Samsung's Thinnest Smartphone

So this particular experiment

whether we're talking about Samsung's new Edge model, or if we're talking about Apple's potential Air model

which there's that comparison, by the way. So the thin phone is in, apparently

Today we have the new Edge from Samsung, the S25 Edge. I haven't picked this up yet

Will put it down. He said, do it on camera, get your reaction. Thin phones

Obviously we've seen on this channel, This thing is crazy thin. How are they going to deliver this

Mo, can you appreciate how thin that is? Look at the way I'm holding that. It's ridiculous. The hands-on with that early model iPhone 17 Air

and that thing was ridiculously thin. People had split opinions. They're like, do I really want to give up this battery life

How durable is it going to be? What will the construction materials be

Well, Samsung is apparently further along because in front of me, I have a full-on legit working phone

S25 Edge. What's interesting is there used to be an Edge model, if you recall, back in the day

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All the details will be in the description to get you started. So the Edge is back, but it means something different now

Let me pick this thing up. Oh, oh, slender, ladies and gentlemen

And in a final phone form, that is, ooh, feels great. You're like, Lou, don't sit on it

Don't bend it. Yeah, they decided to go with titanium in their construction

And before I power this on, let's just go over the information I have. So S25 Edge, titanium black, titanium silver

You got to remember I'm filming this before their event has taken place. It got an octa Snapdragon 8 Elite That what you would want 256 or 512 storage 12 gigs RAM So the battery does need to take a bit of a hit in a device that this slim

3,900 milliamp hours, 25 watts, super fast charging, fast wireless charging. It has wireless power share

The display spec, 6.7 inches, 3120 by 1440 QHD plus. And of course, we've got Dynamic AMOLED 2X

Rear camera, a dual setup. You get an ultra-wide and a wide rather than a zoom

It does protrude a little bit, so we're going to have some wobble factor. The wide camera, 200 megapixel f1.7, and the ultra-wide, 12 megapixel f2.2

Same as the ultra, Will said. He said, same as the ultra

Ultrasonic fingerprint, facial recognition is there, and the weight, 163 grams. And then the decision to go with titanium

Ooh. Well, yeah, of course you could. Of course. I mean, when you just feel something this thin in your hands, you're like, these are early models

Like we've got to be a little bit careful in how we handle them. Are we past the whole thing

Like with the durability or are we still there? I know battery life is ever important to people

So I wonder what kind of compromise people are willing to make. I also think that the smartphone market has gotten a little bit stagnant

It's gotten a little bit static. so i think manufacturers like samsung like apple where we showcased their air variant are just

looking for some sort of a way to compel consumers for something different will the average customer

understand the compromise they're gonna have to give up some battery life and presumably

some durability here is your existing model ultra i mean even though it's not twice as thick it just

has that impression it feels like a slab comparatively. Now, if we compare it instead to the non-Ultra variant

Now this, you know, you're getting a little closer. So anyway, we have titanium black and titanium silver

Now let's go ahead and do a quick pocket test. Oh my God, it feels like nothing

I am scared it's going to slide out of my pocket. It's the weight

The weight is the bigger difference. Let's go to the Ultra. This is a brick now comparatively

Ultra comparison, brick. That's not that bad. I can live with it

I'm exaggerating, obviously. And I remember a period of time in the dumb phone era where phones were shrinking

They kept getting smaller and smaller. Before I was cool enough to have a phone as a youngster

but I saw the executives and businessmen with the Motorola StarTAC. You remember that, Will

Michael Douglas with the car phone. Things were huge. And then so they came down in size and everybody, the status symbol was actually smaller, not bigger

Then obviously things changed and we've been scaling up. And then people were like, let's not buy a mini phone

Let buy a bigger phone What if they can still give you the screen size and cut back on the thickness so it doesn feel as big as it is And obviously as we know with laptops Apple for example has done very well with the Air models for laptops

Are they as durable as Panasonic Toughbooks? Probably not. Now, a laptop and a phone

don't go through the same amount of abuse. So this particular experiment

whether we're talking about Samsung's new Edge model, or if we're talking about Apple's potential Air model

which there's that comparison, by the way. It looks like Samsung went bigger with their device in general

