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Introduction
This year's first edition of one of the most exciting annual smartphone event has finally arrived - the tenth-generation Samsung Galaxy S flagship series has been Unpacked. For the first time it's four of them - three regular ones that everyone is going to get plus an extra special edition with a less mainstream appeal.
The regular range goes like this - the fully tricked out top-end Galaxy S10+, the smaller Galaxy S10 that's one selfie camera short, and the even more compact and slightly lower-specced Galaxy S10e (yes, also to be available in Canary Yellow). 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.
We had the opportunity to spend some brief moments in the company of the four Galaxies, and we'll be sharing some early impressions.
But first, let's quickly go over the specs. This year, Samsung's introducing an ultra-wide angle cam to complement the regular and telephoto setup of last year's Plus. And this same triple-module configuration is also to be found on the smaller S10 unlike the S9 generation - the vanilla model there got a downgraded single-cam like it was 2016. Even so, the S10 is one camera short of the S10+ - it's only got a single selfie camera to the S10+'s tandem shooter.
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.
And then comes the Galaxy S10 5G that adds a ToF module to the triple-camera configuration of the S10 and S10+ for a rather ridiculously big camera array on the back. Another ToF module graces the front, joining the 10MP selfie cam, and makes for an even more unsightly cutout than the already somewhat objectionable one on the Galaxy S10+.
There's a similar segmentation with display sizes - the S10 5G is the largest at 6.7 inches in diagonal, with screens going down in size in each other of the other three. All of them are Infinity-O displays (punch holes for the front cameras), all of them are Dynamic AMOLED (where'd the 'Super' go?), and all of them are HDR10 capable. Only the Galaxy S10e's panel is flat and of 1080p resolution, the rest have curved edges and 1440p resolution.
Another sacrifice has been made for the S10e's lower price and it's the fingerprint reader - unlike the ultrasonic under-display modules of its more expensive brothers, this one has it in the power button on the side, just like the Galaxy A7 (2018).
And that pretty much rounds up the principal differences between the members of the Galaxy S10 lineup. Oh, we almost forgot - the Galaxy S10e gets an exclusive Canary Yellow paint job that other two will be missing out on, while a certain premium Performance edition of the S10+ will come with ceramic backs in white or black.
For a more convenient side-by-side comparison, check out the table below that has all the important numbers.
| Galaxy S10e | Galaxy S10 | Galaxy S10+ | Galaxy S10 5G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | Flat, 6.3", 2280x1080px, 438ppi |
Curved, 6.1", 3040x1440px, 550ppi |
Curved, 6.4", 3040x1440px, 522ppi |
Curved, 6.7", 3040x1440px, 502ppi |
| Chipset | Snapdragon 855/ Exynos 9820 |
Snapdragon 855/ Exynos 9820 |
Snapdragon 855/ Exynos 9820 |
Snapdragon 855/ Exynos 9820 |
| RAM | 6/8GB | 8GB | 8/12GB | 8GB |
| Storage | 128/256GB, microSD |
128/512GB, microSD |
128GB/512GB/1TB, microSD |
256GB, no microSD |
| Main camera | 12MP, dual pixel, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, OIS |
12MP, dual pixel, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, OIS |
12MP, dual pixel, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, OIS |
12MP, dual pixel, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, OIS |
| Ultra wide camera | 16MP, f/2.2, 12mm, FF | 16MP, f/2.2, 12mm, FF | 16MP, f/2.2, 12mm, FF | 16MP, f/2.2, 12mm, FF |
| Telephoto camera | N/A | 12MP, f/2.4, 52mm, OIS | 12MP, f/2.4, 52mm, OIS | 12MP, f/2.4, 52mm, OIS |
| Rear depth module | N/A | N/A | N/A | hQVGA depth sensing cam |
| Selfie camera | 10MP, f/1.9, dual pixel | 10MP, f/1.9, dual pixel | 10MP, f/1.9, dual pixel | 10MP, f/1.9, dual pixel |
| Selfie depth module | N/A | N/A | 8MP, f/2.2, FF | hQVGA depth sensing cam |
| Battery | 3,100 mAh, Wireless PowerShare | 3,400 mAh, Wireless PowerShare | 4,100 mAh, Wireless PowerShare | 4,500 mAh, Wireless PowerShare, 25W Super Fast charging |
| OS | Android 9.0 Pie, One UI | Android 9.0 Pie, One UI | Android 9.0 Pie, One UI | Android 9.0 Pie, One UI |
| Dimensions | 142.2x69.9x7.9mm | 149.9x70.4x7.8mm | 157.6x74.1x7.8mm | 162.6x77.1x7.9mm |
| Weight | 150g | 157g | 175g, 198g for the ceramic |
198g |
With the technical side of things more or less sorted out, let's head out into the hands-on area.
Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ hands-on
Let's look at these two together, shall we - they're very much the same phone, only different sizes of it. If you're searching for opinions on a shoe on the internet, you're not looking for your size 9 in particular, are you? That's more or less the case with the Galaxy S10 and S10+.
They certainly are some very fine specimens of modern industrial design. Samsung's been making displays that spill towards the edges for a few generations now, largely eliminating the side bezels. This year they've all but done away with what remained of them above and below the display too, getting us closer to the bezelless handset of sci-fi movies - which, to be fair, other smartphone makers have been doing as well, some even at a faster pace.
We all know, however, that there are issues with a phone that's all display - maintaining key components that have traditionally occupied the space around the shiny bits in a world where that space is no longer available.
We say key components, but the earpiece can be made thinner, the ambient light sensor can be placed underneath the display, the notification LED is already tiny and that's if it's not removed entirely, which has been happening more and more recently.
So, it's really just the selfie camera. It could only be made so much smaller, but we're not giving up on selfies for that bezelless dream, no! Working around that conundrum has been an exercise in design and engineering that's given us rear displays, sliders, motorized cameras, and the most basic, but questionable in its attractiveness, solution - the display notch.
This whole lengthy preamble was needed to introduce the notch's mortal enemy - the punch hole. This year's Galaxies have punch hole style selfie cameras, and regardless of where you stand on the notch-vs-hole debate, the selfie camera cutout is going to be one of the Galaxy S10s' defining features.
The displays go by the name Infinity-O - 'infinity' for lack of bezels, 'O' for the camera opening. A precision laser cutting process has meant that only as few as possible pixels needed to be sacrificed to fit the camera, though the collateral damage in terms of wasted display space is still there, whether it lights up or not.
And this here is where the S10+ and S10 differ the most in principle, as opposed to just in scale. While both have the same 10MP f/1.9 primary selfie camera, the bigger phone has an extra 8MP one next to it. This should allow better depth detection and a slightly expanded FoV (90 degrees vs. 80 degrees of the regular one) at the expense of further sacrifices in usable display area. On the upside, the Plus version does have more display space to begin with.
Where there are pixels, however, they light up and they light up bright - all the way to 1200nits Samsung says. With the nature of AMOLED panels, those levels are only achievable when only a small part of the screen needs to be light up to them, but seriously - no one needs their entire smartphone display glaring at them at 1200nits. It's for HDR viewing purposes that the panel needs to be able to crank up the brightness here and there, and for that it'll deliver.
It's not just Infinity-O, it's also 'Dynamic AMOLED'. Gone is the 'Super' now making way for 'Dynamic' in Samsung display PR talk to emphasize the HDR10+ capabilities of the screens. We hardly need to be sweet-talked, though - we've come to expect nothing but the best displays from the company's top-tier phones and the ones on the Galaxy S10 models are precisely that. Of course, we'll need to take units into the lab for the exact numbers, but initial impressions are 'wow'.
