Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
“The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge skillfully strikes a balance between mobility, power, and style”
The new Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is here, and looks great. With an ultra-slim design, it packs it all from fast performance and long battery life, to software and Galaxy AI. With the new addition to the Galaxy S25 family, should you stick to your current smartphone or switch to the new S25 Edge? This review will help you make that decision. So without wasting anymore time, let’s get to it.
Overview
Introducing the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, the slimmest smartphone on the market today. With software, performance, and Galaxy AI, the new S25 Edge matches its peers, except for the small battery size included.
Yet strangely, it has the longest battery life in the S25 series. Although it does not include a telephoto camera, and fast-charging, these are small grievances that don’t take away from its many benefits.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra, the ‘big brother’ of the family, is one of the best smartphone to recommend because of its larger screen, better speakers and its strong optical zoom functions. The S25+ is another great option as it has a telephoto camera and a faster charging speed.
Despite its incredibly slender design, the S25 Edge is a fascinating Android phone that makes no compromises.
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Reasons to Buy
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The new Galaxy S25 Edge comes in a lightweight and ultra-slim design. At just 5.8mm thick and weighing 163g, it’s remarkably thin and light for a phone with a large 6.7 inch display, making it very comfortable for you to hold and to carry with you.
Despite the slim design, it feels sturdy thanks to the titanium frame, the durable Gorilla Glass Ceramic on the front and back of the smartphone, and the water/dust resistance features, making it a great option for outdoor enthusiasts.
The S25 Edge comes with a 200 MP dual-sensor camera, similar to the S25 Ultra except that it includes a 4-sensor camera. It also includes a 12 MP ultrawide camera. With these features it offers excellent detail with the main camera, creating impressive photos with detailed and vibrant colors.
The new Galaxy S25 Edge comes equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, with 12GB of RAM. This combo helps the S25 Edge to deliver powerful performance overall for daily multitasking, gaming, and AI functions as well without lag or slowing down of the smartphone. I’m really impressed with how smooth and fast navigating with the menus on the phone. It just feels effortless.
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The S25 Edge comes with an impressively large 6.7-inch OLED display, with a QHD+ or 1440p resolution, good brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate. As a result, it produces sharp, bright, and vibrant images and media. All this to create impressive views as you use it.
If you like to use AI, you’ll feel right at home here. The S25 Edge features a full suite of Galaxy AI features, including photo editing, as well as Gemini Live and Circle to Search, to name a few.
Samsung offers up to 7 years of software support and updates for the S25 Edge. This is a great feature as this will enhance or extend the longevity of the smartphone.
Need more battery power? You’ll definitely get it here. The S25 Edge comes with a 3900mAh battery, which is smaller than the rest in the S25 series. It supports wired, wireless and reverse wireless charging. Surprisingly, the battery life is better. From tests done the battery life in the S25 Edge lasted up to 16 hours, which is impressive as it beats the Galaxy S25 Ultra (which lasts up to 14 hours).
Reasons Not To Avoid
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The S25 Edge supports a 25W wired charging, which is significantly slower than the 45W charging found on the S25+ and S25 Ultra. This is definitely a no-no, especially with a high price this smartphone costs.
The S25 Edge on comes with two rear cameras and a selfie camera. Sadly, it lacks a dedicated telephoto camera. While the 200 MP main camera can zoom up to 2x optical, it’s not a substitute for long range optical zooming.
As much as the display looks impressive, the smartphone does not have an anti-reflective coating, which leads to more glares in bright sunny conditions.
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The starting price is US$1100, which makes it an expensive option to consider. It’s more expensive than the S25 and S25+, and closely matches the price of the S25 Ultra which comes with more features. This makes you question its value proposition.
No expandable storage here or microSD card slot for this one. But then again it’s a minor compromise since we have access to free online storage options. Even the other S25 smartphones in the series don’t have.
Verdict
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In a sleek and attractive design, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge skillfully strikes a balance between mobility, power, and style. It has an outstanding screen, top-notch performance, a state-of-the-art software update policy, and long battery life. The phone’s small design comes with little compromises, except from a limited photo zoom, a telephoto camera, and better charging speed.
If you have the S25 Ultra, it’s still the better option since it has two telephoto cameras, a bigger screen, and a S Pen stylus, in addition to doing everything the S25 Edge can. However, the S25 Edge is the one smartphone I can recommend to you. It’s the best Galaxy phone to acquire if you want a large screen without the added extras.
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