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2025 was going to be the year of slim flagships. The rumor mill had gone on about that incessantly. Apple was making one, many Chinese OEMs were making one, so there was no way Samsung could sit on the sidelines and let them hog the spotlight.
So Samsung did what it does best, it put together a solid device in a package that offered the best bits of its flagship lineup while having an incredibly slim frame. It was also able to get it out on the market before many of its competitors, including Apple, came out with theirs.
The Edge's future in the lineup was always questionable. Samsung's flagship Galaxy S lineup is already somewhat crowded with three primary models – the base, the +, and the Ultra. It also launches a Fan Edition model six months later. Keeping the Edge would mean its flagship series will have five different models.
Now Samsung isn't one to shy away from launching too many devices, but this is pushing it a bit too much. That's why there were rumors that we'll see the Galaxy S26+ being replaced with the Galaxy S26 Edge in 2026. Presumably that would have been the case going forward, with the middle-of-the-road model being swapped out in favor of the super slim handset for good.
That would have made sense since the + models typically have the lowest sales numbers of the entire lineup. The Ultra sells the most units, the base model comes in second place, and the + tends to come third with fewer sales than its two siblings. So even if the Edge didn't sell like gangbusters, all it needed to do was replace the volume this particular model did.
Whispers to the contrary started coming up a few weeks back amid claims that the Galaxy S25 Edge wasn't selling well. A similar report emerged earlier today which claimed that the Galaxy S26 Edge has been cancelled because of the aforementioned reason. We've also independently confirmed the same from our sources.
Does the Edge's future really matter, though? Samsung set out to prove a point with this device, that it can also do what everyone else is doing. Perhaps most importantly, it demonstrated that there could be a bona fide Galaxy competitor to the iPhone Air even before Apple launched its device.
The device also emphasized Samsung's focus on slimming down its core devices this year, capturing people's attention to ultimately divert it to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is the world's thinnest foldable phone. One of the reasons why the top-of-the-line foldable has sold very well this year is because Samsung has made it substantially thinner than any model before it.
The engineering innovations that went into creating the Galaxy S25 Edge will inevitably pay dividends elsewhere, enabling Samsung to slim down its best-selling flagship phones in both the Galaxy S and Galaxy Z series. Incremental gains that help sell a lot more of those devices will certainly be of more use to Samsung than the sales figures of one individual device.
It's far from the only device that Samsung has made to prove a point. We've seen devices like the Galaxy Round and Galaxy Note Edge that hardly stuck around but laid the groundwork for a whole new dimension of innovation and advancement for future Galaxy devices.
It's been a very busy year for Samsung between these five Galaxy S devices, new foldables, new mid-rangers, new flagship tablets, new wearables, and soon its first XR headset. It may even close out the year with its first tri-fold phone launch. The company has occupied the news cycle with new product launches at every chance it has got.
You can never rule things out, with Samsung being Samsung and all, so there's still the possibility that the Edge could make a return next year if the company decide the space exists, or it wants to keep up the new device blitzkrieg strategy it has followed this year. Either way, it won't be sweating the future of the Galaxy S26 Edge too much.
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So Samsung did what it does best, it put together a solid device in a package that offered the best bits of its flagship lineup while having an incredibly slim frame. It was also able to get it out on the market before many of its competitors, including Apple, came out with theirs.
The Edge's future in the lineup was always questionable. Samsung's flagship Galaxy S lineup is already somewhat crowded with three primary models – the base, the +, and the Ultra. It also launches a Fan Edition model six months later. Keeping the Edge would mean its flagship series will have five different models.
Now Samsung isn't one to shy away from launching too many devices, but this is pushing it a bit too much. That's why there were rumors that we'll see the Galaxy S26+ being replaced with the Galaxy S26 Edge in 2026. Presumably that would have been the case going forward, with the middle-of-the-road model being swapped out in favor of the super slim handset for good.
That would have made sense since the + models typically have the lowest sales numbers of the entire lineup. The Ultra sells the most units, the base model comes in second place, and the + tends to come third with fewer sales than its two siblings. So even if the Edge didn't sell like gangbusters, all it needed to do was replace the volume this particular model did.
Whispers to the contrary started coming up a few weeks back amid claims that the Galaxy S25 Edge wasn't selling well. A similar report emerged earlier today which claimed that the Galaxy S26 Edge has been cancelled because of the aforementioned reason. We've also independently confirmed the same from our sources.
Does the Edge's future really matter, though? Samsung set out to prove a point with this device, that it can also do what everyone else is doing. Perhaps most importantly, it demonstrated that there could be a bona fide Galaxy competitor to the iPhone Air even before Apple launched its device.
The device also emphasized Samsung's focus on slimming down its core devices this year, capturing people's attention to ultimately divert it to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is the world's thinnest foldable phone. One of the reasons why the top-of-the-line foldable has sold very well this year is because Samsung has made it substantially thinner than any model before it.
The engineering innovations that went into creating the Galaxy S25 Edge will inevitably pay dividends elsewhere, enabling Samsung to slim down its best-selling flagship phones in both the Galaxy S and Galaxy Z series. Incremental gains that help sell a lot more of those devices will certainly be of more use to Samsung than the sales figures of one individual device.
It's far from the only device that Samsung has made to prove a point. We've seen devices like the Galaxy Round and Galaxy Note Edge that hardly stuck around but laid the groundwork for a whole new dimension of innovation and advancement for future Galaxy devices.
It's been a very busy year for Samsung between these five Galaxy S devices, new foldables, new mid-rangers, new flagship tablets, new wearables, and soon its first XR headset. It may even close out the year with its first tri-fold phone launch. The company has occupied the news cycle with new product launches at every chance it has got.
You can never rule things out, with Samsung being Samsung and all, so there's still the possibility that the Edge could make a return next year if the company decide the space exists, or it wants to keep up the new device blitzkrieg strategy it has followed this year. Either way, it won't be sweating the future of the Galaxy S26 Edge too much.
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