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Samsung Working on Super Thin 'Galaxy S25 Edge' to Compete With iPhone 17 Air

When unveiling the new Galaxy S25 lineup today, Samsung did a "one more thing" announcement, introducing an additional Galaxy smartphone that's set to come out later this year. The Galaxy S25 Edge appears to be aimed at the iPhone 17 Air, a rumored ultra thin iPhone that's set to debut this September.

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge will be thinner than the S25 pictured here

Samsung only teased the Galaxy S25 Edge, but the device is set to launch in the first half of 2025. With a debut date before September, Samsung will beat Apple and will be able to launch a super thin smartphone first.

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The Samsung Galaxy Edge is on the right in this comparison photo

Little information is available on the Galaxy S25 Edge, but it appears to be a thinner variation of the Galaxy S25. Samsung plans to price it below the $1300 S25 Ultra, suggesting it will be a middle-tier device with lower specs due to thinness, which is exactly what we're expecting from the ‌iPhone 17‌ Air.


Rumors suggest that Apple's upcoming super thin iPhone will have a 6.6-inch display and a chassis that's somewhere between 5.5mm and 6mm, making it the thinnest iPhone to date. It will have lower battery capacity and a single-lens rear camera due to space constraints, but it will mark Apple's first major iPhone redesign in several years.

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jz0309 Avatar
19 months ago
Copycat at work, again :eek::eek:
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
19 months ago
Despite the good praise from the usual YouTube suspects, Samsung phones have never ever appealed to me. This does nothing to change that opinion.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HobeSoundDarryl Avatar
19 months ago
Both huge phone makers now competing on lowering specs for "thinness..." How did we all get so lucky to live in such a world where the race to a signature, new product innovation becomes one about SUBTRACTION.

Bring on the battery-less and camera-less phones. In fact, just skip on to paying "same great price" for an empty box... so that we can then pay more to buy back the stuff that used to be in the box as add-ons. ;)
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
PatriotInvasion Avatar
19 months ago
Folding and ultra thin phones are solutions in search of a problem.

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
19 months ago
Samsung is giving Apple a big beating this time round. Hope they didn’t KO Timmy.
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Jumpthesnark Avatar
19 months ago

Maybe Apple follows Samsung? Because the Samsung Edge will be available before the rumored iPhone air. Apple hasn’t released or showed anything. How could Samsung copy Apple?
Nice try, referring to it as if it exists in the market! Neither phone is available. Samsung can easily copy Apple because anyone who haunts these forums (as you do) has seen the rumored iPhone "Air" or whatever designs for months now. Samsung is well aware of the same rumored slim iPhone we all are. That's how Samsung could copy Apple.
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