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Phone Arena
5 days ago
- Phone Arena
And just like that, the most unnecessary Galaxy S26 model has become my most anticipated 2026 phone
As it turns out, I may have been perfectly justified to doubt the , but at the same time, I'm starting to get what Galaxy S26 Edge might be an entirely different story. As it turns out, I may have been perfectly justified to doubt the S25 Edge's chances to achieve global box-office hit status , but at the same time, I'm starting to get what Samsung is doing here. No, I'm not saying I would ever consider buying a 6.7-inch smartphone with a gorgeous (and power-hungry) LTPO AMOLED 2X screen and an underwhelming (to say the least) 3,900mAh battery in tow, but next year'sEdge might be an entirely different story. Forget the S26 Ultra, this could be the real MVP of Samsung's 2026 high-end roster Am I getting a little too excited after just one (fairly vague) rumor ? Perhaps, but darn it, I need some hope in my life after so many disappointingly repetitive Galaxy S Ultra flagships, not to mention the latest speculation calling for an unchanged 5,000mAh battery and only slightly upgraded charging speeds on the S26 Ultra Confirmed: The Galaxy S26 Edge will be thinner than the S25 Edge and have a larger battery thanks to new battery material technology. — PhoneArt (@UniverseIce) July 23, 2025 need to believe that the S26 Edge will considerably improve the modest cell size of its predecessor while further slimming down that already drool-worthy 5.8mm waist. Technically, of course, the wording of @UniverseIce's X post from yesterday leaves the door open for slight upgrades to, say, 4,000mAh battery capacity and a 5.7mm profile, but if you'll allow me, I will continue to dream with my eyes open of a premium Realistic or not, Ito believe that theEdge will considerably improve the modest cell size of its predecessor while further slimming down that already drool-worthy 5.8mm waist. Technically, of course, the wording of @UniverseIce's X post from yesterday leaves the door open for slight upgrades to, say, 4,000mAh battery capacity and a 5.7mm profile, but if you'll allow me, I will continue to dream with my eyes open of a premium Samsung phone with at least a 4,500mAh juicer and 5.5mm or so thickness. Galaxy S26 Edge couldn't bring that latter number down to 5.5 or 5.6mm and the former to... 5,000mAh (or even more) when the display size is expected to sit at 6.66 inches. Is such a thing even possible in today's mobile industry? I strongly believe so, and the evidence comes from China (where else?). If the OnePlus 13T can pair a 6,260mAh silicon-carbon battery with a 6.32-inch screen while measuring 8.2mm in depth, I don't see why theEdge couldn't bring that latter number down to 5.5 or 5.6mm and the former to... 5,000mAh (or even more) when the display size is expected to sit at 6.66 inches. Are you as excited as I am about the Galaxy S26 Edge? Pretty much I'm even more excited Not even close I'm waiting to hear more before forming an opinion Pretty much 0% I'm even more excited 0% Not even close 0% I'm waiting to hear more before forming an opinion 0% Granted, there are still some risks and downsides associated with switching from traditional lithium-ion to silicon-carbon battery technology (which is a type of lithium-ion material too, mind you), but I feel like the Galaxy S Edge line could be the ideal home for such risks and experiments. Should there still be a Galaxy S26 Plus model? That, my friends, might be the million-dollar question Samsung needs to answer over the next few months and that I'm personally ambivalent about right now. On one hand, we all know Galaxy S Plus devices have never been particularly popular for fairly obvious reasons, costing too much to replace their Ultra siblings for more cash-strapped buyers and cutting too many corners (especially compared to said Ultra models) to bid for the title of best Android phone Galaxy S26 Plus would probably free the S26 Edge from some of the pressure inevitably linked with the aforementioned risks of adopting groundbreaking new battery technology and potentially making the S25 Edge On the other hand, aPlus would probably free theEdge from some of the pressure inevitably linked with the aforementioned risks of adopting groundbreaking new battery technology and potentially making the's design even more susceptible to both short and long-term destruction. Galaxy S26 Edge between the "vanilla" and the state-of-the-art S26 Ultra , thus essentially replacing two different devices with one Edge model, that's going to make me even more excited about this next super-slim flagship, suggesting great faith from its manufacturer in its box-office potential. Of course, if Samsung does decide to only slot theEdge between the "vanilla" Galaxy S26 and the state-of-the-art, thus essentially replacing two different devices with one Edge model, that's going to make me even more excited about this next super-slim flagship, suggesting great faith from its manufacturer in its box-office potential. Now, I'm obviously not saying that the S26 Edge will outsell the S26 Ultra (or the compact Galaxy S26 ), but after a confusing fourth member of the S25 family that doesn't seem to be going anywhere in terms of global popularity, it could well mark the beginning of a beautiful, highly successful, risk-taking, and trend-setting handset (sub) family. To say that I've never been a big fan of the Galaxy S25 Edge would probably be the understatement of the year. After all, I went on record not only once but twice ahead of the official announcement of the ultra-thin Android powerhouse to voice not just my skepticism that the phone could ever become a commercial success, but my complete inability to understand... the existence of this device.
