The "Best" Galaxy S25 May Not Come This Week

Talk to a grounded, even-footed tech journalists and the first thing you'll find getting them down is the all-cylinders pulse of artificial intelligence everywhere. Sure, PC and gaming hardware is still extremely interesting, but when it comes to smartphones, it feels like we're entering this week's Unpacked event like it was 2024 — except, there's more of it.On this Android Police podcast, a prelude to the Galaxy S25 series, the prelude to the prelude of the best phone of the Galaxy S25 series (that may not actually be that great after all), an assessment of where the industry is, a newsflash about TikTok from Friday with some prescient calls on what happened through today, and just a lot of hype over what little Nintendo told us about the Switch 2. It's a good listen or a good watch if you look us up on YouTube. You know how.01:04 | Galaxy S25Here's our first real look at Samsung's Galaxy S25 SlimNew images give us our best look yet at the Galaxy S25 and One UI 7No need to wait until January 22, all the Galaxy S25 specs just leaked today7 announcements to expect at the Samsung Galaxy S25 Unpacked event (and 2 not to)31:56 | Brief FlashesTikTok is coming back online in the USRedNote: What to know about the Chinese TikTok replacementIf TikTok's US ban goes through on Sunday, even sideloading might not work40:06 | Switch 2The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally official - and arriving later this year (XDA-Developers)Our regular hosts are Daniel Bader and Will Sattelberg. Our editor is Jules Wang.Android Police lives here. Reach out to us at [email protected] - "18" and "34" by HOME licensed under CC BY 3.0