It's a taller phone, so presumably a bigger display. This one is, they're saying 5.8 millimeters

Yeah, I can get into the 5.8. And then on this guy, it's already written on there, as you said, 5.6.5

We are actually splitting hairs. A couple of hair strands in between the two

They're both just shockingly thin and light. And it's, man, this marks a completely new era here

I'm really curious to see how customers react, consumers. and then what the longevity is like and whether this persists as a new kind of target for

manufacturers to get thinner and thinner and figure out engineering processes to somehow

deliver something that's robust enough to be used every day put in your pocket potentially dropped

put on the table and then just have this thin profile and be durable enough for the daily

beating i gotta be honest guys like typing on this is it's very satisfying there's like no fatigue

because it's just so lightweight. It's coming in at 130 pounds, but that's because it's packing 5,040 watt hours of capacity

And that's important. Stereo, it sounds really good. Because they're in power. You've got DC, you've also got a bunch of AC outlet

Infected it to take a hit on the speaker, but that is, that's one of the better speakers

I've tested here. Let's jump into the camera real quick. So as mentioned, we've got two

Well, I guess technically they're going to give us three here. 0.61 and two

Obviously, the two is going to be a crop in this case. And we can then continue to digitally move closer

Our wide, you can see it's identified that it's a plant. Boom. And then our ultra wide

Boom. Well, you guys know how Samsung does it, man. Like it is vibrant and wow

And you know what? It's not just the camera. It's also the way that the display renders it

Obviously, these are very saturated and vibrant AMOLED displays, but I can just keep cropping and give more and more detail to Will on that bill

Look at that. Damn. And then on the ultra wide, obviously not quite as resolution dense, but like still

And I love how locked the color temp is. There's no variation in that

It just nails it. I don't think I would be too nervous about camera performance

Let's do a quick video sample. 8k will be locked at 30 frames and we can shoot 4k at 60 frames were you nervous about this i wasn 4k at 60 frames the microphone we will move in and talk to Will a little bit so we can get a sense for performance and focus

Can you do me a favor and hold up your hand, Will? In front of your face

Like towards the lens so we can watch the focus change. There you go. No, just straight out and straight back

He goes to the side. There you go. Pretty good. Are you going to say anything

Hello. Oh, it's fantastic, man. It's good. It's good. You're great. You're all set

I don't think you're taking a major downgrade there. Obviously, you're not going to get the reach on the zoom lens that you've got here on the

ultra model. I think that the audience will be split. And I also don't know if this is really targeted at the enthusiast

But when you think of a buyer who actually goes to a store or sees a friend who has one

of these, that general customer may prioritize form factor over those other elements that I just

mentioned. So maybe that's the group that these smartphone manufacturers want to kind of stir up

and get them back into the market and get them back to purchasing new phones on a more frequent

cycle. Because let's be honest, smartphones have gotten really good. And because of that

people are holding on to them longer, and they're not upgrading as often. And if you're a smartphone

manufacturer. That is not the best news. You need, you want those people to be upgrading. And now we

have Samsung joining the thin party, or I guess technically starting it. What do you think? Let

me know down in the comments, your opinion on that. Who is the thin phone for? Is it the future

for you? Not for you? Maybe you want a thicker phone. Maybe you want maximum battery life. I'm

curious to know. So let me know down in the comments, but there it is. That's the S25 Edge

one of the thinnest phones that I've ever put my hands on

I mean, maybe it is. Now here's the thing. If this trend, you know, moving towards thin phones

thinner phones, and all this engineering that goes into just t this thing down

obviously you've got to pair this thing with a thin case, such as later case in this case

because if you slap some kind of bulky case onto your thin edge phone, or for that matter, air phone

you're kind of defeating the purpose. You want to appreciate it while at the same time getting a little bit more protection

a little bit of satisfying texture, and the ability to have the device stay in your pocket instead of slide out

because it's just a little too smooth. These cases provide that perfect amount of texture where it's not sticky

but it's also enough friction that it doesn't slide when you don't want it to slide

So if you're one of these buyers that's thinking about a thin phone, You're probably going to want to think about a thin case to go with it

It's later case. Details in the description