Samsung Announces Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, and Galaxy S10E Smartphones (theverge.com)

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Samsung Announces Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, and Galaxy S10E Smartphones (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:10AM from the new-shiny-devices dept.

On the sidelines of the Galaxy Fold announcement, Samsung today also unveiled the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, and Galaxy S10E -- the latest iteration of its flagship Android offering. The Samsung Galaxy S10 sports a 6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED display with Quad HD+ resolution in a 19:9 aspect ratio, whereas the Galaxy S10 Plus has a 6.4-inch display. Both the handsets are powered by Qualcomm's latest and greatest Snapdragon 855, coupled with 8GB or 12GB of RAM, and 128GB to 512GB (1TB on S10 Plus), expandable via microSD of storage. On the photography front, both the handsets have a wide angle 12-megapixel (77-degree), telephoto 12-megapixel (45-degree), and ultra wide 16-megapixel (123-degree) on the back; and 10 megapixels, 8-megapixel RGB depth camera (S10 Plus) upfront. The Galaxy S10 has 3,400mAh battery, whereas the Plus sibling houses a 4,100mAh battery. Both the handsets run Android 9 Pie with Samsung One UI, and support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, LTE Cat.20, wireless charging. They both have USB-C ports, and a headphone jack.

Samsung Galaxy S10E is a lower-cost, smaller variant of the other two phones. It has a 5.8-inch "Dynamic AMOLED" display, Full HD+ resolution in a 19:9 aspect ratio. You can read more about it here. All three phones will be available for preorder starting tomorrow, February 21, and they will start shipping on March 8th. In addition to all four major US carriers, the S10 family will also be available unlocked from Samsung and other retailers, starting at $899.99 for the S10 and $999.99 for the S10 Plus. The S10E starts at $750.

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I'll buy anything... by 110010001000 · 2019-02-20 08:24 · Score: 1

...if it's shiny and made by Samsung.
1. Re: I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:29 · Score: 0
  
  Remember the under-the-table $$$ in BizX bucks paid to promote these agendas through SEO. Samsung probably handed them a ton of cloud computing resources or whatever they were in need of...
2. Re:I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:30 · Score: 0
  
  Your honesty is disconcerting, this is slashdot. Breathless unrealistic fangirl-ism or nothing. See Kendall.
3. Re: I'll buy anything... by 110010001000 · 2019-02-20 08:37 · Score: 1
  
  They must be making billions, those BizX people.
4. Re:I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:42 · Score: 0
  
  ... and I can swap the battery.
  not this time, still on a Note 4.
5. Re: I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:58 · Score: 0
  
  Billions in digital funny money. What a vapid fraud.
6. Re:I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:03 · Score: 0
  
  Wait for the Note 12. The model number is triple the model number of yours.
7. Re: I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:18 · Score: 0
  
  Kendall, is my google phone spying on me and draining my checking account on a weekly basis
8. Re: I'll buy anything... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 18:40 · Score: 0
  
  Note 4 rocks and was Samsungs last true smartphone
Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:27 · Score: 0

At least camera maker RED had the guts to make a smartphone with a glasses-free 3D Lightfield screen last year, and a stereo 3D camera in front. ( https://www.cnet.com/news/reds... ) Samsung et al just up the screen resolution, throw in a faster Snapdragon, and that's about it. Also, Samsung's plastic-and-glass flagship phones with non-removable battery appear to be designed to shatter to pieces - drop one without a sturdy protective casing around it, and the phone's kaputt.
1. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:53 · Score: 0
  
  who the fucks wants 3D. ignoring it is intelligent at this point. It has been dumped in TV's, movie cinemas seem to finally be moving away from it again thank god except for a fringe set. These are consumer devices and putting expensive shit in that consumer don't want is braindead.
2. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:58 · Score: 0
  
  Any proof that cinemas are dumping it? It's not that I disagree that it's more of a gimmick than anything but the theater is one of the places I'm ok with the gimmick. I haven't seen any move away from it there.
  
