The Samsung Galaxy S25 “Slim” has been a part of the rumor mill for some time now. When you’ve missed it, right here’s what it’s good to know: it nearly actually does exist, and it’s anticipated to launch someday through the center of 2025 as an alternative of subsequent month like the remainder of the Galaxy S25 lineup. Now, we’ve a greater thought of simply how skinny this telephone would possibly really be.
Identified tipster Ice Universe shared the information on Weibo, stating that its thickness “could also be 6.x mm.” In different phrases, the leaker isn’t positive of the precise thickness however expects it to fall simply above 6mm.
The thinnest mannequin of a Galaxy telephone presently accessible is the Galaxy S24, coming in at 7.6mm thick. The Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus additionally are available in at that very same thickness. Even when the S25 Slim is barely 6.9mm thick, that’s nonetheless a big lower over what’s presently accessible.
It wouldn’t be Samsung’s first try at a slender telephone, both. Again in 2015, Samsung launched the Galaxy A8, a handset that was simply 5.9mm thick. It stays one of many thinnest Samsung telephones ever created, and whereas we anticipate the S25 Slim to be small, we don’t anticipate it to be that small.
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For comparability, the Apple iPhone 16 is 7.8mm thick, whereas the Google Pixel 9 is available in at 8.5mm. The Galaxy S25 lineup already appears to be like to be thinner than a lot of the competitors, even out of the gate.
And so far as the thinnest telephone goes, that honor falls to the Honor Magic V3. This folding handset measures solely 9.2mm when closed — an already spectacular measurement — however is simply 4.4mm when opened. For reference, that’s lower than two-tenths of an inch.
How a lot of a sensible profit will come from the Galaxy S25 Slim’s skinny design stays to be seen. Nonetheless, assuming this newest leak is correct, it’ll actually be a powerful technical feat, if nothing else.
