Samsung 'Magnet' Cases For Galaxy S25 Are Now Available; Everyone Seems To Hate Them

Samsung’s latest smartphones still don’t have proper Qi2 support, but the company is selling a “Magnet” case for the Galaxy S25 series, and those cases are now finally available widely for purchase.

As we detailed when the Galaxy S25 first launched last month, Samsung is taking advantage of the “Qi2 Ready” extension of the Qi2 standard to offload the magnets required for Qi2 accessories to approved cases rather than putting them in the phones themselves. There are third-party options, but Samsung also has its own official case.

The “Clear Magnet Case” is a simple transparent plastic case for the Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra which has a magnet ring embedded for charging alignment and other accessories. Samsung did briefly list the same case for the base Galaxy S25, but it was removed in January and hasn’t resurfaced in the time since. The Galaxy S25+ and S25 Ultra cases were not available for purchase – at least on their own – until just recently. They were available alongside pre-orders for $15, but are now able to be purchased separately for $24, still below their $30 retail price.

These cases are not being well-received, though.

Early buyers have left reviews of the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s “Magnet Case” only to say that the case is “very hard to remove” and that the magnet is “weak.” One buyer states that the phone “slides off every time” when mounted to magnetic accessories while another says that the “average bump on the road in the car and the whole device comes off the magnet mount.”

Personally, I’m not a big fan of this case either. After briefly trying it out at my hands-on session with Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series in January, I was far from pleased with the finish of the case, which was more of a fingerprint magnet than a real magnet, as the clear finish shows grime quickly while the magnet itself wasn’t as strong as ones I’ve tried in third-party cases for my iPhone 15 Pro, or even OnePlus’ official OnePlus 13 cases.

Spigen makes approved Qi2 cases for the entire Galaxy S25 series which are available now from around $18 and up. Samsung’s case seems like a solid freebie to redeem alongside your purchase, but it’s certainly not the best option out there, even if it is one of the only ones officially approved for Qi2.