Episode Summary
00:00 | Intro
01:54 | Pricing
Pricing
3 variants
S10e - $750
S10 - $899
S10+ - $999
Colors
Black, white, flamingo, and ???
Base models come with 8gb ram and 128gb storage
Vs Note 9; the pricing is even further out of control; it’s the inevitable ASP price creep syndrome now
My pricing:
Pre-order via BestBuy
Turned in my purchased-last-february S9+ for $550 credit
Paid a hefty... not really; $50806:38 | Display, Fingerprint Sensor, Cameras, Storage
Display
Size 6.4’’ display
Special features
Integrated fingerprint sensor; more on this later
Up to 1200 nits of brightness
Physicals
Look and feel, build quality
When I first held it, it was adorably light; I was used to holding this glass brick in the Note 9 so this was a difference
The side metal is aluminium this time - not sure what it was before, but previously the metal band around feld “stronger”
The Note 9 was very Square; very hard edges - this is much more rounded on the top/bottom left/right sides
Ports
Usual ports; type c + headphone jack
Speakers
Same speaker configuration; stereo in top front and side bottom
The top speaker is tucked between the glass and the top bezel; it’s okay
Buttons
Bixby button is still here but with partial remap maybe not totally useless
The power button is said to be too high up on the S10+ model
Fingerprint sensor; under the screen
I registered 4 unique fingers; previously on the Note 9 I had only the index-fingers registered, I’d never use my Thumb
I could unlock the phone smoothly while it was coming out of pocket without looking; with this new scanner since it’s in the screen, I can have to guess more which means accuracy is down
You can unlock from AOD but you have no visual indicator where the sensor is; it’s not in an obvious place, where the android home button is
On the AOD, they need to put some kind of reference point down there; allegedly scared of burn in though; even it’s not the finger print visual, even an empty circle, anything
Camera
3 cameras on the back
2x, 1x and “1/2x”
The
2 cameras on the front
How is it
Special modes
Notable features
Specs
CPU
Snapdragon 855
RAM
8gb
Storage
128gb base model + I added a 128gb SD card; what is storage and why do I need it?21:28 | Android
Wow, Android, what happened to you? Now running with Pie and One UI, the “Samsung Experience” that made from the S8 line to now so successful software wise is gone; replaced with this strange interface
List items are often smushed cards or elongated pills
Everything is so bright, AMOLED chuckles in the distance
The utilities that Samsung Experience is well known for is for the most part still here26:10 | New Launcher, Software
Updated side-by-side app switcher; always defaults to the previous app which is useful but also annoying since I was trained by previous versions to swipe anyway
Raise to wake
Possibly the most annoying new feature, every time I touch the phone, no matter if I’m just repositioning it to still see the time on the AOD better; it thinks I want to play and it wakes up
Double tap to wake; not used yet but we’ll see
AOD
Still present, still configurable
Icons hangout in color now; this might be done to help keep the AOD pixels from burning out just their “white” pixels, but it makes things harder to see
All of the sounds changed again! Oh no, I was so used to the regular and common and consistent Samsung Experience sounds!
Other notable features; obviously none from the Note 9 more than the Pen
Everyone is freaking out how poorly the Face Unlock feature secures the phone; the Iris scanner is gone and while I didn’t use it previously, I do like Face Unlock, for those times my hands are in gloves or any number of convenient times; I turn this off when I travel - it’s not secure, of course33:38 | Battery
4100 mah
Charging
Usual charging modes; cable and wireless
Plus a useless gimmick feature, “reverse charging” that every reviewer has tentpoled; that stops here36:17 | Signal Strength
39:09 | Conclusions
40:25 | Ending
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