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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin.

  • There's a lot that can be said

  • about the brand new Galaxy S10,

  • but it can be summed up pretty quickly:

  • this is the phone to beat for 2019.

  • After 10 years of Galaxy devices,

  • we have one seriously nice piece of hardware with the S10.

  • Put it side-by-side with an earlier model

  • and it is absolutely crazy at how far Samsung has come.

  • Now, you can't talk about this phone

  • without acknowledging its most unique feature,

  • the hole punch display.

  • Yeah, it's definitely there alright.

  • Now I recently did a video talking

  • all about the hole punch display versus the notch,

  • which you guys can go check out.

  • But there's no getting around the fact

  • that while this is a pretty much full screen display,

  • it is kind of distracting to look at

  • that hole punch all the time.

  • Now, because of this, there is one key disadvantage

  • to the S10+ versus the standard S10 and the S10E.

  • Both of those phones have a single camera front,

  • which means the hole punch display

  • is much, much smaller than the double camera on the S10+.

  • Sure, it looks a little bit more distinctive,

  • but you're losing basically

  • double the real estate like that.

  • Now, I've kinda gotten used to it

  • at this point, to be totally honest,

  • but it is a little bit obtrusive still,

  • and I think this is one of those things

  • where time will definitely whether this is a good idea

  • or whether we'll look back on the hole punch

  • as something that's even worse than the notch.

  • The screen itself is typical Samsung.

  • Bright, vibrant and pretty much as good as it gets

  • as far as smartphones go today.

  • What's new this year is that the fingerprint sensor

  • is moved from the back of the phone to the front.

  • Now it's underneath the display,

  • and generally speaking, it works pretty well.

  • So it's very similar, in fact, to the OnePlus 6T,

  • not only in accuracy but as well as speed.

  • Now, you can't just put your

  • fingerprint anywhere on the display.

  • There is a fairly small sensor in the middle.

  • But once you get used to it,

  • you can pretty easily unlock the phone

  • without having to tap the screen or do anything.

  • You just set your fingerprint, it will wake up,

  • and you're good to go.

  • The only Galaxy S10 that misses out

  • on this feature is the S10E,

  • which instead has a fingerprint sensor

  • on the side of the phone.

  • Now, personally, I actually don't think this is a huge loss.

  • Even though it is a cool feature

  • to have it underneath the display,

  • it still feels a little bit more like

  • a gimmick than a must-have feature.

  • The rest of the hardware is absolutely top notch.

  • After all these years it's weird that Samsung

  • is still the only ones to really pull off

  • the curved front and back glass.

  • Not only does it look nice,

  • but importantly, it gives a very nice feel in the hand.

  • Amazingly, if you look on the bottom of the phone,

  • you will find that there is still a headphone jack.

  • Now, I don't know how much longer

  • this is going to stick around.

  • At this point it feels like the S10

  • is one of the very few flagships that still has it.

  • But huge props to Samsung on this one.

  • And to top it all off,

  • Samsung now allows you to remap the Bixby button.

  • This is an incredible, brave new world we live in.

  • - [Robotic Voice] Welcome to the new Bixby.

  • ♪ I've been feeling kinda cooped up, cooped up

  • - If that's not enough,

  • we also still have stereo speakers on board,

  • even though we don't have really kind of any top bezel.

  • There's a tiny little driver up top,

  • which sounds pretty good.

  • There is not a lot to complain about with this hardware.

  • I'll be totally honest with you.

  • Samsung absolutely nailed it this year.

  • Speaking of hardware,

  • something that returns this year is DeX.

  • So Samsung is one of the few companies

  • that really fully takes advantage of the USB-C port.

  • A lot of other phones just use it for charging.

  • But with this, you can kind of turn it into a full desktop.

  • All you need to do is take a single USB-C cable

  • and while you could use a DeX dock,

  • what I personally prefer is running it to a USB-C monitor.

  • Not only do you get a full display,

  • but you also get stuff like mouse and keyboard support.

  • And honestly, Android apps have come a long way as far as

  • being able to be used in a windowed sort of fashion.

  • Now, no, DeX is not the fastest thing in the world.

  • It does feel a little bit stuttery

  • compared to running the apps natively on the phone,

  • but this is absolutely the dream, right?

  • You take your phone, you use it all day,

  • you drop it into a dock or you plug something in

  • and it turns into essentially a full desktop computer.

  • If only it was just a little bit faster.

  • Don't let that fool you though.

  • This is an absolute performance beast

  • when you're using it as a phone.

  • Here in the US, all models of the Galaxy S10

  • use the same Snapdragon 855.

  • The main difference is just in the amount of RAM

  • as well as the amount of storage.

  • There are a ton of different SKUs,

  • but pretty much all of them have eight gigs of RAM

  • with the exception of the base model of the S10E,

  • which has six gigs, as well as the high end version

  • of the S10+, which has 12.

  • Regardless though, you shouldn't see any

  • major difference between the different phones.

  • It's very nice to see that you're not getting

  • sort of a skimped down version

  • when you go to the lower end models.

  • Performance should be very similar across the board.

  • Speaking of that 855,

  • it is a big step up over the 845 of last year.

  • Now, it's still an eight-core processor,

  • but they've done something a little bit different.

  • So you have four cores, which are a little bit more

  • on the power efficient side,

  • and you have three big cores for heavier tasks.

  • But there is also a single core,

  • which is a higher clock speed,

  • which is especially helpful for single-threaded performance,

  • which, let's be real, is a lot of

  • what you do on your phone every day.

  • That plus the new 7 nanometer process really pays off.

  • Put it side by side with not only last year's model

  • but as well as the brand new iPhones

  • and you'll see that, while yes,

  • it's not quite as fast as that iPhone XS,

  • it is much closer than Qualcomm

  • and Snapdragon have been in years.

