CNN Underscored editors are turning our attention to all of the latest gear and gadgets out of CES 2025. On top of everything else Samsung is announcing, the brand is also gearing up for its latest Unpacked event later on in January.

On January 22, Samsung will host its biannual Galaxy Unpacked Event where the company will announce its new line of 2025 Galaxy S smartphones. This is also when preorders go live. In advance of the event, you can place a reservation online in order to get some early bird perks if you end up placing a preorder. These include:

Do not throw away your old Galaxy phone or sell it on the secondary market. Samsung has shown in the last year that old handsets hold their value as they gather dust in your drawer.

Samsung may allow you to rent out the Samsung Galaxy S25 and other phone models through its smartphone subscription service.

The company’s AI Subscription Club is expanding to smartphones and its upcoming Ballie robot, but may not go further than South Korea.

Samsung’s AI Subscription plan will offer access to Galaxy phones and Ballie home robot. Recently, Samsung began experimenting with a new product distribution model. The company

Samsung is shaking up the smartphone industry by introducing a subscription-based model for its Galaxy phones. Launching in February 2025, the initiative will allow customers to rent smartphones instead of purchasing them outright.

According to news out of CES 2025, Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce a new “AI subscription” ahead of