Not sure what your point is. Samsung released several smartwatches in a span of one year before the Apple Watch announcement.
When a product is first announced is not the same as when the first leaks happened.
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Samsung Debuts New Super Thin Galaxy S25 Edge
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When a product is first announced is not the same as when the first leaks happened.
Samsung has been using this thin tech in their folding phones for a while now, just bringing it over to non-folding phones.
Plot twist: Apple spread false rumours to make their rivals develop some dumb thin phones.
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100% agreed, without a camera bump, thin, iPhone 5-sized iPhone with Pro features and an edge to edge screen with cameras/sensors under the display. That's when I could go "can't innovate my ass". These new phones are plain boring, bulky, huge...what Apple is making these days are iPhablets, it's not an iPhone anymore. A phablet with an obnoxiously large camera.
Maybe my opinion goes even slightly further, but I think iPhone 5 on iOS 6 is peak. It's what I'm using currently as my daily and whenever I go back to using my 14 Pro on iOS 18 I'm just disgusted with what happened to iOS and the iPhone.
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Looks like a good phone and happy to see two cameras. Waiting to see how the cameras will be on the upcoming iPhone Air/slim version.
They certainly seem to be beating Apple to the punch when it comes to releasing new hardware / features lately, however I then remember that it's still running Android therefore I really couldn't care less 
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Did you misread $1,099.99 as $1,999.99? 🤔
While it's not a bad looking phone (like the rumored Air), I really hope these two devices don't signal a race to be thinnest as the new trend. Spec-wise they're a poor value proposition, IMO.
I'm bemused by the mixed measurement systems in this Post - 6.6inch display. 5.5mm thick... The metric system would seem appropriate and ditch the other.
Samsung today introduced the Galaxy S25 Edge, an ultra thin smartphone that will compete with Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 "Air." The Galaxy S25 Edge features a 6.7-inch AMOLED display and it measures in at 5.8mm thick.
Comparatively, rumors suggest that the iPhone 17 Air will have a 6.6-inch display and a thickness of 5.5mm, so it may be slightly smaller and thinner than the S25 Edge. The Galaxy S25 Edge weighs 163 grams, so the thin design and the light weight are noticeable when it is compared to a standard Galaxy S25 Ultra or a current iPhone 16 Pro Max. The Galaxy S25 Ultra weighs 218 grams, while the iPhone 16 Pro Max weighs 227 grams.
Samsung is using a titanium frame for the Galaxy S25 Edge, which is also what we're expecting for the iPhone 17 Air. It also includes Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2, which Samsung says improves resilience.
While the iPhone 17 Air will only get a single 48-megapixel Wide lens, Samsung equipped the Galaxy S25 Edge with a dual-lens camera setup. There's a 200-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens.
Aside from the thin and light design, the Galaxy S25 Edge is basically identical to the other smartphones in the Galaxy S25 lineup, offering the same performance and feature set. It includes the Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform from Qualcomm, and a revamped vapor chamber for heat dissipation.
It has AI tools like Drawing Assist and Audio Eraser, along with ProScaler for improved image scaling functionality. There's a Now Brief and Now Bar with AI-updated information that changes throughout the day and incorporates info from third-party apps, plus it includes Google Gemini features thanks to Samsung's partnership with Google.
Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge can be pre-ordered from the Samsung website, and pricing starts at $1,099.99 for the 256GB model. Samsung is offering a $50 credit for those who pre-order, and upgrading anyone who purchases the 256GB model to 512GB. The deal is available through May 30.
Samsung is also offering up to $630 in trade-in credits toward the purchase of a Galaxy S25 Edge.
Article Link: Samsung Debuts New Super Thin Galaxy S25 Edge
Can anybody help to explain how Samsung and Apple both land on thin phones in exactly the same year? Despite working on their roadmaps several years in advance, in private? I don’t get how similar designs and features always seem to land at roughly the same time.
+50 for the chonkier iphones. Smartphones have plateaued so I just want a repairable and rugged design ethos paired with top of the line battery, camera and screen tech.
Totally agree. Apple dropped the ball, with their latest efforts. No innovation. Here in the UK the Apple fan base has dropped like a stone. iMessage , nobody use it. Shame as Apple was great back in the day.
Then don’t buy the thin phone.
I'm guessing the price will "unofficially come down" via constant offers / discounts a few motnhs after launch - Samsung will hoover up the early adoptors at full price and then see what kind of discounting maintains a good level of sales.
I wonder if Apple will not this pricing and price the 17 Air at a similar level - the rumours seemed to be that it would maintain the $899 pricing of the Plus, but maybe this move from amsung will embolden Apple to up the price further!
I remember all the sci-fi movies where phones were a screen the thickness of a credit card. The iPhone Air and Edge (although less) refer to this image. They give us something that was once almost unimaginable today. If it really is a value below 5 mm, it will be a huge sales success.
This new Samsung phone is for people who want a nice looking phone that's also very slim. I won't get it because I buy iPhones. I probably won't get an iPhone Air when it comes out because I prioritize the cameras over most other features. Otherwise, I'd probably get an Air.
Not sure about camera's, displays etc but I agree on AI
One of my colleague has the S25 Ultra and was using the magic eraser feature on some photos from a work event, I couldn't believe how much better than the Apple clean up feature it was.
Apple needs to seriously catch up in this area.
They all have people looking at competitive intelligence, it's no secret Samsung keeps and eye on what Apple is doing but it happens the other way around too. The leak culture feeds into this too. Sure they plan ahead but no doubt about it they are keeping an eye on the competition and adjusting accordingly.
They all operate in the same ecosystem of component suppliers and manufacturers aswell, Apple even sources components from Samsung, so sometimes it can be a case of a particular component facilitating new designs or form factors. The availability of super thin OLED displays has helped with thinner and foldable phones.
I only see complaints about the possibility of worse battery life and its extreme thinness being unnecessary, but I think the complaints should focus on that ridiculous price tag. And they wonder why people are not upgrading more often.