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

A decade ago, Samsung released the Galaxy Alpha – a slim and light (6.7mm, 115g) premium phone that promised to shake up the status quo in high-end smartphone design. The success of that is questionable as the Galaxy S6 that followed was met with criticism that was addressed with the S7. But we’re here again – the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge asks “what if flagship phones were thinner and lighter?” Despite having the same height and width as the S25+, the Edge is slimmer (5.8mm vs. 7.3mm) and lighter (163g vs. 190g). In the process of slimming down, the Edge lost 1,000mAh battery capacity,...

May 18, 2025 - 11:34

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

A decade ago, Samsung released the Galaxy Alpha – a slim and light (6.7mm, 115g) premium phone that promised to shake up the status quo in high-end smartphone design. The success of that is questionable as the Galaxy S6 that followed was met with criticism that was addressed with the S7. But we’re here again – the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge asks “what if flagship phones were thinner and lighter?” Despite having the same height and width as the S25+, the Edge is slimmer (5.8mm vs. 7.3mm) and lighter (163g vs. 190g). In the process of slimming down, the Edge lost 1,000mAh battery capacity,...