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GSMArena team, 05 March 2019

Samsung Galaxy S10 review

  • Comments (174)
  • User reviews
  • Galaxy S10
  • 4.4

1. Introduction, specs, unboxing
  1. 1. Introduction, specs, unboxing
  2. 2. Design, 360-degree view
  3. 3. Lab tests - display, battery life, loudspeaker, audio quality
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Synthetic benchmarks
  6. 6. Camera architecture, app interface, features
  7. 7. Camera image quality
  8. 8. Video recording
  9. 9. Alternatives, pros and cons, verdict
  10.  
  11. Samsung Galaxy S10 specification
  12. User opinions and reviews
  13. Review comments (174)

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Introduction

Step by step and year by year, we're now at 10 - the Samsung Galaxy S-series have matured over the past decade with big and incremental upgrades alike bringing us closer to that elusive 'perfect smartphone'. The Galaxy S10 is by definition the best one ever, so let's see just how good the best is.

Samsung Galaxy S10 review

There's little to separate the S10 from the S10+ we had a closer look at last week, and most of it is a matter of scale. The S10's got a smaller display than the Plus at 6.1 inches - the 0.3-inch spacing Samsung instituted between the four S10s. And then with a smaller display a smaller battery is in order, the 3,400mAh capacity a slightly bigger downgrade than the diagonal. And that's about it - unless you absolutely insist on 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, an option only available in Plus size.

Then comes the sole difference that isn't merely quantitative - the S10 only has a single selfie cam, where the S10+ has a depth sensor to assist with portraits. But generations of Galaxies before this one only had one front facing cam and somehow we made it to here.

Other than that, the Galaxy S10 comes with the usual annual chipset update and it's top quality silicon whether it's Exynos or Snapdragon trim. The triple camera setup on the back with a brand new ultra wide module is the same as on the Plus - so two cameras more than last year's regular sized S9. If only all incremental upgrades were like this one.

Here's a quick refresher on the internals, before we take the phone out of the box.

Samsung Galaxy S10 specs

  • Body: Aluminum frame, Gorilla Glass 6 front, GG5 back, 149.9x70.4x7.8mm, 157g; Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green, Prism Blue, Canary Yellow, Flamingo Pink color schemes. IP68 rating for dust and water protection.
  • Display: 6.1" Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED, 1,440x3,040px, 19:9 (2.11:1) aspect ratio, 550ppi; HDR10+ support (first).
  • Rear camera: Wide (main): 12MP, 1/2.55" sensor, f/1.5-2.4 aperture, 26mm equiv. focal length (77° FoV), dual pixel PDAF, OIS. Telephoto: 12MP, 1/3.6" sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 52mm equiv. focal length (45° FoV), PDAF, OIS. Ultra-wide: 16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 12mm equiv. focal length (123° FoV), fixed focus.
  • Front camera: 10MP, f/1.9 aperture, 25mm equiv. focal length (80° FoV), dual pixel PDAF.
  • Video recording: Rear: up to 4K 2160p@60fps, EIS up to 2160p@30fps, slow-mo up to 1080p@240fps, super slow-mo 720p@960fps for up to 0.4s (12s playback at normal speed); HDR10+ recording. Front: up to 4K 2160p@30fps with EIS.
  • OS/Software: Android 9.0 Pie, Samsung One UI.
  • Chipset (market dependent): Snapdragon 855 (7nm): octa-core CPU (1x2.8GHz & 3x2.4GHz Kryo Gold & 4x1.7GHz Kryo 485 Silver); Adreno 640 GPU. Exynos 9820 (8nm): octa-core CPU (2x2.7GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x2.3GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x1.9GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G76 MP12 GPU.
  • Memory: 8GB RAM with 128GB storage, 8GB RAM with 512GB storage; microSD card slot (hybrid on the dual SIM versions).
  • Battery: 3,400mAh Li-Ion (sealed), 15W wired charging (Adaptive Fast charging, QuickCharge 2.0 compatible), 15W Fast Wireless Charging 2.0, Wireless PowerShare.
  • Connectivity: Single-SIM, Dual-SIM available in certain markets (hybrid slot); LTE-A, 7-Band carrier aggregation, Cat.20/13 (2Gbps/150Mbps); USB Type-C (v3.1); Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac/ax MU-MIMO; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo; NFC; Bluetooth 5.0.
  • Misc: Ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor; stereo speakers (bottom-firing + earpiece); bundled AKG headphones.

Samsung Galaxy S10 unboxing

This year's package is a bit different from the previous three generations and their blue-accented black boxes. A black box it still is, but there's now a bolder 'S10' printed on top in a color that matches the paint job of the phone inside. Take off the lid and you'll see the phone, the accessories underneath, and little has changed here.

Samsung Galaxy S10 review

What you're getting is a 15W charger that supports Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charge standard (QuickCharge 2.0 compliant) and a USB cable to go with it. There's also a nice AKG branded headset with braided cables and Samsung's usual set of two USB adapters - female A to male C and female micro B to male C. We've previously seen bundles missing one of these adapters, so this will likely vary by region. Same thing with the case - in some markets there will be one bundled, but we didn't get any with our review unit.

Next Page » 2. Design, 360-degree view
1. Introduction, specs, unboxing
  1. 1. Introduction, specs, unboxing
  2. 2. Design, 360-degree view
  3. 3. Lab tests - display, battery life, loudspeaker, audio quality
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Synthetic benchmarks
  6. 6. Camera architecture, app interface, features
  7. 7. Camera image quality
  8. 8. Video recording
  9. 9. Alternatives, pros and cons, verdict
  10.  
  11. Samsung Galaxy S10 specification
  12. User opinions and reviews
  13. Review comments (174)

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Samsung Galaxy S10 review - Reader comments

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  • Anonymous
  • U{h
  • 15 Jan 2021

Is the battery performance of S10 is satisfactory? It has only 3400 mah.

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  • Anonymous
  • qaX
  • 20 Dec 2020

He means the Samsung Galaxian P30 Pro + Ultra Zoom .... Of course he means the Huawei P30 Pro :D.

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  • Mick mcconnell
  • e%g
  • 11 Dec 2020

samsung galaxy s10 best phone on the market. you can't go wrong with samsung.

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