samsung galaxy s10+ review: the best big phone in 2019 so far - battery power storage

As Samsung's biggest batsman in the Canadian market in 2019, the Galaxy S10 has made huge improvements in display quality, camera and software.
The new dynamic OLED display sets a new bar for the smartphone display, with amazing colors and brightness.
Performance is driven by blazing's Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset and up to 12 GB of RAM, which means exceptional multitasking and gaming experience.
While the camera quality during the day is great, they become inadequate when things get dim.
The biggest challenge, however, is pricing;
Even the Galaxy S10 starter models cost $1,419.
99-ambitious pursuit of shallow wallets. Pros: Eye-
New ultra-
Wide Angle Camera excellent battery life quality ceramic options Punchhole Camera> notch wireless charging and reverse charging improved software neat AI mode Bixby button can now be remapped scalable storage, very expensive slow and inconsistent fingerprint sensor clunky.
It's hard to take a picture with one hand, the ceramic options are significantly heavier and still carry some faster chargers, which will be awesome Bixby being stumped by simple commands.
2,280x1,080 6 FHD dynamic AMOLED.
1 "QHD dynamic AMOLED 3,040 × 1,440 6.
"Month" dynamic amoled qhd 3,040 × 1,440 Chipset Qualcomm Dragon 855 sheep years GB/month GB 8-December GB/month 8 gb storage 128 GB/256 GB 128 GB/512 rear camera GB/1 tb: 12MP wide angle 16MP Super
Wide angle front: 10MP selfie cam rear: 12MP wide angle 12MP telephoto 16MP Super
Wide angle front: 10MP selfie cam rear: 12MP wide angle 12MP telephoto 16MP Super
Wide angle front: 10MP selfie cam battery 3,100 mAh 3,400 mAh 4,100 mAh size 142. 2mm x 69. 9mm x 7. 9mm 149. 9 x 70. 4mm x 7. 8mm 157. 6mm x 74. 1mm x 78.
8mm weight 150g 157g 175g (glass)/ 198g (ceramic)
Starting at $1,019.
$99 starts at 1,259
$99 starts at 1,419
The S10 series is Corning's best Glass Gorilla Glass 6 so far.
One unfortunate side effect is that super
The smooth surface and the huge size make it difficult to catch without the case.
New Year, new camera.
Galaxy S10 now has a 16 MP Super
In addition to the 12MP standard and the 12MP telephoto camera, there is also a wide angle camera.
Now, ceramic color options are available for those who prefer a less smooth finish.
Our review unit is wearing ceramic white clothes, both of which are not so smooth and can better hide fingerprints.
While many people will undoubtedly appreciate its simplicity and elegance, I personally find it a bit tedious.
While most handset makers have quickly accepted the standard, Samsung is fighting hard to defend the top border on its flagship device.
For the Galaxy S10, it jumps from the front camera using the top baffle to a small hole.
Although people disagree about its design, there is no doubt that it is far less invasive than the gap.
Galaxy S10 has two front cameras: 10 MP dual camera
Pixel image sensor and 8MP depth sensor.
Dual pixels only mean phase detection autofocus (PDAF)
Sensor points are integrated into the sensor.
A soft curve extends inward from the edge of the display, making it smoother to slide from the edge.
The color is slightly distorted when pushed to the edge, but I didn't find it obvious.
An aluminum belt surrounds the device and is occasionally interrupted by an antenna belt.
The volume rocker and Bixby buttons can be found on the right edge of the phone.
The Galaxy S10 generates stereo sound by combining the bottom mono speaker with the headset.
The audio quality is good and the volume is easy enough for a small room.
Our good friend headphone jack is still there! Hurray!
The SIM tray accepts the nano SIM card and the microSD card, providing ample room for growth for the already rich internal storage.
I wasn't bothered by the weight of my phone until I took the ceramic Galaxy S10.
At 198g, the Galaxy S10 feels like an anchor in my pocket even without a box.
