Think back to Unpacked from January 2026 and one moment stands out from all the others: the big Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge teaser. The ultra-thin and light S25 Edge arrived alongside its Galaxy S25 smartphone siblings, but it was still in the development phase.
We could see the 5.8mm thick phone but not touch it. It would take another five months for the Galaxy S25 Edge to reach our and consumers’ hands. It was the thinnest Galaxy phone ever, until a few months later we met the incredibly thin Galaxy Z Fold 7 (just 4.2mm thick when unfolded).
The Galaxy S25 Edge is more important than you think
“It’s still in the portfolio today,” Drew Blackard, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product management, told me this week when I asked about the “missing” Edge product.
“We’re not at the end of product life, we’re still out of stock…with all our major partners, etc.,” Blackard added.
It could actually be argued that the S25 Edge played a pivotal role in the new S26 lineup. First of all, there’s now a pretty consistent and familiar design language across all three Android 16 phones, reminiscent of the Edge. Plus, it’s the thinnest Ultra ever; now up to 7.9mm, although it still includes the S-Pen.
Blackard agreed with my assessment: “It certainly influenced, I would say, the design – and you saw it even on the Fold 7 last year – to really push the boundaries of what’s possible in terms of thinness. That was a really big step forward for us that we could then bring to the Fold 7, and in your opinion, the influence, I think, on the S series this year with an even thinner form factor on the S26 Ultra.
It’s definitely influenced, I would say, the design… to really push the boundaries of what’s possible in terms of slimness.
Samsung’s Drew Blackard
But it’s not just a question of influence. Blackard encouraged me to think about product cadence. “[The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge] hasn’t even really lived a full life cycle in terms of Samsung,” he told me. Which is true.
A January 2025 teaser, released in May, and it’s only February. Samsung is unlikely to release a product refresh less than a year after shipping the original S25 Edge.
That said, there’s still something uncertain about how Blackard has characterized when we’ll see another Edge.
“We’re still determining what the right life cycle length is for a product like this, so we don’t have any updates on what might happen.”
This does not mean that the future is generally uncertain. Thin phones are still available to Samsung, and Blackard made it clear that Samsung is simply thinking about slim next steps. “It’s still a category that we’re really interested in, and we’re just figuring out what the right timing might be for next.”
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