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The Evolution of Samsung's Flagship Series: A Look Back at the Galaxy S Series

Samsung's Galaxy S series has been a cornerstone of the company's flagship lineup for years, offering a range of innovative features and designs that have helped to set it apart from its competitors. In this article, we'll take a look back at the history of the Galaxy S series, highlighting some of the key milestones and innovations that have contributed to its success.

The First Generation: A Stepping Stone to Success

The first generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2010, was a major departure from Samsung's previous Android offerings. With a focus on functionality and performance, this device set the stage for future generations of the series. The original Galaxy S featured a large 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1 GHz processor, and an impressive 720p camera. While it may not have been as flashy as some of its competitors at the time, the Galaxy S was a solid choice for anyone looking for a powerful Android device.

The Second Generation: A Leap Forward

The second generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2011, marked a significant leap forward for Samsung's flagship lineup. The Galaxy S II featured a larger 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a faster 1.2 GHz processor, and improved camera capabilities. This device was a major hit with consumers, who were impressed by its performance and feature set.

Samsung's Experimentation with Features

In the early days of the Galaxy S series, Samsung was not afraid to experiment with new features and technologies. For example, the original Galaxy S featured a "pop-up" video player that allowed users to quickly access videos on the go. The device also included a multi-window split-screen mode for multitasking, which was a novelty at the time.

A New Direction: The Samsung DeX Experience

In 2017, Samsung introduced its first version of Dex, a desktop-like experience that allowed users to connect their Galaxy S8 to accessories and deliver a more traditional computing experience. While it may not have been an overnight success, Dex marked a significant shift in Samsung's approach to smartphones.

A New Era: The Galaxy S3

The third generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2012, was a major turning point for the company. With its sleek design and improved performance, the Galaxy S3 became one of the first Android devices to seriously challenge Apple's iPhone lineup. The device featured a larger 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, a faster 1.4 GHz processor, and a range of innovative features such as a pop-up video player and multi-window split-screen mode.

A New Era: The Galaxy S5

The fifth generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2013, marked another significant milestone for Samsung's flagship lineup. With its improved water resistance and user-replaceable battery, the Galaxy S5 was a major hit with consumers. The device also featured a new fingerprint sensor that was faster and more accurate than previous models.

A New Era: The Galaxy S7

The seventh generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2016, marked a significant shift for Samsung's flagship lineup. With its improved performance, design, and features, the Galaxy S7 became one of the most successful Android devices of all time. The device featured a larger 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display, a faster 2.3 GHz processor, and improved camera capabilities.

A New Era: The Galaxy S10

The tenth generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2019, marked a new era for Samsung's flagship lineup. With its innovative design and features, such as a whole-punch selfie camera and IP68 water resistance, the Galaxy S10 became one of the most popular Android devices on the market.

