Galaxy S25 Ultra Rumored To Be Treated To UFS 4.1 Storage, Which Will Be A Useful Upgrade When Running On-Device AI Features Efficiently

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Samsung’s current-generation flagships, including the Galaxy S24 Ultra, ship with UFS 4.0 flash storage, making them fast enough to deliver a responsive experience that includes opening up a multitude of applications in succession and recording at higher resolutions coupled with increased framerates. However, with the growing adoption of on-device AI features, the extra processing will strain the latest flash memory’s performance, so Samsung is likely to amp things up with the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is rumored to arrive with UFS 4.1 storage.

An earlier rumor claimed that Samsung was working on next-generation UFS storage that would be optimized for AI-related operations

The UFS 5.0 standard was previously reported to be actively developed, but according to that information, this technology is not expected to debut before 2027. During this time, Samsung will likely introduce more advancements to UFS 4.0, releasing improved iterations, starting with UFS 4.1. According to Sawyer Galox on X, the Galaxy S25 Ultra will feature UFS 4.1 storage but does not mention if the more affordable versions from the Galaxy S25 series will be treated to this technology. What is even more disappointing is that we do not know about the speed differences between UFS 4.1 and UFS 4.0, as those numbers were conveniently left out.

We previously reported that the base Galaxy S24 with 128GB was limited to UFS 3.1 speeds, while the 256GB variant supported the UFS 4.0 standard. The Korean giant likely pursued this approach to reduce component costs, so it is entirely possible that Samsung will repeat the same practice when launching the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25 Plus. With on-device AI features slowly picking up the space, higher RAM count and faster storage will become a necessity moving forward. The Galaxy S25 Ultra is already rumored to ship with a 16GB RAM model, making it a nice bump from the 12GB limit placed on the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

All of Samsung’s Galaxy S25 models will reportedly run