The Galaxy S25 sequence is right here, however Samsung’s January 2025 Galaxy Unpacked occasion wasn’t with out its surprises.
Alongside the broadly anticipated Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Extremely, the corporate additionally teased a fourth mannequin, often known as the Galaxy S25 Edge.
It marks Samsung’s first return to the Edge branding since 2016’s Galaxy S7 Edge, although lots has modified since then.
Right here’s the whole lot we all know to date in regards to the brand-new entry in Samsung’s flagship telephone lineup.
When will the Galaxy S25 Edge be launched?
Samsung teased the Galaxy S25 Edge on the finish of its Galaxy Unpacked occasion on 22 January 2025.
However whereas stablemates the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Extremely are all confirmed to ship on 7 January, there’s no official phrase on when the Edge will come to market.
Nevertheless, forward of the occasion, OnLeaks and Smartprix printed renders that look a appear like the S25 Edge, regardless of branding it because the S25 Slim. Within the article, they counsel a launch will happen in Could 2025.
Which may solely apply to the UK and 38 different international locations although, if a report from PhoneArena is to be believed. Considerably, the checklist doesn’t embrace the US, whereas leaker Evan Blass stated in a personal submit on X that the telephone “will virtually definitely not be supplied by means of US carriers”.
How a lot will the Galaxy S25 Edge price?
Samsung is but to disclose how a lot the Galaxy S25 Edge may cost. Nevertheless, the identical Evan Blass X submit advised it’ll be priced “between the S25 Plus and Extremely”.
When it comes to beginning costs, which means wherever between £999/$999.99 and £1,249/$1,299.99. It stays to be seen if this may materialise although.
What’s going to the Galaxy S25 Edge specs be?
Up to now, Samsung has solely supplied a quick have a look at the S25 Edge’s design. They present a telephone that appears lots just like the common Galaxy S25, simply even thinner.
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First-look content material from the likes of The Verge and GSMArena reveals an impressively svelte design, with the telephone barely thicker than the USB-C charging port.
Nevertheless, the OnLeaks and Smartprix report additionally suggests a number of different key specs, most notably a thickness of simply 6.4mm. That’s considerably thinner than even the common S25 (7.2mm), and one of many slimmest telephones round.
It’ll supposedly match the S25 Extremely in getting a 200Mp fundamental lens, 50Mp ultrawide and 12Mp selfie. The third rear lens seems to be lacking from first-look content material at Unpacked, however OnLeaks and Smartprix stated it’ll be a 50Mp telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom.
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As anticipated, the report suggests the Edge will comply with its S25 stablemates in getting a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset – possible the overclocked ‘for Galaxy’ model – which shall be paired with 12GB of RAM.
When it comes to display dimension, the report suggests one thing between 6.7- and 6.8 inches. It’ll virtually definitely nonetheless be a 120Hz OLED, too.
Nevertheless, the large battery capability query mark stays. In such a skinny gadget, will Samsung solely have the ability to match the common Galaxy S25’s 4000mAh cell, or might it go nearer to the 4900mAh on the Plus or 5000mAh on the Extremely? Time will inform.
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Different key specs are prone to be the identical because the S25+ and S25 Extremely, together with 45W wired and 15W Qi wi-fi (with caveats) charging, plus One UI 7 software program (primarily based on Android 15) and 7 years of each OS and safety updates.
We’ll replace this text as soon as we all know extra. Within the meantime, try the remainder of our Galaxy S25 protection: