If you're looking for a new phone for the holidays or for 2026, this year's options have taken a tight turn. Both Apple and Samsung include extra-thin phones in their lineups, bringing up the question of whether a slim design is preferable to the roughly standard sizes we've gotten used to. And if you do decide you want to shave some thickness from your everyday phone, which one comes out on top: the Apple iPhone Air or the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge ?

So let's compare the features of these thin phones. If you press them together, are they much thicker combined than a regular iPhone 17 or Galaxy S25 ? And do they overcome tradeoffs in battery life, camera and sound quality that come with a thinner design? I'm here to do the math and compare feat

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