SAMSUNG is vying to solve another problem with today’s smartphones – size.
While bigger screens and batteries are welcome, it comes at the hefty cost of thickness and weight in your pocket.
The Edge was hardly a secret with teases and numerous rumours about it for sometime now.
But I was among the first to get fully hands on with the handset for a first look preview.
The first thing I instantly noticed and loved was just how light it is for a smartphone of this standard.
Coming in at 163g, it’s lighter than any model around.
And it’s 5.8mm thin too, making it the thinnest Galaxy ever.
What surprised me is the slimmed down form and lighter weight don’t appear to have compromised much.
Of course, I’ll be doing a full review to assess , camera performance and everything else soon.
The battery is physically smaller so you might expect it not to last quite as long.
claims it can get 24 hours of video playback time out of it.
And there are fewer cameras on the back too, missing a telephoto lens to get closer to subjects your photographing.
But in this first instance, the Galaxy S25 Edge’s display looks stunning and the software is the same great version of .
It feels sturdy too, with a premium titanium frame and Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 for enhanced crack resistance.
And the display measures in at 6.7-inch wide diagonally.
There are three colours on offer:
- Titanium Silver
- Titanium Jetblack
- Titanium Icyblue
The Galaxy S25 Edge is available to pre-order from today ahead of release on May 30.
Prices start from £1099 with 256 GB of storage, or there’s 512GB for £1199.
However, those who pre-order from selected retailers can double their storage for the same price.
