The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge unveil is likely just a few weeks away, but there’s still quite a lot that we don’t know about the device. For 2025 standards, Samsung has done a good job keeping its next major launch under the wraps.
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While the rest of the S25 family went official in January, the S25 Edge only got a short teaser at the event with no additional details whatsoever. The device was on display at the event, and more recently, at MWC in Barcelona, but nobody was allowed to touch it. So basically, all we officially know is that it will be quite thin and have two cameras on the rear.
Samsung’s playing it safe
In an interview with TechRadar, Samsung UK’s marketing director spilled some beans on what to expect from the Galaxy S25 Edge. The overall theme was that it won’t forego durability in its pursuit of thinness.
“One is that it’s absolutely stunning. And if you think about the technology that’s going into that size of space, it’s pretty impressive. The second thing I’ll say concerns durability. Those are the two features that are exciting. Well, I know durability isn’t exciting – but it’s really important,” explained Annika Bizon of Samsung UK.
People’s concerns of durability for a device so slim are justified. Remember 2014’s iPhone 6 Plus and its bendgate? Samsung going the extra mile to reassure users isn’t surprising, especially for a product as important as the S25 Edge.
Another recent rumor suggested that the phone will use a ceramic back instead of some kind of glass. Ceramic has been used on a few phones in the past (such as the OnePlus X). It allows phones to be far more durable in terms of scratch- and shatter-resistance.
Having said that, ceramic is a far denser material that would make the phone much heavier. For a device whose entire spiel is being thin and light, it’s not clear how ceramic as a material would fit in.
There are enough good points for either side of the debate, so we might have to wait and watch. TechRadar pointed out that Samsung not allowing people to touch the S25 Edge at any of the events could be an indication that it is made of non-standard materials.
Other aspects of the phone are thankfully less debated, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite at its heart, a sub-4,000 mAh battery, a dual-camera setup, and most importantly, less than 6mm in thickness.
