Samsung Galaxy S10 Review : A Dream Phone in 2019
Although this phone is not a huge leap forward from the Samsung Galaxy S9, it doesn't really need to be, and it's unquestionably one of the best phones of 2019 no matter what your standards. It is pricey, of course, and a few of Samsung's challenges in the future will be getting people to pay premium prices in a world where phones like the Pixel 3a and OnePlus 7 exist.
Having said that, Samsung makes lots of mid-range telephones of its own so it knows the price vs performance balance that needs to be struck. The S10 definitely falls at the high price, higher performance end of the spectrum.
Samsung has been in the smartphone for a very long time and now seems to be able to push sleek, polished, stylish handsets every single time without fail. The 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S10 screams premium, all thin bezels, and rounded borders, and looks fantastic from every angle.
The stunning, vibrant 1,440 x 3,040 pixel Super AMOLED display will come as no surprise to seasoned Samsung watchers either -- Samsung mobiles traditionally have superb displays connected, along with the S10 is no different. And while we wait patiently for camera technology that works under displays to be developed, the hole-punch notch is not a bad stopgap.
Around the back of the telephone, the triple-lens camera has a slight bump but it's tastefully done. The fingerprint sensor was transferred under the screen -- and it functions very well -- so there are no other interruptions on the trunk.
If you're not a huge fan of Samsung's digital assistant, you can remap the button to launch a different program instead. Along the bottom of the phone is a single speaker grille, a USB-C interface, and -- yes -- a headphone jack.
White, black, black, blue, yellow, pink and red are the color options for your Samsung Galaxy S10, though they're not all available in most regions. Note also that the phone comes with a very thin screen protector attached -- you can opt to take this off but it is barely noticeable if you decide the excess barrier to scratches and smashes is well worth it.
Having a screen-to-body ratio of almost 90 percent, Samsung is to be applauded for what it's managed to do with the design of their S10. Perhaps the only complaint you can level against it's that it's too recognizable, but smartphone design, in general, seems to have attained something of a plateau, also foldable phones aren't yet ready for the mainstream.
You'll struggle to find a more potent smartphone than the Galaxy S10 this past year. Under the hood, there is a Snapdragon 855 or Exynos 9820 CPU depending in your region -- the top chips of 2019 -- and that is paired with no less than 8 GB of RAM. That should be plenty for even the toughest tasks.
The two internal storage choices include 128 GB and 512 GB, so it is either a standard spec or overkill so far as storage goes. We're happy that Samsung keeps adding microSD slots on its phones, which means you can, in theory, have 1 TB of storage available on the S10.
The battery is rated at 3,400 mAh and that should last you all day, Samsung promises. With rather heavy use we had been visiting 15-20 percentage of a charge left by maternity. We also conducted an hour of YouTube streaming on total brightness in a normal audio level, which knocked down the battery from 100 to 88% -- the equivalent of about 10 hours of movie watching from a single charge, which isn't awful.
Overtime Samsung has included just about every feature you might desire in a smartphone and it's hard to imagine what else it could add. Wireless charging is here, as is quick charging, and also the IP68 waterproofing and dust-proofing are as good as you're likely to get too. The telephone can survive being sunken to a depth of 1.5 meters (almost 5 feet) for a period of 30 minutes.
Reversible wireless charging was added for the first time, which means that you may charge up other apparatus -- another phone, wireless earbuds and so on -- on the back of the S10, as long as there's 30 percent or more of a charge left the S10. We're not sure anyone would want to give up precious battery life like this and charging rates are slow, but it's something you might turn to in a crisis.
During our time with the S10, it sped through every task easily and no sign of lag, whether that has been a browser using dozens of tabs available or a graphically-intense mobile sport. As you would expect from one of the best-specced phones of the moment, the S10 will remain very fast for a very long time until you want to update it.
Photo quality is still important for mobile buyers, but even here most handsets now offer"good enough" shots that will work well for social websites. Together with the triple-lens snapper on the rear of the S10, Samsung can offer you both 2x optical zoom and an ultra-wide-angle mode for becoming more in the shot.
As with preceding S series mobiles, the rear-facing camera is a topnotch performer: it's fast, it's responsive, and it has great results in nearly all situations. The extra AI-assisted tweaks for getting more from nighttime shots or dull shots appear to work well, and we found ourselves impressed with the color detail and balance in almost all photos the S10 took.
