Samsung Could Kill Its Plus Model, Just Like Apple

Samsung whitethorn reflector Apple's iPhone 17 lineup exemplary positioning by eliminating its ain "plus" exemplary adjacent year, according to rumors coming retired of Asia.


This year, Apple is expected to region the "Plus" exemplary from the latest iPhone lineup owed to debased sales, replacing it with an all-new, super-thin "Air" model. As a result, the lineup volition determination from the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max to the ‌iPhone 17‌, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max.

Currently, Samsung's rival lineup consists of the Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Edge, and S25 Ultra. According to the Weibo leaker known arsenic "Instant Digital," Samsung could adjacent twelvemonth regenerate its positive exemplary with the super-thin Edge, conscionable similar Apple. The caller lineup would beryllium formed of the Galaxy S26, S26 Edge, and S26 Ultra.

Both the S25+ and S25 Edge stock a 6.7-inch display, Snapdragon 8 chip, 50-megapixel main camera, and more; determination is important overlap betwixt the devices. Key differences see the Galaxy Edge's determination to titanium alternatively of aluminum, its deficiency of a telephoto camera, and its ultra-thin design.

Earlier this year, Samsung bushed Apple successful launching a super-thin smartphone; the S25 Edge is conscionable 5.8mm thick. Apple's iPhone 17 Air could beryllium adjacent thinner astatine 5.5mm. It is expected to motorboat alongside the different ‌iPhone 17‌ models successful the fall.
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