  It's like cotton candy... I wouldn't buy it to eat at home but I'm ok with having it at a street fair every now and again. Come to think about it, that's how I feel about popcorn too.
3. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:08 · Score: 0
  
  Year-on-year increases of riot police doing headshots with rubber bullets on peaceful protestors will make 3D all the more irrelevant. Can't see 3D with one eye.
4. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by LynnwoodRooster · 2019-02-20 09:29 · Score: 2
  
  You're doing it wrong... Here on Slashdot you're not supposed to rail against a feature directly, you're supposed to say something like "I don't need 3D, I have lost sight in one eye you insensitive clod!"
  
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5. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by _merlin · 2019-02-20 13:26 · Score: 1
  
  When I got my glass-backed S8 I thought it was going to break the moment I dropped it (I never use phone cases). I've been pleasantly surprised though - I've dropped it on tiles twice and it hasn't even cracked, whereas my S3 got screen cracking when I dropped it one time.
6. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by AmiMoJo · 2019-02-20 21:01 · Score: 1
  
  A few years ago that was the case, but these days you have to invent an outlandish conspiracy theory about how that feature is being used to spy on you.
  
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7. Re:Boooring, Samsung, Boooring... Where's The 3D? by Cederic · 2019-02-20 23:21 · Score: 1
  
  My S7 is fragile looking glass all around and has survived trips to 30 countries on six continents.
  It has two chips on opposite edges of the front glass that don't impinge on the screen, as a result of being dropped on a rock in the Sahara Desert. It has a tiny scratch (2mm long) it picked up when I fell in a river in Papua New Guinea.
  Aside from that it's in mint condition. It's a bloody good bit of hardware.
Slashdot announces Samsung ad campaign by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:30 · Score: 0

key reason: itâ(TM)s easier than giving BJs under the bridge
Yay, flat screen available by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:31 · Score: 2, Interesting

Not a big fan on the extra long aspect ratios that are all the rage these day, but kudos to Samsung for making a version that doesn't have the stupid curved screen, and keeping the headphone jack on all the models. And I guess the pinhole camera is somewhat better than a notch.
Which blows up BEST? by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:36 · Score: 0

That's the one I accept. Sue balls man, to the wa!!
FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:36 · Score: 0

Samsung phones are amazing. I used to use iPhone but with the Samsung Galaxy 10 I have found myself much better informed and user centered design gives me more efficiency. There is no reason anyone would ever even consider anything else!
1. Re:FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:01 · Score: 0
  
  Thank you Samsung employee!
2. Re:FInally! by jellomizer · 2019-02-20 09:21 · Score: 1
  
  Really there isn't that much of a difference. I use the iPhone for the fact that all my Apps and Apps that I need for Work are on it. People in my workplace who have Android phone, will make excuses that they don't want work apps on their phone, or they have some odd 3rd party tool that will do the trick, mostly.
  
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3. Re:FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:36 · Score: 0
  
  The android users are the smart ones, they don't want to bring their work home.
4. Re:FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:45 · Score: 1
  
  There's nothing at all smart about the Android platform, sorry. The illusion of control, the reality of fragmented piecemeal OEM-controlled OS you can't do anything but jailbreak anyway. Android = the FB of OS'es.
  At least Apple half-assed a wall around the garden for the rubes. Android is nothing but a headless UI wrapper.
5. Re:FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 10:07 · Score: 0
  
  Samsung phones are amazing. I used to use iPhone but with the Samsung Galaxy 10 I have found myself much better informed and user centered design gives me more efficiency. There is no reason anyone would ever even consider anything else!
  I think we've found the Paid Samsung Shill...
6. Re:FInally! by mschuyler · 2019-02-20 11:11 · Score: 1
  
  Considering they haven't shipped yet that is quite a feat.
  
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7. Re:FInally! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:22 · Score: 0
  
  Why does Samsung allow Facebook to get user's location without users knowing about it? Dont blame Android. If you put Android in your phone, you are responsible. (If someone uses Samsung's memory and computer does not work, we blame the computer maker and not memory maker). Pathetic software on any hardware will make pathetic phone.
8. Re:FInally! by drinkypoo · 2019-02-20 14:06 · Score: 1
  
  The illusion of control,
  You can choose your level of control, with your wallet. You can buy a phone without crapware (e.g. Android One) or you can buy a phone with an unlockable bootloader. Can't get that from Apple. Or you can take a subsidized phone shoveled full of bullshit, which is much cheaper than getting it from Apple.
  
  the reality of fragmented piecemeal OEM-controlled OS you can't do anything but jailbreak anyway.
  Whut? The reality is, you're not making any sense.
  
