Apple iPhone Air vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: who made the slim phone better?

12 September 2025
A quick spec rundown between two thin and light phones from the biggest names in tech.

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Anonymous, 12 Sep 2025no, sorry, if a module is useless its the ultrawide, consid... moreThe main sensor has been proven to actually take better pictures at up to 5x than the 3x camera. So it's literally useless. That's why the phone (unless you turn it off) will use the main sensor at up to 5x when there's anything but perfect lighting.

Also, the ultrawide is good for landscape shots and macro. Though, if you asked me, I'd get rid of all the sensors and just have a single really good 1 inch sensor (or perhaps APSC?).

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    DarlingYext, 12 Sep 2025"Samsung, especially, did a great job at keeping almos... more"It is, I agree, so then they should've replaced it to a better one instead of removing it."

    No need to replace it when the main sensor actually does a better job at up till 5x. They should replace the 5x with a 10x on the Ultra. The Edge doesn't need a telephoto.

    "Sure, and the S25 Edge is still a big device."

    But it's lightweight and thin. It evokes the same in-hand feeling like the base, because of the weight and thinness. Though I'd still love it if Samsung would ditch the 3x on the base and upgrade the main on the base, and give both phones the antireflective coating on the screen. Still, both phones would be miles better than Brick Ultra poking out your spleen.

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      • 12 Sep 2025

      WhoCaresTM, 12 Sep 2025Hard disagree. Form IS function when it comes to weight,... moreno, sorry, if a module is useless its the ultrawide, considering just how wide main is.

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        • 12 Sep 2025

        ...the air only has a single speaker?

          WhoCaresTM, 12 Sep 2025Hard disagree. Form IS function when it comes to weight,... more"Samsung, especially, did a great job at keeping almost all important features. The 3x telephoto is garbage.."

          It is, I agree, so then they should've replaced it to a better one instead of removing it.

          "Form IS function when it comes to weight, size and thickness."

          Sure, and the S25 Edge is still a big device. Plus, we are talking about phones here, not like a 200-220g device is all that heavy anyways, or 8-9mm is all that thick.

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            • 12 Sep 2025

            Edge winner but apple air has nicer design...

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              • Anonymous
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              • 12 Sep 2025

              None of them.
              Neither should exist to begin with.

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                • 12 Sep 2025

                Both are good in diffrent ways.

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                  DarlingYext, 12 Sep 2025Depends. When it comes to the design, Apple did a better jo... moreHard disagree.

                  Form IS function when it comes to weight, size and thickness.
                  Comfort is literally THE most important metric of any device, especially phones. Samsung, especially, did a great job at keeping almost all important features. The 3x telephoto is garbage and useless anyway. And the way most people use their phones the battery is more than fine (I have 40% left after a full day's use, with 6 to 8 hours of SOT).

                  Now if the base model had the main Ultra camera I'd probably go for that as it's even more comfortable, but the slimness is definitely eye-catching. And make no mistake, being able to type with one hand is a million times more important than a useless 3x sensor or toothpick aka spen.

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                    • 12 Sep 2025

                    I'm sorry, but what is the point of this post? The entire post was what the iPhone could be like, couldn't you guys have waited a week or two until you had hands-on with the phone?
                    The phone is supposed to "give out the illusion of being even slimmer", the display is supposed to be a bit brighter, "We'll have to test the Air's brightness output once we get our unit." The SoC is supposed to be faster "The A19 Pro is the world's fastest smartphone chipset according to Apple, but we don't have any real benchmarks to work with for now."
                    Saying the Edge is a clear winner in the camera department when you haven't even tested the iPhone, when nowadays processing is the more important part of taking photos with phones, so there is a potential for an upset victory. No charging tests, nothing.
                    Come on guys.

                      how about, neither of them should exist.

                        Depends. When it comes to the design, Apple did a better job, but when it comes to functionality it's Samsung that did a better job.

                        However they are both form over fuction devices, neither of them did an actually good job.

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