Is your old smartphone slowing down? It might be time for an upgrade, and Black Friday is an incredible time to score major savings on a new phone. We’ve seen discounts on a wide range of devices today, but one of the best markdowns is on Samsung’s latest budget smartphone. Right now, you can save 27% on the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, bringing the price for the 128GB model down to $475.

That’s a considerable discount for a phone released just a few months ago. But the deal won’t be around for long because we’re in the final hours of Black Friday, so you’ll want to wrap up your shopping soon.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is designed as a more affordable entry into the Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup. Its list price is $150 lower than the standard Galaxy S25 smartphone, though its size is more comparable to the S25 Plus with a 6.7-inch wide display. It offers a lightweight design with a slim profile, and is made with a sturdy aluminum frame and Gorilla Glass Victus glass.

CNET’s Mike Sorrentino tested the Galaxy S25 FE and found the software features such as the AI-powered text calling to be standouts. Text Call lets you to text your response on a voice call and have Samsung’s robotic voice will read it out loud. Sorrentino found it to be a helpful feature when trying to get through voice-activated menus. He also noted that the phone has a «solid-performing processor» that launches apps quickly and could handle games like Fortnite well even on high graphics settings.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE packs solid functionality into a budget smartphone, but if you want to explore more options before deciding on your next upgrade, check out our full list of the best Black Friday phone deals.

Why this deal matters

The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is a 2025 release, so this is a great chance to score a brand new smartphone at a deep discount. This is a deeper discount than we saw during October Amazon Prime Day this year, and the device is already selling out in select colors and storage options on Amazon.

Maybe it’s because of the holiday weekend.

OpenAI’s video generator Sora and Google’s image generator nano banana pro are placing new limits on how many videos (in the case of Sora) and AI images (in the case of nano banana pro) you can make per day.

With more people using their Thanksgiving weekend idle time to, say, make AI videos of cats as angry service industry cashiers, it’s likely these services are hitting their limits.

Bill Peebles, OpenAI’s head of Sora, posted on X, «our gpus are melting, and we want to let as many people access sora as possible!» GPUs are the graphics processing units used by AI services for the complex computations they need to perform.

Peebles wrote that Sora will limit free video generation to six videos per day. ChatGPT Plus and Pro accounts won’t see any changes.

«And everybody can purchase additional gens as needed,» he wrote.

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Gemini limits

As for Google’s image generator, a Gemini support page says that those without a Google AI plan are now limited to two images generated and edited per day with nano banana pro. The previous limit was three, according to 9to5Google, which also spotted new usage limits on Gemini 3 Pro that are variable. The same support page says free access to Gemini 3 Pro Thinking includes «Basic access — daily limits may change frequently.»

The limit for nano banana (the previous 2.5 non-pro version) is 100 free images per day. 

A representative for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)