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.

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.

Galaxy s10 plus gsmarena review

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. Here's precisely one of each. Ultra wide camera samples. At fit to screen magnifications the images look pretty nice with pleasing colors and very good dynamic range as far as these types of cameras go - due to the extreme coverage you're inevitably going to get a wider margin between the lightest and the darkest area in the frame, and the HDR algorithms can only do so much. Pixel-level detail is also respectable if you don't stare too closely at the corners and if you get the focus distance right - that's not the case with the second sample above where the closest flower pot is too close to be in focus. But we feel like we may be judging it too harshly. Update, Feb Here are a couple of samples to illustrate how the software correction works. Moving on to the main camera, we're seeing predictably great photos - detailed and clean, with Samsung's signature, highly-competent noise suppression leaving pretty much no trace of noise while preserving detail. Main camera samples. The telephoto camera is also a known commodity, and we've come to expect great results from it in bright light. In such conditions it captures images with very similar quality to ones from the main cam. We're inclined to think we're seeing an improvement over the old model's slightly less contrasty output.

Main camera, low-light samples, Photo mode. You can add more phones to compare how they differ.

Samsung Android Long-term. It's a welcome refresh of Samsung's UI design language, and it brings a much improved user experience. In terms of looks, it's way cleaner and less cartoonish, and some ideas it incorporates are genuinely helpful in a world now dominated by smartphones with huge displays - such as using only the bottom half of the UI to show actionable items. This significantly cuts down on the finger gymnastics you need to perform while operating the phone with one hand, at least when you are in Settings or the built-in Samsung apps. This design philosophy is unfortunately pretty far removed from what Google is doing with its apps, not to mention third-party developers.

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 Next to these two, the Galaxy S10e stands, with no telephoto cam ultra wide still present and a smaller, flatter, lower-res display, but otherwise a properly capable super-mini like the ones Sony no longer wants to make. Then there's the fourth one - the ultimate Galaxy S10 5G that may or may not happen. If it does get released, after all, that's going to be some time or another no earlier than this summer.

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. Just how important could selfie portraits be?

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GSMArena team , 27 February The feature is called Wireless PowerShare and has a toggle to enable it in the quick toggles area and it'll turn off if there's nothing to be charged within a certain amount of time. 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. Then the icing on the cake is the Galaxy S10 5G model that's even bigger than the Plus, and has ToF cameras front and back, bringing the total to six. User interface. Duplicate apps are a given right now for any Android smartphone that isn't made by Google. The latest iteration is called One UI and we're somewhat familiar with it from the Pie update to the S9 and Note9, but the S10s are the first phones to ship with it. 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. Interestingly enough, the notification cards that were introduced with Nougat and can be found on most droids since, are gone on One UI, in its default state. Ultra wide camera, low-light samples.

Let's go ahead and start with the ultra wide angle camera - we've never had one on a Galaxy S flagship, after all.

And while the new task switcher is bearable, less so is the fact that One UI adopts Android 9's roundabout way of going into multi-window by tapping the app icon and selecting split screen from the menu. Samsung seems to have decided that people like such gimmicks because most of its Chinese competitors ship them on their handsets, but the story of why those got there in the first place is a bit more complicated and has to do with the lack of the Play Store in China, which is replaced by dozens of options, ranging from barely okay to incredibly shady. Why can't it just do that by itself? Game launcher groups all your games in one place and makes sure your gaming sessions remain as uninterrupted as possible. Reviews Samsung Galaxy S10 review. The telephoto camera is also a known commodity, and we've come to expect great results from it in bright light. The same can be said about having a manual "Optimize now" button you can push to feel better about yourself from time to time. Moving on, the Galaxy S10e misses the telephoto module on the back, and it too has a single front facing cam - a total of three imagers then, to the S10's four and the Plus's five. As it is, one only shows up if you tap on the screen. You can learn more about the tested parameters and the whole testing process here. One area where the selfie camera isn't great is low-light shooting and in less than ideal conditions photos quickly get mushy. This design philosophy is unfortunately pretty far removed from what Google is doing with its apps, not to mention third-party developers. When in Vivid mode, you get a slider for adjusting the color temperature in a five-step range from cool to warm, with the default in between. Secure folder lets you keep files, memos, and apps away from prying eyes.