News18
16-07-2025
- News18
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Edge To Replace ‘Plus' Variant Next Year: What Reports Say
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge showed a new way for the brand but does that come at the cost of the Plus variant from next year? Samsung will have three models in the Galaxy S26 series next year which should ideally be announced around January or February 2026. And it seems the company is getting rid of one variant to keep the other one in the lineup. Reports this week suggest the Galaxy S26 Plus variant could be replaced with the S26 Edge model, making them the three variants available in the market for buyers. The launch of the S25 Edge version this year had already hinted at big changes from Samsung and the new report hardly comes as a surprise. The S25 Edge has not exactly lived up to the hype, especially with its premium price tag, the really small battery of under 4,000mAh and other shavings being done to make it sleek. But it won't be the worst idea to prolong the Edge moniker for a few more years and do that by giving up on the Plus variant from its lineup. The Elec has a good record of Samsung-related stories and multiple leaks have suggested the Edge will be the one going ahead with the future models. About the Author S Aadeetya First Published: July 16, 2025, 08:25 IST
Engadget
11-07-2025
- Engadget
The Morning After: First impressions of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7 and the rest
It's the summer, so that means Samsung foldables, wearables and awkward celebrity appearances. This year, the company introduced three new folding smartphones, but that didn't include the rumored 'ultra' trifold — that's coming later this year . The Galaxy Fold 7 ( $2,000 ) has a bigger 8-inch unfolded screen and a camera array that matches the S25 Ultra. However, there's no more support for the S Pen. Removing the digitizer layer for styluses meant Samsung could make the device even thinner. The Z Fold 7 now has a primary 200-megapixel sensor, similar to the one used in the S25 Ultra and S25 Edge. This fixes one of the big complaints we've had with foldables: cameras that didn't match the abilities of more traditional Galaxy phones. Especially when Fold devices always cost more. Talking of costs, Samsung has bumped the price up to $2,000 — that's $100 more than last year's Fold 6. The Z Flip 7 ( $1,100 ) finally has a full-screen 4.1-inch cover screen, a bigger battery and a normal proportioned (21:9) foldable screen once you've opened it. Oh, and that's bigger too, from 6.4 to 6.9 inches. While Samsung didn't notably upgrade the cameras, it managed to add 300mAh of battery while making an even thinner foldable. Unfolded, it's almost as thin as the S25 Edge, a phone where the whole point of existing was to be thin. There are fractions of a millimeter in it – and if you include the Edge's chunky camera, the Flip 7 seems technically thinner. Then there's the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE ( $900 ), Samsung's first fan-edition foldable. Barring a shift to a homemade Exynos chip and Samsung's 2025 software additions, like the Now Brief, this is… a Z Flip 6 from last year. The hardware looks (is?) identical, which is a bit of a disappointment when FE devices are pitched as more reasonably priced Galaxy devices. The timing sucked too. Thanks to Prime Day, you could buy last year's Z Flip 6 this week for $100 less than pre-ordering the Z Flip 7 FE. — Mat Smith Get Engadget's newsletter delivered direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! Speaking of which, Amazon's Prime Day has been a whole-week affair. The end is in sight, though — it all ends tonight. We've pulled together the best Prime Day deals still in stock, and while there's a lot of predictable gear (Amazon hardware, so much audio stuff), the sale remains one of the best times to buy tech like robot vacuums, kitchen appliances and, hey, maybe even a Surface Laptop. Continue reading. Grok, X's built-in chatbot, took a hard turn toward antisemitism following a recent update. Amid unprompted, hateful rhetoric against Jews, it even began referring to itself as MechaHitler — a boss enemy from 1992's Wolfenstein 3D. The company admitted there were areas where Grok's training could be improved. 