S25 Edge from Samsung is a thin phone with two large barties

Samsung’s delicate phone here. Galaxy S25 Edge – The first time in January It is basically the S25 Plus, with a 6.7 -inch OLED screen, the Snapdragon 8 elite of Galaxy slices, and artificial intelligence features. The built -in design comes at a price, and you should do it without a telephone lens or a fat battery.

At 163 grams (about 5.7 ounces), the edge is just a heavier gram than the regular S25, with a small screen of 6.2 inches, and its thickness of 5.8 mm is comfortably thinner than any Samsung Slab for years. Still a little thicker than Samsung’s Tab S10 tablets or Z fold 6 foldingWhich has enough space to get the thinner by spreading its batteries a little more than that, but if you prefer the traditional phone shape factors, this is among the thinnest you can buy now – at least even rumors iPhone 17 Air It comes side by side.

The images seem to flow on the effect, which I think will be the Samsung Show’s challenge: it seems basically a normal phone to receive it, which is when everyone seems to be Oh reflex.

The name “edge” indicates that Samsung will depend on the thin phone, but for me the weight is more impressive. It solves at least half of the problem that people face with large phones, and it is a little more clear than a body. Moreover, the moment you put a case on this, you will not feel very comfortable, but it should be very light.

Samsung did not take an excuse to make the edge more fragile than other S25 phones, and in fact bent in the other direction. It uses the same Titanium frame like S25 Ultra -More strict of aluminum on other models-alongside ceramic glass gorillas on the screen, IP68 classification of dust and water resistance. Simply put, this should be very strong.

However, there are two great sacrifices that you must offer. The first is the camera: you can only get two background lenses, with no phone at all. Again, Samsung borrowed from Ultra to make up for things-the main shooter is used for 200 megapixels here the same sensor is just like this phone, but it is jammed in a smaller camera housing. On paper that should mean a good main camera like Ultra’s – and better than Plus – but with multiple uses less than any of these phones.

It will be the biggest anxiety for most of the battery. The 3900 mAh cell is the smallest throughout the S25 group – compared to 4000 mAh per hour S25 and 4900 mAh in the device – and with a large screen to run as well, there is no way that the worst battery life in the piece.

Samsung insists that this is still a full day phone, as it is estimated that it can provide 24 hours of playing the video without stopping, although this is less than five S25 moved 29 hours or plus 30. When my colleague Alison Johnson Review the regular S25She said she got a “full day of moderate use”, and the edge should not be much worse. Slices and software improvements mean that most modern phones have a battery to spare them, making a smaller cell as this possible again.

But this is on the first day. The batteries do not last forever, and I do not trust that the edge will be a full phone forever. Samsung is seven years of operating system updates and security updates, in line with other S25 phones, but I will be a little concern about the life of the Edge battery before that.

Despite these negative aspects, you should really pay more for the edge of the S25 more than in plus. Preparation is now opened before an official release on May 30, the phone costs $ 1,099.99 for a model with a storage of 256 GB, and $ 1,219.99 for 512 GB, which puts this mid -road between Plus and Ultra in Samsung pricing.

So, no, perhaps this was not the purchase of the most practical phone you can do now – but it wasn’t supposed to be. As with foldable Samsung phones, there is more than a hint of the model on the function to the edge. I admire that Samsung managed to keep a lot of phone on an equal foot with other S25 models, but the camera and battery are hardly considered small considerations. They are great concessions to make it for a small area of ​​the pocket, but until I had the opportunity to fully test the camera and push the battery for a few days, it is impossible to determine whether it is a trade worth making.

This is one phone that you must definitely wait for the reviews.

Photography by Dominic Breston / The Forge