Samsung’s S25 Edge is a thin phone with two big tradeoffs

Samsung's thin phone is here. The Galaxy S25 Edge - first teased back in January - is essentially a slimmed-down S25 Plus, with the same 6.7-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset, and AI features. The compact design comes at a price though, and you'll have to do without the telephoto lens or beefy battery.

At 163g (about 5.7 ounces), the Edge is just a gram heavier than the regular S25, with its dinky little 6.2-inch screen, and at 5.8mm thick it's comfortably thinner than any Samsung slab phone in years. It's still slightly thicker than Samsung's Tab S10 tablets or Z Fold 6 foldable, which have enough space to get thinner by spreading their batteries out a little more, but if you prefer traditional phone form factors then this is among the thinnest you can buy right now - at least until the rumored iPhone 17 Air comes along.

Photos seem to undersell the effect, which I think will be Samsung's challenge marketing the Edge: it basically just looks like a regular phone until you pick it up, which is when everyone seems to ooooh involuntarily.

The "Edge" name suggests that Samsung is going to lean on how thin the phone is, but for me the weight is more imp …

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