The Ultimate Samsung Galaxy Holiday Phone Gift Guide for 2025

Even though Black Friday and Cyber Week are behind us, the holiday shopping season continues, and Samsung keeps launching new deals and limited-time offers.

If you're looking for the best gift ideas for your Samsung smartphone fan but you aren't familiar with the company's product lineup and don't know where to start, this is the perfect guide for you.

Below, we list all the Galaxy phones you may want to consider gifting to a dear one. We'll begin with the most affordable options from each series and end with the priciest and most exciting devices.

We wouldn't normally recommend this phone as a gift, especially if you plan to gift it to someone who is used to iPhone-grade performance.

This is one of Samsung's cheaper phones from the mid-range segment, and it exists on this list primarily because it's cheap.

It's better than the Galaxy A07 or A16 and doesn't cost as much as the A36. It strikes a certain value balance.

This is a good phone for someone who needs it. But it is not a good option if the person receiving it as a gift expects good mobile gaming performance and advanced features like AI.

The Galaxy A26 can make a good gift for someone who really needs a smartphone this holiday season but doesn't have very high expectations.

The A26 starts at $299 before holiday discounts.

The Galaxy A56 is a lot easier to recommend than the A26. Although it doesn't have Galaxy AI either, and even if gaming performance can't match premium levels, the A56 is a great mid-range phone.

It offers smooth performance outside of gaming, it can deliver over two days of battery life on a single charge, and it has a decent design.

That's the keyword. Everything about the Galaxy A56 is decent. It's a fantastic mid-range phone. If you can spend extra for it instead of the A26, the A56 should make a good gift for anyone who needs a reasonable phone with okay performance and good build quality but doesn't prioritize gaming or AI.

The Galaxy A56 starts at $499 before holiday discounts.

The Galaxy S25 FE can be the perfect choice if you want premium performance and Galaxy AI features for a lower price.

This is the cheapest Samsung phone with a premium-grade chipset, Galaxy AI, and other premium features, such as Samsung DeX — the pocketable desktop experience.

This phone bridges the gap between Samsung's mid-range A series and the flagship S series, and it does so by aiming to deliver more premium features at a lower price.

The Galaxy S25 FE starts at $649 before holiday discounts.

We're listing these two phones in the same category because they are like two peas in a pod, except one pea is smaller than the other.

These are premium Samsung phones. And they are nearly identical, except the Plus model has a larger screen and a bigger battery with faster charging.

The non-Plus Galaxy S25, on the other hand, is the smallest premium Samsung phone you can buy, so it's a fantastic choice for people who prefer compact phones.

Whichever you buy, these two phones offer the best performance, screens, features, and One UI experiences. These phones are powerful and long-lasting.

The Galaxy S25 and S25+ start at $799 and $999 before holiday discounts.

This is where things get a little more interesting. The Galaxy S25 Edge is undoubtedly a premium phone, but it is one that prioritizes design and thinness over other aspects.

It is equipped with two cameras and a smaller battery than similarly sized phones. But because of its ultra-thin 5.8mm profile, holding the Galaxy S25 Edge is an experience in and of itself.

This phone has a titanium frame and a Glass Ceramic 2 display protection. It has the same powerful chipset as the best Samsung phones of the year, and it also uses a high-resolution 200MP primary camera.

The Galaxy S25 Edge is certainly unique and might be the better choice if you want to gift it to someone who appreciates a good design and ultra-thin phones.

The Edge starts at $1,099 before holiday discounts.

This is the safest choice if you want to gift the best phone. The Galaxy S25 Ultra is the most premium, non-foldable Samsung phone of 2025.

It's powerful, it has the best camera system on any Samsung phone, it features a titanium frame and an anti-reflective screen, and it is the only smartphone equipped with a stylus — the iconic S Pen.

This is a fantastic gift for Samsung fans who want the best and for users who like drawing and handwriting. It's also the best option for mobile camera enthusiasts. You can't go wrong with the Ultra.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra starts at $1,299 before holiday discounts.

If you're looking to buy something more unique and unusual, rather than a standard slab-type phone, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 should check all the boxes.

This is one of Samsung's most stylish premium phones, and it can be a wonderful nostalgic throwback for anyone who fondly remembers the old flip phones.

As the name suggests, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 is a modern flip phone. But instead of a small screen and a keypad, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 uses state-of-the-art foldable display technology to deliver a smartphone-like experience when open.

It also has a secondary screen that can be interacted with when the phone is closed. The second screen offers AI features and a unique experience that can't be replicated by other phones.

This is certainly the most fashionable Samsung smartphone you can buy. It's elegant, gorgeous, high-tech, and unlike anything else in Samsung's lineup.

Better yet, the Galaxy Z Flip 7's price is comparable to the S25+ and S25 Edge. It starts at $1,099 before holiday discounts.

Last but not least, the Galaxy Z Fold 7. This is another foldable Samsung phone, and spec-by-spec, it is the best foldable money can buy — at least in markets where the new TriFold is not yet available.

At a glance, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 looks like a normal phone. However, it can open like a book to reveal a bigger screen that folds in half.

The experience is unique, and the specs are top-notch. This is a premium phone through and through, and every tech enthusiast will appreciate it for its unusual form factor, experimental foldable display tech, awesome performance, and versatility.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is not cheap, though, but you may be able to find it at a significant discount during the shopping season.

Before holiday deals, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 starts at $1,999.