At Samsung’s Unpacked event last month, the company announced the latest smartphones in its Galaxy S-series: the S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra. As The Verge’s reviewer, Allison Johnson, said in her review, “Samsung didn’t need to reinvent the wheel.” The company has had solid scores for the last few years, and it looks like its newest iterations revolve around software — most notably, Galaxy AI and photo processing. 

The S25 Ultra additions include a 50-megapixel ultrawide lens, LOG video, and AI audio processing. If that sounds familiar, it may be because Apple also equipped its iPhone 16 Pro, which was released in September 2024, with similar features. But which one is better? 

The Verge’s supervising producer, Vjeran Pavic, breaks it down by category and takes a deeper look at photos and videos taken on both devices for noise, color, sound, and most of all, ease of use. Watch Vjeran’s full review in our latest video, and let us know what you think. 

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A common problem I’ve come across with decades-old analog media — particularly VHS — is mold that develops inside the cassette cartridge. The white fuzzy glaze on black magnetic tape often develops after being stored in damp basements and attics for years on end. Tapes like this, if run through a VCR, could do a lot of damage to the increasingly rare device.

I’ve been told to either throw tapes away when they get contaminated or open up a VCR to run a makeshift cleaning process. The latter solution is cumbersome, though, and risks damaging both the VHS and the VCR.

For VHS collectors, the mold situation has been a growing concern. And it’s what led Tony Crouch, of VHSisLife.com, to build his own solution for cleaning VHS tapes.

“If you had a really moldy tape, there was mold flying everywhere,” Crouch told me about existing cleaning methods. “I just finally decided there had to be a better way. So I sat down and started figuring out designing what I would want for myself, for a tool that made it easier to clean mold off of the tapes.”

The VHS mold cleaner is a fairly simple machine. A 3D-printed case holds two spindles each attached to a motor, …

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