'We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts.' Chatbots, like Grok, are built on large language models (LLMs) designed to mimic natural language. LLMs are pretrained on giant swaths of text, including books, academic papers and, yes, the contents of the internet, including X/Twitter. If an AI model hasn't seen hateful, anti-antisemitic content, it won't be aware of the patterns that inform that kind of speech, including phrases such as 'Heil Hitler.' Is this due to X's user base shifting to the right in recent years, changing the mix of what Grok was being trained on? Maybe, but maybe not. Igor Bonifacic took a deeper look. Continue reading. When the Switch 2 launched, one GameStop store used a stapler a little too aggressively to attach receipts to retail boxes, puncturing Switch 2 screens and ruining several people's days. GameStop is trying to turn debacle lemons into charitable lemonade. It's auctioning off the infamous stapler responsible for the incident, with the proceeds benefiting the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. You'll get not only some naughty stationery but also one of the Switch 2 consoles that it broke. Continue reading. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
Engadget
09-07-2025
- Engadget
Get $315 off the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge for Prime Day
Big screens are ubiquitous now in the smartphone space, so manufacturers are now returning to another familiar friend to make their handsets stand out: thinness. In May, Samsung launched the the Galaxy S25 Edge and it's on sale for Prime Day now — down to $785, which is $315 less than usual. The Galaxy S25 Edge includes the best of Samsung's Galaxy S25+ in a thinner and sturdier package. The S25 Edge is just 0.23 inches (5..8mm) thick, with a titanium frame, IP68 water and dust resistance and a Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 panel covering its OLED screen. The phone is also fast and performant, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 12GB of RAM and either 256GB or 512GB of storage. Really, the main ways the S25 Edge is a compromise are in the omissions Samsung made to keep it slim and light. For example, the S25 Edge doesn't have a telephoto lens, so zoomed in photographs have to happen entirely digitally. The phone also has a noticeably smaller battery at 3,900 mAh, which in our tests meant the phone lasted for a little over 25 hours on a single charge, shorter than both the base S25 and the S25 Ultra. Samsung also cut corners with wireless charging. The S25 Edge is "Qi2 ready" but doesn't actually include the magnetic coils necessary to take advantage of the charging standard's main features. Instead, if you want to wirelessly charge the S25 Edge at Qi2 speeds, you need to put it in a case, taking away some of its thinness in the process. For $300 off, those compromises could be very easy to set aside, though. In Engadget's review of the Galaxy S25 Edge, the phone made the most sense as a way to make Samsung's mid-tier phones interesting. It costs the same $1,100 as the Samsung Galaxy S25+ and features many of the same components, but looks and feels different to use. At $785, the Galaxy S25 Edge is now the same price as the base S25 was at launch, and an even more compelling purchase.
