Why wouldn’t Samsung just make the Galaxy S26 Edge the best phone possible is beyond me, but that’s the timeline we’re in.
The super-slim flagship trend is one of the more inexplicable developments in the smartphone world, considering what people want from their phones. Virtually everyone says they’d prefer a thicker device with a bigger battery that can last longer.
However, Samsung has released the Galaxy S25 Edge with a thinner body and smaller battery than any other model in the series. Apparently, the company will stick to the same strategy and offer an even slimmer Galaxy S26 Edge with a slightly larger, but still small battery.
On the surface, Samsung is sacrificing what users say is the most important aspect of a smartphone for pure aesthetics, which is surprising. But what’s truly baffling is that such sacrifice is unnecessary.
There is a battery technology that can provide bigger capacity in a smaller package, but Samsung won’t use it. Instead, the company will stick to the old-school lithium-ion batteries and act like, well, Apple.
Samsung used to mean innovation and risk
Back in the day, Samsung was at the cutting edge of smartphone technology. The company was always trying things, sometimes to a fault. Its phones were crammed with features and utilized the latest technology.