A New Era: The Galaxy S5

The fifth generation of the Galaxy S series, released in 2013, was a major turning point for Samsung's flagship lineup. With its improved water resistance and user-replaceable battery, the Galaxy S5 was a major hit with consumers. The device also featured a new fingerprint sensor that was faster and more accurate than previous models.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin a sea of Android phones Samsung often stood out by offering excellent build quality and some experimental features and for over a decade S Series has been cream of the crop for Samsung and with such an impressive portfolio of products we thought it might be interesting to make our own list of the best and the worst of the S Series throughout the years before we get started let me preface by saying that this is a ranked list so by definition it's based on our opinions or taking into consideration our specs features design and overall impact of the device or put it another way what can it do how well can it do it and how does it look and feel over the years we saw companies battling it out focusing on these factors so then how did the S Series do which one was the worst and which one was the best so far number 15 Galaxy S6 with the launch of the S6 Samsung really put an emphasis on premium a metal unibody frame and curved glass were noticeable upgrades from the plastic body of the S5 altogether giving the S6 a really premium design and feel so that it can compete with other flagships that had already ditch plastic a while back like the iPhone inside the S6 had Flagship specs to match add to that a great camera a fast fingerprint reader and built-in wireless charging was almost a complete package unfortunately Samsung made the gamble to get rid of a few fan favorites like going with a smaller non-replaceable battery and no more micro SD for storage expansion also maybe not so premium was Samsung's TouchWiz I know most people really didn't care but compared to the stock Android experience on Google Nexus or iOS on iPhone the extra apps on top of Touchwiz just made it feel bloated not to mention in really slow down OS updates still the version of the TouchWiz that launched with the S6 was a lot less cluttered than previous versions and the overall design was a big step in the right direction for the S Series designs number 14 Galaxy S the original it's the phone that started it all well at least for Samsung's S Series the Galaxy S was Samsung's official launch into high-end smartphones Samsung was pretty early to owning the hardware and software vertical launching the Galaxy S with an in-house design chipset exos the results were pretty powerful running Samsung's latest TouchWiz 3.0 the S allowed users to have up to cter seven home screens the real selling feature of the S was a super Vivid AMOLED screen imagine seeing for the first time Inky blacks and super bright colors in the Galaxy S this would be one of Samsung's Hallmark features going forward also Worth to mention Samsung had a pretty fast web browser built into touch with remember this was 2 years before the Chrome browser would be available for mobile devices so you were really at the whim of the phone manufacturers for decent web browsing the S was a strong statement from Samsung but the design was kind of uninspired even for 2010 especially next to competitors like HTC's Evo or iPhone 4 at the time number 13 Galaxy S2 following the success of the S1 the S2 featured a flush squared off design giving it a sturdy feel in hand despite its plastic build and the S2 had a new Super AMOLED plus display that increased the sub pixels providing more accurate colors to be expected there was a impressive spec bump this time a dual core processor and a gig of RAM the S2 8 megapixel camera was one of the earliest phones to be able to shoot 1080p video and even output it to TVs this meant you can turn your TV into a makeshift Smart TV with the web browser and the media player one of the big downsides for the S2 was that it had so many different versions made for competing Wireless carriers in the US this created a bit of a confusion for users because screen sizes chipsets and even battery sizes were all dependent on the region and carrier versions that you got number 12 Galaxy S4 skipping a couple of years ahead 2013 was the year Samsung introduced its best-selling smartphone the Galaxy S4 in fact the S4 did so well that it took the crown as the most sold Android smartphone overall the S4 was actually my first Samsung smartphone too it was light easy to handle with one hand and felt dense and sturdy the standout feature for the S4 was a 1080p screen it was one of the earliest phones to have it and it really made a difference in everyday use especially when reading small texts on screen besides performance a camera was where smartphone makers really made a name for themselves and Samsung's S4 had a 13 megapixel camera that took really great pictures it rivaled pointed shoots at the time in terms of details and sharpness unfortunately the S4 had plenty of gimmicky features too like tilting your head to scroll Pages hand waving gestures to navigate through lists and photos and a laundry list of others I'll be honest I didn't really use all these features all that much except for maybe once or twice to test it out but I can see the hand waving one being kind of you know useful if your hands were 30 but the S4 did have an IR blaster which meant that it was super easy to control your TV or even a media center right from the couch despite being such a huge seller the less than premium design and gimmicky features are some of the reasons why the S4 didn't break the top 10 number 11 Galaxy s20 in 2020 Samsung decided to rename the S Series line to match the launch here so we got the s20 new name but same Flagship as always the displays on the s20 were class leading bright