5 Reasons Galaxy S25 Edge is a step in the wrong direction

Samsung has released the Galaxy S25 Edge, its thinnest smartphone at any time, with the steep price tag not low. While the phone shares most of its components with the major Galaxy S25 series, some aspects may compromise with overall flagship experience.

The biggest trade-off of the Galaxy S25 Edge is its battery life

The biggest achievement of Samsung with Galaxy S25 Age is how the company has managed to rote the same hardware as its mainstream flagship, Galaxy S25+ (including screen, processor, memory, storage and a better primary camera), which is in slimmer chassis that is successful in the same hardware, which is just 5.8 mimmi (VS 7.3+ Mm) is.

Simply put, the Galaxy S25 is about 20% slimmer compared to the Galaxy S25+, and the top level Galaxy S25 is about 29% thinner than the ultra. However, engineering Marvel comes at a cost, and I am not talking about its literal retail value (we’ll come a bit on it), but the battery compromises the ultra-thin flagship in terms of life. Let me explain

The lineup in the Galaxy S25 Edge has the smallest battery of all four models, including Vanilla Galaxy S25 (4,000 mAh), Galaxy S25+ (4,900 mAh), and Galaxy S25 Ultra (5,000 mAh). What a big difference can it be when the Galaxy S25 age battery is just 100 mAh?

In accordance with people Phone Arena, Which has been doing the smartphone battery test for some time, the Galaxy S25 is less than the regular Galaxy S25 between the age charge. While Samsung’s thinnest smartphone lasts for six hours and 22 minutes, the baseline flagship offers seven hours and six minutes backup.

This is more than 40 minutes, a significant difference that can determine that your phone is found through the entire working day without the need of the charger, or when you are driving the house, die on a call, make your way to a weekend destination, or even trying to capture the right sunset photo before going out of the battery.

When compared to a phone of its screen size – the Galaxy S25+ – S25 Edge provides about 15% less battery life. Please keep in mind that the difference may not be the same for all, as light users or owners of S25 Edge may be able to go throughout the day without charging their secondary smartphone. Nevertheless, for power users or gamers, the difference will be noticeable, and, not to mention, annoying.

In a world where smartphones are becoming increasingly important for everyday communication, navigation and entertainment, they can really affect your convenience and peace of mind. We need smartphones that live for a long time, not which forces us to carry power banks, adapters and wires all the time.

I am not saying that the S25 Edge does not do an excellent work for its thickness phone, but it changes more heads, the phone maintained the effective battery life of the mainstream flagship, while cutting the extra millimeter with its side profile.

And it is not that it is impossible, because we have already seen some Chinese brands equipped with their Android smartphone with a battery of 6,000 or 7,000 mAh, while maintaining a side profile of 7 or 8 mm, by courtesy of the new silicon-carbon battery with a high energy density.

It may be that Samsung is getting additional alert with its battery, but at least now, I do not see the Galaxy S25 Edge competing with some mid-rangers, leaving the mainstream flagship in the context of battery life alone. Choosing the form on the function, and a significant function does not seem like a step in the right direction.

However, if you are ready to compromise or already take the power bank with you at all times, it should not bother you.

S25 Edge Vanilla charges slower than S25

Generally, it makes sense for a manufacturer to compensate with rapid charging speed if the battery life is not great. We have seen this trend for the longest time on OnePlus Flagship, especially four to five years old models such as OnePlus 10 Pro and OnePlus 11.

These phones did not provide the best battery life in the segment, but they offered exceptionally wired charging speeds. For example, the OnePlus 10 Pro shows a 5,000 mAh battery with 65W wired charging and 50W wireless charging, while OnePlus 11 further increased the speed of charging to 80W.

Fast charging dramatically unlocks the ability to restore the high part of the battery in a short time. Therefore, even if the battery of my phone does not last long, I can plug it for 10 to 15 minutes and can get enough power until I keep it down at night. As the smartphone technology has been advanced, we now have more efficient chipsets with large battery and sharp charging speed.

However, one of the only three properties in the Galaxy S25 Edge is: a power-skilled Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset based on the 3Nm fabrication technique of the second generation of TSMC. For a smartphone, which costs more than $ 1,000, the S25 edge gives a depressing slow charging speed.

The Galaxy S25 Edge supports 25W wired and 15W wireless charging (and it is like QI2-Testing of the company’s flagship). However, Samsung’s thinnest smartphone is also slower than Galaxy S25 (through) Tom guide), Which supports the same wired charging speed. This makes the S25 age the fastest charging smartphone in the lineup.