The displays are in a 19:9 aspect ratio, an evolution of Samsung's previous 18.5:9 with the extra 0.5 taking over the bezels. The resolution on these two is 3040x1440px for pixel densities above 500ppi no matter if you opt for the Galaxy S10+'s 6.4 inches or you go for the smaller 6.1-inch Galaxy S10.
Once we're on the topic of size, the Galaxy S10+ fits in mostly the same footprint as the S9+ before it - it's half a mm shorter and 0.3mm wider, which is the definition of negligible. The 0.7mm reduction in thickness is easier to feel and so is the drop in weight from 189g to 175g. That's a rather spectacular feat given the increase in battery capacity from 3,500mAh to 4,100mAh.
The smaller Galaxy S10 model is also lighter than its predecessor, though the 6-gram drop to 157g makes far less of a difference. It too is 0.7 thinner than the last year model, but it's got a marginally larger footprint - at 149.9x70.4mm it's 2.2mm taller and 1.7mm wider. It does, however, also have a larger 6.1-inch display vs. the S9's 5.8-inch one.
These displays are covered in Gorilla Glass 6, as are the backs of the Galaxy S10 and the mainstream Galaxy S10+ versions. The colors on offer will be Prism Green, Prism White, Prism Black, and Prism Blue for the regular S10 and S10+ and then a couple of ceramic-backed options for the Performance edition of the S10+ - the 8GB/512GB and the (ridiculous) 12GB/1TB S10+ variants will be offered in Ceramic Black and Ceramic White.
We only got to see the Prisms at this point and the White has a pearlescent effect to it, while the Black leaves a particularly cool sense of depth and three-dimensionality. It's close to impossible to show these in photos, sadly, particularly in artificial lighting, so you'll have to take our word for it at this point.
Regardless of color and finish, all the Galaxy S10 versions from 'e' to '5G' are IP68 dust and water resistant.
Aside from the environmental sealing, another thing that's remained a staple of the Galaxy S-series is the headphone jack. Some call it a 'legacy' connector, but we'll reiterate our support for the 3.5mm stereo jack. Stereo speakers are also nice, and the Galaxy S10 and S10+ have them - the earpiece may have been reengineered to minimize the top bezel, but it still doubles as one channel in the stereo pair. Along those lines we should also mention the that the microSD box is checked as well.
Not entirely sure how to go about this, so we'll just spit it out - the Galaxy S10 and S10+ have the same wired charging speeds as the Galaxy S5 from 5 years ago. It's not strictly slow, it's just nowhere as fast as others on the market. On a positive note, the phones can do fast wireless charging, and they can wirelessly charge other devices - it seems like all thought went into wireless and wired charging was left hanging.
The control layout has remained largely unchanged also, with the power button on the right, and the volume rocker and the Bixby button (sigh) on the left. We say unchanged, but that's not entirely true - the power button has gone high up towards the top of the body, and it's not necessarily a welcome change - too high, we protest.
Power button way too high • Bixby is still here • USB-C and 3.5mm jack
Speaking of controls, where's the fingerprint reader? Ah, underneath the display, where else. The revolution's happened and Samsung's finally switched to an under-display fingerprint reader, and it's of the ultrasonic type - as far as we know that means tough luck for (most?) screen protectors, but also improved security - tradeoffs, tradeoffs everywhere. We tried it a few times and it does work, but not quite up to the standard of conventional sensors.
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Samsung Galaxy S10e hands-on
Moving a step down to the S10e we see some compromises being made to keep the price in check, but it sure isn't 'lite' in the sense other makers like to use the moniker. Which is why Samsung went for the 'e', probably.
Galaxy S10 with a Galaxy S10e on each side
This slightly stripped down model is powered by the same chipset as the S10 and S10+ - no corner cutting took place here. Add to that the 128GB of storage and 6 gigs of RAM in the base model (8GB/256GB also available) and it's looking a lot like the the return of the super-mini - a true flagship for single-handed use.
