POCO F7 Ultra vs. Samsung S25 Plus: Same-Class Flagship Showdown, Who Comes Out on Top?

- POCO F7 Ultra
versus Samsung Galaxy S25+,

both of them
have powerhouse processors,

Snapdragon 8 Elite.

That's the strongest chip
that Qualcomm has this year.

They both have
great camera sensors

and both are running Android 15.

Who's going to win in this battle?

Don't go away
after this quick intro.

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Let's now quickly talk
about their design.

Both of them has glass back,
aluminum frames,

and glass finish in front.

And both of them are IP68
dust and water resistant.

You can submerge them
up to 2.5 meters for 30 minutes.

Maybe the only edge
of Samsung here is its frame

which is an armor aluminum 2 frame

that's propriety of Samsung.

While on the POCO F7,
the materials used

on its side frame
is aerospace grade

high-strength aluminum alloy.

Its material is matte finish
and it's very lightweight

and sturdy that's why
it gives you a very flagship-like feel.

In terms of weight,
there's kind of a big difference.

190 grams for the S25+
and 217 grams for the POCO F7 Ultra

which has some weight to it.

On its camera bump,
they look different,

Samsung having
a Samsung camera bump

and POCO having
a circular bump this time.

They both have two 5G nano SIM,
except that S25+

is better since you can put
an eSIM on it.

Now like I told you earlier,
they're both Snapdragon 8 Elite,

very powerful chip
that Qualcomm has.

I tested both of them
on AnTuTu Benchmark

and this is the score
that we got.

1.94 million points
on Samsung Galaxy S25+

and 2.28 million points
on POCO F7 Ultra.

And we know that Samsung
is notorious for nerfing

its processor to make it
not reach its full potential.

But we know that POCO
always give

the best performance possible.

These are the breakdown scores.

When it comes to thermals,
you'll really see that

the Samsung Galaxy S25+
is hotter compared

to the POCO F7 Ultra.

I do hope that POCO improves it
on future firmware updates.

This one throttled to 56%
of its best performance

and this one throttled
to 48% of its best performance.

Let's now talk about its battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S25+
has 4,900mAh supporting

up to 45W of fast charging,
and it has 15W of wireless charging,

and 4.5W reverse wireless charging.

While on the POCO F7 Ultra,
the battery size of this

is 5,300mAh
that's silicon-carbon material

and up to 120W of fast charging.

And it has 50W
of wireless charging capability.

When it comes to battery
and charging,

Samsung Galaxy S25+ easily loses.

And both can last
one whole day without charging.

There's no problem
as long as you're not heavy

into gaming.

But when I put it both
under the PCMark battery stress test,

the results are very different.

Samsung drained first
and it gave me 12 hours

and 31 minutes of screen-on time

while POCO gave me 18 hours
and 42 minutes.

There's a huge gap.

Let's now talk about its display.

The Samsung Galaxy S25+
has a dynamic LTPO AMOLED display

that's a 6.7-inch.

Its maximum brightness
is 2,600 nits.

And it also has 120Hz
of screen refresh rate.

On the POCO F7 Ultra,
there's an OLED display

with 120Hz
of screen refresh rate,

6.67-inch screen size,
and its maximum brightness

is 3,200 nits.

Samsung is protected
by the Corning Gorilla Glass

Victus 2.

The F7 Ultra has
the Longjing Glass 2.

When it comes
to the browsing experience

on both phones,
they're both great.

Honestly, I have no problem
on both phones browsing.

And honestly,
choosing between both devices,

I think Samsung S25+
is a bit better,

maybe because
of its display panel

that Samsung made
versus the F7 Ultra,

just based on my eyes.

It could be very subjective
depending on the user.

And if you're watching videos
on both devices,

I think it's almost the same.

The display of the S25+
is a bit better,

personally speaking.

When it comes to gaming,
both phones can give you

a good gaming experience.

I've played games
like Wuthering Waves,

Farlight 84, and Genshin Impact,
and even Call of Duty Mobile.

What's good
with the POCO F7 Ultra,

it's equipped
with the Vision Boost v7.

This is an independent chip
that POCO made

and when you turn on
the smart frame rate feature,

its frame rate
would automatically adjust

to make the in-game action
smoother and more fluid.

You won't have problems
on both phones

except that the Samsung Galaxy S25+
heated up more compared

to the cooler F7 Ultra.

You can watch the full review
of the S25+

and the F7 Ultra
separately in my channel.

Let's now talk
about the cameras.

The Samsung Galaxy S25+
has a 50MP main camera sensor

with OIS, 10MP telephoto lens
with up to 3x optical zoom,

and it also has a 12MP
ultra wide sensor.

It can let you shoot
up to 8K and 30 FPS.

Its front-facing camera
is 12MP which can let you shoot

up to 4K and 60 FPS.

The F7 Ultra has a 50MP
main camera sensor with OIS,

50MP telephoto lens
with up to 2.5x optical zoom,

and it has 32MP ultra wide lens.

It can shoot you
up to 8K and 24 FPS.

Its front-facing camera
is a 20MP which can let you shoot

only up to 1080P and 60 FPS.

Okay. So let's start
our comparison

for the camera performance
of both phones.

I have my Samsung Galaxy S25+
on my left

and I have my POCO F7 Ultra
on my right.