One of the biggest improvements to the Galaxy S10 phone is its new dynamic AMOLED display.
One of the largest Galaxy S10 is 6.
The resolution of 4 "is 3,040x1,440 p.
Samsung's latest dynamic AMOLED display will be Samsung's best display technology so far.
It covers not only 100 of the DCI --
The P3 color space is popular in movies, but also has an impressive 1,200 nit peak brightness.
On the Galaxy S10, Display Mate measures its full screen brightness at 804 nits, up 17 from the Galaxy S9.
It compensates for the power consumption of brighter displays by using more energy-efficient OLED materials.
Even though Samsung has a color coverage of 100, it claims it has managed to reduce harmful blue light by 42. But wait.
How to keep the same color accuracy while removing the color?
Samsung said in a statement to CNET that previous displays actually support color spectra other than DCI
P3, it just dials again on the Blu-ray output to get closer to the DCI-P3 guidelines.
In addition, this is the first smartphone display ever to support HDR10, an HDR format recognized by major streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.
What's more impressive is the dynamic AMOLED feature
Pixel Rendering and dynamic tone mapping.
However, the subpixel design has not changed;
Dynamic AMOLED still uses RGGB pentile subpixel layout.
Traditional white pixels include red, green, and blue sub-pixels.
In the pentile display, there are two green sub-pixels per white pixel.
After the screen is turned on, the color difference is obvious immediately. In a side-by-
Compared to the Google Pixel 3 XL with adaptive color enabled, the Galaxy S10 is significantly warmer in the "normal" settings, but not over, known for its excellent display, like the iPhone X.
It finds the perfect middle ground between vitality and eye fatigue.
However, even if HDR content is displayed on YouTube, they have similar colors.
What most people would think is confusing is that the Galaxy S10 ignores the previous
Screen protectors are installed on the smaller Galaxy s10.
There are some possible explanations for thinking deeply.
Corning's Gorilla Glass 6 is actually the main part of your paid experience on the entire phone.
So it doesn't make sense to cover up the front, especially considering that most users will buy a box to cover up the back.
Let's face it: screen protectors without After-sales market can match the quality of Gorilla Glass 6.
In the past few years, the appearance and design of a camera that has been relatively stagnant, the smartphone camera is now the main distinguishing factor affecting the purchase decision.
What manufacturers are most concerned about is developing innovative ways to make their cameras stand out.
This year's Galaxy has a new 16 MP Super
Standard wide angle lens along 12MP-
Angle lens and 12MP telephoto lens. The ultra-
Wide lens includes 123-
Degree vision and f/2. 2 aperture.
The other two sensors don't seem to change that much;
Resolution, aperture, and pixel spacing are all the same as the Galaxy s9.
Samsung thinks it has recycled some of its old sensors, and although it is still very good, it says that after artificial intelligence
Take full advantage of the processing function of chipset NPU.
A major example is the scene Optimizer in which the camera detects the scene and suggests the best angle for shooting.
When it doesn't recognize the scene, it can at least try to upgrade the phone.
The selfie camera, on the other hand, now uses the new 10MP sensor, along with the 8MP RGB depth sensor for better background effects.
Wide rear camera-
Samsung is confident in the artificial intelligence capabilities of the phone, but the camera seems to prefer a fast shutter speed and then touch it. up in post.
Like the Galaxy S9 series, the main sensor has impressive clarity and excellent color under good lighting.
Unfortunately, the camera is having trouble capturing the details in a dark scene, and it is blurry and often brings positive de-noise.
Click on the image to get more full-resolution sample photos the telephoto lens has 2 times the optical zoom and can be extended to 5 times the digital zoom all the way.
Like the main sensor, it does a good job with good lighting.
OIS keeps the phone stable during shooting.
Click on the picture to get more full-resolution samples
For the new ultra-Wide angle lens.
Because it has a wide view, it sometimes captures your fingertips without you realizing it.
Although there is barrel distortion, Once enabled, it can be corrected by distortion correction in the camera app.
