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Samsung is gearing up for a major showdown between its flagship models—the Galaxy S25 Ultra, a beast from Samsung and the Galaxy S25 Edge that just launched globally. The price for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge goes over 1 Lakh, almost reaching the price of the Ultra. So the question arises, Which one is better? Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge or Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra? Both smartphones bring cutting-edge features, powerful performance, and stylish designs, but which one truly has the edge? While the Galaxy S25 Ultra was not considered a huge upgrade over its predecessor, yet it comes with a premium hardware and software combo. The Galaxy S25 Edge also has a sleek build without compromising too much. Let’s discuss their differences and features to know which one is better.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra : What’s the difference?

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge does not have the telephoto camera, so the camera that was present in the S25 Ultra is eliminated from the Edge model.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra comes with a telephoto lens that gives us optical zoom levels for better zooming capabilities

Physical Overview and Display

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is a very thin smartphone, the slimmest from Samsung, at 5.8 mm thick. Whereas on the other hand Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is 8.2 mm thick, making a huge difference in its grip when put side by side. Also, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge does not have an anti-reflective coating, whereas, on the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has the anti-reflective coating.

Battery and Charging

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge comes with a small 3,900mAh battery, all because of its sleek design and supports 25W fast charging. 

And talking about the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, it comes with 5,000mAh battery and support of up to 45W fast charging, a good edge that Ultra gets because of its hefty build as compared to S25 Edge.

S-Pen

Another obvious big thing is that Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has an S-Pen in it whereas the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge does not have the S-Pen.

Now let's se what's same in both the smartphones.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra : What’s Same?

Camera

While talking about the camera both Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge have a 200MP main wide camera sensor for sharper photos when you click it in High resolution mode.

Software and OS

Talking about the software, both the devices comes with Android based One UI 7 operating system. And also, both the devices comes with 7 years of update policy. So you can hang onto them for long term.

Processor

Now moving to the performance part, so Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra comes with Qualcomm powered Snapdragon 8 Elite made for Galaxy.

AI (Artifical Intelligence)

Both the devices comes with Samsung powered Galaxy AI features such as audio eraser, sketch to image, AI image eraser, etc.

Physical Build

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, both the devices have Titanium frame and have similar build and ports.

Same 3 Colour variants

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra are both available in the same 3 colour variants : Titanium Silver, Titanium Jetblack, and Titanium Icyblue.

Display

Both the devices comes with a QuadHD+ resolution with 120Hz refresh rate and 2600nits peak brightness making both displays pretty much identical.

Charging

Now talking about the charging you might be thinking that we discussed it already in the What’s Same section, but no. Here both the devices comes with a 15W fast wireless charging.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra : Price Comparison

Now finally talking about the price, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price starts at Rs. 1,09,999 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra price starts at Rs. 1,29,999.

Conclusion

For the price difference of Rs. 20,000 you will need to give up the battery, faster charging, S-Pen, and extraordinary zooming capabilities. If these are a must, then you should go for Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. As per my opinion, seeing the price to specification ratio, Samsung S25 Ultra will be a better choice as in Edge you will have to give up more than what you get.