vibrant and buttery smooth thanks to the new 120 refresh rate display the s20 came in exos and Snapdragon versions whichever you got they offered excellent performance all day battery life and even fast charger in the Box the s20s camera system had all the bases covered with a multi-lens system while the ultra even had a brand new 48 megapix Periscope lens so far so good right the s20 certainly deserved its Flagship status well except the brand new camera system on the s20 ultra had focusing issues straight out of the box which meant a lot of people took blurry photos with their $1,400 phones not always but enough that people started to complain there were other issues too like reports of a green tint that came over the screen or ghost touches these weren't widespread but still made some headlines the s20 was still a good phone it just took a few missteps and it didn't help that the s20 started at $11,000 yes I know the Fe would come later at $700 but we're not counting FS as part of this list number 10 Galaxy S21 in many ways the S21 was an evolutionary upgrade from the s20 Samsung kept the good things from the s20 like the high refresh rate Vivid display and the same impressive camera system except the ultra model got two Zoom cameras This Time by this time things like phone and screen sizes performance and battery life are pretty much settled on was more about making minor tweaks to existing features one of the first things that people noticed about the S21 was its bold camera design it highlighted the camera lenses instead of trying to make it blend in I wasn't a big fan of the camera design bit too gy but I can see why people would like it and it did a good job of protecting the lenses the S21 also was $200 cheaper across the board but Samsung did have to get rid of a few features in order to make the price drop happened first off the screens went from 1440p to 1080p practically though the lower resolution still looked great on a small smartphone display plus it up cut down on battery usage and price the S21 also no longer had a Micro SD expansion slot one of the key differentiators the S Series had since launch to its main competitor the iPhone and less of a big deal the S21 went back to a plastic back something we hadn't seen since the S5 number nine Galaxy s22 for the Galaxy s22 Samsung's most notable changes came with the ultra the s22 ultra took over the note by officially integrating the S Pen into the device by doing so Samsung settled on the three main versions of the S series that we're used to today and as expected the s22 ultra had top-notch specs the base s22 and the s22 plus were also updated with a faster chipset and a 50 megapixel f1.8 main shooter for all of its improvements Samsung still took a few steps back with a couple of things the s22 ultra Ram dropped to a smaller option Samsung also decided to drop the battery capacity for the base s22 number eight Galaxy s23 for the s23 the big news was that Samsung went with all Snapdragon based chipsets specifically designed for S Series it had a higher clock speed also remember that odd drop in battery capacity for the s22 while Samsung corrected course and boosted the battery back up for both s23 and the plus model the s23 ultra was super spec as always but most notably the s23 ultra got a brand new 200 megapixel camera combining better Optics with updated computation of Photography the s23 ultra really took some amazingly detailed photos outclassing pretty much any other smartphone although maybe it did too much computation in the case of the Moon again some interesting choices from Samsung the bass s23 had slower 25 W charging and both the s23 and the s23 plus were limited to only 8 gigs of RAM plus customers outside the US got a bit of a price hyp some as low as $20 and others more like 200 the s23 was a solid phone excellent specs and pretty clean and minimal design it was a standard for Android phones what's next you guessed it it's the s24 this time the star of the show was the s24 plus the plus offered specs that were pretty close to the ultra but just for less money for $300 less plus still offered a base 256 GB of storage 5G Ultra wideband QHD plus screen and a larger 4900 milliamp battery the s24 also marked the release of the Galaxy AI technology that gave users cool features like better lowl photography and digital digal Zoom Samsung's version of The Magic editor called generative editor Circle to search and more Samsung did make one controversial change the s24 ultra the 10 mapix 10x zoom camera was replaced with the 50 megapix 5x camera which by the Numbers seems like a significant downgrade but interestingly the extra megapixels and the better digital Zoom seem to even out or maybe even exceed photo quality taken by the s23 ultra at equivalent distances overall you couldn't go wrong with the s24 whichever version you got number six Galaxy S9 from here we take a bit of a detour to the past with the Galaxy S9 Samsung TI the don't fix what's not broken approach to design it did fix one big thing though the fingerprint scanner placement the S9 had a lot to love it was kind of the sweet spot where we still had the 3.5 mm audio port but it was still water resistant and had wireless charging the Snapdragon had impressive performance and so did the xos version despite it trailing a bit in the benchmarks in terms of camera Samsung introduced a dual aperture feature to adjust the amount of light coming in depending on the setting this was definitely something new for smartphones and actually very useful the S9 also introduced super slow motion video recording at 960 frames per second which was cool but really more of a party trick I can't really imagine you'd want to be holding your S9 while doing Action Sports Maybe I'm Wrong okay the downsides the battery life wasn't all that great but more importantly this this was when we started to