  At least Apple half-assed a wall around the garden for the rubes.
  A half-assed wall is no wall at all. Just ask China.
  
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No notch and a headphone jack! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:39 · Score: 0

Now that's brave.
I look forward to buying one on ebay in about 5 years time when it comes down to my price range.
1. Re: No notch and a headphone jack! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:16 · Score: 0
  
  Get a better job, creimer.
2. Re: No notch and a headphone jack! by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:55 · Score: 0
  
  Creimer is too busy making YouTube videos and taking on The Verge for copy striking the tech community.
One question? by bob4u2c · 2019-02-20 08:42 · Score: 2, Insightful

How much did Samsung pay Slashdot for this Ad?
Nice to see Jack by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 08:43 · Score: 2, Insightful

"They both have USB-C ports, and a headphone jack."
Well done Samsung.
They did add another camera by SuperKendall · 2019-02-20 08:43 · Score: 2

The super wide angle camera is kind of interesting, especially for use in video - you can get adaptors to give you a fisheye view but having it on-device seems handy.

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1. Re:They did add another camera by drinkypoo · 2019-02-20 10:12 · Score: 1
  
  A $150 Moto X4 has a wide camera, too. What I want is a long one, not a wide one.
  
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2. Re:They did add another camera by pnutjam · 2019-02-21 02:45 · Score: 1
  
  You and every other guy, but we live with what the good lord gave us.
  
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Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these mining bitcoins by guacamole · 2019-02-20 09:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these mining cryptocurrencies in order to save the world economy! *drool*
Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by guacamole · 2019-02-20 09:10 · Score: 2
Finally Samsung has a flagship phone model that I can consider buying. This checks all the boxes for me.
- FHD resolution (keep the useless battery/CPU killing QHD away from my phones)
- headphone jack
- no useless image distorting curved edge.. I'll take the normal edge
I never understand why the spec fetishists always demanded the CPU/GPU/Battery-killing QHD resolution on phone screens (which IMHO, is useless on a phone), and yet tolerated the massive visible distortion along the edges of it.
1. Re:Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 10:04 · Score: 0
  Finally Samsung has a flagship phone model that I can consider buying. This checks all the boxes for me.
  FHD resolution (keep the useless battery/CPU killing QHD away from my phones)
  headphone jack
  no useless image distorting curved edge.. I'll take the normal edge
  I never understand why the spec fetishists always demanded the CPU/GPU/Battery-killing QHD resolution on phone screens (which IMHO, is useless on a phone), and yet tolerated the massive visible distortion along the edges of it.
  What? No bitching about the High Prices, even though they are EXACTLY the Same as Apple's current iPhone Prices???
  More softball Samsung fanboyism. Sickening.
  You should be fucked twice then shot in the head.
2. Re:Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 10:14 · Score: 0
  
  Apple cultist losing it?
3. Re: Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:30 · Score: 0
  
  Speaking of battery killing, how are you going to swap the battery?
  Have you ever got a quote to have a battery replaced in this type of phone?
  Hint: you could buy a cheap ass phone for the price of the "repair"
4. Re: Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:43 · Score: 0
  
  You don't need root access to the computer you carry around with you all day?
5. Re: Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 13:26 · Score: 0
  
  I have a s9+, you can switch to FHD (or just HD) if you really want to squeeze a few more minutes of battery life. Personally I like the extra clarity that wqhd gives when watching shows on my phone. And the curved edges really aren't an issue for me, although I initially thought I would hate them.
  I'll be skipping the s10 unless my phone breaks and my carrier offers me a free upgrade, and depending on how things go I might skip the inevitable s11 as well. I tend to refresh every 2 or 3 models, depending on how much of a jump in features and performance the new models offer.
6. Re:Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by ltcdata · 2019-02-21 02:40 · Score: 1
  
  For VR, FHD is very low res. QHD is better. And if you want, you can lower the res from QHD to FHD (battery improvement: best case scenario 5%, tested by a lot of reviewers).
7. Re: Hate the stupiud curved edge screen by pnutjam · 2019-02-21 02:47 · Score: 1
  
  These have pretty large batteries and in my experience they last at least 4+ years without significant degradation.
  
