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‘Fake’ camera rings? Watch this fun Galaxy S25 Ultra teardown

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Last updated: February 3rd, 2025 at 12:06 UTC+01:00

Popular tech YouTuber JerryRigEverything recently posted a teardown video of the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Since then, Samsung has come under a lot of fire and intentional mocking from people on the internet about the “fake” camera rings on its flagship phone.

Galaxy S25 Ultra's camera rings are as ‘fake‘ as every other phone's

The teardown video of the Galaxy S25 Ultra starts with the S Pen being broken into half to reveal that it has a slot for a battery but lacks an actual battery. That is because it doesn't have Bluetooth for Air Actions. The S Pen still has copper wiring and other circuitry to detect angles and pressure.

In the video, the phone then went through all sorts of physical abuse, including scratching the titanium frame, buttons, and screen. And it seems like the phone is built strong. Samsung doesn't appear to have cut corners where it matters most. The phone's body doesn't appear to flex at all, and it certainly didn't break in half or bend even after being subjected to a lot of pressure.

But what everyone on the internet seems to be focusing on in the video is the phone's camera rings, which appear floating above the rest of the phone's back panel. Most tweets seem to intentionally mock Samsung because the camera rings can be removed with enough pressure using a knife.

JerryRigEverything said the camera rings on the Galaxy S25 Ultra are purely aesthetic, but that is true for almost all modern smartphones. All the rings around the cameras are for aesthetic purposes only. As you can see in the video, the YouTuber had to apply a lot of pressure using a sharp knife to pry the camera rings off their place.

 

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Camera Rings Removed JerryRigEverything

We don't think anybody should be worried about the camera rings just coming off on their own. Even the YouTuber mentions that they don't believe the camera rings would fall off, but still say that the rings “are just glued into place.

We think Samsung intentionally left a gap between the phone's rear panel and the camera rings to give the camera a floating lens look, which would keep the design refreshing without changing too much. This is a better approach than just changing the whole design just for the sake of change.

Is it fair that Samsung had to endure the unnecessary controversy surrounding the “fake” camera rings? We don't think so, as no regular user would poke a knife into their phones and pry off the rings. Even if they did, the rings appear pretty strong and won't come off so easily.

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