My Hands-On with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Has Me Reconsidering a Thin Phone

I've used plenty of different phones in several form factors: large ones, small ones, phones that fold in ways that seem too fragile to work. But as I hold Samsung's super-thin and light -- yet surprisingly sturdy -- Galaxy S25 Edge, the first word that comes to mind is "airy." My next thought is: If I were the S25 Plus, I'd be worried. In my early hands-on with the S25 Edge at a preview event in New York, I was struck by how much the new phone carries over from its S25 counterparts. It maintains the 200-megapixel wide camera from the S25 Ultra, the 6.7-inch display from the S25 Plus and the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor you'll find across the other three S25 devices. But it does so within a sleek, 5.8mm titanium frame, clocking in at 163 grams. It feels like something I can throw in my bag or pocket and hardly notice. The Galaxy S25 Edge comes in black, silver and blue. Carly Marsh/CNET In fact, the S25 Edge strikes me as exactly what a middle-of-the-line flagship phone should be: a ... Read full article.