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World's most boring fangirl Ken Doll again. by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 09:12 · Score: 0

You still don't have a clue what the word interesting actually means.
I actually had to read the original release by bobstreo · 2019-02-20 09:41 · Score: 3, Interesting

Sooooooooooo:
"...support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, and 2Gbps LTE (but not 5G; that’ll be in another S10 variant arriving later this year)."
Which is pretty much all I need to know. If I'm buying a phone at this price, it's going to be used for 5+ years which means nope.
Although 2x-4x the memory and equal memory to what I have on my laptop is pretty neat, if you need that on a phone.
1. Re:I actually had to read the original release by thegarbz · 2019-02-20 10:31 · Score: 1
  
  If I'm buying a phone at this price, it's going to be used for 5+ years
  
  Do you anticipate suddenly your 5 year old phone will need a massive boost in available bandwidth to continue doing what it is already doing? Do you anticipate your phone company will just toss LTE on the trash-heap in 5 years?
  *Posted from an 8 year old PC which I need to upgrade because it doesn't support real time ray tracing and I'm just drooling at the mouth. ... Not due to any particular technological need, the drooling is just a medical condition resulting from this bizarre idea that something faster is automagically better.
2. Re:I actually had to read the original release by AmiMoJo · 2019-02-20 10:53 · Score: 1
  
  What is the point of buying a phone this expensive and trying to keep it for five years? Why not just pay half as much, get a phone that is 97% as good, and upgrade it after 2.5 years? Seems much more sensible than trying to find a phone that will hold up on both tech and durability with everyday use for 5 years.
  
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3. Re: I actually had to read the original release by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 12:13 · Score: 1
  
  Why not just keep THAT phone for 5 years? A galaxy S4 is still a perfectly usable, acceptable phone, even if you don't put LineageOS on it.
4. Re:I actually had to read the original release by ledow · 2019-02-20 20:54 · Score: 1
  
  Not the OP but:
  "Do you anticipate suddenly your 5 year old phone will need a massive boost in available bandwidth to continue doing what it is already doing?"
  Yes. The data I used 5 years ago isn't comparable to what I use today. There wasn't even a package available back then to cover what I have on my package now.
  "Do you anticipate your phone company will just toss LTE on the trash-heap in 5 years?"
  No. I anticipate that they'll move all their kit to 5G to "sell" 5G, and in the process never deploy 4G to its maximum capability (which is already stupendous). You'll never see this gigabit-4G actually in the wild in the US or Europe, even though it could technically exist.
  They'll pay billions for 5G licences, upgrade all their kit and - in the same way that we still don't utilise 3G's capacity even today - 4G will become a second-class citizen.
  Now 4G might be "enough", but that state of affairs won't last forever. I loaded the front page of Facebook the other day and it was over 12Mbyte of content. Even at 4G speeds, that means that it takes several seconds to actually show anything at all.
5. Re:I actually had to read the original release by Cederic · 2019-02-20 23:25 · Score: 1
  
  this bizarre idea that something faster is automagically better
  Hmm. Gigabit uploads are objectively better than anything I have at present, let alone the 3G connection my current phone is constrained to.
  When you capture 170GB of video at an event and people want to watch it the next day on Youtube bandwidth matters.
  
  I need to upgrade because it doesn't support real time ray tracing
  You'd best hang on a couple of years then, current graphics card technology is not offering real time raytracing at any sensible resolution and frame rate.
6. Re:I actually had to read the original release by ltcdata · 2019-02-21 02:45 · Score: 1
  
  5G tech is useless for medium-long distance where 4g Shines (you have high frequency bands for zones with a lot of towers and low frequency bands like 28 -700mhz- for low range connections). 5G is for very short distances with a lot of cells, and it's spectrum is located in the very high frequency area (from 3.4ghz to 28ghz, mmwave), so penetration and distance are not 5G strong points. I do not see LTE going away.
7. Re:I actually had to read the original release by thegarbz · 2019-02-21 10:51 · Score: 1
  
  Yes. The data I used 5 years ago isn't comparable to what I use today. There wasn't even a package available back then to cover what I have on my package now.
  So you admit that the difference is in data availability and not technical capabilities of your phone? Certainly Android update were just as big 5 years ago. Youtube was still 1080p.
  
