Weekly poll: is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge the right flagship for you?

18 May 2025
The Edge tries to take things in a new direction - slimming down a flagship and making it lighter instead of packing on new features. But that comes at a cost.

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I'm going to hold my final opinion on it until I handle the phone personally. So far, I like the target weight. I'm getting tired of phones going more than 200g. Technology should advance towards miniaturization, not getting bulkier and heavier. So lighter phones are good in my book.

But I'm skeptical about the actual dimensions. I'm still in the camp of the regular Galaxy S to be the almost perfect size for a phone with flagship features. So gotta hold it in person to see if the thinness would offer better handling.

In short, this is the future. Battery tech was the bottleneck for smaller/lighter phone. Now the tech is here. Can't wait for the future versions of these slim phones with denser batteries. The S25 Edge is clearly a test for the new design, and I would definitely be excited for future iterations of the concept.

    The concept of thin phones isn't new, the below average specs that come with a thin device aren't new either, the price however is new, just not in a good way. So what's actually so revolutionary about this device?

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      • Anonymous
      • mpX
      • 18 May 2025

      hell no bruh 3900 mah for a flagship price phone is a violatio

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        • Anonymous
        • JjB
        • 18 May 2025

        4000mah is suboptimal, but you can live with it even if you use your phone significantly. Not the phone for gorilla descendant me though, frailty concerns.

          Not the right phone for anybody. Its e-waste, and harms your wallet as well as the environment.

            When the price drops and if it does, well to have it as a second option and just because it is light, yes, but only if it drops to a fair price.

              samsung "flagship" having 3900 mAh in 2025, simply NO

                If Samsung used the Galaxy S25 Edge to showcase their new battery tech similar to silicon carbide, I could still consider it. But since they didn't, it's an easy pass for me.

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                  • kdss
                  • nTd
                  • 18 May 2025

                  dbizzle, 18 May 2025Where is the "NO, this is trash" option?The only good thing about this phone for this price is that it pollutes the environment with only 163 grams. But the bad thing is that it is already a waste at the moment of production...

                    A good flagship usually offers flagship features, not just a flagship price, this one only offers the latter. Boring thin slab with midrange capabilities, but flagship chipset for the price of an Ultra flagship.

                      At that price with that tiny body slim battery and questionable specs which saying apart the CPU and GPU and maybe main camera there is anyhing else flagship grade its more a gimmick and a flop than a phone worth to buy and try.
                      But lets see what Jerryrigeverything bench table will say about this device.
                      My prediction is samsung BendGate 1.0.

                        I'd would try this S25 Edge, if the battery capacity got a silicon-carbon boost and the price dropped a bit more, along with better deals.

                        Apparently matching iPhone 16 battery life in a thinner, lighter, larger screen phone could work for some, though.
                        Plus, packing the full Snapdragon 8 Elite power without throttling in such a slim glass body is pretty nice for this first-gen product.

                        This first generation try has potential and the next versions should be even better, making large screen phones comfy and interesting again.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • KS1
                          • 18 May 2025

                          Preordered it, hefty $1.3k price tag but worth every cent

                            Where is the "NO, this is trash" option?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Xqa
                              • 18 May 2025

                              Yo, it's not even a fucking flagship, what do you mean flagship

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                                • Minu
                                • ter
                                • 18 May 2025

                                kdss, 18 May 2025"flagship" 😁😁😁😁😁And a mediocre one with terrible cameras and a traditional Li-Ion battery at that! It makes the Zenfone look much better in comparison.

                                  How can we know that without review, at least? Why we coming to this site at the end?

                                    David 040882, 18 May 2025No, I prefer to have a phone that lasts me throughout the w... moreDon't forget the worse cameras too

                                      Hell no

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                                        • kdss
                                        • nTd
                                        • 18 May 2025

                                        "flagship"
                                        😁😁😁😁😁

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