The Galaxy S10e is, indeed, tiny - it measures 142.2x69.9x7.9mm making it shorter than last year's Galaxy S9 by 5.5mm and 3.4mm shorter than the current Pixel 3. It's also pleasantly light (again, not to be confused with 'lite') at 150g - 13g less than the S9, though a marginal 2g heavier than the Pixel 3.
If you've been comparing numbers, you may have noticed that the Galaxy 10e is slightly wider than the S9 even though it's got the same 5.8-diagonal display in what's a marginally taller aspect ratio 19:9 like the rest of this year's models vs. the 18.5:9 of 2018. That's because the S10e's display is flat - no curved edges on this one. The savings had to come from somewhere, but there's also the matter that some people prefer their displays flat - and for the first time in three years Samsung has something for them in its flagship line. The bezel around the display isn't quite as slim as on the curved S10 and S10+, so there's a bit of a sacrifice to be made in terms of looks.
This one is also 1080p in resolution - the rest are all 1440p. It does make for a more than adequate 435ppi pixel density on this diagonal, so we're not seeing this as a problem - if anything it'll be beneficial for gaming.
The 'e' can be had in the S10 Prism colors we mentioned before, but also gets an exclusive paint job of its on - Canary Yellow. It's a very bright and playful shade of yellow, and it will certainly fit those looking to stand out.
Galaxy S10e
Also exclusive to the Galaxy S10e is the side-mounted fingerprint sensor/power button on the right. It's likely though that the special treatment was dictated by the ultrasonic under-display unit not making the budget here and not motivated by usability . The sensor is pretty high up, just like the power buttons on the others, but with the Galaxy S10e being so small it's probably where it should be - the jury is still out on this one, we'll need to spend more time with it.
Other things that Samsung saved for the higher-priced Galaxy S10s are the telephoto camera and the heart rate monitor. You'll notice the S10e's camera assembly only has two modules, and those are the primary regular wide 12MP and the ultra wide 16MP one. All things considered, however, the concessions made with the Galaxy S10e will likely make sense to a lot of people.
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G hands-on
We now arrive at the Galaxy S10 5G's doorstep - we kept the ultimate S10 for last, because it'll launch later than the others plus it won't be as widely available. It was very much available in the experience zone, though, so it got the hands-on treatment just like the rest of the lineup.
It's the largest of the bunch, with a 6.7-inch diagonal nicely keeping the 0.3-inch spacing between the different models. Measuring 162.6x77.1x7.9mm, it's actually 0.7mm shorter than the current Note9, but also wider by as much. It's impressively thin for the slab that it is - the Note9 is 0.9mm thicker. As for weight, they've barely kept it below 200g, but the 198g seem reasonable for the display size and battery capacity - there's a 4,500mAh power pack inside this one.
Galaxy S10 5G in the hands
The differences go beyond the scale. As if three cameras weren't enough, Samsung's fitted a fourth on the S10 5G's back. It's a time-of-flight module, with an HQVGA resolution (that would be a 160x240 point array for a total of 38,400 points), meant for enhanced depth readings with a Video Live focus capability in mind. And since a time-of-flight camera is made up of an emitter and a receiver, that makes for quite the crowded rear camera window.
But wait, there's more. Another ToF camera is in the 'O' part of the Infinity-O display on the front, replacing the 8MP secondary snapper of the Galaxy S10+ and joining the conventional 10MP shooter. Good thing that it's a larger display, otherwise there'd be no room left for status and notification icons.
Of course, the true standout feature of the Galaxy S10 5G is right there in the name. Which is also presumably part of the reason for the delayed market launch and limited availability, as 5G networks are only marginally easier to find than unicorns at this point.
Software
The new Galaxies run the latest Android 9.0 OS with Samsung's custom skin on top, now called One UI. We're mostly familiar with it from the Pie update to the S9 and the Note9, which brought gesture navigation and sprinkled UI changes all over. Well, gesture navigation can be had on the S10 as well, but it's an option that isn't on by default.