see bifurcation of specs from the base and the plus models for instance less RAM and only a single camera system come on Samsung number five the Galaxy S8 Samsung had a lot running on the S8 success in 2017 this was following the exploding Note 7 debacle from the previous year with the Galaxy S8 Samsung seemed content with reminding people that Galaxy was a safe Choice great build check great performance check great screen check in fact Samsung's amulet screens got a bit taller this time this was when phone makers were racing to get the biggest screen on a smartphone without making the actual phone size any bigger because watching content was King Samsung did this by replacing the physical home buttons with a full digital button layout but where playing it safe didn't work so well was with the battery Samsung kept the S8 battery pretty much the same size as its predecessor trying to power the bigger displays and more power ful chipsets meant phones were averaging about 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time I guess Samsung was not in the mood to push the boundaries too much here considering the Note 7 the cameras too were pretty safe choices it's not that they didn't take great pictures it's just that by now competing flagships were offering multicamera systems and For Better or For Worse S8 was when we were introduced to Samsung's assistant Bigsby on the positive side we got an extra button on the S8 on the negative side Samsung was dead set on having you use this button only for Bixby making it really hard to remap the button at least in the beginning speaking of experimental features Samsung introduced the first version of Dex with a docking system which connected the S8 to accessories to deliver a desktop experience Dex was Samsung's Ace up a sleeve trying to give users another differentiating feature and I'd say was a success and besides the battery life the only big complaint was the awkward fingerprint sensor placement so all in all a great phone number four Galaxy S3 the S3 was the embodiment of all the lessons Samsung learned from the S and the S2 form was catching up to functionality and Samsung came a long way in really cleaning up the designs from its predecessors while keeping the phone relatively small and thin enough to handle with one hand which was pretty important at the time before big phones were a thing arguably the first real iPhone killer the S3 beat out the iPhone 5 in nearly all specs bigger battery higher res resolution and bigger screen faster CPU and a built-in NFC Reader just to name a few Samsung also introduced some features really ahead of its time like a pop-up video player and multi- window split screen for multitasking plus this is when Samsung introduced SVO although SVO was experimental at best useful for really basic commands that could be done on the phone not so much licking up information I guess it was pretty much on par with Siri back then number three the Galaxy S10 before sellling on the S s+ and the S Ultra phone setup that we're familiar with today with the launch of the S10 Samsung experimented with a cheaper model called the s10e likely to compete with the iPhone 8 which Apple was still offering as a cheaper option with the S10 lineup Samsung really hit the spot across many price ranges without too many sacrifices what was different about the S10 was that Samsung introduced the first whole punch selfie camera like I said before a lot of the companies were in ER race to get to the smallest screen to body ratio really the only noticeable difference from the s10e to the S10 plus besides their obvious size differences was the lack of a behind the screen ultrasonic fingerprint reader on the small device for the s10e Samsung instead went with a side power button that doubled as a fingerprint reader and also supported swipe down features for opening and navigating menus number two Galaxy S5 Samsung brought all its bags of tricks with the S5 it was was the first water resistant Galaxy S with the IP 67 rating and like the true anti- iPhone that it was Samsung still managed to give the S5 a user replaceable battery and micro SD card slot despite the water resistance this did come with a plastic flap though it seems Samsung was still more focused on function of form also new the S5 introduced the first fingerprint sensor for Galaxy phones unfortunately the fact that you had to actually swipe your finger across the sensor made it less intuitive compared to fingerprint readers on the iPhone iPhone for example the only real downside with the S5 was that the screen bezels were larger compared to the S4 but I mean not by much Samsung was still trying to figure out ways to have the S series stand out back in 2014 which meant the company was a lot more experimental with features to put it nicely it was a mixed bag some definitely better than others like the option to increase touchscreen sensitivity for when you're wearing gloves good idea having you hover your finger over objects on the screen to preview what you're going to press anyway maybe not so good the heart ratees censor was pretty forward thinking though especially before SmartWatches were thing for our pick of the best in the S Series lineup we're choosing the S7 with the S6 Samsung ditched the plastic for glass and mle inching ever closer to the modern s design that were're familiar with today but the first attempt at the new modern design also came with some big sacrifices mainly to functionality the S7 however perfected the designs of the S6 by offering water resistance and bringing back the micro SD card slot while adding a bigger battery replaceable batteries were not coming back so I guess this is the next best thing as always Samsung's AMOLED displays were class leading but this time around Samsung introduced always on display allowing for glanceable information like timing calendar to always