Stellar Galaxy S25 Sales Help Samsung Soar To Its Strongest Quarter Ever

If you ask smartphone reviewers, Samsung got off to something of a rocky start in 2025. I’m not just talking about Android Police’s own reviewers, each of which (myself included) found their respective Galaxy S25 model to be something of a disappointment. I’m talking about the industry as a whole, which seemed to finally sour on Samsung’s mission to stagnate any and all hardware improvements in favor of focusing on AI. In what is perhaps a somewhat telling announcement, though, Samsung just exited one of its best quarters ever, thanks to shockingly strong sales of the S25 series.

Samsung shared its Q1 revenue, reporting KRW 79.14 trillion (or about $55 billion) in consolidated revenue from its various entities to hit an all-time quarterly high, a 21.7 percent bump in net profit. The company directly attributed this success to the Galaxy S25 series alongside “high-value-added products,” which includes the memory products necessary to push the AI boom forward. Samsung’s MX and Network businesses — the former of which is its smartphone division — posted KRW 37 trillion in revenue, or just shy of $26 billion, on its own.

The Galaxy S25 series is doing just fine

And the Galaxy S25 Edge could do even better

It’s sounding like Samsung has a pretty promising year ahead of itself, assuming the winds of trade eventually calm down. In addition to the S25’s overall sales success — exact numbers of which aren’t shared here, but seem to be progressing about as well as expected — the company also celebrated price declines for certain components within its flagship smartphones, helping to deliver “double-digit profitability.” Samsung also hinted at its upcoming Galaxy S25 Edge as a way to “sustain flagship-centric sales amid weak seasonality,” along with a greater focus on AI with the budget-focused Galaxy A-series.

I’ll be curious to see if the Galaxy S25 Edge truly acts to boost Samsung’s sales even further. The success of the mainline S25 trio suggests there aren’t many buyers out there waiting with bated breath for when they’ll get a chance to try a slimmer smartphone, but that could come down to the consequences of three months of relative radio silence. With a rumored unveiling set for May, we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to find out everything we need to know about the S25 Edge.

Aside from already-announced products, Samsung also teased new foldables focused on “a differentiated AI user experience.” It’s unclear what those sorts of tools could be, but leaning into the form factor — as we saw Motorola do last week with its Razr — could help make mobile AI feel a little more exciting. Alongside foldables, expect new additions for “health” products like wearables and the arrival of the company’s long-in-the-works XR headset, currently codenamed “Project Moohan.”

It’s not quite in AP’s wheelhouse, but the rest of today’s report suggests good things on the horizon for Samsung as a whole. As mentioned up top, memory sales continue to perform well for the company, and with on-device AI such a hot commodity right now, expect to see those numbers continue to explode. Meanwhile, Samsung’s chipset business had a slightly weaker quarter than the rest of the brand, thanks to “delayed” adoption of the Exynos 2500, but similarly expects business to improve throughout the back half of 2025.

That is, if economic tensions don’t demolish any and all market momentum. Samsung included a warning in its Q1 report that “macroeconomic uncertainties” are making it challenging to release any kind of reliable forecast on the rest of the year’s performance. Still, though, assuming a global recession doesn’t overtake the market, the company predicts it’ll continue to see growth in upcoming quarters. As we’ve seen with products like the OnePlus Watch 3 and Nintendo’s delayed Switch 2 pre-orders, though, stability isn’t quite on the horizon just yet.