In my opinion, the handset may benefit from 45W wired charging, something that S25+ and S25 Ultra already offer. According to the official press release, the phone already has a vapor room to keep the motherboard temperature under investigation, suggesting that thermal management should not have a major problem when implementing rapid charging.

In short, the Galaxy S25 is one of the most premium (and expensive) handsets in the edge lineup, yet somehow, it provides the slowest charging speed. If you want to get the phone anyway, you can reduce the problem by charging the phone overnight.

No telephoto zoom lens like other S25 models

The Galaxy S25 Edge is creating a category of its own, and soon, Kupertino legend Apple is about to jump on Ultra-Thin Flagship bandwagan with it Rumor iPhone 17 Air. However, in addition to a small battery, there is another aspect where the handset regularly, not-is a big step compared to the flagship: the camera.

Typically, I tell people that the camera quality and performance of the smartphone are directly proportional to its cost. You can get decent cameras in mid-range phones that cost around $ 500 to $ 600 (like Pixel 9A), but around $ 1,000 mark you get the top-tier hardware for professional smartphone photography.

I am talking about large sensors that capture better low-light pictures, many lenses, unlocking various approaches, high-resolution telephoto sensors that provide incredible zoom range, and sophisticated computational photography algorithms that can handle challenging lighting conditions, maintaining exceptional details, and manual video recordings Can provide facilities like.

It is commendable that Samsung has managed to equip the S25 edge with a 200MP HP2 primary sensor with S25 Ultra, with 12MP (f/2.2, PDAF) by reducing the thickness of the lens structure with ultravide sensors by 18%, which can also catch the macro images. The initial review also suggests that the main camera performs with one on the ultra, but a dedicated zoom sensor deficiency is a big miss.

However, once you start zoom, the 200MP sensor should be 4x or perhaps good up to 10x, but beyond those levels, a dedicated telephoto lens deficiency becomes noticeable. Ultravide sensor is also one step below the 50MP sensor at S25 Ultra. While regular pictures should look the same, when you start cropping them, you will see the difference in detail.

I am not saying that the cameras on the Galaxy S25 Edge are not good, but they are not as versatile as those as Galaxy S25 Ultra, or other $ 1,000 premium handsets, such as the iPhone 16 Pro or Pixel 9 Pro, as those as those.

Lack of an anti -reflector performance coating

The first time I held a Galaxy S25 Ultra next to my iPhone 16, I was stunned to see how the Samsung flagship screen had less reflection than the iPhone. Even indoors, the Corning Gorilla Armer 2 Glass helps reduce the dazzle with roof light, which increases the overall visibility of the S25 ultra screen.

This is a quality that is not mentioned enough, but there is a lot of difference in the experience of overall use. Unfortunately, the screen of the S25 Edge does not get anti-reflex treatment. As mentioned in the official release, the thin major has Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2.

While Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 focuses more on durability, crack resistance and high optical transparency, it does not have anti -reflective properties of Gorilla Kavach 2. Perhaps this is why Samsung is selling $ 17.49 anti-reflex film for Galaxy S25 Age.

Form at function: S25 Edge is very expensive

The S25 age, with an ultra-skinny chassis, costs $ 1,099.99 for 256GB variants, but an introductory offer you get a 512GB version at the same price. The sleek profile has a remarkable trade-closure in 3,900 mAh battery, 25W wired charging rate, two-camera setup on the back and a screen that does not have anti-reflex properties.

At $ 1,099.99, S25 Edge $ 859.99 Galaxy S25 (256GB) and $ 999.99 Galaxy is already more expensive than Galaxy S25+ (256GB), the phone offer and premium demands a question raising a question about the price-to-price proposal. But wait a minute, the S25 edge must definitely be more cheaper than ultra, right?

Surprisingly, S25 Ultra is currently available at $ 1,049.99 best Buy For the 256GB unlocked version, and activation with a carrier (at the time of purchase) will help you save another $ 100, reduce the effective price to $ 949.99. still 512GB version Activation is for $ 1,169.99 unlock or graves at $ 1,069.99.

Both phones provide a grand performance with narrow bezels, Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset (one of the fastest chips for Android phones), a 200 MP primary camera with excellent details, with seven years of operating system and software update, and all the latest galaxy aI features, all the Galaxy AI features, all a premium titanium titcis (thinner at 25 sides Thinner).

In short, the S25 Ultra, while being more cheaper than the S25 edge, offers a large screen, four camera sensors (including two with telephoto lens), a laser autofocus setup, a fairly larger battery and an in-multi pen offer.

The S25 Edge can still complete a small audience, which completes a slim profile for Samsung’s undisputedly exquisite design, but to have a premium value on a unique feature, especially when the phone compromises on some of the most fundamental aspects of a flagship experience, there is a slight aspect.