Samsung has simply introduced the Galaxy S25 Edge, and it might have simply spelled the tip of the Plus smartphone sequence as we all know it.
In line with a brand new report from South Korean web site The Elec, subsequent 12 months’s Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge may arrive earlier within the 12 months as a part of the broader Galaxy S26 vary.
That has the potential to harass any Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge consumers, who will discover their £1,099 cellphone outdated inside eight months.
Gaining an Edge, shedding a Plus
Nevertheless, that’s not the most important information to emerge from this newest hearsay. Apparently, the Galaxy S26 Edge wouldn’t be a part of the prevailing roster a lot as it could change one of many members.
It’s claimed that the Samsung Galaxy 26+ could be jettisoned in favour for Samsung’s second-generation skinny mannequin. The Samsung Galaxy S25+ might be the final Plus mannequin we ever see.
This isn’t the primary time we’ve heard rumours of a serious S-series shakeup for 2026. In the direction of the tip of 2024 it was claimed that Samsung would ditch the common Samsung Galaxy S26, leaving us with simply the Plus and the Extremely.
That was earlier than the Edge got here into the equation, in fact, with its awkwardly Plus-sized footprint and show.
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Don’t mourn the Plus simply but
The report factors out that Samsung is ready to see how a lot of a gross sales hit the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is earlier than it decides both method. It’s a must to suspect that the success (or in any other case) of Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 17 Air will even play a serious half in Samsung’s resolution.
Certainly, it’s been advised earlier than that Apple could swap out its personal iPhone 17 Plus for the brand new super-slim mannequin.
Nonetheless one other supply appears to counsel that Samsung is producing 4 AMOLED shows for subsequent 12 months’s flagship line-up, which might counsel that Samsung goes go along with a four-model strategy for the Galaxy S26 vary. Time will inform.
We now have our personal reservations about the entire skinny cellphone strategy. Give us a small footprint with an enormous battery any day.