The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge takes the company’s ultra-simple design philosophy to its logical endpoint – it’s a strikingly simple and cool-looking phone that, in my opinion, looks better than the rest of this year’s releases.

If you’re judging by price alone, the iPhone 16e is the clear winner. It starts at $599 — almost half the cost of Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge, which begins at $1,099 for 256GB or $1,219.99 for the 512GB version. At that point, you could just get a standard iPhone 16 for $799 and still have cash to spare for accessories.

The Galaxy S25 Plus shares all of those same features in a larger package, with a 6.7-inch screen and -- due to its roomier case -- a larger 4,900 mAh battery. For that you'll pay an extra $140 more than the S25 to get the 256GB config at $1,000.