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The era of super-skinny phones is here. Beating Apple, which is expected to denote the “iPhone 17 Air” this fall, Samsung used its virtual Unpacked lawsuit today to stock afloat details astir its ain ultra-thin phone, the Galaxy S25 Edge.
Announced astatine the extremity of the Galaxy S25 bid motorboat successful January, the S25 Edge has been captivating everyone with its slim design. At 5.8mm heavy (not counting the camera bump, due to the fact that wherefore would immoderate sensible institution number that?), the S25 Edge is the thinnest Android telephone that Samsung has ever made, conscionable beating retired its erstwhile slimmest phone, the 5.9mm Galaxy A8 released successful 2018. Just look astatine it—it’s astir arsenic bladed arsenic the USB-C port. Such a skinny telephone won’t travel inexpensive erstwhile it becomes disposable connected May 30; pre-orders commencement connected May 12. Samsung is asking for $1,099 for the basal exemplary with 256GB of retention ($1,219 for 512GB) conscionable to person the privilege to stone a telephone that’s 163g.
See Galaxy S25 Edge astatine Samsung.com
If you’ve been pursuing the rumor mill, nary of the tech specs I’m astir to archer you volition astonishment you astatine all. Pretty overmuch everything leaked was close connected the money. The S25 Edge has a 120Hz 6.7-inch AMOLED display, a dual-lens camera strategy with a 200-megapixel main lens and 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens, and a 12-megapixel selfie camera. It’s besides arsenic durable arsenic immoderate different premium phone, with an IP68 standing for particulate and h2o resistance.
© Getty Images / Bloomberg / ContributorThe motor powering it each is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform for Galaxy. Samsung is selling 2 configurations: 12GB of RAM with 256GB of retention and 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage. Despite its bladed profile, the S25 Edge is packing a 3,900mAh battery. We’ll person to hold to spot however capable that is, but connected paper, that’s a smaller artillery compared to the remainder of the S25 family, which person 4,000mAh (S25), 4,900mAh (S25+), and 5,000mAh (S25 Ultra). The latest Apple beverage leaves suggest the iPhone 17 Air’s artillery volition not last arsenic agelong arsenic the iPhone 17 and 17 Pros launching this fall. There is simply a metallic lining: the S25 Edge supports accelerated wireless charging and reverse wireless charging (useful for charging wireless earbuds). I thought possibly Samsung mightiness ditch some features to marque the telephone arsenic bladed arsenic it could, but some are intact. Your move, Apple.
There’s besides Galaxy AI—Samsung’s suite of generative AI features—littered passim its One UI mentation of Android. Confirmed AI features see the “Now Brief,” which creates notifications and reminders based connected your docket and app usage, and “Now Bar,” which displays unrecorded updates and different bite-sized accusation connected the S25 Edge’s fastener surface (it’s benignant of similar the iPhone’s Dynamic Island, but much utile and located astatine the bottommost of the screen). Other camera-centric generative AI features see “Drawing Assist,” which turns sketches into elaborate illustrations, and “Audio Eraser,” which removes unwanted sounds similar postulation sound successful videos.
I haven’t held the S25 Edge successful my hands yet, but I’m definite it’s bladed capable to glide done cake. Is it worthy risking your caller $1,100 telephone doing so? Certainly not, but idiosyncratic needs to bash it… for subject and astir apt a TikTok video. There’s besides a legit interest astir whether the S25 Edge volition crook easily. I’m definite immoderate YouTuber oregon influencer volition effort sitting connected it successful their backmost pocket. Until we get a reappraisal unit, what bash you deliberation astir Samsung’s thinnest telephone present that we cognize everything astir it? Are the tradeoffs (smaller artillery and less cameras) dealbreakers? I’m conscionable gladsome it has 2 rear cameras alternatively of the iPhone 17 Air’s rumored azygous lens.
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