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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim to only be sold in these countries: Is yours on the list?
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is scheduled to launch at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event on January 22, while the Galaxy S25 Slim could be launched in May of this year. Meanwhile, a report claims that the Galaxy S25 Slim variant may be limited to select countries.
Previously, reliable source evleaks had hinted that the thinner Galaxy S25 variant will not be named Slim and will not be available in US telcos. The leaker added some solid facts to solidify his Galaxy S25 Slim reveal. As you know, there was a lot of buzz about the slimmer Galaxy Z Fold 6, which was launched as a Z Fold Special Edition, called the Galaxy Z Fold SE.
A well-known publication, PhoneArena, citing a historically reliable source, said that the Galaxy S25 Slim will be exclusive to only 39 markets. This means that Samsung may not launch this variant in other regions. You can check out the list of countries where the Galaxy S25 Slim may launch below.
Consumers in the following countries will reportedly be able to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim (or however it ends up being called):
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Caucasus
- Croatia
- Egypt
- France
- India
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia/Montenegro
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Srilanka
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- UAE
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
While the report notes that this is not an exhaustive list and should be viewed with a grain of salt.
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series Unpacked event is just a few days away, taking place this Wednesday. Although at the moment it seems like the slim Galaxy won’t even be mentioned, we may still see a teaser about it.
Today, with beta 4 Google expanded Android 16 Beta to select non-Pixel flagship devices from partner brands. Samsung, as always, is skipping the Android 16 Beta Program, while the new OS is available for select devices launched by Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi.
Google released Android 16 beta 4 with a second version of platform stability and announced that apps compatible with the new OS will now be available on the Play Store.
Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi have opened beta registration windows for their latest flagship devices launched in the last few months. Samsung, however, is yet to complete One UI 7 for its Galaxy devices, but will soon roll out the stable One UI 7 and launch an independent One UI beta program.
Last week, it was revealed that the company is already working on Android 16’s adaptation and testing the alleged One UI 8 on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones.
Android continues to deliver great updates and new features throughout the year, while feedback from the beta community plays a vital role in constantly improving Android. The Android 16 developer site has a lot more information about the beta, including downloads and a release timeline for Pixel.
List of devices that are running the Android 16 Beta
- HONOR Magic 7 Pro
- Lenovo YOGA Tab Plus
- OnePlus 13
- OPPO Find X8
- realme GT 7 Pro
- iQOO 13
- vivo X200 Pro
- Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Xiaomi 15
- Redmi K70 Ultra
After the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung has today resumed the rollout of One UI 7 based on the Android 15 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE. It is worth noting that the Korean tech giant had halted the rollout a few days ago due to a serious bug discovered in the initial update, so it is now rolling out a new firmware that will fix this issue.
Samsung has started rolling out the new One UI 7 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE. Initially available in South Korea, the new One UI 7 build will go live in more markets soon. This build is a more refined build than the initial build and includes fixes for system improvements.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE users can recognize it by the build number ending with BYD9.
Your Galaxy foldable device might have also received the new build. But you can check for the update manually in Settings > Software update. Click on Download and install so that your phone can receive the new OTA.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has now appeared on Geekbench, revealing that the company is carrying out pre-launch tests and preparations for its new device. The latest listing also solves the chipset mystery that has been in rumours for a long time.
According to the Geekbench 6.4 listing, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 US variant with model number SM-F966U achieved 3022 points on single-core and 9307 points on multi-core tests.
The US variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has appeared on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Also, the phone is expected to run on Android 16-based One UI 8 operating system
Being a flagship folding handset, all these things sound quite good. Nevertheless, the actual performance will only be known once the device is officially launched in the consumer market. Inputs reveal that the chipset is clocked at 3.53 GHz base frequency.
Apart from this, the Korean tech giant can launch the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7 around July this year. Also, an affordable flip model can also be introduced along with both the devices.
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