Samsung’s Balloon Stunt Is the Pettiest Flex You’ll See All Week

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May 14, 2025 - 18:28

Now that the Galaxy S25 Edge is available for pre-order, Samsung is starting its marketing blitz for the new device. Over on Samsung Korea’s Instagram, the company posted a short video highlighting how much lighter the Galaxy S25 Edge is vs “other phone,” which we all know is the iPhone.

The ad essentially has both phones tied to 60 balloons, and they pop one balloon at a time, showing the “other phone” dropping further than the Galaxy S25 Edge. This is a good job of highlighting the weight of the Galaxy S25 Edge, to be honest.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is just 163g, making it fairly lightweight. That’s actually just a gram heavier than the base Galaxy S25, which is a 6.2-inch device and 162g. The Galaxy S25 Edge is sporting a 6.7-inch display and a titanium frame.

In comparison to the iPhone 16 Pro, the Galaxy S25 Edge is about 2.5mm thinner and about 26g lighter.

Apple will hit back this Fall

Why did Samsung opt to release a “thin” phone? Apple. That’s why. Apple is rumored to be launching a thinner iPhone this Fall with its iPhone 17 lineup, in the iPhone 17 Air. Which is actually rumored to be thinner than the Galaxy S25 Edge, at 5.5mm.

With Apple starting this trend of thinner phones, we’re seeing other OEMs do something similar. TECNO also released a thin phone, though it is not a flagship model. The TECNO Spark Slim is 5.75mm, making it just a smidge thinner than what Samsung was able to do. Though TECNO did fit in a much larger battery – about 33% larger.

This could end up forcing the whole industry towards releasing thinner phones. Which, we don’t have a problem with, as long as battery life doesn’t take a hit. That means adopting silicon-carbon batteries.

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