Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge hits stores: Price, specs and what you need to know about this slim phone

Samsung is capping off a month where it finally showed off the Galaxy S25 Edge after months of hype by finally releasing the ultra-thin phone to stores. And if you're thinking about buying one, we've got all the details you need — including our full Galaxy S25 Edge review.

The S25 Edge sits between the Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra in terms of price, but its focus on being light and slim means it weighs about the same as the much smaller Galaxy S25. The Edge's specs are top-tier, but Samsung's decided to remove familiar elements like a telephoto camera while downsizing the battery to keep everything light. In the case of the Galaxy S25 Edge, The phone's value lies squarely in its slender design.

You can read about where the Galaxy S25 falls among the best Samsung phones, but here, we'll run through the key details of this phone. We've also got a Galaxy S25 Edge vs. iPhone 17 Air comparison to prep you for what Samsung's latest device looks like next to the rumored ultra-thin phone from Apple coming later this year.

For now, here's what you need to know about the Galaxy S25 Edge.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge specs

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Price and availability

The Galaxy S25 Edge starts at $1,099 / £1,099 for 256GB storage. Opt for the 512GB version and you'll pay $1,219 / £1,199.

The Galaxy S25 Edge hit stores around the world on May 30, after launching in Korea a week earlier. We've got a rundown of the current Galaxy S25 Edge deals, including offers that let you pick up the phone for free.

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The new Galaxy S25 Edge sports a 5.8mm profile, which is 31% thinner than the Galaxy S25 Ultra. It features a 6.7-inch AMOLED QHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. It also has a 200MP main camera with 10x digital zoom and a 12MP front camera with 85-degree FOV. In our Galaxy S25 Edge review, we called it a svelte phone that offers the same One UI 7 experience and Galaxy AI features found on the S25 Ultra. Just keep in mind you'll need to charge it during the day as its battery life only hit 12 hours and 24 minutes in our testing.

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Taking the $1,099 base price as a reference point, we see that the Galaxy S25 Edge is more expensive than the $999 Galaxy S25 Plus, which is a similar size but heavier, and with greater battery capacity and an extra camera. It's $200 less than the $1,299 Galaxy S25 Ultra, which has many more features like a built-in S Pen and a second telephoto camera, but is larger and heavier .

Looking outside the Samsung stable, there are no direct competitors for the Galaxy S25 Edge from any of its main rivals so far. We are expecting Apple to launch an iPhone 17 Air later this year, but that's still not guaranteed at this point.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Design and display

The headline feature of the Galaxy S25 Edge is its thinness. It's 5.8mm (0.23 inches) thick, thinner than any other Galaxy phone, excluding the Galaxy Z Fold 6 when open (which measures 5.6mm/0.22 inches).

It's also very light for its size, tipping the scales at 163 grams (5.75 ounces), which is only slightly heavier than the 162-gram/5.71-ounce basic Galaxy S25.

Despite this, the Galaxy S25 Edge still offers a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate and a QHD+ resolution, in line with the Galaxy S25 Plus' panel. Here's how that screen compares to displays on other phones.

Your color choices for the Galaxy S25 Edge are Titanium Silver, Titanium Jetblack, or Titanium Icyblue. As those color names suggest, the phone's clad in titanium like the Galaxy S25 Ultra, helping add durability while keeping the weight of the handset down.

Assisting with durability is the display's Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 material, a new glass type from Corning that focuses on lightweight protection, in line with the S25 Edge's overall mission. Meanwhile, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 covers the back of the phone, and an IP68 dust/water resistance rating keeps out unwanted material.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Cameras

The twin cameras we've seen on the Galaxy S25 Edge dummies and renders since January have turned out to be a 200MP main camera, just like the Galaxy S25 Ultra but with a slimmer profile, and a new 12MP ultrawide camera, capable of autofocus and macro photography. Unlike Samsung's other Galaxy S25 models, there's no dedicated telephoto camera, but the 200MP main camera boasts lossless 2x digital zoom and a maximum "10x AI Zoom" to compensate.

Lastly, there's a 12MP selfie camera in a punch-hole notch on the front of the phone, the same seen on other S25 models, except with a slightly wider 85-degree field-of-view to help fit more in frame.

You can see the results of our camera testing in the full S25 Edge review, but suffice it to say, the 200MP main camera performs quite well when it comes to capturing detailed shots and low-light photos. Where the phone comes up short is in zoom shots, especially compared to phones with dedicated telephoto cameras like the Galaxy S25 Ultra (shown above).

It is impressive that the Galaxy S25 Edge features a macro mode, and its astrophotography performance was solid if not spectacular in our testing.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Performance and battery

A Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset runs the Galaxy S25 Edge, just like it does on the other Galaxy S25 models. Accompanied by 12GB RAM and your choice of 256GB or 512GB of storage, the internal specs are effectively the same as the Galaxy S25 Plus.

Samsung still managed to fit a vapor chamber cooling system in the Galaxy S25 Edge, thanks to a new design that swaps depth for breadth. With new materials to help with heat dissipation also added, the Edge performed very well when we ran benchmarks, with CPU test results keeping pace with the other top S25 models. Graphics performance, while impressive overall, did trail the Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra.

The S25 Edge's 3,900 mAh battery is a lot smaller than other phones, even compared to the much smaller standard Galaxy S25 and its 4,000 mAh cell. Such is the price of making such a slender phone.

While Samsung promises the Galaxy S25 Edge can still last for 24 hours of video playback, reviewer John Velasco noticed the phone draining a lot faster than other S25 models.

In our batter test, where phones surf the web until they run out of power, the Galaxy S25 Edge posted a time around 12.5 hours. That's more than 2 hours better than the average smartphone we test, but it's 3 hours shy of the next longest-lasting Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S25. You can read our full Galaxy S25 Edge battery test results to see more comparisons.

Like the Galaxy S25, the S25 Edge supports 25W fast charging, but not Samsung's faster 45W standard offered on the Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra. A 25W charger provides up to 55% charge in 30 minutes, according to Samsung's tests. (Our testing hit 54%, which is close enough.)

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Software and special features

Samsung's Galaxy AI package of generative AI features is present and accounted for on the Galaxy S25 Edge. Just like the other phones in the S25 family, you can use these features to accomplish tasks like removing unwanted audio from video, editing and reimagining images, ordering the Gemini digital assistant to complete complex tasks across multiple apps, or talking directly to it with Gemini Live.

The Samsung flagship phone update policy applies to the Galaxy S25 Edge, too. That means seven generations of Android updates and seven years of security updates, matching the upgrades promised for the other Galaxy S25 models and the other industry leader, Google, for promised longevity for new premium phones.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Outlook

How you feel about the Galaxy S25 Edge will depend on how much that thin design strikes your fancy, and whether you don't mind a more limited camera setup and shorter battery life than the other S25 models. The real comparison will come this fall, should Apple release a thin phone of its own in the form of the iPhone 17 Air. Then we'll know which phone maker really gets this new design right.

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