  No. I anticipate that they'll move all their kit to 5G to "sell" 5G, and in the process never deploy 4G to its maximum capability
  
  That wasn't the question. The question was whether they will demolish or purposefully degrade their service. On the flip side are you suggesting that areas which currently have no 4G coverage will in 5 years have 5G but no 4G, and this despite the well known range limitations of 5G infrastructure? That doesn't make any kind of sense. Not business sense, not economical sense, certainly not technological sense, and most definitely isn't reflected in any historical sense.
  
  Now 4G might be "enough", but that state of affairs won't last forever. I loaded the front page of Facebook the other day and it was over 12Mbyte of content.
  You having to wait one second for a webpage to load isn't selling your desperation very much, especially given that the vast majority of that 12Mbyte is content that has existed in a stable unchanging size since the last major change of Facebook introduce the ability to add video.... over 6 years ago.
8. Re:I actually had to read the original release by thegarbz · 2019-02-21 10:54 · Score: 1
  
  Hmm. Gigabit uploads are objectively better than anything I have at present, let alone the 3G connection my current phone is constrained to.
  You're worried about gigabit uploads from your smartphone on a network which may or may not exist? Again faster is not magically better. Access plays a big role, hence my raytracing example. Having the latest and greatest makes bugger all sense if you can't use it.
  
  When you capture 170GB of video at an event and people want to watch it the next day on Youtube bandwidth matters.
  You're not normal. Interestingly it seems like you're able to do this already given your very specific example.
  
  You'd best hang on a couple of years then, current graphics card technology is not offering real time raytracing at any sensible resolution and frame rate.
  Yeah and yet the 2 games which offer it would happily disagree.
9. Re:I actually had to read the original release by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-22 03:39 · Score: 0
  
  You're drooling on RTX over 2 games? Come on?! Just wait for few iterations, I consider current RTX as tech preview.
10. Re:I actually had to read the original release by torkus · 2019-02-26 07:29 · Score: 1
  
  Exactly this. 5G is not a replacement for 4G, it's complimentary to it and we'll have both for a long while.
  5G: Oh, hey there 4G
  4G: Hi 5G! You're looking swole today. Been working out?
  5G (blushing): Oh 4G, you so silly. Want to get dinner tonight?
  
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No notch by Tough+Love · 2019-02-20 10:17 · Score: 3, Insightful

Worth the price of admission all by itself.

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1. Re:No notch by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 10:39 · Score: 0
  
  No notch AND a headphone jack?
  In an industry of Apple-lemmings, Samsung is the one demonstrating "courage".
2. Re:No notch by Tough+Love · 2019-02-20 11:06 · Score: 2
  
  Customers spoke out and Samsung listened.
  
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3. Re:No notch by DaTrueDave · 2019-02-20 12:59 · Score: 1
  
  Yes. I think I might upgrade my S9+ for this reason alone. Reward companies that listen to their customers.
4. Re:No notch by nine-times · 2019-02-21 04:14 · Score: 1
  
  I mean, it still has a cut-out for the front-facing camera. It's smaller, which is nice, but it looks like it might just be a camera instead of the multiple sensors that Apple puts in the notch.
  So it's not like they totally avoided the problem and didn't do anything like the notch. In both cases, the manufacturer was trying to find a way to have an edge-to-edge screen while also putting front-facing sensors. In both cases, they decided to resolve it by having a cut-out in the screen. Apple did a larger cut-out with a multiple sensors, centered at the very top of the screen. Samsung did a smaller cut-out with fewer sensors, not connected to the top of the screen, offset to one side. It's kind of just a different design choice of how to implement the same basic thing.
5. Re:No notch by Tough+Love · 2019-02-21 10:31 · Score: 1
  
  The cutout is small and unobtrusive because it doesn't occupy the valuable top center screen real estate. The other sensors have been moved to the tiny bezel, look closely. All very sensible and obvious, Apple just blew it and will pay by losing more market share.
  
