Few weeks are left until the Galaxy S25 series launch and it’s usually around this time when the juiciest of details start emerging on the web. We’ve spotted the Galaxy S25+ in a leak that shows one of the most important design changes in this year’s lineup.
Samsung’s Galaxy S25+ has gone viral with some live images shot from the front, back, and side. Nothing is interesting on the front except for the model code SM-S936U, which we know to be the US version of Galaxy S25 Plus. The same goes for the rear image which revealed a typical Samsung design and a vertically stacked three-lens camera system.
Now, the side image reveals something unexpected. S25 Plus has three cutouts on the right side frame. One is for the volume rocker and the second obvious position is for the power key. Curiously, there’s a third cutout, which, at first glance, seems to be a camera button like the new iPhones.
Reports suggest that the third cutout is not an additional button but an antenna for 5G mmWave. S25 Plus will adapt to networks in the USA that have high bandwidth and low latency between 24GHz and 100Ghz spectrum. The antenna is meant to boost the data speeds on 5G networks.
iPhone 14 and onward don’t have a physical SIM in the US. Locals rely on eSIM only and those iPhones have a similar mmWave antenna cutout as the leaked images. Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus is probably heading in the same direction, removing the physical SIM entirely in the region.