Click on the image to get more full-resolution samples. what cannot be corrected is the strange color "outline" in some scenes ".
In the darker image below, there is an obvious difference between the sky color in the background and the branch gap.
I guess this is due to the inability of AI to apply color correction to finer areas.
RAW and jpeg photographers tend to shoot in uncompressed RAW image format to provide greater flexibility later on
Processing software like Adobe Lightroom.
The Galaxy S10 supports original shooting but can only be switched in Pro mode.
When enabled, the phone will not apply any inherent post-
Processing, only the image data at the time of shooting is saved.
It captures more detail than a normal JPEG at the expense of a larger file size and the need for manual post-processing.
New dual camera
The sensor front camera did a great job applying depth of field effects around my hair, without blurring my clothes and keeping my face in focus.
The Galaxy all Galaxy S10 series phones feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC.
This is the first Qualcomm consumption chipset based on 7nm transistor nodes to compete with Huawei's Kirin 980 and Apple's a12.
Our review unit has 8 gb of RAM and 512 GB of storage, which is enviable even by laptop standards and can even be upgraded to 12 gb and 1 tb respectively.
GeekbenchIn geektron, Galaxy S10 scored 3,474 in the single
Multi-core testing and 10,890core test. While single-
The score was only slightly better than the Galaxy S9, more
The core score is about 2,000 higher.
It's also 196 higher than Huawei Mate 20 Pro (5. 9%)in single-Core and 1,141 (11. 7%)in multi-core. PCMark Work 2.
0 PCMark for Android is real
Synthetic benchmarks get the world.
It runs the phone through a list of daily business tasks including writing, web browsing, video editing, and photo editing.
The Galaxy S10 beat it in the PCMark work benchmark with an average score of 9,746 points.
Compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 in Google Pixel 3 XL, the biggest improvement is that in the writing and web browsing category, the growth rate in this category is 1,482 (18%)and 1,655 (17%)
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The Galaxy S10 also easily beat the Kirin 980 of Huawei Mate 20 Pro with an average score of 7,709.
3D mark slingshot extreme3d mark measures the graphics processing power of the phone and tries to evaluate its ability to handle 3D-intensive workloads.
We added a new benchmark to test storage performance.
It illustrates the ability of the phone to quickly restart, load applications, and retrieve files.
While Samsung's hardware is excellent, its software is not popular in the Android community.
Many people think it's too bloated and too many default Samsung apps annoy Android purists as well.
In addition, Samsung phones have been latecomers in receiving Android features and security updates.
Since then, Samsung has been working to address its software reputation by launching its One UI program.
A UI is designed to improve UI processes, unify app and icon aesthetics, and present the most important information first.
Our efforts will definitely pay off.
The app icons look more uniform, and despite the proliferation of features, the most important icons are clearly labeled and can be found intuitively.
Some advanced features like security folders and dual apps are now easier to access and configure.
Several other features are also refreshing and helpful.
For example, download Booster Wi-
Fi and mobile data together achieve faster download speeds in the Google Play Store.
The Pixel Link can mirror the phone screen to the car display via a USB cable.
When watching the video, the video booster automatically adds color and brightness.
Unfortunately, a UI does not lose too much bloat;
It's still tied up with a bunch of things that many users will never touch outside of the original settings.
The Galaxy Store, the theme Store, and the game launcher are just some extra features that are not needed.
It even has McAfee antivirus built in. in, which is (thankfully)
Disabled by default.
Still, Samsung payment is the only exception, because it will be very convenient if you have a compatible card like orange cash return reward card.
A UI is also constantly trying to push other Samsung services to your throat and is strongly asking you to sign up for a Samsung account that supports features like Samsung cloud and Samsung pass, these are not needed by most users.
I get notifications of it every day, forcing me to mute manually.
Samsung's beloved voice assistant, Bixby, is back and still mapped to a physical button.
This time, however, it allows users to remap buttons to perform other more useful tasks such as launching a calculator or camera app.
