Tech to Expect in 2025: Samsung Headset, iPhone 17 ‘Slim’ and More
Here’s a rundown of some of the new tech we could see from big hitters like Samsung, Apple and Google in 2025.
New year, new tech, 2024 has brought lots of game changing gadgets. Think, you know, a little headset from Apple and Samsung’s first smart ring, just to name a few. 2025 is right around the corner and it already looks like there are some exciting new products heading our way. Here’s what we could see next year. Let’s start with Samsung’s upcoming wearable, an XR headset. It’s called Project Mohan. My fellow CEtter Scott Stein got an early hands on demo of it and described it as having the fit and. Of a MetaQuest Pro, but the video quality of an Apple Vision Pro. This project Mohan headset runs on Google’s new Android XR operating system for headsets and glasses. The look of Android XR resembles Vision OS, but it also uses Gemini AI which can see what you’re seeing. Both Project Mohan and Android XR will launch in 2025. Samsung is also coming out with smart glasses and we’ll hear more details about them next year. For now, Scott got to demo Google’s in-house glass. is called Project Astra. These glasses feel similar to Meta’s Ray bands. They have a display in the right lens that can show, say, directions or captions. Plus there’s a camera, speakers, mics, and some input buttons. We don’t know exactly when Samsung’s headset or smart glasses will come out or how much they’ll cost. Samsung Galaxy S25 series phones are definitely coming next year. We just don’t know exactly when. We’re expecting the usual lineup. Base S25 and S25. Plus models and a flagship S25 Ultra. The company’s Q3 2024 earnings report said we’ll get them sometime in the 1st 6 months of 2025. So perhaps they’ll come at a January unpacked event. In that same earnings report, Samsung said these models will offer an improved version of its Galaxy AI suite of artificial intelligence features. Plus, in addition to rumors of enhancements like better chips and cameras, a leaked video suggests the S25 Ultra will ditch those quintessential square edges for round. ones like the iPhone has. According to well-known leaker Ice Universe, that leaked video is legit. Ice Universe also took to X to share a leak suggesting this new top of the line model will be the thinnest model yet. It’s looking like 2025 will be the year of thinner smartphones. Not only is Samsung’s next flagship phone rumored to be thinner, but the company is also reportedly introducing a new Galaxy S25 slim model. South Korean outlet ET News said its release could trail behind that of the other Galaxy S. Se phones by a few months and land in Q2 of 2025. It’s also rumored that Apple will release an iPhone 17 slim model. According to analyst Ming Qi Kuo, this model could replace Apple’s iPhone Plus. Reports from a few analysts suggest that it will come out in 2025 as a member of the iPhone 17 lineup. Bloomberg says this new model could basically be the iPhone equivalent of the MacBook Air. Kuo has also reported that this iPhone 17 Slim might only have one main camera. Switching the ultrawide and telephoto cameras found in Apple’s top of the line phones. The only other iPhone Apple currently sells with just one camera is the SE, which, speaking of, rumor has that Apple will give us a new budget iPhone SE4 next year. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said it could debut in early 2025, so maybe it’ll come out in Q1, like the first gen and 3rd gen iPhone SEs did. Reports suggest that the iPhone SE4 will look a lot like the iPhone 14, so it may ditch the home. That would truly mark the end of an era as the iPhone SE is the last iPhone in Apple’s lineup with a home button. Why am I getting emotional? Bloomberg has also said that the new iPhone SE will support Apple Intelligence, the company’s suite of new AI features which is currently only available on the new iPhone 16s and the 15 Pro and Pro Max. It’s cool that these new AI tools could be available on Apple’s updated budget iPhone because, as my fellow CEtter Lisa Edichio pointed out, it would make them much more accessible. Google is also expected to introduce a new budget Pixel A series phone next year, the Pixel 9A. According to Android headlines, it’ll be available for pre-order in March and will be released before the end of the month. Per images leaked on X, the Pixel 9A will apparently ditch that signature camera bar for an oval shaped module. Google’s Pixel 10 phone lineup is also expected in the second half of 2025. According to Android headlines, we’ll be getting the typical 4 phone lineup a Pixel 1010 Pro. 10 Pro XL and 10 Pro Fold. The rumor mill is already buzzing with what AI tools the Pixel 10 series could feature. A report from Android Authority claims that the Pixel 10 will be powered by a new Tensor G5 chip that will support a video generative machine learning tool that will allow users to edit videos with AI in the Photos app. The report also says that another sketch to image tool is in the works that could allow you to transform your drawings into images with AI. Samsung already has a similar tool. We’re also Expecting to see some new foldable phones next year. I’ve mentioned Google’s rumored Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but we could also get updated Galaxy Z series phones next summer, a Galaxy Z Fold 7 and ZFlip 7. According to a report from Ross Young, these phones will have larger displays than their predecessors. Rumor has it Samsung is also going to come out with a brand new trifold phone in 2025 to compete with Huawei’s MateXT triple folding phone. While the Huawei phone folds into this kind of backward Z shape. ET News has reported a leak that Samsung’s trifold will feature an unfolding mechanism where its two side screens fold inwards. This is similar to the folding mechanism of the FlexG prototype Samsung showed at CES 2022. If I had to name a single tech buzzword this year, it would be AI, and I think it’s safe to say that will continue in 2025. We can expect updates to Samsung, Google, and Apple’s AI tools. I’ve already mentioned some of them. We also know that Apple Intelligence will bring additional. theory functionality in 2025. Siri will be able to draw upon your personal context, that is information like your messages and notes to answer your questions. Like, for example, what recipe your friend recommended to you over text a few weeks ago. There is also a rumored to be an integration between Apple Intelligence and Google Gemini next year. Apple has worked with OpenAI to incorporate chat GPT into Apple Intelligence. In an interview in June, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, said he wanted to see Gemini. Integrated into Apple Intelligence, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman recently reported that an Apple Intelligence Geminilab could come next year, although he didn’t say exactly when or what it could look like. We’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about what could be coming next for arguably the biggest AI chatbot of all. OpenAI’s chat GPT. In a recent Reddit Q&A, OpenAI’s chief product officer Kevin Weil said he thinks chat GPT being able to carry out tasks autonomously will be a big theme in 2025 in the same Q. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he thinks Chat GPT’s next product breakthrough will be agents that can perform tasks independently, although he didn’t specify a timeline for this. So it seems like completing tasks on its own will be important for Chat GPT in 2025, although it remains to be seen exactly what this will look like. That is just some of the tech we could see in 2025. Which of these rumored products are you most excited for? Let me know in the comments below and thank you so much for watching.