  • Graphics are also an improvement.

  • We're looking at a solid uplift versus last year's model.

  • And again, it is not quite there with the iPhone A12,

  • but it is a lot closer than it used to be.

  • Now a small note about cooling.

  • While the S10 and the S10E have fairly standard cooling,

  • the S10+ actually has a vapor chamber.

  • Now, I don't have those other two phones in to test,

  • but with this guy, it actually does a very good job

  • of staying fairly cool even when

  • you're under extended gaming loads.

  • I saw it top out at around 40 to 41 degrees Celsius.

  • The Galaxy S10 line is also one of the first phones

  • to support the brand new WiFi 6.

  • Now this isn't going to be dramatically faster

  • than the previous generation of WiFi.

  • It's maybe 20% or so.

  • But the big difference is that this should be

  • much more reliable in more congested areas,

  • which, of course, is basically everywhere at this point.

  • Now, I haven't had a ton of time to try

  • with a WiFi 6 router yet,

  • but definitely stay tuned.

  • This is actually something that could be

  • a pretty big deal going forward.

  • Battery life is definitely a strong suit with the S10+.

  • And a big part of that is due to

  • that huge 4100 milliamp hour battery.

  • I've had no problems making it through a full day of use.

  • Now, as you'd expect, the S10 is water-resistant,

  • and it does support fast wireless charging.

  • But what's really cool about this

  • is that it supports reverse wireless charging.

  • Turn on Power Share,

  • and all you need to do is take another phone

  • or another accessory,

  • and the S10 will begin to charge it

  • via Qi Wireless Charging.

  • This is a dope feature.

  • And especially considering that you have

  • such a big battery on the S10+,

  • it's a legitimately super, super useful thing to do.

  • Especially if you're a nice friend

  • who wants to top off after the end of the day.

  • Be like, oh, I got 40% left, here you go.

  • When it comes to the cameras, the 10 megapixel

  • front-facing camera on the Galaxy S10 is all new this year.

  • Now on the Plus model, you do get a secondary depth sensor,

  • which is nice for portraits,

  • but also means that the little

  • hole punch thing is, well, not so little.

  • So if we take a normal shot, it looks pretty decent.

  • But we also do have the improved portrait mode.

  • Now, the blur effect actually looks pretty decent.

  • It still does have an issue with my glasses,

  • like every other front-facing camera ever, but not bad.

  • So there are some very interesting

  • effects with the portrait.

  • So you can do a sort of weird zoom,

  • which actually doesn't look that bad.

  • I mean, some of this stuff is really fun.

  • If you have the right kind of shot,

  • you can get a really cool effect.

  • You also have the color pop mode,

  • which makes the background not only blurred,

  • but also black and white, which is very sad.

  • Yo, you know what?

  • Some of this stuff is actually really cool.

  • Like, I know a lot of times

  • the portrait mode stuff is gimmicky,

  • but the different options here are totally unique

  • and actually do work pretty well.

  • Of course, though, that's not the entire story.

  • On the back of the Galaxy S10+,

  • we have a full three cameras.

  • So the main wide angle camera is

  • essentially unchanged from last year.

  • You still have optical image stabilization

  • as well as that cool dual pixel autofocus

  • and the dual apertures, if that's not enough duals for you.

  • And on top of that,

  • the telephoto camera is also very similar.

  • It does have OIS,

  • but you're really not seeing any kind of

  • major differences on the actual hardware side of things.

  • What's new is a brand new wide angle camera,

  • which is standard on the S10E, the S10 and the S10+.

  • The only thing that the E really

  • drops is that telephoto camera.

  • So for an example, this is what the telephoto looks like.

  • This is the standard shot.

  • And this is the wide angle.

  • You can see that there's a pretty wide range here.

  • Now, I personally find that the wide angle

  • is probably the most useful.

  • Obviously you're gonna be using

  • the main camera 90% of the time.

  • I always just find the telephoto is usually not

  • that much higher quality than just digitally zooming in.

  • But that wide angle camera actually does work really well.

  • Video is also pretty impressive on the S10.

  • So this is what the wide angle camera looks like,

  • but if we punch into the standard,

  • you can see that we're still getting a lot of range.

  • And if we go all the way into the telephoto

  • as it kind of stutters for a second,

  • you can see you get some very different focal lengths.

  • But the camera goes a lot farther than just that,

  • especially when it comes to video.

  • You're also getting double the record time

  • on the super slow motion.

  • And I gotta say, even though it's not something

  • I would use every day, when you pull it off,

  • it is a very, very cool effect.

  • Now, sure, will the S10 match something like the Pixel 3

  • as far as raw image quality?

  • Not really.

  • But because you have all of these different modes,

  • the video is so solid,

  • and especially considering that you have

  • that super wide angle lens,

  • I don't think anyone's gonna be particularly

  • disappointed with the camera of the Galaxy S10 this year.

  • There is no getting around that

  • the Galaxy S10 is an expensive phone.

  • Now while the S10E is kind of reasonable at $750 bucks,

  • if you wanna get the S10+ like this model,

  • it's going to start at $1,000.

  • And if you go for the full maxed out

  • one terabyte ceramic model, it is $1,600.

  • Realistically though, this is just kind of

  • the world we live in at this point.

  • The $1,000 flagship is here to stay.

  • And beyond price, there's really not a lot

  • I have to complain about with the S10.

  • As far as an Android flagship goes,

  • there is really no other recommendation

  • that I have right now beyond the S10,

  • and especially this S10+.

  • It really is that good.

  • So of course, the question is:

  • is the Galaxy S10 worth it?

  • Yeah.

  • Simple as that, yeah.

- Hey guys, this is Austin.

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