That said, the version that ships with the Galaxy S10 phones comes with iconography that's unlike what we've seen from recent Samsungs. Perhaps we'll get used to it, but the first impression is that the icons are a bit childish and not as consistent as the previous one-line style introduced on the S8. That said, the color coding of the native apps means you don't necessarily need to recognize the actual icon - the colors will do.
Perhaps the one true beef we have with the UI is that the notification shade and settings menu (and light UI elements in general) tend to expose the punch hole more than we'd like. Dark themes will definitely work better and we bet there will be no shortage of those in the Galaxy Apps Store.
Having said that, there's a certain satisfaction to be drawn from the overall curvy UI elements. Everybody's entitled to their own opition on this one, but we can see the One UI growing on us.
Camera
The big news this year is that Samsung's finally including an ultra-wide angle camera on its top models - in a smartphone landscape where every maker seems to have one, precisely three years after LG's ultra wide experiment with the G5.
What we're getting is a flagship-grade triple camera setup spearheaded by the tried and tested 12MP primary module with dual pixel autofocus and stabilized dual aperture lens, flanked by telephoto and ultra-wide cameras. The telephoto unit is again carried over from the previous model - a 12MP sensor behind a stabilized lens with an f/2.4 aperture and a 52mm equivalent focal length.
The ultra-wide is an all-new 16MP shooter with a 123-degree field of view that's different from the one of the A7/A9 models. It's fixed focus, and while that's fairly common among smartphone ultra-wides, it still means the one on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro remains unmatched on paper - 20MP of resolution plus autofocus.
The triple rear camera is the same on the Galaxy S10 and S10+. If you opt for the smaller and cheaper Galaxy S10e you'd be sacrificing the telephoto module. While that obviously means losing the ability to zoom in on distant subjects, it comes with a second implication - Live focus (portrait mode) shots will be taken with the relatively wide main camera instead of the telephoto, and it will be on its own in assessing depth data - the ultra wide won't be part of the process.
There are differences on the front as well, though here Samsung's drawn the line higher. While all three phones get the same 10MP primary selfie cameras, only the S10+ is equipped with an extra module. That would be an 8MP depth-only camera, however, and not a standalone camera like, for example, the ultra wide selfie shooter you'd get on a Google Pixel 3. Now, the 10MP chief selfie module is still pretty impressive as it can record 4K video, it's just that if you want selfies with better depth detection, you'd need the secondary module of the Plus.
And then there's the Galaxy S10 5G, where you get to keep all three regular rear cams, but they're joined by an additional 3D depth sensing ToF module. And since two of something is better than just one, there's another ToF camera on the front next to the regular 10MP shooter.
With the improved and/or added hardware also come tweaks in the software. Scene optimizer can now recognize 10 more types of shooting scenarios in addition to the previous 20, yay. Smart composition guide will try to assist you in picking the right framing for the subject in front of you.
Additionally, this year's Galaxies double the time they're able to shoot in super slow-mo and you get about 0.4s of 720p/960fps for a playback time of 14s.
We'll try and get some camera samples out as soon as possible, but seeing as how night has fallen where we (and our Galaxy S10) are, don't expect daytime photos anytime soon. The first low-light images should be up in no time, though.
First impressions
Predictably, the latest high-end Galaxies don't fail to dazzle. They have the fine build that we've come to expect from Samsung's flagships, class-leading displays that are now synonymous with the brand and cameras that have taken the next evolutionary step by embracing the ultra-wide angle modes. Oh, and also internals that make competing offerings seem like a compromise.
Of course, those are just the initial impressions from looking at a few press releases and spending minutes with the Galaxy S10s. More than a few questions remain to be answered, and those include essential bits like day-to-day usability, battery life, image quality, the lot. We'll be sure to report on all of that and then some, as soon as we have review units at the office for testing. In the meantime, we'll remain dazzled.
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