European Best Value Award
Valid
Public verification record
Samsung Galaxy S25
82
Benchmark score82.0 / 100
- Award ID
- EPEI-BVA-2026-000019
- Category benchmark
- Smartphones (EU models with EU warranty)[email protected]
- Price class
- Premium
- Validity
- 2027-07-26
Editorial award
Assessed on our own initiative
The manufacturer was not involved in this assessment, was not contacted about it, and paid nothing for it. The European Product Evaluation Institute selected this product itself and assessed it against the published category benchmark using publicly documented evidence only.
Award and benchmark data
- Award ID
- EPEI-BVA-2026-000019
- Category
- Smartphones
- Target market
- EU
- Methodology
- 2026.07-2 · inspect
- Category benchmark
- [email protected]
- Price class
- Premium
- Assessment date
- 2026-07-25
- Status
- Valid
82
70Award threshold
0100
Documented strengths
- Equipment clearly above class expectation (e.g. OLED/IP68/OIS in budget, telephoto or LTPO in mid-range)T2
- Update commitment clearly above class expectation (e.g. approx. 6+ years in budget, approx. 7+ years in mid-range)T2
- EU energy label with energy efficiency class A or B (battery runtime per charge), EPREL entry publicly accessibleT2
- Battery lifespan clearly above the EU minimum (approx. 1,400+ charge cycles per energy label/datasheet)T2
- Drop resistance class A on the EU energy label or MIL-STD ruggednessT3