Now taking a look at some
of these outdoor shots,

equally nice.

Both of these shots look nice,
clear, and sharp.

You would see more details,
I noticed here,

the cloud on the back
of the building seems

to have more details
on the POCO F7 Ultra

as compared
to the Samsung Galaxy S25+.

But all of the other details
like the building

and the trees,
it looks almost equally the same,

not much difference
between them.

And you'll notice the shade
of green here

is a bit darker on the F7 Ultra
while a bit lighter

on the Samsung Galaxy S25+.

Moving on to this shot,
you'll notice that

its blue sky is equally nice,
both are great shots.

And yeah. I just noticed
that the clouds are more detailed

on the F7 Ultra.

And when you look
at the building itself,

the POCO F7 Ultra
has a darker shade of blue

as compared to the S25+,
but they're both sharp.

And when you look at this part,
it seems like

there are more details
on the F7 Ultra.

You'll see the details
of the lines,

but it's kind of blurred out
on the S25+.

On food photography
under lowlight,

you'll notice here that
the shots are not that different,

they're both focused
on the subject,

except that the colors
are a bit better on the S25+.

It looks more appetizing
compared to the F7 Ultra.

And you'll notice the cherry
on the S25+ pops out more,

it looks more appetizing
as compared to the F7 Ultra.

For this wine shot that we got,
they're both great,

sharp, and detailed.

But when you zoom it
in the middle,

the gold shade looks better
on the S25+,

but both shots were fine.

When it comes
to this noodle shot,

they're almost the same
except that the shade

of neon green is more prominent
on the S25+.

On the F7 Ultra,
it's a little bit more

of a darker green.

Now, it's not too much
on the colors

but more on the details
that we're looking at.

If you zoom it in
onto this strand,

they both have details
but the approach

of the F7 Ultra is more detailed
when you zoom it in

on these two strands
of noodles.

When it comes to this shot,
you'll notice that

the color is stronger
on the F7 Ultra

for the wood section.

You'll see its wood varnish
looks a little bit darker compared

to the S25+.

And when it comes to painting,
it just looks better

on the F7 Ultra compared
to the S25+.

Plus the details here
are a little bit faded on the S25+

and it's more preserved
on the F7 Ultra.

It's different on these two shots,
you'll notice the roots

inside this glass
that it's more clear on the S25+

and it's a bit faded
on the F7 Ultra,

though the bokeh
on both shots are good.

When you look at this shot,
they're both good.

Honestly, I'm surprised.

And when you zoom it in,
they're both detailed

up to the last strand,
except that when you look

at the F7 Ultra,
it's more detailed

on the S25+.

These two gown shots
look good and you can see

all the beads are preserved.

The shot on both looks
almost the same.

Including this one,
the S25+ just got

a brighter red approach
and a darker shade

on the F7 Ultra,
though both have

really nice details.

Comparing these two
using its ultra wide lens,

this is how it looks like.

1x, 2x, 2.5x, and 5x.

After 5x zooming,
it seems to me

that the Samsung shot
gets a little bit clearer shot

after 5x zooming.

When it comes to night shot,
it seems to me

that both shots
are really looking good

on its own way.

You can see that the Samsung
has whiter bulbs

while the F7 Ultra
has warmer looking bulbs.

To each its own
are the advantages

so I would hardly say
who is the winner here.

But based on my observation,
it seems to me

that the approach of the F7 Ultra
is a little bit better.

But on this shot,
I think the S25+ captured it beter.

When it comes
to the selfie camera,

it's no doubt that the shot
looks better

on the Samsung Galaxy S25+.

The color accuracy of my shirt
looks way better on the S25+,

plus the details of my face
looks more detailed.

On the S25+,
by looking at the hair,

it spells the difference,

it's even a bit smudgier
on the F7 Ultra.

Equally said when it comes
to indoors,

the shots from S25+
looks better.

When we look at this
side-by-side,

there's no doubt that
the front-facing camera

of the Samsung Galaxy S25+
is better.

It gets more details,
my face looks clearer,

and the color accuracy
of my shirt looks way better

on the S25+.

Taking a look at
its rear camera performance,

there's not much
of a difference.

When you look at the S25+,
its attack is brighter,

while the F7 Ultra
is a bit darker.

When it comes to indoors,
they're both good,

it's just that the camera
of the S25+ is brighter

when it comes to the video.

After comparing these
two really good devices,

almost flagship level devices,
I would honestly tell you

that this battle is great.

It's a very close fight
between both of them

and I can say that
when it comes to performance,

POCO can level up
with the Samsung Galaxy S25+.

Especially on its rear camera,
I think it can match

the camera performance
of the S25+.

Its front-facing camera
really lags behind

because of its quality.

In terms of gaming,
both phones can handle

heavy games, except that
the S25+ is hotter.

In terms of multitasking,
both phones don't have

any problems.

Now it all boils down
to your budget.

The S25+ is almost double
the price of the F7 Ultra

which I think is a good choice
if we're only talking

about the budget.

But if we're going
to talk about the weight,

S25+ has the edge
because it's lighter.

All of the other features
like battery, charging,

and charging brick,
POCO F7 Ultra is the winner.

What about you guys,
what did you pick

between the two?
Let me know on the comments

what you liked better.

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both of these devices,

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