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Last Updated:May 20, 2025, 12:47 IST
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge features a thin design with premium features and hardware but was it made after hearing news about the iPhone 17 Air model?
Samsung responds to the iPhone 17 Air inspired rumours.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is the company’s thinnest model ever, featuring a sleek design and a lightweight profile. Following its launch, rumours claimed the Galaxy S25 Edge design was inspired by Apple’s rumoured iPhone17 Air model that is expected to be thinner than the Samsung version.
However, the South Korean brand has now clarified that the iPhone 17 Air had no influence on the development of the S25 Edge. In fact, its product origins start a few years before we first heard about the iPhone 17 Air model.
Not Inspired
Kadesh Beckford, Samsung product specialist, recently told Forbes that he had known about the Galaxy S25 Edge since the launch week of the Galaxy Z Flip 5 in August 2023.
While he didn’t confirm exactly when the design reached the concept stage, he talked about the product going through multiple rounds of internal research and development. Beckford noted that while slim phones aren’t new, combining ultra thin design with premium features and specs remains a rare achievement in the smartphone industry.
“It is not linked to the iPhone 17 Air. To create this phone, we had to rethink every component to fit inside a thinner casing, which is no easy task," he said. To make the “slimmest Galaxy S," the company removed every component to fit it into a smaller space.
Company Tells Why S25 Edge Launched
So why did Samsung decide to bring a thin device? Beckford said the company’s market research guided it towards customers who want some Galaxy S25 Ultra characteristics without the weight of an ‘ultra’ phone, which explains the 200MP camera, Snapdragon 8 Elite (the full eight-core version) chipset, and a titanium frame.
The Galaxy S25 Edge, like the other Galaxy S25 models, features AI agents that function smoothly across numerous apps, making it a real AI-compatible phone. The company has also partnered with Google to bring Gemini’s latest capabilities to the phone.
The Galaxy S25 Edge price in India starts at Rs 1,09,999 for the base variant and goes up to Rs 1,21,999 if you want the 512GB model.
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