Samsung Galaxy S10 phones were announced on Feb. 20th 2019. The key features of the Galaxy S10 that were announced live were indeed impressive, but the company did not provide much about the specs and details. Lucky for us, we do have the specs and some are impressive while others are not, at least when comparing to the Galaxy S9. We will not be going over the release of the Galaxy S10e since the price is too high and the specs are just not all that impressive.
The price is little higher than we expected but if you pre-order the Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10+ by 3/7/19 you will receive free Galaxy Buds. Does not apply to Galaxy S10e. You can order your New S10 or S10+ Unlocked from Amazon:
Samsung Galaxy S10 : https://amzn.to/2EwfWnQ
Samsung Galaxy S10+ : https://amzn.to/2TddTPO
Samsung Galaxy Buds: https://amzn.to/2HLYos7
To Get Samsung Galaxy S10 LED Back Case : https://amzn.to/2EpmO6I
To Get Samsung Galaxy S10+ LED Back Case : https://amzn.to/2EH8wiW
Samsung Galaxy S10 Factory Unlocked Phone with 128GB (U.S. Warranty), Prism Black
Key features that we really liked:
3 Main Cameras. UltraWide Angle , Wide and Telephoto lenses. 12MP and 16MP for the UltraWide.
10MP Selfie Camera
4K Video Recording 60FPS and 240 at 1080p similar to S9
8GB Ram – Yes Please
128GB-512GB internal Storage + up to 512GB SD Card
Under Display Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor
Headphone Jack – Some of us still use it. I use it all the time to connect external Microphone when I am recording video in 4K
Bigger batteries in both S10 and S10+ 3400mAh for S10 and 4100 for S10+
Not so impressive features but still worth Mentioning:
Faster charging with 25W USB-C but it will actual charging at 15W same as in S9
Reverse wireless charging – it is nice but you will probably not use it often.
FM Radio (US & CA Only)
USB C Charging Port
WI-Fi 6 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax – It is the first phone to have that but unfortunately most of us will not used it, the technology is just too new. By the time it is available to most folks we will be looking at Galaxy S11 and S12.
What we really Did Not like:
As you probably already guessed, the phone price tag: starting at $900 for the S10 and it goes up from there.
Galaxy S10 and S10+ are not 5G. Samsung will be coming out with 5G version later in 2019 but from the specs we were a little disappointed.
The 128GB and 512GB configuration, we would really like to see 256GB option. Looking at their website, it is possible that Samsung will introduce 256GB version later in 2019/2020
Adobe Rush still not available, but at least it should be later in the year.
Conclusion:
Wi-fi 6 is impressive but most of us will not be able to use it. 80211 ax is a new technology and having to spend more money to replace a router that can handle the faster speeds is not recommended until you at least have Fiber 1 Gigabit Internet connection. 5G will be exclusive to Verizon for now and not available to the rest of us probably till 2020. Most major carriers are testing 5G in selected cities but 5G will most likely not be available to consumers until 2020-2021.
We mentioned the 128GB configuration and that we don’t like it because 4k video might be filling it up fast. We can add a 512GB SD card but in our experience when you are recording in 4K, it saves the video to internal memory because the external SD card is not fast enough to capture so match data.
Am I going to pre-order the Galaxy S10? No I am not, but I will be upgrading to S10 later on this year. Just because I really want to get my hands on it first to see if S10+ might be better for me and I am waiting for Adobe Rush to be available for Galaxy S10. That does not mean you should wait. If you are thinking you will want to get it soon, then now is defiantly the time to pre-order and take advantage of the Free Galaxy Buds. But if you can wait then who knows, Samsung may offer little discounts later in time.
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