TheGalaxy S25 Edgeis set to be one of Samsung ’s most strange phone to set in motion in recent times . It defy Samsung ’s traditional design philosophy , where few component discern phones from one another , irrespective of their toll range . It is also set to be one of the lightest flagships Samsung has made in several age without compromise on aesthetics .
More significantly , the Galaxy S25 Edge is not an FE eq that sits beneath the newly announcedS25 series . It go in the serial and a recent leak , which bring out its central processor , vouches for that . However , there is something concerning about it too .
No cutbacks on power
The Galaxy S25 Edge was lately listed on the popular CPU benchmarking weapons platform , Geekbench(viaNotebookcheck ) . Based on the itemisation , the slim sound will pack a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset inside .
The clock speeds in the Geekbench list signal that the sound make the same overclocked adaptation of the chipset as others in the latest S series , and also attest that the S25 Edge in fact uses the 8 - center var. instead of the slimly less powerful 7 - core one that is rumored to power some other slender phones , such as the upcomingOppo Find N5or theOnePlus Open 2 .
TheSnapdragon 8 Elitenot only use a more sophisticated computer architecture compared to the last generation chip , Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 , but also offers a far better performance . While this should ensure the Galaxy S25 Edge will be no inferior to other gimmick in its category — and , presumably , its price bracket , the splintering could top to some subject .
Why the chipset has me worried
Qualcomm deploys the same Oryon cores on the Snapdragon 8 Elite that it antecedently used for theSnapdragon X Elite — a chip mean for laptops , not roving devices . That means the mobile silicon is powerful enough to cater to almost any Android system process or practical software . The overclocked “ For Galaxy ” chance variable is especially geared for somewhat good CPU performance and AI processing and should hold well against the growing needs of on - gadget AI over the coming years .
A downside of this , however , is the inordinate warmth propagation , which , despite the high power , can lead to thermal throttling . choking is a scenario when silicon - level algorithms keep the chips from performing at maximum capability to prevent them from heating too much and burn out .
While sure brands , such as OnePlus , go the redundant length to use specialized hardware — predominantlyvapor cooling chambers — to reduce high temperature build up inside the speech sound ’s body , Samsung has n’t ever been too bullish on this view . Although the Galaxy S25 series has a vapor sleeping accommodation , it is not across-the-board as we see on the OnePlus 13 — or some other less popular Android flagship of Formosan extraction .
We see the result in ourGalaxy S25 Ultra inspection , where the phone , despite being stocked with a more brawny chipset , perform poorly in synthetic benchmark like Geekbench equate to the OnePlus 13 .
The mark we see in the leak are much lower , and can be a causal agency for fear for two grounds . First , a late passing water points the vapor sleeping accommodation inside the Galaxy S25 Edge will be smaller than what we see on the Ultra , suggest lower performance . Secondly , the headphone is intended to be slimmer than the Galaxy S25 series , which further limits the strong-arm space that the rut give inside it gets to fritter to the cooler regions , and these could make thing worse .
All hope’s not lost
There is still some promise that Samsung optimise the design to keep the Galaxy S25 Edge ’s temperatures under control without muffle the savage , especially since the leak corresponds to a pre - release unit , leading to some errors . Besides that , Geekbench listings are not 100 % reliable , and can be spoofed if you experience how to potter with Android ’s source computer code .
It ’s best to assume we will know for sure when the telephone launch in the come months . Anotherrumorsuggests the Galaxy S25 Edge will launch in Q2 2025 , which could be any calendar month from April , May , or June . We will have to wait a few more weeks — or even month — to know the launching date with certainty .
