After a number of sneak peaks at the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, it feels like we’re about to get our fingers on the actual deal. Samsung announced that it is holding a streaming event this coming Monday, May 12, the place we’ll get to put eyes on “the subsequent evolution of Galaxy.”
All indicators level to the ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge being the focus of the Digital Unpacked event subsequent week. Samsung’s invitation for the event merely reads “past slim” with the skinny silhouette of what may very well be a cellphone dividing the invite down the heart.
You can discover out for your self what Samsung has in retailer beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Monday. (For our U.Ok. readers, that is 1 a.m. BST on May 13.) Samsung plans to stream the event on YouTube and at its on-line newsroom.
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If the Galaxy S25 Edge is the focus of this upcoming Digital Unpacked session, it will not be the first tme we have seen the cellphone. Samsung first previewed the Galaxy S25 Edge throughout January’s Unpacked event that introduced us the Galaxy s25 launch.
At the time, Samsung described the cellphone in a teaser video as “a fruits of our most progressive expertise packed into a kind that is modern, highly effective and in contrast to something you’ve got seen earlier than.” The Galaxy S25 Edge additionally made an look in March at Cell World Congress in Barcelona.
Galaxy S25 Edge rumored specs
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Although we have seen the Edge on these events, we all know little or no formally about the cellphone — together with just how skinny it is presupposed to be. However rumors and leaks have been very useful filling in the particulars.
Leaks tip the Galaxy S25 Edge to measure 5.85mm thick at its thinnest level and weigh 5.7 ounces. That is primarily the similar weight as the 6.1-inch Galaxy S25, which is 7.2mm skinny.
We’re additionally anticipating the Galaxy S25 Edge to have a 6.7-inch show, very similar to the Galaxy S25 Plus. From the designs Samsung has proven off, the Edge can have just two rear cameras, ditching a devoted telephoto lens in the pursuits of saving house. As a substitute, Samsung has confirmed that the new cellphone can have a 200MP important digicam, matching the shooter accessible on the Galaxy S25 Extremely.
“Even with its slim kind, Galaxy S25 Edge’s 200MP extensive lens continues Galaxy’s iconic digicam expertise, delivering pro-grade capabilities to intuitively seize the world round you,” Samsung stated in an announcement accompanying the information of the May 12 launch event. “And due to Galaxy AI, the digicam transforms into a sensible lens that helps acknowledge what issues to create new recollections.”
Given the AI capabilities Samsung is touting for its upcoming cellphone, it appears the Galaxy S25 Edge will run on a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, just like the remainder of the Galaxy S25 lineup. That is key as a result of rumors declare the battery powering the Edge may very well be smaller than the one in the normal Galaxy S25, so the skinny cellphone will actually need to faucet into the Snapdragon 8 Elite’s energy administration options.
Galaxy S25 Edge rumored pricing and preorder financial savings
Monday’s streaming even will reveal how a lot the Galaxy S25 Edge prices. The rumors we have heard place the value someplace between the $999 Galaxy S25 Plus and $1,299 Galaxy S25 Extremely.
No matter how a lot the cellphone prices, you’ve got bought a probability to avoid wasting on no matter Samsung broadcasts on Monday. The cellphone maker says anybody who registers to pre-order the machine shall be eligible for a $50 credit score for the Galaxy machine announced on Monday. There is not any obligation to purchase do you have to register.
We plan on dwell protection of the Monday event, effectively forward of the 8 p.m. ET begin time. So test again with Tom’s Information for the newest on the Galaxy S25 Edge.