Samsung is set to announce the Galaxy S25 series on the 22nd of January. As previously discussed, rumours say there will be a fourth device added to the family – the Galaxy S25 Slim.
Apple is also rumoured to be working on a super slim device of their own too. Who is asking for these devices?
The reason I’m not excited about these additions is that chasing thinness always results in certain compromises. You usually get smaller batteries and smaller camera sensors, meaning inferior battery life and camera performance.
Then there is also the hit to performance. A thinner device will not be able to dissipate heat as well as a thicker device, all things being equal. So, it will have to throttle its processor so as to not overheat.
That’s exactly what we might be seeing in the Galaxy S25 Slim if these Geekbench results are anything to go by.
Geekbench is a tool that measures a phone’s performance by running tests to see how fast it can handle different tasks, like opening apps or multitasking. It gives a score that helps compare how powerful one phone is compared to another.
A Galaxy S25 Slim prototype was spotted in the Geekbench online results database. Do remember that a final product might perform differently to a prototype but it’s usually not by much.
The results of the S25 Slim were a bit disappointing, as you would expect from a phone that’s rumoured to come in at less than 7mm. For context, the S24 Ultra is 8.6mm thick.
You don’t need to know exactly what these figures mean. Except that other phones with the same chip – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite – that the Slim has are posting higher scores.
Other phones are posting multi-core results close to 10000, far higher than the Slim’s 6945. However, single core scores are in line with the others.
Might be a good deal
The sleek and slender design might be worth it, assuming you won’t stick in a case which defeats the purpose.
On the performance bit at least, the thinness might not be that bad. Yes, the multicore is lower but unless you are doing heavy stuff, you won’t run into any bottlenecks.
If your usage involves social media, email, camera, media consumption and other tasks that aren’t gaming, you won’t even be able to tell that the chip is constrained.
For context, the chip in the S24 Ultra gets to around 7200 whilst the one in the S23 is between 5000-6000. So, even though you won’t get everything the chip in the S25 Slim has to offer you’ll still be getting an excellent performance.
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