Flashback: the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite punched above its weight

28 January 2023
This "lite" phone had the fastest charging speed of any Galaxy S phone, at least for a month. And it had a Snapdragon chip in regions that normally got Exynos.

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  • Otinel
  • sp4
  • 19 Feb 2023

This is one of the best phones I ever had from Samsung! Great cameras for both photos and videos. In some scenarios the selfie cam is better than S20 FE! Great battery life, very good performance overall. I still have it and obviously use it and I would buy it again, if it would come with a newer processor, so it can benefit of more android upgrades! I also had Note 10 Lite and I was very happy with it!

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    • Ab9
    • fCF
    • 15 Feb 2023

    Snapdragon was only reason to buy this over Note 10 lite. Its been almost 3 years still my phone performs well.

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      • Mr Unknown
      • tVw
      • 13 Feb 2023

      I still have this model since mid 2020. It's a good phone but some sacrifices have been made and was soon superseded by S20FE.

      The display panel is the same as A71 which was launched around the same time. The display quality was bad and died within months. I had a warranty replacement for the screen and hopefully would be the last time it needed another replacement again.

      The OIS was kinda experimental type, the only time samsung used it to test water but didn't quite work out. This kind of OIS would be passed on to Vivo for X50 till X80 series (marketed as micro gimbal) but Vivo has recently ditched it on X90 series. Another brand using this is Asus zenfone 9.

      Battery life was decent, can last through one and an half days when it was still new. But now no longer as decent with Battery degradation and software updates.

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        • Ravi
        • KSt
        • 04 Feb 2023

        Pa3aN, 30 Jan 2023Still using it after Almost 3 years works perfect. Android ... moreSame for my phone. Works perfectly well still. Don't feel like giving it up for nore expensive note phones

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          • Pa3aN
          • gDf
          • 30 Jan 2023

          Still using it after Almost 3 years works perfect. Android is up to date. Its a lil bit sad that New fe from samsung are smaller thanks this one

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            • AnonD-731363
            • Lfw
            • 30 Jan 2023

            Cyberchum, 30 Jan 2023Talking a lot, but saying nothing. Again, If only your t... moreMan since you dont know me you ahve no idea.
            I always support comunity of poor people.
            And i mean real poor people no donations to organizations where i dont see how or when my donations will be used.
            Once i gave 4 full bags of my unused clothes i did not use anymore.
            Always buy some food if i have space money for said people.
            Because if i give em cash they spend on alcohol or tobbacco but when buy food they will be gradually happy.
            Its something many rich people should learn.
            Its nice to give to some charities but you never know maybe they will sell your free given clothes for 2 euros each. This way i am sure they end way i want.

              AnonD-731363, 29 Jan 2023Man you finny. Even if i can afford caviar branded and ma... moreTalking a lot, but saying nothing.

              Again, If only your tears equalled money, you'd have been stinking rich. 😂

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                • Anonymous
                • gqb
                • 30 Jan 2023

                Anonymous, 29 Jan 2023If only note 10 lite had a snapdragon SoC too...And also DeX. The Tab Active3 use the same exact Exynos 9810 chipset as the Note10 Lite, and yet it has DeX.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vaS
                  • 30 Jan 2023

                  AnonD-731363, 29 Jan 2023Haha the S-Pen for a short text most people will n ot draw ... moreAnd Samsung is using these fools who bought Notes but complained about the existence of the S-Pen to slowly remove the Spen and/or kill off the Note series.

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                    • AnonD-731363
                    • SH3
                    • 29 Jan 2023

                    dbjungle, 29 Jan 2023I didn't have it, I always wanted to buy one, but the ... moreWell man never had an S-Pen or phone which needed that.
                    But since i am very lazy for certain things i wonder whether i will be using it or not.
                    But aas i know myself probbably wont because it takes some time and for small things it useless to use it.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3PH
                      • 29 Jan 2023

                      If only note 10 lite had a snapdragon SoC too...

                        Anonymous, 29 Jan 2023There's just one area where Samsung really got it wron... moreI think Samsung do that because of the A90 5G. If you compare the specs between the two phones, the A90 5G has 5G bands, better glass protection (GG6 vs GG3+), faster internal storage (UFS 3.0 vs UFS 2.1), and USB-C 3.1 with wired DeX support. Maybe, if Samsung made the S10 Lite with similar hardware as the A90 5G, it won't be any cheaper than the S10 or S10+. After all, the A90 5G has the same original RRP as the S10e, and the S10 Lite is $100/€100 less than either.

                          AnonD-731363, 29 Jan 2023Haha the S-Pen for a short text most people will n ot draw ... moreI didn't have it, I always wanted to buy one, but the price never dropped much. I wanted to use it to draw on, but I care a lot less about it now that USI is a thing.

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                            • tsA
                            • 29 Jan 2023

                            Cyberchum, 29 Jan 2023The article says when? Before or after the correction? The ... moreOh, I must have seen the article after the correction then, my bad.

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                              • AnonD-731363
                              • SH3
                              • 29 Jan 2023

                              Cyberchum, 29 Jan 2023If only your tears equalled money, you'd have been sti... moreMan you finny.
                              Even if i can afford caviar branded and made phone fr many thousdant euros i wouldnt spend a dime on such expensive device.
                              Many people worldwide starving have nothing to eat, no roof over their heads, no place they can call home, no money to buy habbits of people living in western rich countries etc.
                              Rather will give money to poor and stick with something for 200-400 bucks which does equally same job like 1000+ eur device than toss money out of window for nothing extra worth that cash.

                                AnonD-731363, 29 Jan 2023Ye and like Note 20 series and many A, M and S series. It w... moreIf only your tears equalled money, you'd have been stinking rich. 😂

                                  A.C, 29 Jan 2023'only the second Samsung phone', the article says.The article says when? Before or after the correction? The writer has already seen the error and edited the article.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gqb
                                    • 29 Jan 2023

                                    There's just one area where Samsung really got it wrong: Putting USB-C 2.0. If Samsung keeps the USB-C 3.1 port and give DeX capability, this would have been a great phone.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nwk
                                      • 29 Jan 2023

                                      magnaroader, 29 Jan 2023I'm literally typing this comment from my Note 10 Lite... more+1

                                        Correction. The Galaxy S10 Lite supports 4K 60fps video recording via a software update that was released in February 2020

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