According to a new report from Korea, the Galaxy S26 Edge has been cancelled, not just postponed. As many of you know, Samsung opted to launch the Galaxy S26+ instead of the Galaxy S26 Edge (coming in Q1 2026), which was planned originally.
The Galaxy S26 Edge has been cancelled, as consumers ditch ultra-thin phones
Poor sales of the Galaxy S25 Edge and the iPhone Air pushed Samsung towards a different solution. Consumers don’t seem to be all that interested in ultra-thin phones. Regular phones are very thin as it is, and they don’t want to sacrifice battery life and cameras in the process.
Well, based on a report from The Korea Economic Daily, Samsung is stepping away from ultra-thin phones. Don’t expect to see a new ‘Edge’ model in 2026, be it the Galaxy S26 Edge, or any other phone for that matter.
The Galaxy S25 Edge is very thin, but it has a tiny 3,900mAh battery. On top of that, Samsung sacrificed a telephoto camera in the process. The tradeoffs simply don’t seem worth it, based on sales of this device and devices like it.
Apple scaled back production of the iPhone Air back in October
A report from back in October said that Apple scaled back production of the iPhone Air by one million units. Not even the iPhone Air is selling as well as Apple expected, and it’s possible we won’t see its successor next year.
The Galaxy S25 Edge was supposed to have a larger battery than its predecessor, but not by much. Samsung still didn’t adopt silicon-carbon tech, and creating such ultra-thin phones without a silicon-carbon battery seems pointless.
Silicon-carbon tech could benefit Samsung, but… it’s not happening, at least not yet
If the company ended up using that tech in the Galaxy S25 Edge, who knows, perhaps its fate would have been different. The company could have utilized a notably higher capacity in the same package.
Silicon-carbon tech is not brand new. Chinese companies have been using it for a while, and it enabled them to create truly thin foldables. We’re also seeing phones with extremely high battery capacities that are not thicker than regular devices with notably lower battery capacities.
It remains to be seen what will happen in the future. It seems like Samsung is stepping away from ultra-thin phones, though.
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