Galaxy s10 plus gsmarena review

Samsung Android Long-term. It's a welcome refresh of Samsung's UI design language, and it brings a much improved user experience.

Only that would be oversimplifying it, and we'd rather explore the nuances. Let's go ahead and get started on our journey to find out how big of an upgrade the tenth edition of Samsung's Galaxy S is. Now, just because we opened so bluntly, doesn't mean all of that isn't true - there is, indeed, a hole in the display, but it's one gorgeous AMOLED panel that covers almost the entirety of the phone, plus the hole is not simply a hole but an all-new 4K-capable dual pixel selfie cam. At least for now? Scale it down a bit the usual - display size, battery capacity , take away the secondary cam on the front, and you get the vanilla Galaxy S

Galaxy s10 plus gsmarena review

Step by step and year by year, we're now at 10 - the Samsung Galaxy S-series have matured over the past decade with big and incremental upgrades alike bringing us closer to that elusive 'perfect smartphone'. The Galaxy S10 is by definition the best one ever, so let's see just how good the best is. The S10's got a smaller display than the Plus at 6. And then with a smaller display a smaller battery is in order, the 3,mAh capacity a slightly bigger downgrade than the diagonal. But generations of Galaxies before this one only had one front facing cam and somehow we made it to here. Other than that, the Galaxy S10 comes with the usual annual chipset update and it's top quality silicon whether it's Exynos or Snapdragon trim. The triple camera setup on the back with a brand new ultra wide module is the same as on the Plus - so two cameras more than last year's regular sized S9. If only all incremental upgrades were like this one. This year's package is a bit different from the previous three generations and their blue-accented black boxes. A black box it still is, but there's now a bolder 'S10' printed on top in a color that matches the paint job of the phone inside. Take off the lid and you'll see the phone, the accessories underneath, and little has changed here. We've previously seen bundles missing one of these adapters, so this will likely vary by region. Same thing with the case - in some markets there will be one bundled, but we didn't get any with our review unit. Hi, I've been using this beast for quite sometimes now and it can still go head to head with latest phones from competitors because as at the time of its release back in , it was way ahead of its time. Other Samsung flagship series afte

So any AMOLED max screen brightness measurement is only comparable with other tests when the size of the test pattern is clear. With the technical side of things more or less sorted out, let's head out into the hands-on area. Pixel density works out to a plentiful ppi.

But most importantly, these panels are much better now. Pixel density works out to a plentiful ppi. Oh, we almost forgot - it's an Infinity-O display, the 'O' denoting the cutout for the selfie camera. Letting the Auto take over, the phone is capable of cranking that up to more than twice that - nits in our test. Now, regarding the measurement of max brightness, it must be noted that our results differ from the numbers Samsung quotes up to nits.

Samsung's fresh new S10 lineup is once again powered by the best the industry can offer - the Qualcomm Snapdragon or Samsung's in-house Exynos chipset, depending on the market. The M4 cores offer the highest per-core performance in the Android world with the Kryo Gold in the Mi 9's Snapdragon a distant second. In the multi-core test, the Mi 9 steals the lead - the Snapdragon is more powerful than the Exynos in the Galaxy under such loads. The Galaxy does still post higher scores than the Kirin bunch and the Snapdragon s of yesteryear. Onscreen tests put a heavier strain on the Mali in the higher-res Galaxy than the p display of the Mi 9 exerts on the Adreno inside it. The entire device becomes warm, which means it's dissipating heat efficiently, but also that it's generating a lot of it.

Galaxy s10 plus gsmarena review

Picking just the right high-end phone among all high-end phones is never easy, but the good thing is you can't really go wrong. Take the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, for example. On the flipside, the Mate takes dismal selfies, while we're really loving the ones out of the Galaxy. The iPhone XS Max doesn't charge faster than anything, but that's hardly a dealbreaker. Another awesome screen, comparable battery life, great camera performance - the iPhone is a top-seller for a reason. The Galaxy, however, has an extra ultra wide camera on the back and a depth sensor on the front - can't beat those with any iOS optimizations. The Xperia 1 quickly comes to mind with a unique sorta-4K display, similar triple-cam setup to the Galaxy's and vanilla Android experience.

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It's a welcome refresh of Samsung's UI design language, and it brings a much improved user experience. Edge panels, Edge lighting. It's not just slow to load when you reach it, it's also slow to scroll through because of the pointlessly exaggerated animations that bring the different panels into view. It's characterized by its rounded menus and buttons, focus on single-handed use, and a colorful iconography. There is an additional set of RGB sliders under the advanced button below. Pros Standout design, top-quality build, unique colors. We measured a full 24 hours of 3G voice calls too. You can check out our complete battery test table , where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use. Night mode, Edge screen One UI has Night mode, a full-blown system-wide dark theme that you can enable, and even schedule to automatically turn on and off at set times, which is very handy. We can only imagine Samsung's claim for nits maximum brightness may very well be true, it would just be measured under different conditions with a smaller APL.

Let's go ahead and start with the ultra wide angle camera - we've never had one on a Galaxy S flagship, after all. For one, designing a lens so wide with no distortion is nigh impossible for full-size cameras and it's not any easier for a smartphone, so this camera does produce images with pronounced barrel distortion. In principle, the ultra wide lens works great for capturing interiors, exaggerating perspective while emphasizing a nearby subject and clouds, also clouds.

Night mode, Edge screen One UI has Night mode, a full-blown system-wide dark theme that you can enable, and even schedule to automatically turn on and off at set times, which is very handy. One area where the selfie camera isn't great is low-light shooting and in less than ideal conditions photos quickly get mushy. Next Page » 8. And then with a smaller display a smaller battery is in order, the 3,mAh capacity a slightly bigger downgrade than the diagonal. GSMArena team , 20 February They're just not there yet. Even so, it still resorts to the main module under a certain light threshold, it's just that it's apparently lower now. Bixby key is customizable Bixby Voice actually feels like it belongs in the "duplicate apps" section of this review, because there's not a lot that it brings to the table that makes it unique enough to live on a device alongside Google's Assistant. Portrait samples Live focus also does more than a respectable job with non-human subjects and you can use it for close-ups of flowers and whatnot. Competition Picking just the right high-end phone among all high-end phones is never easy, but the good thing is you can't really go wrong. There are a few different effects you can apply to your portraits with a couple of different blur styles or a black and white filter to the out of focus area. With the technical side of things more or less sorted out, let's head out into the hands-on area.