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I saw the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge at MWC 2025 – here are my first impressions

I couldn't care less about an ultra-thin phone if it's compromised

After seeing it in person, the S25 Edge seems to be well positioned for competing on a design level, and the extra camera will come in handy for those who don’t want to be stuck with one lens to take pictures with. It’s unclear what Samsung will do to improve efficiency to accommodate for the slim form factor, and while the phone is definitely thin, it still looks like an S25, whose design is tired and borderline generic at this point. Seeing the S25 Edge in person didn’t change the perception I had of the phone from afar: this is a weird device, and Samsung will have to answer a lot of questions about why it exists when it launches.

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