Leaks
As we noted yesterday Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) was expected to release what might turn out to be the replacement for the long-lived Samsung Galaxy S Plus flagship smartphone that has been a part of the company’s flagship line-up on an off since 2011. While Samsung and many other brands have strict rules about suppliers and employees leaking information about a product before its release, leaking’ information about upcoming smartphones has become both a marketing tool and a game of cat and mouse. As can be seen by our comparison of yesterday’s (pre-release) feature set and today’s actual feature set, much of the key information about the Galaxy S25 Edge was already circulating and turned out to be largely correct.
Below we show our feature set list from yesterday and the actual feature list from the release. We highlight those features that were not correct in yellow. As can be seen, we were off by 3/100ths of an inch on the length and 1/100th of an inch on the width. The Edge can handle both Sim types, not just one as we expected, the display has an LTPO (Low temperature Poly-Oxide) backplane (we were unsure if it would be LTPS or LTPO), and the initial price will be at the low end of our expectations at $1,100 for both memory configurations. Other than those errors, the device features seem to have been well telegraphed.
Below we show our feature set list from yesterday and the actual feature list from the release. We highlight those features that were not correct in yellow. As can be seen, we were off by 3/100ths of an inch on the length and 1/100th of an inch on the width. The Edge can handle both Sim types, not just one as we expected, the display has an LTPO (Low temperature Poly-Oxide) backplane (we were unsure if it would be LTPS or LTPO), and the initial price will be at the low end of our expectations at $1,100 for both memory configurations. Other than those errors, the device features seem to have been well telegraphed.
The feature set is mostly as expected and even a bit better, the price is exactly between the price of the S25 and the S25 Ultra and the same price as the S25 Plus (512GB). Of course lower would have been better, but in the case of the S25 Edge it seems Samsung is trying to update design rather than create a new price category. The Galaxy FE (Fan Edition), which was released in September of last year, creates a lower-cost bridge between the Galaxy S25 series and Samsung’s mid and lower price tier lines.
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