This year, Samsung unified the design language of its flagships of the S series, making the S25, S25+ and the Ultra S25 look and feel the same (except the camera). The curved sides of the Ultra S24 finally disappeared, replaced by the solid and square lines that are seen on the cheapest galaxy s phones. The plans make the device easier to grab, slide in your pocket or hold when you try to photograph it for a technology website.
I will be honest, they look like iPhones. And older galaxy s phones. And, well, even older iPhones. Smart phones have jumped from plans to curves since they exist.
With Samsung, we have clung to the rounded sides from the debut of the Galaxy S (2010) until 2015. Then, the Galaxy S6 (2015) had more flattened sides before the series returned to the curves for the S8 (2017). It remained thus until the most recent S24, and in recent years these curves were gradually outlined. The S25 series now has flat sides for each model.
Are the most flat sides really easier to grab? I don't know. I am a hypocritical. I have found several reviews and impressions of pieces in which I love flat sides. I found the same number of stories in which I loved curved devices. Why should you believe me again? I am sure that there are technology journalists who have stayed with a factor better, but I could not find them.
Every time it happens and the company explains its change, designers say This lack of curves/introduction of curves It is better than what was last year. In an interview with Vanity Fair In 2024, Jony Ive said Apple chose rounded edges for the iPhone 6 series because they made larger phones less seem less clumsy. It was then that the iPhone 6 Plus had a drunk 5.5 -inch screen, which seems … picturesque in 2025.
My theory is that our hands get used to any phone form factor we have used in recent years. That means that when the design changes (or changes to a different manufacturer), more attention must be paid to its support. But that effect fades.
If the two most important and influential telephone manufacturers have decided on flat sides, then there are reasons for it. Until there is an even greater motive to return, once again, to the curves.
(Tagstotranslate) Team
