Having had to prepare for the fact that the long -awaited Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim will probably not launch at the Galaxy Unpacked Wednesday event along with the same Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra; Instead, leaks imply that it will be launched. Around May, it is now when Slim could not even be available in all markets: especially in the United States, if you have to believe in leaks.
The first comes from reputable tipster Evan Blass, who used his personal ” who came up to tell him. They are told that although the S25 Slim will be available in 39 markets, the United States will not be part of it, but the United Kingdom and Australia will be.
All leaks will be taken with a pinch of salt, especially the leakage of telephone sand, since we cannot call or determine the affirmation of the source of the facts, however, it would not be Samsung’s first “thin” device in the last years.
Example The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim, which ended up called Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE (special edition), only launched in South Korea and China when it arrived last year. The S25 Slim turns out to have a broader version, but not as wide as Samsung’s flagship gadgets.
The only question we wonder is why America will be forgotten in particular. Given that Samsung’s home market is South Korea, it stands to reason that the safe versions would be limited to this single-market market, or South Korea and a handful of neighboring Asian territories, as we’ve noticed with the Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE. However, if it is introduced more widely, forget about the United States, the third MarketPlaceplace India and China-Seems Strange.
The only justification we can think of is Samsung is concerned about possible US tariffs that incoming President Trump has threatened to levy at various US imports – especially those coming in from China which is where plenty of smartphones are manufactured. If Samsung plans to produce the S25 Slim in a region Trump is imposing tariffs on imports from then it may decide that releasing the phone in the US won’t be worthwhile, and so while we wait and see precisely what Trump’s plans are Samsung might be taking the route of under-promising and over delivering if tariffs aren’t as impactful as expected.
Beyond borrowing its more limited version, the S25 Slim can also copy the call of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim, i. e. it will be called the Slim. According to Blass, who, in a separate post, asked why we wait for the so-called Galaxy S25 Slim to be marked as such when the Z Fold 6 Slim doesn’t.
This doesn’t mean the S2Five Slim isn’t a slim device, with a leaker virtual cat station on Weibo saying that the slim and rumored iPhone 17 will be five to 6mm thick. Compared to the iPhone 16 being 7. 8mm thick (read our iPhone 16 review) and 7. 6mm for the Samsung Galaxy S24, however, a non-targeted call to be thicker would possibly imply that it will come with more shade modifications and updates in the fundamental model.
Such an upgrade has already been teased by rumors suggesting it’ll boast a 200MP main camera instead of the 50MP expected of the base Galaxy S25 smartphone.
For now we’ll have to wait and see what Samsung has up its sleeve for the S25 Slim, but if you’re in the US you probably don’t want to hold your breath that’ll you’ll be able to get your hands on it in 2025.
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