Samsung Galaxy S10 Review, Camera and Performance

Published on February 24, 2020

It’s difficult for the Samsung Galaxy S10 to stand alone. While the great Galaxy S10 Plus for its battery or the Galaxy S10e for its reduced cost as is simple to recommend, it is difficult to say that the S10 is a better alternative than either. Let’s be evident, the Galaxy S10 is an all-round killer phone delivering top-notch and near-perfect output.

The Samsung Galaxy S10, the middle kid of the flagship series of the company, is a great phone that in the shuffle could readily be lost. Galaxy S10 plus has been praised a lot for its battery and large screen and Galaxy S10e for its user-friendly and compact form. S10 is supposed to strike the right balance between these two phones.

The equation that is best for any specified individual to calculate which device is a complex one at best. It involves finding the correct set of characteristics in the easiest terms at a cost the individual is prepared to pay.

Networks and 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.

Display and Body

• 6.1-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
• 3,040 by 1,440 pixels with 551ppi
• 19:9 (2.11:1) aspect ratio
• Single selfie cutout
• Bixby button stands out, but not in a good way
• In-glass fingerprint sensor
• “Infinity O” punch hole camera
• Aluminum frame
• IP68 rating for dust and water protection.

The Galaxy S10’s lower size also makes holding in the hand a little easier. It measures with a carrying weight of only 157 g at 70.4 mm x 149.9 mm x 7.8 mm, making it one of the lightest flagship devices out there.

Camera and Video

The Rear Camera has top features; 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.

The Selfie Camera; 10MP, f/1.9 aperture, 25mm equiv. focal length (80° FoV), dual pixel PDAF.

OS and Performance

• Exynos 9820 in the Australian S10 is powerful
• Fingerprint sensor works (slow response though)
• Expandable storage gives it a premium edge.
• One UI is way less annoying than TouchWiz was.
• Bundled AKG headphones.
• Android 9.0 Pie
• Samsung One UI.
• octa-core CPU (1×2.8GHz & 3×2.4GHz Kryo Gold & 4×1.7GHz Kryo 485 Silver)
• stereo speakers (bottom-firing + earpiece)

More on Performance;

The output is actually fairly great, as with the Galaxy S10 +, although it does trail well behind the benchmark results we’ve seen from Apple’s latest recent phones, as well as the new Huawei smartphones.

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Battery Stats.

• A 3,400mah battery gives disappointing performance
• It’s got Wireless charging and fast charging supported
• A Powershare reverse charging is too slow

More on Battery Stats;

Samsung’s flagship phones have long held the crown for battery life in the premium space, and it used to be easy to write about how just how good they were.

Sadly, however, this year’s crop of phones has fallen way off that high mark. So far, in fact, that all of this year’s phones exhibit worse battery life than the phones they’re replacing from 2018

Conclusion

It’s a nicely built phone, but needs to put more work into a “premium” phone.

It has plenty of energy to run applications, and it supports expandable storage unlike many flagships we’re seeing now.

The Galaxy S10 has a lot of features to like. Samsung has refined its design language, removed the problem of the fingerprint sensor being too near to the back lenses and given it a good, if not the best camera capacities in the industry.

However, the battery life mistakes are a severe problem for the Galaxy S10’s general value proposal. All of the world’s beautiful design and fast features don’t matter when your phone’s gone off.