At Samsung‘s Galaxy Unpacked occasion on January twenty second we have been handled to the launch of the brand new Galaxy S25 collection, however one S25 mannequin was solely teased on the occasion. Rumors circulating beforehand speculated that this mysterious telephone can be an extra-thin S25 variant, referred to as the Galaxy S25 Slim. Nicely, the rumors have been proper in essence, however not in identify, as Samsung has revealed that the upcoming slimline handset will likely be referred to as the Galaxy S25 Edge.
At first I believed this resurrection of the Galaxy Edge identify meant we may very well be getting an S25 with some type of wraparound display screen; harking back to telephones just like the Galaxy S6 Edge and S7 Edge. However in reality the S25 Edge is the official identify for the rumoured S25 Slim – a model of the S25 collection designed to be as skinny as doable. How skinny? Some estimates counsel 6.4mm, which might be noticeably slimmer than the already svelte 8.2mm S25 Extremely. That mentioned, the digicam bump on the S25 Edge does look fairly distinguished, considerably negating the slimness of the remainder of the chassis.
Preliminary renders of the S25 Slim confirmed a telephone with a triple-module rear-facing digicam array, however Samsung’s presentation for the S25 Edge and bodily mock-ups of the telephone on show at Galaxy Unpacked present a tool with solely two rear-facing digicam modules. This suggests that the telephone makes do with a major and an ultrawide digicam, with the telephoto module possible not making the reduce. That may in all probability be on account of house contained in the telephone needing to be sacrificed for a big sufficient battery to energy the gadget.
As for what digicam {hardware} the S25 Edge may very well be packing – Samsung nonetheless hasn’t given any official specs, however earlier S25 Slim rumors have advised Samsung may use its ISOCELL HP5 (200MP, 1/1.56”) sensor for the wide-angle module, whereas the ultrawide snapper may very well be based mostly round an ISOCELL JN5 (50MP, 1/2.76″) sensor.
However with solely two rear-facing modules, we query the place Samsung will place the telephone within the S25 line-up. Not less than from a digicam perspective, it’s going to be at a transparent drawback subsequent to the S25 Extremely and S25 Plus. So will that wafer-thin design be sufficient to compensate for any digicam {hardware} shortcomings and justify a premium worth?
With rumors of a doable iPhone 17 Air launching later this 12 months, it is sensible for Samsung to be readying a super-slim telephone of its personal, even when such a tool is photographically compromised. We do not but know the place or when the S25 Edge will likely be launched, however with Samsung itself teasing the telephone, that is clearly far more than only a rumor.