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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Steve Hogarty

iPhone Air vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Specs and size, compared

One phone is 0.2mm thinner than the other, but can you tell which? - (The Independent)

Apple has revealed the long-rumoured iPhone Air, which, as the name suggests, is the lightest and thinnest iPhone ever made. Following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this year, the super-slender iPhone marks an unexpected revival of the wafer-thin phone trend.

Setting aside the questionable merits of very slim phones – shaving off a few millimetres is rarely worth the hit to battery life – both the iPhone Air (£999, Amazon.co.uk) and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge (£899, ) are small marvels of engineering. They’re improbably slender and feather-light in the hand, but still promising flagship-grade performance.

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