Thinnest Samsung Ever" - WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?! - video Dailymotion

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.  I was told that i had to 'feel' the S25 edge in order to truly appreciate its beauty. But to be honest - I feel like thats just a marketing ploy by Samsung to sell more phones. Since to me - it honestly didnt feel that much different than a regular ol' smartphone.    Personally I like the extra milimieter of thickness, and an extra 2 ounces of weight if it means that I can have more features in my phone.  A phone is a tool.   People who dont work from their phone might have different needs obviously – but for me its all about function over form.

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00:00The thinnest Samsung phone ever made, the S25 Edge.

00:05The name threw me off a bit since Samsung used to call a curved screen phone they made

00:099 years ago the Galaxy S7 Edge.

00:12But since I guess lexicon is finite, we gotta reuse some words and recycling is always a

00:17good thing.

00:18I watched a few S25 Edge reviews before this lucky device got delivered to my desk and

00:22everyone online basically said you have to touch it to believe it.

00:26But to be honest, now that it's been touched, I'm just not all that impressed.

00:30I mean, I have some questions like are there balls inside and what the cooling system's

00:34like, and more importantly, is it going to turn into a Flip 6 if I put it in my back pocket.

00:39It's instantly apparent that the Edge does not have the same anti-glare coatings that the

00:43Ultra series has.

00:45The Ultra lets you count the individual diodes in my LED lights, and not having that glare

00:50reduction is a downside.

00:52But for the most part, if someone handed me this Edge out of the blue, I would not think

00:56twice about its thinness.

00:58Intentionally analyzing it though, I can tell that the 5.8 millimeter titanium Edge looks

01:03good.

01:04But I mean like, and I hate to do this, Apple did it first and did it better.

01:09The M4 iPad that came out a year ago is 5.1 millimeters thick.

01:13Well I mean it used to be 5.1 before it went through some things.

01:17But there ain't nothing wrong with being a little thicker than you used to be.

01:21Given the S25 Edge with some everyday objects, I have it clocked in at a tad over 3 quarters.

01:27Sliding two house keys up to the frame, they very closely line up with the actual silhouette.

01:32Or you know, the S25 Edge is the same thickness as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7 razor blades.

01:41And if you're the studious type, it's not quite as thick as a pencil.

01:44So sometimes, at least here in the USA, you got to measure things in ice cream lids.

01:49And this S25 Edge comes in at one third of an ice cream cap.

01:53Not including any of the spilt ice cream on the screen.

01:56I mean I kind of regret this decision, but at the same time, cameras can sometimes play

02:00tricks on your eyes.

02:02And it's good to get some physical real world examples of what the S25 Edge compares to.

02:07Fun fact, if your finger was blown up to the size of the earth, and then you touch the earth

02:11with that large finger, you'd be able to differentiate the difference between houses and cars.

02:17That's how good our sense of touch actually is.

02:19So believe me when I say, now that I've looked and touched, it's just not as special as it's

02:24been cracked up to be.

02:26Not special enough to justify the price anyway.

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03:45Where was I?

03:46Ah yeah.

03:47One good thing about having a really thin, lightweight device is that if it ever does get dropped,

03:51it will probably be less likely to break, since there is less mass and kinetic energy to

03:56the phone in general.

03:57At least that's what I think on paper.

04:00The Edge is a whole 2 ounces lighter than the Ultra.

04:05There is however quite a lot of wobble thanks to the protruding camera lenses.

04:12The S25 Edge does use a new Gorilla Glass called Ceramic 2 from Corning, which as we can expect

04:17still scratches at a level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7.

04:22The front facing camera is a 12 megapixel hole punch sitting right below a super thin earpiece

04:26slit.

04:27And of course the sides are made with titanium.

04:33And honestly, since titanium is almost twice as rigid as aluminum, this could very well be

04:38what keeps this ultra slim S25 Edge in one piece.

04:42But we'll find out here in a second.

04:43The buttons do come out of the frame pretty easily, so make sure no one walks away with

04:47these.

04:48Samsung is the only manufacturer that does this quirky thing.

04:51The top of the phone has some noise cancelling microphone holes, along with a 5G antenna on

04:57the left side, and a whole lot more titanium.

05:00The bottom of the S25 Edge has a single SIM card tray, 25 watt USB-C port, and a very thin

05:07lower stereo speaker slit.

05:09I don't immediately see any waterproofing mesh inside of it though, so I'm curious how

05:12the IP68 water resistance rating is accomplished.

05:16Hopefully we'll see the insides here in a few seconds.

05:18The single SIM card tray does have a rubber ring around the lip, and I imagine that Samsung

05:22is again just using the same titanium exoskeleton design that they've used on the S24 and S25

05:28Ultras, but we'll know for sure once we snap it in half or tear it down, whichever comes

05:33first.

05:34I do think it's kind of funny that we talk about how thin the phone is while ignoring

05:37the elephant in the room, and by elephant I mean camera bump.

05:41Unlike Red Magic phones, which have completely flushed back panels, Samsung has a camera hump

05:46for its camera bumps, double stacked camera plateaus, dinner plates on top of a serving tray.

05:52The top one is a 12 megapixel ultra wide camera, while the bottom is a 200 megapixel main camera,

05:58and a single tone LED flash which is also covered up with glass.

06:02None of the lenses appear to come off though, so that's nice.

06:05But yeah, just another reason to get a case, even if only to even out the camera humps.

06:10One thing that definitely helps make the phone so thin is having an ultrasonic fingerprint

06:14scanner.

06:15These sensors under the screen are just naturally flat and fit flush without taking up any additional

06:20depth like an optical fingerprint sensor would.

06:23And luckily, even if your phone accidentally got kicked and slid face down across the parking

06:27lot, getting scratched up by all kinds of level 7 grits of asphalt, it would still be

06:31able to scan your fingerprint just fine.

06:34Thumbs up for that.

06:35And like don't get me wrong, this is a very cool phone with basically the same screen specs

06:39and resolution and refresh rate as the ultra.

06:42But since you're missing the larger battery, S-Pen and extra cameras, it makes me personally

06:47think that I'd rather keep those extra 2 ounces of weight and use them for something useful.

06:52But everyone is different and that's just like, you know, my own opinion.

06:56Even after 30 seconds, there doesn't appear to be any permanent damage from my lighter.

06:59I am, however, worried about damage from lack of structural integrity.

07:04My understanding of this physical world we live in makes me think that this should be

07:08a very easy snap, with some glorious carnage and sparks and battery juice seeping out of

07:13the cracks of our newly obliterated S25 Edge.

07:16But when bent from the back, we get a minor flex and that's about it.

07:21When the pressure is applied to the screen, however, I can start to see the back panel

07:25separate slightly right above the power button near where the camera lens tray meets the back

07:29glass, which obviously compromises our water resistance, but surprisingly still no structural

07:35damage.

07:36The only thing broke here is my brain and my ego.

07:40The Galaxy S25 Edge, as thin as it is, survives the bend test with flying colors.

07:46And I'm legitimately excited to see what black magic Samsung added to the inside to make this

07:50thing unbreakable.

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07:53I gave it a few extra bends vertically because I really don't like being thwarted.

07:57Now that I have officially let my intrusive thoughts play themselves out, I know for a fact

08:02that the S25 Edge will not bend or break under even very extreme circumstances.

08:08If you like slim and sleek, the Edge is a great choice.

08:12Just make sure to put what's left of your money into a Ridge wallet since they're up to

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08:18Thanks a ton for watching, and I'll see you around.

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