New benchmark tests show that the soon-to-be-launched Galaxy S25 Edge has the potential to match the performance of the flagship Galaxy S25 Ultra.
also gives a preview of the thinner Edge model. It is set to be launched on the market by the middle of the year. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa Can you make a fashionably thin smartphone and still deliver the power of a flagship? If your phone is expected to cost upwards of $2,000, consumers will be looking for that level of performance. Has Samsung made the design decision that will allow theThe chipset specifications suggest that the S25 Edge will use an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Until Qualcomm’s mid-year refresh, this remains the highest-specced Snapdragon available for smartphones, which suggests that Samsung has leaned towards more complex trade-offs in the S25 Edge design to unlock that performance.Designing a thinner smartphone introduces new considerations than the regular candybar smartphones. The display is a key part of the construction, and adding multiple layers will disproportionately impact the internal volume of a thinphone.
The battery—a key specification clearly understood by consumers—is another key decision in the package. Battery technology is physically limiting in terms of required volume. If you are looking to design a small form factor phone, how much space you want for the battery will significantly impact the size.
Finally, you need to consider temperature. Any high-performance chipset will run hot, and the heat produced will need to be wicked away from the components and out of the phone. Heatsinks, vapor chambers, and cooling pipes all need space.While this will be the first thinphone in the Galaxy S range, Samsung has form here. The Galaxy Z range of foldable phones can only be about the same thickness when closed as a regular candybar phone if the two unfolded sides are half the thickness.
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