be at the ready despite a drop in megapixel count the s7's cameras were also improved the new 12 megapixel camera with the faster lens also had ois to help with low light shots and videos really the only flaw we can think of was that the glass back was a fingerprint magnet and the S7 was still using a micro USB port while several competing phones were already on to USBC so that's our list what do you think do you agree disagree let us know in the comments and as they say in Korea thanks for watchingin a sea of Android phones Samsung often stood out by offering excellent build quality and some experimental features and for over a decade S Series has been cream of the crop for Samsung and with such an impressive portfolio of products we thought it might be interesting to make our own list of the best and the worst of the S Series throughout the years before we get started let me preface by saying that this is a ranked list so by definition it's based on our opinions or taking into consideration our specs features design and overall impact of the device or put it another way what can it do how well can it do it and how does it look and feel over the years we saw companies battling it out focusing on these factors so then how did the S Series do which one was the worst and which one was the best so far number 15 Galaxy S6 with the launch of the S6 Samsung really put an emphasis on premium a metal unibody frame and curved glass were noticeable upgrades from the plastic body of the S5 altogether giving the S6 a really premium design and feel so that it can compete with other flagships that had already ditch plastic a while back like the iPhone inside the S6 had Flagship specs to match add to that a great camera a fast fingerprint reader and built-in wireless charging was almost a complete package unfortunately Samsung made the gamble to get rid of a few fan favorites like going with a smaller non-replaceable battery and no more micro SD for storage expansion also maybe not so premium was Samsung's TouchWiz I know most people really didn't care but compared to the stock Android experience on Google Nexus or iOS on iPhone the extra apps on top of Touchwiz just made it feel bloated not to mention in really slow down OS updates still the version of the TouchWiz that launched with the S6 was a lot less cluttered than previous versions and the overall design was a big step in the right direction for the S Series designs number 14 Galaxy S the original it's the phone that started it all well at least for Samsung's S Series the Galaxy S was Samsung's official launch into high-end smartphones Samsung was pretty early to owning the hardware and software vertical launching the Galaxy S with an in-house design chipset exos the results were pretty powerful running Samsung's latest TouchWiz 3.0 the S allowed users to have up to cter seven home screens the real selling feature of the S was a super Vivid AMOLED screen imagine seeing for the first time Inky blacks and super bright colors in the Galaxy S this would be one of Samsung's Hallmark features going forward also Worth to mention Samsung had a pretty fast web browser built into touch with remember this was 2 years before the Chrome browser would be available for mobile devices so you were really at the whim of the phone manufacturers for decent web browsing the S was a strong statement from Samsung but the design was kind of uninspired even for 2010 especially next to competitors like HTC's Evo or iPhone 4 at the time number 13 Galaxy S2 following the success of the S1 the S2 featured a flush squared off design giving it a sturdy feel in hand despite its plastic build and the S2 had a new Super AMOLED plus display that increased the sub pixels providing more accurate colors to be expected there was a impressive spec bump this time a dual core processor and a gig of RAM the S2 8 megapixel camera was one of the earliest phones to be able to shoot 1080p video and even output it to TVs this meant you can turn your TV into a makeshift Smart TV with the web browser and the media player one of the big downsides for the S2 was that it had so many different versions made for competing Wireless carriers in the US this created a bit of a confusion for users because screen sizes chipsets and even battery sizes were all dependent on the region and carrier versions that you got number 12 Galaxy S4 skipping a couple of years ahead 2013 was the year Samsung introduced its best-selling smartphone the Galaxy S4 in fact the S4 did so well that it took the crown as the most sold Android smartphone overall the S4 was actually my first Samsung smartphone too it was light easy to handle with one hand and felt dense and sturdy the standout feature for the S4 was a 1080p screen it was one of the earliest phones to have it and it really made a difference in everyday use especially when reading small texts on screen besides performance a camera was where smartphone makers really made a name for themselves and Samsung's S4 had a 13 megapixel camera that took really great pictures it rivaled pointed shoots at the time in terms of details and sharpness unfortunately the S4 had plenty of gimmicky features too like tilting your head to scroll Pages hand waving gestures to navigate through lists and photos and a laundry list of others I'll be honest I didn't really use all these features all that much except for maybe once or twice to test it out but I can see the hand waving one being kind of you know useful if your hands were 30 but the S4 did have an IR blaster which meant that it was super easy to control your TV or even a media center right from the couch despite being such a huge seller the less than premium design and gimmicky features are some of the reasons why the S4 didn't break the top 10 number 11 Galaxy s20 in 2020 Samsung decided to rename the S Series line to match the launch here so we got the