Samsung Galaxy S10e review

19 March 2019
The Samsung Galaxy S10e is like a breath of fresh air in a world of behemoth smartphones with enormous displays. To be honest, we didn’t expect Samsung or any other manufacturer for that matter to release a compact flagship. Especially since even Sony dropped their compact lineup. But here it is - a small flagship phone for a little less than you’d expect from a normal flagship these days.

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  • 20 Mar 2019

how about sunlight contrast ratio ?

    I miss the old sunlight contrast ratio chart. Seems like GSMArena is removing features one by one.

    If someone from the team is reading this, tech enthusiasts really don't like the current direction this website is taking. We need in-depth reviews with charts so that we can easily compare and visualize differences with other phones.

    We also need a head-to-head comparison, something along the lines of Galaxy S4 vs HTC One from the olden-golden days.

      Though I dislike this phone because of its UI, I agree its screen is excellent, Samsung really have advantages in display.

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        • Anonymous
        • uvc
        • 20 Mar 2019

        It is just 150 gram. Wow Sammy.
        I am gonna go for it.

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          • Anonymous
          • kud
          • 20 Mar 2019

          Anonymous, 20 Mar 2019Note 9 8GB same price as S10e. Actually, it depends.

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            • Anonymous
            • 3Yb
            • 20 Mar 2019

            Trump Fan 1980, 19 Mar 2019 I have owned many Android phones (BlackBerry Priv, LG G5, ... moreNote 9 8GB same price as S10e.

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              • Anonymous
              • gNU
              • 20 Mar 2019

              Where is the sunlight legibility score

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                • Anonymous
                • kud
                • 20 Mar 2019

                PeterThePanda, 20 Mar 2019It looks like the Exynos S10 series also suffers from poor ... moreI love the s7 and s7 edge. Newer Samsung models ... little by little... are becoming worse.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • LQv
                  • 20 Mar 2019

                  Screen of s6 edge+ has more area.
                  It also has older cpu and 3000 mAh.
                  With android 5 it scored 83h.

                  So there was no development.

                    It looks like the Exynos S10 series also suffers from poor battery performance. Just like the S8 and S9 Exynos. The last time Exynos was better than the Snapdragon for the Galaxy S series was with the S7.

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                      • sXb
                      • 20 Mar 2019

                      1) it's surprisingly slow to charge
                      2) there's a settings option to disable fast charging

                      I assume you didn't mistakenly test the charging speed with fast charging disabled, so I wonder if there is a bug that means it is never enabled whichever setting you choose.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • TXd
                        • 20 Mar 2019

                        If the phone had metal back, bezels up and down ....

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                          • 19 Mar 2019

                          Wanna know why Samsung will never have quick charging as fast as the competitors? They're scared of the many factors that led to the Note 7 fiasco. Extremely fast charging is one of the key reasons why Note 7 had a catastrophic battery failure.

                            Dolle, 19 Mar 2019I like this phone,but compared to the S7,it has a larger ba... more It is indeed fair to say that the S10e has inefficient battery life. I own one, and can't last 5 hours without being charged, regardless of how much or low little it's used.

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                              • 19 Mar 2019

                              Sooo. It s not loud or its just quite?)

                                Martin, 19 Mar 201983h is low with FHD Dispaly. OTHER better score. Unimpressive for sure.

                                  Anonymous, 19 Mar 2019The problem not Soc the problem with android as OS itself. I have owned many Android phones (BlackBerry Priv, LG G5, Sony Z3, Sam. S7, Sam. S9 , ZTE Maverick, and more) . The S10e's os is the worst I have ever used. I am only keeping the S10e until the Note 9 8gb ram version is a price I am willing to pay.

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                                    • 19 Mar 2019

                                    Anonymous, 19 Mar 2019"Expect less than stellar photos when using the ultra-wide ... moreThough the ultra wide angle camera might have more issues with moving objects and it might be a little bit harder to get sharp photos as the main camera chooses 1/33s, though 1/10s isn't unreasonable for such an ultra wide angle camera.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pQr
                                      • 19 Mar 2019

                                      "Expect less than stellar photos when using the ultra-wide lens, though. Most the lack of autofocus, OIS and narrow f/2.2 opening really did a number on our sample shots"
                                      Theoretically that's nonsense when looking at the exif data. The ultra wide angle camera chooses 1/10s whereas the main camera chooses 1/33s , therefore both cameras capture about the same amount of light (I assumed that the ultra wide angle camera has a 12mm² sensor, it's maybe even a 16mm² sensor). Of course when you compare the same objects, the ultra wide angle camera captures less details of a certain distant object because the wide angle camera is like a tele camera compared with the ultra wide angle camera.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 3Yb
                                        • 19 Mar 2019

                                        Dolle, 19 Mar 2019I like this phone,but compared to the S7,it has a larger ba... moreThe problem not Soc the problem with android as OS itself.

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