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
21 weeks ago
Copycat at work, again :eek::eek:
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abatabia Avatar
21 weeks 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
21 weeks 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)
9081094 Avatar
21 weeks ago
Samsung is giving Apple a big beating this time round. Hope they didn’t KO Timmy.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
PatriotInvasion Avatar
21 weeks ago
Folding and ultra thin phones are solutions in search of a problem.

[The Problem: Need for marketable gimmicks to grow revenue in a saturated market]
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CarAnalogy Avatar
21 weeks ago
Considering this will be out first, and Samsung will likely make the panels on any iPhone Air that does exist, it’s kind of hard to say who is copying who, if anyone.

Seems like Samsung came up with some ways to make a phone thinner and Apple is also using them. Not sure it’s actually a huge deal either way. I agree with other posters that making thinness a top priority and marketing feature doesn’t really appeal to me.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)