Samsung Galaxy S10+ review

27 February 2019
Punch out a hole in the display, add an extra camera on the back, do the mandatory yearly updates to the internals and you'd end up with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ - that is, if you started out with an S9+ if it wasn't obvious. Only that would be oversimplifying it, and we'd rather explore the nuances.

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  • 28 Feb 2019

Anonymous, 28 Feb 2019Especially in low light is horrible, if the Photo compare t... moreIf you scale to 8MP even the 2017 XZs is on little advantage over s10+

    Recow, 28 Feb 2019The s10+ has better battery life, you can see a real life e... moreNot quite, GSMArena shows that Mate 20 Pro actually reaches higher display max brightness in manual brightness mode(508 nits vs 385 nits). At 0:36 you can clearly see that Mate 20 Pro's display is brighter than S10+'s as well, which means if you set the brightness exactly the same you might even get slightly worse battery life on S10+ as GSMArena's objective battery test suggests.

      laci65, 28 Feb 2019this video comparison is a jokeNo it's not, the guy puts a lot of effort in making these video's have some respect.

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        • Pedro
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        • 28 Feb 2019

        where is the notification led?

          Recow, 28 Feb 2019See camera test s10+ vs mate20 : on most point the s10 is b... morethis video comparison is a joke

            AnonF-85937, 28 Feb 2019So GSMArena themselves have stated that the Mate 20 Pro get... moreSee camera test s10+ vs mate20 : on most point the s10 is better, except for night shot, but that might be resolved with a future firmware update.

            https://youtu.be/IrrRFX745-Y

              Anonymous, 28 Feb 2019Especially in low light is horrible, if the Photo compare t... moreeven the "big" 4000 mah battery is just like the XZ3 with 3300 mah

                AnonF-85937, 28 Feb 2019So GSMArena themselves have stated that the Mate 20 Pro get... moreThe s10+ has better battery life, you can see a real life example :

                https://youtu.be/QgqinnFGqmQ

                Case closed :D

                  Depressing to see the camera samples. Same over-sharpened stuff that I've come to expect from all Samsung's phones. And with the Exynos chip there's no control over post processing. Can't order a SnapDragon model online due to the region locking. So with that it's years since I spent any money on a Samsung phone.

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                    • Ossie77
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                    • 28 Feb 2019

                    Confusing assessment of the wide angle camera. First reviewer says barrel distortion is 'pronounced' but then says 'its nowhere near as bad as early LG phones.'
                    Also, like same journalists review of the Pixel 3, the overall tone is markedly indifferent and lukewarm.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 28 Feb 2019

                      Night shots are mediocre there must be an issue with camera or software

                        Penhoat, 28 Feb 2019This has got to be one of the most sour reviews I've read i... more"Dual SIM for the first time" - what??

                        Presence of Bixby button itself is unnecessary, and for some people - uncomfortable.

                        Screen to body ratio is not an essential feature for a smartphone, especially when it's gained by display with uncomfortable curved edges. And punch-hole in display is more obtrusive than even a notch (although it's better without both, obviously), and it's also unrational because of angle-shaped strip of useless pixels - and they even don't hide this hole usefully, they just move UI down, as seen in first picture of Page 2! That is ridiculous!

                        The speed and convenience of fingerprint readers are at least as much important as its security.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 28 Feb 2019

                          Nick Tagataka, 28 Feb 2019To summerise: -Display has a genuinely class-leading quali... moreHope Samsung bring note 10 with new camera, ddr5 and UFS 3.0.

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                            • 28 Feb 2019

                            Nick Tagataka, 28 Feb 2019To summerise: -Display has a genuinely class-leading quali... moreGalaxy’s and note line has power saving mode on by default that reduce the CPU performance to 70% I think this one main reason why Galaxy s10 kinda laggy in performance including Samsung heavy UI.

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                              • AnonF-85937
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                              • 28 Feb 2019

                              So GSMArena themselves have stated that the Mate 20 Pro gets better battery life and has a better rear camera than the S10+

                              Case closed.

                              "Take the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, for example. Like the S10+, it too comes with a triple camera and its tele has even more reach than the one on the Galaxy, plus its ultra wide angle cam has autofocus, which the S10+'s doesn't. On the flipside, the Mate takes dismal selfies, while we're really loving the ones out of the Galaxy. The S10+ packs a more powerful chip (the Exynos version, at least), while the Mate's battery lasts longer, plus it charges faster."

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                                • mulkman
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                                • 28 Feb 2019

                                Anonymous, 28 Feb 2019how can the battery be worse than note 9. is this tested wi... moreIt was tested with their newer exynos chipset.

                                The same fate crippled the Galaxy S9 series but you have to take into consideration the native screen resolution (higher resolution more battery drain)

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 28 Feb 2019

                                  Especially in low light is horrible, if the Photo compare tool is credible, check the Xperia XZ3 against this "superphone", scaling both to 12MPX. The Sony Xperia XZ3 with a single camera is much much better.

                                    Nick Tagataka, 28 Feb 2019Thinner body, more compromised lens quality.It could also be something else:
                                    1. unoptimized software.
                                    2. bad s10+ unit received by gsmarena.
                                    3. dirty lens (less likely).

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                                      • Penhoat
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                                      • 28 Feb 2019

                                      This has got to be one of the most sour reviews I've read in a while. Honestly.
                                      There's no praise that for the first time we have dual SIM, we're just hating.
                                      Bixby button can be remapable, we're still hating.
                                      Screen to body ratio never been higher (with the S10 being an "O"), ignoring that, still hating.
                                      The fingerprint reader is under display, more secure than the optical under screen ones, ignoring that, still hating.

                                      You either don't like Samsung, or were just in a bad mood, but you sound so sour when reviewing damn.

                                        Mr. Anonymous, 28 Feb 2019Gsmarena low-light S10+ test shots look too blurry to be tr... moreThinner body, more compromised lens quality.

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