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Samsung Announces Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, and Galaxy S10E Smartphones (theverge.com)
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.
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.
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.
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"They both have USB-C ports, and a headphone jack."
Well done Samsung.
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.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these mining cryptocurrencies in order to save the world economy! *drool*
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.
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!"
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
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.
Worth the price of admission all by itself.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
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.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.