Engadget
09-07-2025
- Engadget
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 hands-on: The big design revamp we've been waiting for
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold line has been treading water for a couple generations. But that's changing in a big way at today's Unpacked event with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 boasting a dramatically thinner design, new cameras and an even larger flexible display. For 2025, Samsung has significantly decreased its latest flagship foldable's weight and thickness. Compared to the previous model, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is 26 percent thinner, measuring just 8.9mm when folded (or 4.2mm unfolded) versus 12.1mm for the Z Fold 6. Meanwhile, the Fold 7's heft has dropped to just 215 grams, which is down 24 grams from its predecessor. Now I've said before that the single-minded quest to make thinner phones is relatively pointless, but that's mostly when it comes to standard candybar-style glass bricks. That's because for larger devices, like those in the Z Fold line, more streamlined dimensions can make a big difference. And with the Z Fold 7, Samsung has created a device that's essentially the same weight and thickness as the Galaxy S25 Ultra (8.2mm and 218 grams), which can be opened at moment's notice to reveal a massive flexible display. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Speaking of the Z Fold 7's main display, despite its newly streamlined design, Samsung managed to increase its size from 7.6 inches to 8 inches flat — which means you get five percent more room for movies, games and multitasking. Granted, that might not sound like a ton, but when the main purpose of a gadget is to provide a big display that still fits in your pocket, that's a very welcome upgrade. And while its IP48 rating for dust and water resistance is the same as before, Samsung claims it reworked the phone's internal design to provide more robust protection against liquids. Elsewhere, the Z Fold 7 features a redesigned Armor FlexHinge that's noticeably sleeker than before with Samsung saying it also disperses stress from opening and closing the phone more evenly. Additionally, the hinge has extra room inside to reduce the appearance of a crease, though it's still there if you look closely or from acute angles. Durability has also been improved as the Z Fold 7 comes with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 (which we first saw on the S25 Edge) in front and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 around back. Sam Rutherford for Engadget The Z Fold 7 now has a primary 200-megapixel sensor similar to the one used in the S25 Ultra and S25 Edge. Samsung says this should help deliver 'best in class image quality,' though because its 12MP ultra-wide cam is largely unchanged and its 10MP telephoto cam is still limited to a 3x optical zoom (instead of the 5x like in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold), I'm going to wait until I can properly test things out before making a final judgment. That said, perhaps the biggest change to the Z Fold 7's photo toolkit is that Samsung has gotten rid of the under-display camera it has been using since the Z Fold 3 in favor of a more traditional 10MP holepunch module. This represents a small retreat from what was once seen as a more sophisticated solution. But for anyone who regularly uses the interior camera for video calls and meetings, the improved image quality is almost certainly worth the small cutout in the phone's flexible display. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 even features slightly slimmer bezels than before. Inside, the Z Fold 7 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip, either 12GB or 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. Some may be slightly disappointed to see that the phone's battery capacity is staying the same at 4,400 mAh, though Samsung claims the increased power efficiency of the new processor results in better longevity overall. For longtime Fold fans, the most troubling downgrade may be that the 7 no longer supports Samsung's S Pen. The company says it made this change because data showed that the number of owners who used stylus integration was 'very low' and that by removing the dedicated digitizer layer from the Z Fold's screen, it was possible to make the phone even thinner. This may be a dealbreaker for some, but it shouldn't really come as a surprise. Existing S Pen features have stagnated over several generations and after Samsung removed the dedicated S Pen storage slot from the Galaxy S Ultra line, I feel like the writing on the wall for the demise of S Pen support. Sam Rutherford for Engadget But even with the loss of stylus integration, from what I've seen so far, the Z Fold 7 is a major upgrade over the three previous models. Samsung has finally made a big flagship foldable that won't weigh you down compared to an equivalent glass brick like the S25 Ultra. Its new main camera sensor offers a huge jump in resolution while refinements like a faster chip and its streamlined design contribute to a much more well-rounded package. The one issue is that starting at $2,000, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 remains prohibitively expensive. Sam Rutherford for Engadget The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is available for pre-order today, with official sales slated to begin on July 25. It will be available in three main colors: blue, silver and black, along with mint, which will be an online exclusive at
