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- Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 comes with a welcome overhaul in design, performance, and features over previous Galaxy S phones.
- It’s a fantastic smartphone that anyone would be happy with.
- With that said, there are some disappointing aspects of the Galaxy S10.
Samsung’s last few Galaxy S phones have been "boringly" good, but I can drop the "boring" part with the Galaxy S10.
Indeed, Samsung’s previous Galaxy S devices were some of the best smartphones you could buy, but the Galaxy S9 was an incremental update over the Galaxy S8.
The Galaxy S10 is an overhaul in design, performance, and features, all while maintaining the Samsung smartphone formula that makes its smartphones great.
With that said, the Galaxy S10 isn’t without its disappointments.
I’ve been using the Galaxy S10 Plus for more than a week, but almost everything mentioned below applies to the regular Galaxy S10, too.
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There’s no doubt this is the best-looking smartphone Samsung has made so far — at least without a case.
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You get the familiar Samsung Galaxy formula of a glass back and curved display edges, but its narrow display bezels is the most striking thing about the Galaxy S10 that differentiates it from previous Galaxy phones, and pretty much any other Android phone.
Unfortunately, the Galaxy S10’s good looks and narrow bezels disappear almost entirely with a thick-ish case. I used the phone with Incipio’s new Aerolite case, and I had forgotten just how narrow the bezels were until I removed the case. But good protective cases that are somewhat thick will do that to any phone.
The hole-punch is better than the notch.
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I don’t really have any issues with the divisive display notch, but if I had to pick, I’d go for the hole-punch design over the notch.
The hole-punch design for the selfie camera(s) looks and feels far more efficient with the space it uses up than a typical notch used on the iPhone XS and other Android phones. There’s no wasted screen space at all with the hole-punch design, and it isn’t as noticeable in everyday usage.
And the hole-punch design doesn’t interrupt the display’s top edge, which makes for a solid rectangular display shape that complements the Galaxy S10’s utterly narrow bezels.
The display is fantastic, but I don’t really see the added benefits of Samsung’s new "Dynamic AMOLED" display that’s supposedly better than previous Galaxy displays.
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The Galaxy S10 touts a "Dynamic AMOLED" display that supports HDR10+ and it looks great, but I haven’t noticed much of a difference from the Galaxy S8 or S9. You get the same 1440p resolution as previous Galaxy phones (but the resolution is set to 1080p by default, also like previous Galaxy phones). Colors might be slightly more vibrant and rich, but it’s nothing to write someone with a Galaxy S8 or S9 about.
The HDR10+ support only works with content that supports HDR10+ itself, and I don’t really encounter much of that on a daily basis. And personally, I don’t get the hype of HDR on videos. I’ve tried to understand how it looks better than non-HDR content, and I just don’t see it. Perhaps I’m HDR-blind.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Antonio Villas-Boas)