Samsung Galaxy S10 Review
Brand Samsung
Samsung continues to increase its target audience by introducing smartphones in its lineup designed for different wallets, with a range of models that can compete with modern budget Chinese devices. Now there are A- and M-lines, which feature devices with decent cameras and good performance.
Everyone knows that for many years Samsung has been pleased with high-quality displays. In the middle class, this is AMOLED, and in the premium class, Dynamic AMOLED 2X is hard to find.
In its best lines, Samsung uses its own matrices.
Well, in addition to traditional solutions, this brand produces models with folding and flexible screens, shock-resistant devices, and models with styluses. Thus, the South Korean brand provides quality and innovation to each of the lines - from budget to premium.
Package
The company did not save on packaging - the black matte box looks expensive and elegant. If you want to choose a smartphone for a gift, it looks great even without a wrapper.
A stylish embossed logo adorns the front of the box, and the specifications of the smartphone are listed on the back of the box.
Equipment
Includes an envelope with instructions and a key for the SIM card slot. There are also headphones, a cable, a power supply, and an adapter.
It's nice that the manufacturer has added a fast charging unit and a Type-C-USB 2.0 adapter to the kit, which will not only allow you to transfer data from an old phone, but also help you read information from any flash drive.
Appearance
The S10 smartphone looks expensive and elegant. The premium version of the flagship of the past generation will still give odds to new models with its signature curved glass, a metal frame around the perimeter, and an iridescent back cover.
The phone is assembled with high quality, it is pleasant to hold in hand, and small dimensions contribute to the fact that it can be operated with one hand. Although it was a little unusual to pick it up after the huge A7.
Of the minuses - in addition to the power and volume keys, there is a key to turn on the proprietary Bixby assistant on the case. It is absolutely useless since Bixby in Russia still does not work and even another function cannot be tied to it.
The dimensions of the Samsung Galaxy S10+ are 157.6 × 74.1 × 7.8 mm. Weight - 175 grams, light and moderately compact - and the dimensions and weight are perfectly balanced.
Processor
The processor installed in this model: an eight-core 64-bit Exynos 9820. The processor of 2018, the Galaxy S10 became the first smartphone based on it. Its performance is high, comparable to Snapdragon 855. Consisting of 8 cores, it can save 10% more energy than Exynos 9810, and graphics performance has become 40% higher. The popular 2 + 2 + 4 scheme works like this: 2 customized 4th generation Mongoose M4 cores (2.73 GHz) for complex operations, 2 ARM Cortex-A75 cores (2.31 GHz) for medium complexity, plus 4 ARM Cortex-A55 cores (1.95 GHz) for simple tasks.
The Galaxy S10 has 8GB of RAM and it is good for daily work. The user interface, apps, and games work well.
A few words about memory - built-in size - 128 GB. In my opinion, both indicators are worthy.
Battery
The autonomy of a smartphone depends not only on the battery, but also on the energy efficiency, functionality, and technical parameters of the phone.
The battery capacity for the S10 has been increased to 3400 mAh.
As a rule, this is enough for use during the day, with a working screen for about 5 hours, open Internet, applications, watching videos. By the end of the day, the battery icon is lit red - 15 percent remains. The potential declared by the manufacturer is 18 hours of video playback, 81 hours of music listening.
The smartphone supports 12W fast charging, with fast charging, the phone is fully charged in an hour and a half.
Galaxy S10 can be charged by wire and branded induction stations. Although this is not surprising now, another feature is the possibility of reverse charging, that is, you can turn your smartphone into a wireless charger and share the charge with headphones or a watch.
Screen
For thin bezel lovers, the S10 is a must-have. Curved streamlined edges of the display look stylish and futuristic. It has such narrow bezels that the display takes up 88% of the usable area on the front of the phone.
The screen diagonal is 6.1”, which is not so small. The screen is protected by tempered glass Gorilla Glass 6. Gorilla Glass of the sixth generation has the ability to provide protection when dropped on a hard surface.
The smartphone has a Dynamic AMOLED matrix with a resolution of Wide QuadHD - 3040x1440 pixels. All image parameters - quality, brightness, and contrast on such a screen are higher, it determines a greater number of halftones.
In addition to scratch resistance, S10 has an oleophobic coating, which means that fingerprints hardly appear on it.
The screen has two main modes: Vivid Colors and Natural Colors. The first one is very rich, bright, and colorful, but you can adjust the color temperature on it to your personal preferences. The natural one looks dull, and against the background of the standard one, it turns yellow. But no matter which profile I choose, the S10's screen is still gorgeous, and has no complaints.
Camera
S10 has two cameras, front and rear (main).
The front camera has a 10-megapixel autofocus module with an aperture of F1.9 and an additional one (8 megapixels), which is used to collect information about the background to blur it in the future.
It is unusual that the selfie camera is not in the center, but is built into the screen in the form of a dot in the upper right corner, but you get used to it.
By the way, due to the fact that the camera is placed on the screen, the working area of the screen is significantly increased. On the front camera, the pictures are good even in insufficient artificial light conditions. 16 MP ultra-wide angle with 123º field of view;
wide-angle 12 MP Dual Pixel;
12 MP telephoto lens
The elements of the camera protrude from the body, I recommend carrying the device in a case — it will protect the lenses from damage.
Sound
One main speaker is echoed by the conversational one.
Stereo speakers: one, located on the top, directed down and to the right, the second, also spoken,
is located above the display and directed upwards. Together they are one of the best. The sound is loud, clear, and expressive, with good bass. And video, and music, and sounds in games - are reproduced by speakers with excellent quality.
This applies both to a wired connection (the AKG headphones that come with the kit are connected via a mini jack), and to a wireless connection.
Connection
To connect a SIM card, the Samsung Galaxy S10 has two nano-SIM slots, one of which is combined with a memory card slot. The S10 integrates a modem that can work with LTE category 20, with a download speed of up to 2 Gb / s, a transmission - of 150 Mb / s. The S10 is one of the fastest 4G smartphones out there.
The navigation module works with systems: GPS (including A-GPS), GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo. Perfectly copying, and quickly completing tasks.
Conclusion
Briefly pros:
- powerful Exynos 9820 processor
- high-quality photo and video shooting, a lot of goodies for creating really beautiful pictures
- dust and moisture protection with the current mini-jack
- 6.1" colorful AMOLED display
- good autonomy
- stylish futuristic design.
Minuses:
- non-working and non-reconnectable button for Bixby
