Samsung Just Showed Us a Mysterious, Thinner Galaxy Smartphone for the First Time
Samsung may have announced three Galaxy phones today , including the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra, but that didn’t stop the company from teasing a fourth. Along with detailed specifications for the new lineup, which will launch on February 7, Samsung also hinted at a more mysterious upcoming phone called the Galaxy S25 Edge.
This announcement came towards the end of the Samsung Unpacked event and gave viewers nothing more than a name and some renders. However, at first glance, the Edge appears to be a thinner version of the Galaxy S25, replacing the dual-camera bump to make it easier to fit a smaller body.
This coincides with rumors that Apple is also working on the iPhone Air, shared by reputable sources including supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Gurman .
Assuming these rumors are true, the back-to-back iPhone Air and Galaxy Edge releases seem to indicate an upcoming shift towards thinner phones, which could potentially convince users to upgrade their phones amid waning interest in foldable phones. and increasingly iterative updates to the standard format .
According to Android Authority , who spoke to a Samsung South Africa representative, the Edge is sure to come to South Korea and the US when it launches at some point in the future, but it may take a while to reach the rest of the world.
As for expected specifications, Samsung’s president of mobile devices, T. Roh, told Bloomberg that “The Edge will use some of the same technologies as the new Ultra model, but will fit them into a smaller design.” Given that the camera capacity appears to be significantly reduced, I’m a little skeptical about this, but perhaps the Edge will actually outperform the base S25.
However, with that much power in such a small form factor, I’d definitely expect a higher price (the base S25 starts at $800), although that’s still under wraps for now. Its release date is also still up in the air, at least officially, but Gurman wrote on X that he expects the phone to launch “in the first half of this year.”