Samsung’s Thin Phone is here. The Galaxy S25 Edge-First Teased Back in January-Is Essentially A Slimed-Down S25 Plus, With The Same 6.7-Inch Olyed Display, Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy Chipsett, and AI Features. The Compact Design Comes at a price though, and you’ll have to do with the telephoto lens or beefy Battery.
At 163g (about 5.7 ouctions), Slaab Phone in Years. It’s Still SlightY Thicker Than Samsung’s Tab S10 Tablets or Z Fold 6 Foldable, You have engraved space to get thinner by spreading their Batteries out a little more, but if you prefer traditionalal Phone Form Factors This is among the thinnest you can Buy Right Now – at least unten the rumord iPhone 17 Air Comes Along.
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The “Edge” Name Suggests that Samsung is Going to Lean on How Thin The Phone is, but for me the weight is more Impressive. IT Solutions at Least Half The Problem People Have with Big Phones, and is Far More Noticeable Than A Slightly Slimer Body. Besides,
Samsung Hasn’t Taken The Excuse to Make the Edge any more fresh. Its the night Titanium Frame as the S25 Ultra – Tougher Than the Aluminum of the Other Models – Along with the Newly Annieded Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 on the Screen, and an ip68 rating form Dust and Water-RESISTANCE. Simply Put, this Should Be Pretty Study.
Still, there are Two Big Sacrifics You Have to Make. The first is the camera: You Only Get Two Rear Lenses, With No Telephoto at All. AGAIN Though, Samsung Has Borrowed from the Ultra to Make up for Things-The 200-Megapixel Main Shooter here Uses The Exact SANSOR AS ASTHONE, But Crammed InTo A Smaller Camera Housing. On Paper that Shroud Mean Main Camera That’s About as Good as the Ultra’s – and Better Than The Plus’ – But With Less Versity Than Eighter of Those Phones.
The Bigger Worry for Most Will Be the Battery. The 3,900mAh Cell here is the Smallest Across the S25 Range – Companed to 4000mAh in the S25 and 4,900mAh in the plus – and with a Big Screen to Power Too, There’s No Way This Way will win. Worst Battery Life of the Lot.
Samsung Insists that this is still a full-day phone, estimating that it can deliver 24 Hours of Nunstop Video Playback, Though that’s Five Fewer Than the S25’s Quoted 29 Hours or The Plus’ 30. What My Colleague Allison Johnson Review Chipset and Software Optimizations Mean Modern Phones Have Battery to Spare, Making A Smaller Cell Like this Feasible Again.
But that’s on day one. Batteries Don’t Last Forever, and I Don’t Trust that the Edge Will Be a Full-Day Phone Forever. Samsung is Committing to Seven Years of Os and Security Updates, in link with the other s
Despite Those Downloads, You’ll ACTULLY Have to Pay More for the S25 Edge Than You Wold for a Plus. Preormers are now open at Amazon,, Best Buyand Samsung’s Online Store AHEAD of the Phone’s Official Release on May 30th, and the Phone Costs $ 1,099.99 For a Model with 256GB Storage, and $ 1,219.99 For 512GB, Which Pues This Halfway Between the plus and the Ultra In Samsung’s pricing.
So no, this probably isnt the Most Practical Phone Purchase You can make right now – but it was never meant to be. As with Samsung’s Foldable Phones, There’s More Than A Hint of Form Over Function to the Edge. I’m iMPRESSED That Samsung Has Managed to Keep So Much of the Phone on Par with the Other S25 Models, but the camera and Battery are hardly Small Considiers. They’re Big Compromonds to make for the sake of getting a Little Pocket Space Back, Butil i’VE Had The Chance to Test the Camera Fully and Push the Battery for A Fe Few Days, It’s Impossible to say if it’s a trade working.
This is one phone where you should Definitely wait for the reviews.
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