However, you will need to enable Bixby as a prerequisite for remapping. Our third run-
There is still a lot to be done in collaboration with Bixby.
When I asked it to show me the restaurant in my area, it didn't understand what I wanted to say.
Let it play music Spotify and it will do its best to convince you that Samsung music is what you need. Hilarious.
What happens when you have Bixby play music on Spotify.
Samsung finally ended the embarrassing situation of embedding the fingerprint sensor into the display.
Samsung claims that instead of capturing a 2D image of your fingerprint, its ultrasonic fingerprint sensor builds a 3D map that records the valleys and peaks of your fingerprint, so it's almost impossible to fake it.
In my experience,
The display fingerprint sensor is very inconsistent and often cannot be off-
Angle and need to try to register multiple times.
It's not surprising that the Galaxy S10 has a battery life of 4,100 and a screen of up to 7 hours
Almost two days.
My daily work includes writing emails, Editing Google Docs files, web browsing, managing social media and streaming videos.
Most of the apps I use are in dark mode, which helps to save battery in OLED devices.
Enable location services when NFC and Bluetooth are turned on-Occasionally.
One thing that can improve the experience is the faster charger.
Samsung's adaptive charger can provide up to 15 w of power, 3 w lower than Qualcomm's QuickCharge 4. 0.
At this rate, it takes almost two hours for the phone to charge from zero to 100.
It is worth mentioning that you do not have to insert it frequently into the wall as usual due to its huge battery.
In addition to limiting the processor clock speed in power saving mode, it also reduces the resolution of the display.
Because a UI is based on Android 9, it also takes advantage of Google's adaptive battery-saving feature.
The price and competition of the Galaxy S10 is very high, including its price.
For Canadian customers, the unlocked device costs $1,419.
99 with 8 gb of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
Samsung charges $1,749.
Storage of 512 GB is 99, up to $2,209.
For 12 gb of RAM and 1 tb of storage, 99.
The Galaxy S10 series is one of the first phones to carry the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC.
As a result, there is relatively little competition in performance, and most phones are either from China, difficult to buy or not released yet.
But competition is imminent.
The 2019 will see an impressive list of large flagship phones such as LG V40, Huawei P30 Pro, Sony Xperia 1 and one plus 7.
Some Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi have released devices with Snapdragon 855, which are harder to buy in North America.
Apple's current flagship can also have some confrontation with the Galaxy S10.
Although the performance of the Galaxy S10 has improved, it still lags behind the A12 bionic chipset of the iPhone XS Max.
Familiar with the operating system will also be different;
Some users rely on the iOS app to spend their workday.
The Galaxy S10 has unique advantages in camera quality, AI capabilities and superior display.
The latest release of Huawei P30 Pro is the closest match with the Galaxy S10.
While I don't expect its HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor to break through any benchmark, its camera system is extremely impressive.
The boot configuration comes with 8 gb ram and 128 GB for a $220 reduction.
One area where it seems to perform poorly is the display.
I'm still evaluating the P30 Pro, but for now it seems to be a very strong contender for the Galaxy S10.
Driven by the new gorgeous display, new camera system and Qualcomm's new chip, the Samsung Galaxy S10 is the best-performing phone released in 2019.
It also creatively eliminates the top baffle by using an unobtrusive punch front cam.
Improvements in internal software and artificial intelligence improve overall availability, and new ceramic materials and color options are also popular, although at the expense of increasing weight. A new ultra-
The wide camera finally allows users to capture stunning landscape photos effortlessly.
Although these three lenses produce wonderful images when the light is good, they still lag behind the pixel 3 XL in the case of bad light.
Starting at $1,419, pricing is the biggest deterrent to the Galaxy S10.
It's not missing new features, but if you get last year's Galaxy S9, I said don't upgrade to avoid the urgent need for a nice monitor and extra camera for some reason.
That being said, for the first
Need a phone to do all the work and have time buyers with cash to burn, then the Galaxy S10 is a No. brainer.