The saga ofSamsung ’s ultra - slight Galaxy S25 Edgehas study a brace of interesting turns , and not necessarily the good kind . We ’ll start with the good news first . It was latterly reportedly that direction struggles at the party may havedelayed the phone ’s launching to the May - June period .
Now , it seems Samsung has locked on a release engagement , and it ’s sooner than expected . A reliable leakster ( viaSamMobile ) has claimed that the earpiece will be annunciate formally on May 13 . antecedently , it was heavy rumor to arrive halfway through April , before the corporate shuffle materialise .
As far as the announcement goes , it will reportedly be an online - only thing , sans any glitzy launching event . The bigger whodunit is whether it will go on sales agreement the same month , or the next , and how much it is go to be due to late geopolitical upshot .
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The Galaxy S25 Edge is wait to offer a 6.7 - inch OLED show , while Qualcomm ’s top - of - the - cable Snapdragon 8 elect SoC keeps things ticking under the hood . The shell is reportedly made out of titanium , while the cross - section profile is say to be under six millimeters .
The coming phone is rumored to offera huge 200 - megapixel primary cameraaccompanied by a 12MP ultrawide lens . alas , due to its thin profile , the battery size of it could be even small than the one fit inside the mainlineGalaxy S25 .
Politics spoiling the party
The more urgent quandary , however , is the pricing situation . So far , the majority of insider report and manufacture analysts have forebode an asking price between the Galaxy S25 + and its Ultra variate . That would intend a sticker Leontyne Price north of a thousand dollars .
The industry , however , acquire a jar within the retiring twosome of days as President Donald Trump announced a wholesale circle of new duty . Notably , these tariffs are hitting area that are manufacturing hub for Samsung and Apple , such as Vietnam , China , and India . As per expert , a price rise is nearly inevitable due to the duty spot .
“ Apple , Samsung , Google and other players trust on complex , deeply integrated electronic internet all outside of the US , ” CounterPoint Research say in a statement share with Digital Trends . “ Moving manufacturing stateside is n’t happening overnight ( or ever ) without massive government subsidies and round - the - clock availability of skilled labor , and even then , terms will soar up because of a lack of toll arbitrage . ”
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The impingement wo n’t be spread evenly , and how it reflects on the net price will also vary on a per - brand basis . In Samsung ’s case , over half of its headphone are assembled in Vietnam , which just got hit with the high tariff among all the target nations , at 46 % , as per Korea’sChosun News .
“ Still , manufacture experts concord that Samsung and Apple will have no choice but to leaven smartphone prices in the U.S. due to the duty side effect , ” add together the report . It would be interesting to see how Samsung balances the tariffs as the regional supply chain grapples with higher costs .
come back to the Galaxy S25 Edge , it was already going to be a pricey earpiece . With the new tariffs hitting about all the fabrication hubs for Samsung , it would be interesting to see whether the society absorbs the high manufacturing costs or passes them on to the average buyer .
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There ’s a chance that Samsung might put an introductory terms on the table for a limited time to drive intake , and then raise it a few months by and by .
