Forget iPhone 17 Air – Samsung just teased a Galaxy S25 Edge that’s so slim it barely exists

Three photos of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge.

(Image credit: Future)

Samsung just pulled a classic Apple at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 event, revealing 'one more thing' – the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge.

After the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra were done, Samsung suddenly dropped a video showing the internal design of a very fancy-looking new phone, and eventually revealed an ultra-slim side profile.

However, it didn't follow up with any kind of extra information, such as price, release date, specs, actual measurements, or answers to any of the other questions I was immediately yelling at my screen.

But Samsung has form for this, teasing the Samsung Galaxy Ring last year with similarly mysterious reveal.

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There have been hot rumors that Apple is planning to launch a super-slim iPhone 17 'Air' model this year, but it seems like Samsung is planning to beat Apple to the punch. I mean, I assume this thing will come out before September, but that's far from official.

Our people on the ground at the Samsung event were able to get up-close with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge now, and while it was an eyes-on versus a hands-on, we're working to find out as much about it as we can.

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge on display the January 22, 2025 Galaxy Unpacked event. — (Image credit: Future/Viktoria Shilets)

We can already tell you a few things, though, from the video and what we can see in the demo room. It's squeezed in dual rear cameras, and has a tiny pin-hole front camera, with a nearly edge-to-edge screen – at least, it does in the mock-ups/prototypes that we're seeing.

By far the biggest takeaway, is that it truly is extremely thin. In the display at Galaxy Unpacked, the Edge is next to thicker device mockups which we believe are meant to show the standard S25 and S25 Ultra devices. This helps to demonstrate just how the Edge is, and you can see that in the photos above.

The video also seems to reveal some aggressive heat management layers, which seems very necessary if it's using the same powerful chips as the main Samsung S25 lines.

Galaxy S25 Edge mock-ups at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked in San Jose — (Image credit: Lance Ulanoff / Future)

Additionally, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is reporting that Samsung plans to release the Galaxy S25 Edge in the first half of 2025 with a starting price less than that of the Galaxy S25 Ultra. That could make it pretty competitive, and likely follows the same approach that Apple is rumored to be taking with the iPhone 17 Air.

If you want to find out about the camera, processor and – especially – AI improvements in those devices, read our hands-on Samsung Galaxy S25 review, hands-on Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus review and our hands-on Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review.

Developing: this story will be updated with more information as we have it.

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