The HDR mode did not always work wonders, particularly in low light where shadowy patches would turn out to be especially muddy. We are just talking about a small proportion of photos where the results were less than stellar, however, and in general, we were really satisfied with the way in which the S10 was able to pick out colors and details in dark scenes.
Having said that, Samsung makes lots of mid-range telephones of its own so it knows the price vs performance balance that needs to be struck. The S10 definitely falls at the high price, higher performance end of the spectrum.
Samsung has been in the smartphone for a very long time and now seems to be able to push sleek, polished, stylish handsets every single time without fail. The 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S10 screams premium, all thin bezels, and rounded borders, and looks fantastic from every angle.
The stunning, vibrant 1,440 x 3,040 pixel Super AMOLED display will come as no surprise to seasoned Samsung watchers either -- Samsung mobiles traditionally have superb displays connected, along with the S10 is no different. And while we wait patiently for camera technology that works under displays to be developed, the hole-punch notch is not a bad stopgap.
Around the back of the telephone, the triple-lens camera has a slight bump but it's tastefully done. The fingerprint sensor was transferred under the screen -- and it functions very well -- so there are no other interruptions on the trunk.
If you're not a huge fan of Samsung's digital assistant, you can remap the button to launch a different program instead. Along the bottom of the phone is a single speaker grille, a USB-C interface, and -- yes -- a headphone jack.
White, black, black, blue, yellow, pink and red are the color options for your Samsung Galaxy S10, though they're not all available in most regions. Note also that the phone comes with a very thin screen protector attached -- you can opt to take this off but it is barely noticeable if you decide the excess barrier to scratches and smashes is well worth it.
Having a screen-to-body ratio of almost 90 percent, Samsung is to be applauded for what it's managed to do with the design of their S10. Perhaps the only complaint you can level against it's that it's too recognizable, but smartphone design, in general, seems to have attained something of a plateau, also foldable phones aren't yet ready for the mainstream.
You'll struggle to find a more potent smartphone than the Galaxy S10 this past year. Under the hood, there is a Snapdragon 855 or Exynos 9820 CPU depending in your region -- the top chips of 2019 -- and that is paired with no less than 8 GB of RAM. That should be plenty for even the toughest tasks.
The two internal storage choices include 128 GB and 512 GB, so it is either a standard spec or overkill so far as storage goes. We're happy that Samsung keeps adding microSD slots on its phones, which means you can, in theory, have 1 TB of storage available on the S10.
The battery is rated at 3,400 mAh and that should last you all day, Samsung promises. With rather heavy use we had been visiting 15-20 percentage of a charge left by maternity. We also conducted an hour of YouTube streaming on total brightness in a normal audio level, which knocked down the battery from 100 to 88% -- the equivalent of about 10 hours of movie watching from a single charge, which isn't awful.
Overtime Samsung has included just about every feature you might desire in a smartphone and it's hard to imagine what else it could add. Wireless charging is here, as is quick charging, and also the IP68 waterproofing and dust-proofing are as good as you're likely to get too. The telephone can survive being sunken to a depth of 1.5 meters (almost 5 feet) for a period of 30 minutes.
Reversible wireless charging was added for the first time, which means that you may charge up other apparatus -- another phone, wireless earbuds and so on -- on the back of the S10, as long as there's 30 percent or more of a charge left the S10. We're not sure anyone would want to give up precious battery life like this and charging rates are slow, but it's something you might turn to in a crisis.
During our time with the S10, it sped through every task easily and no sign of lag, whether that has been a browser using dozens of tabs available or a graphically-intense mobile sport. As you would expect from one of the best-specced phones of the moment, the S10 will remain very fast for a very long time until you want to update it.
Photo quality is still important for mobile buyers, but even here most handsets now offer"good enough" shots that will work well for social websites. Together with the triple-lens snapper on the rear of the S10, Samsung can offer you both 2x optical zoom and an ultra-wide-angle mode for becoming more in the shot.
As with preceding S series mobiles, the rear-facing camera is a topnotch performer: it's fast, it's responsive, and it has great results in nearly all situations. The extra AI-assisted tweaks for getting more from nighttime shots or dull shots appear to work well, and we found ourselves impressed with the color detail and balance in almost all photos the S10 took.
The HDR mode did not always work wonders, particularly in low light where shadowy patches would turn out to be especially muddy. We are just talking about a small proportion of photos where the results were less than stellar, however, and in general, we were really satisfied with the way in which the S10 was able to pick out colors and details in dark scenes.
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