one of the slimmest flagship phones in years. Samsung uses an aluminum frame combined with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on both the front and the back for durability.
Apple’s iPhone 17, on the other hand, is taller, thicker, and heavier than its predecessor, and even more so when compared to the S25. Apple uses an aluminum frame with a Ceramic Shield 2 front (which it claims is three times more scratch-resistant than the previous generation) and a reinforced glass back. Unlike the Pro models, though, the back does not get Ceramic Shield 2.
The iPhone 17 sticks to the vertical pill-shaped camera bump with two lenses and a mostly unchanged rear design from the iPhone 16. The S25 keeps Samsung’s signature vertically stacked triple-camera layout. Both should share IP68 water and dust resistance.
When it comes to hues, the iPhone 17 colors are:
Black
Lavender
Mist Blue
Sage
WhiteThere is a lot more to choose from when it comes to the Galaxy S25 colors:Display Differences
The iPhone 17 brings one of the most important upgrades in years for Apple’s base models: a 1-120Hz ProMotion OLED display. It’s also larger than before at 6.3 inches and now peaks at 3000 nits outdoors, making it the brightest iPhone display to date, while HDR content reaches 1600 nits.