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6. Re: No notch by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-21 13:34 · Score: 0
  
  Irrational Apple haters have the oddest set of priorities.
7. Re: No notch by Tough+Love · 2019-02-21 15:57 · Score: 1
  
  Apple cultists are scary like Scientologists.
  
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My phone history last 6+ years.. by CptLoRes · 2019-02-20 10:19 · Score: 1

2012 - Samsung Galaxy S3 2016 - Samsung Galaxy S7 2019 - Samsung Galaxy S10? Maybe, if it still has a audio jack The S3 to S7 was a big upgrade, noticeable faster an MUCH better camera. But frankly after the S7 i don't really feel a need to upgrade. It's plenty fast, battery seems fine and the camera is still good enough.
1. Re:My phone history last 6+ years.. by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:03 · Score: 0
  
  The 12GB RAM is fascinating. They could as well make a desktop version (small brick with ports) or build it into a desktop monitor.
They have that too by SuperKendall · 2019-02-20 10:48 · Score: 1

The have a 2x tele, a wide camera, and a super wide.
I would agree that an even longer telephoto lens would be cool, but at some point you are really going to be extending out that camera bump probably too far.

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Bottom line... by Tough+Love · 2019-02-20 10:57 · Score: 4, Insightful

The bottom line: with a headphone jack, no notch, and one or two hundred dollars under Apple's prices with twice the storage, Samsung will eat Apple market share. Plus, Apple fanboy Google and every Android OEM that went with the ugly as sin notch has to switch to copying Samsung now.
Headphone jack FTW.

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1. Re:Bottom line... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:52 · Score: 0
  
  It also has a microSD slot!
2. Re:Bottom line... by Tough+Love · 2019-02-20 12:05 · Score: 1
  
  Yah, sensible, and a broad pricing spectrum to cover different needs and pocketbooks.
  
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3. Re:Bottom line... by dremon · 2019-02-20 20:16 · Score: 2
  
  > with a headphone jack, no notch, and one or two hundred dollars under Apple's prices with twice the storage, Samsung will eat Apple market share
  
  It won't, because: 1. Apple users don't care 2. It's not iPhone
4. Re:Bottom line... by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-21 01:14 · Score: 0
  
  ...but it's not available with Android One, only Samsung's customized version of Android which I don't trust when it comes to timely updates. Sorry but when I shop for a device, the first criteria I look at is which operating system it runs, then I look at the hardware, not the other way around. It could have a user replaceable battery with an autonomy of 3 days I don't care, if the OS is crappy and unsecure I pass.
No limits! Unlimited unlimits! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2019-02-20 11:13 · Score: 1

"Sign up with Verizon and use up your 95 GB Unlimited Unlimited plan in less than 5 seconds!"

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No bugger off by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:32 · Score: 0

Kogan do a decent Samsung android knock off for $200 to $300. It's good enough. Why pay $1000 for a mobile computer? No. Just no.
You're a moronic boring faggot Ken Doll by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-20 11:33 · Score: 0

Your life is pointlessness personified.
Does the S10 by jennatalia · 2019-02-20 11:39 · Score: 0

Have the ability to do the low-light photography like the Pixel3?
Not enough units will be sold by mfearby · 2019-02-20 12:57 · Score: 1

It's an interesting innovation but they're not going to ship enough of these things to create a viable market for them. I personally wouldn't buy a chunky phone like that on the off chance I'd want to unfold it to double my screen size. Just be happy with the 6" 19:9 or whatever it is screen and be done with it. Is the extra price, weight, and bulk worth that occasional convenience for all but a few strange people? No.
High tier customer acquisition by spinitch · 2019-02-21 01:47 · Score: 1

Niche product for a premium. For limited appeal it offers a nice option below a tablet. It will help Samsung image as another special. Getting high tier consumers into their brand part of customer acquisition costs. These consumers buy high end gear.
8 to 10+ by Chissblue · 2019-02-21 01:55 · Score: 1

Substantial upgrade for those of us using Galaxy 8's. The screen going around the camera is pretty slick but what do you expect from the company that makes the screens for Apple and others.