The period of super-skinny telephones is right here. Beating Apple, which is anticipated to announce the “iPhone 17 Air” this fall, Samsung used its digital Unpacked occasion at present to share full particulars about its personal ultra-thin cellphone, the Galaxy S25 Edge.
Introduced on the finish of the Galaxy S25 collection launch in January, the S25 Edge has been charming everybody with its slim design. At 5.8mm thick (not counting the digicam bump, as a result of why would any wise firm depend that?), the S25 Edge is the thinnest Android cellphone that Samsung has ever made, simply beating out its earlier slimmest cellphone, the 5.9mm Galaxy A8 launched in 2018. Simply take a look at it—it’s almost as skinny because the USB-C port. Such a thin cellphone gained’t come low-cost when it turns into out there on Might 30; pre-orders begin on Might 12. Samsung is asking for $1,099 for the bottom mannequin with 256GB of storage ($1,219 for 512GB) simply to have the privilege to rock a cellphone that’s 163g.
See Galaxy S25 Edge at Samsung.com
In case you’ve been following the rumor mill, not one of the tech specs I’m about to inform you’ll shock you in any respect. Just about the whole lot leaked was proper on the cash. The S25 Edge has a 120Hz 6.7-inch AMOLED show, a dual-lens digicam system with a 200-megapixel major lens and 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens, and a 12-megapixel selfie digicam. It’s additionally as sturdy as every other premium cellphone, with an IP68 ranking for mud and water resistance.
The engine powering all of it is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Cell Platform for Galaxy. Samsung is promoting two configurations: 12GB of RAM with 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage. Regardless of its skinny profile, the S25 Edge is packing a 3,900mAh battery. We’ll have to attend to see how ample that’s, however on paper, that’s a smaller battery in comparison with the remainder of the S25 household, which have 4,000mAh (S25), 4,900mAh (S25+), and 5,000mAh (S25 Extremely). The most recent Apple tea leaves recommend the iPhone 17 Air’s battery is not going to final so long as the iPhone 17 and 17 Execs launching this fall. There’s a silver lining: the S25 Edge helps quick wi-fi charging and reverse wi-fi charging (helpful for charging wi-fi earbuds). I believed perhaps Samsung may ditch each options to make the cellphone as skinny because it might, however each are intact. Your transfer, Apple.
There’s additionally Galaxy AI—Samsung’s suite of generative AI options—littered all through its One UI model of Android. Confirmed AI options embody the “Now Transient,” which creates notifications and reminders based mostly in your schedule and app utilization, and “Now Bar,” which shows stay updates and different bite-sized data on the S25 Edge’s lock display screen (it’s form of just like the iPhone’s Dynamic Island, however extra helpful and situated on the backside of the display screen). Different camera-centric generative AI options embody “Drawing Help,” which turns sketches into detailed illustrations, and “Audio Eraser,” which removes undesirable feels like visitors noise in movies.
I haven’t held the S25 Edge in my fingers but, however I’m sure it’s skinny sufficient to glide by way of cake. Is it value risking your new $1,100 cellphone doing so? Actually not, however someone must do it… for science and doubtless a TikTok video. There’s additionally a legit concern about whether or not the S25 Edge will bend simply. I’m certain some YouTuber or influencer will attempt sitting on it of their again pocket. Till we get a assessment unit, what do you concentrate on Samsung’s thinnest cellphone now that we all know the whole lot about it? Are the tradeoffs (smaller battery and fewer cameras) dealbreakers? I’m simply glad it has two rear cameras as a substitute of the iPhone 17 Air’s rumored single lens.
