itel S25 Ultra review: A budget phone with a curved AMOLED that mimics the flagship Ultra look.
A flagship-look budget from Transsion.
itel S25 Ultra borrows the Ultra naming and a curved AMOLED to look far pricier than $160. The Helio G100 is genuinely capable; the cosmetic aux lens and 4G-only modem are the realities. Strong styling-for-money in emerging markets.
01Display
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.
03Performance
58/10058/100 puts it above the 55-point average for budget phones of 2025.
04Battery
78/10078/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.
05Build
68/10068/100 puts it above the 66-point average for budget phones of 2025.
06Value
72/10072/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.
- Curved AMOLED for $160.
- Helio G100 decent for the price.
- Stereo + jack + microSD.
- Flagship-look "Ultra" styling.
- 0.08 MP aux is purely cosmetic.
- No 5G.
- 18 W charging.
- 1 OS update only.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 146-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .