Galaxy S25 owners have discovered an image quality glitch, but a fix is coming

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Even the best camera phones can have teething troubles, but Samsung seems to already be on top of this camera issue

A photo of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series
(Image credit: Basil Kronfli)

Samsung's latest flagship camera phone, the S25 Ultra, may have sensational camera performance, but some users have noticed its image quality isn't always quite as good as it should be. In certain lighting conditions, a single wide band slightly darker than the rest of the image can be seen running vertically down some photos. Apparently the issue isn't widespread, and tends to only be noticeable in low-light night mode images. It's not just the S25 Ultra with the problem though - the same issue is also said to affect the S25 and S25+.

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Samsung S25 image banding issue

The darker band running down each image isn't immediately obvious, so we've highlighted it with some tacky-looking arrows :) (Image credit: Members_FdY1aBr, eu.community.samsung.com)

There is some good news though: Samsung has acknowledged that there is a problem in a "limited number of cases", and said it has already deployed a fix. It's likely this is one of the bug fixes contained in the first software update issued to S25-series phones, which is already being distributed in Korea and should see a global rollout imminently.

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Ben Andrews
Ben Andrews

Ben is the Imaging Labs manager, responsible for all the testing on Digital Camera World and across the entire photography portfolio at Future. Whether he's in the lab testing the sharpness of new lenses, the resolution of the latest image sensors, the zoom range of monster bridge cameras or even the latest camera phones, Ben is our go-to guy for technical insight. He's also the team's man-at-arms when it comes to camera bags, filters, memory cards, and all manner of camera accessories – his lab is a bit like the Batcave of photography! With years of experience trialling and testing kit, he's a human encyclopedia of benchmarks when it comes to recommending the best buys. 

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