s20 new name but same Flagship as always the displays on the s20 were class leading bright vibrant and buttery smooth thanks to the new 120 refresh rate display the s20 came in exos and Snapdragon versions whichever you got they offered excellent performance all day battery life and even fast charger in the Box the s20s camera system had all the bases covered with a multi-lens system while the ultra even had a brand new 48 megapix Periscope lens so far so good right the s20 certainly deserved its Flagship status well except the brand new camera system on the s20 ultra had focusing issues straight out of the box which meant a lot of people took blurry photos with their $1,400 phones not always but enough that people started to complain there were other issues too like reports of a green tint that came over the screen or ghost touches these weren't widespread but still made some headlines the s20 was still a good phone it just took a few missteps and it didn't help that the s20 started at $11,000 yes I know the Fe would come later at $700 but we're not counting FS as part of this list number 10 Galaxy S21 in many ways the S21 was an evolutionary upgrade from the s20 Samsung kept the good things from the s20 like the high refresh rate Vivid display and the same impressive camera system except the ultra model got two Zoom cameras This Time by this time things like phone and screen sizes performance and battery life are pretty much settled on was more about making minor tweaks to existing features one of the first things that people noticed about the S21 was its bold camera design it highlighted the camera lenses instead of trying to make it blend in I wasn't a big fan of the camera design bit too gy but I can see why people would like it and it did a good job of protecting the lenses the S21 also was $200 cheaper across the board but Samsung did have to get rid of a few features in order to make the price drop happened first off the screens went from 1440p to 1080p practically though the lower resolution still looked great on a small smartphone display plus it up cut down on battery usage and price the S21 also no longer had a Micro SD expansion slot one of the key differentiators the S Series had since launch to its main competitor the iPhone and less of a big deal the S21 went back to a plastic back something we hadn't seen since the S5 number nine Galaxy s22 for the Galaxy s22 Samsung's most notable changes came with the ultra the s22 ultra took over the note by officially integrating the S Pen into the device by doing so Samsung settled on the three main versions of the S series that we're used to today and as expected the s22 ultra had top-notch specs the base s22 and the s22 plus were also updated with a faster chipset and a 50 megapixel f1.8 main shooter for all of its improvements Samsung still took a few steps back with a couple of things the s22 ultra Ram dropped to a smaller option Samsung also decided to drop the battery capacity for the base s22 number eight Galaxy s23 for the s23 the big news was that Samsung went with all Snapdragon based chipsets specifically designed for S Series it had a higher clock speed also remember that odd drop in battery capacity for the s22 while Samsung corrected course and boosted the battery back up for both s23 and the plus model the s23 ultra was super spec as always but most notably the s23 ultra got a brand new 200 megapixel camera combining better Optics with updated computation of Photography the s23 ultra really took some amazingly detailed photos outclassing pretty much any other smartphone although maybe it did too much computation in the case of the Moon again some interesting choices from Samsung the bass s23 had slower 25 W charging and both the s23 and the s23 plus were limited to only 8 gigs of RAM plus customers outside the US got a bit of a price hyp some as low as $20 and others more like 200 the s23 was a solid phone excellent specs and pretty clean and minimal design it was a standard for Android phones what's next you guessed it it's the s24 this time the star of the show was the s24 plus the plus offered specs that were pretty close to the ultra but just for less money for $300 less plus still offered a base 256 GB of storage 5G Ultra wideband QHD plus screen and a larger 4900 milliamp battery the s24 also marked the release of the Galaxy AI technology that gave users cool features like better lowl photography and digital digal Zoom Samsung's version of The Magic editor called generative editor Circle to search and more Samsung did make one controversial change the s24 ultra the 10 mapix 10x zoom camera was replaced with the 50 megapix 5x camera which by the Numbers seems like a significant downgrade but interestingly the extra megapixels and the better digital Zoom seem to even out or maybe even exceed photo quality taken by the s23 ultra at equivalent distances overall you couldn't go wrong with the s24 whichever version you got number six Galaxy S9 from here we take a bit of a detour to the past with the Galaxy S9 Samsung TI the don't fix what's not broken approach to design it did fix one big thing though the fingerprint scanner placement the S9 had a lot to love it was kind of the sweet spot where we still had the 3.5 mm audio port but it was still water resistant and had wireless charging the Snapdragon had impressive performance and so did the xos version despite it trailing a bit in the benchmarks in terms of camera Samsung introduced a dual aperture feature to adjust the amount of light coming in depending on the setting this was definitely something new for smartphones and actually very useful the S9 also introduced super slow motion video recording at 960 frames per second which was cool but really more of a party trick I can't really imagine you'd want to be holding your S9 while doing Action Sports Maybe I'm Wrong okay the downsides the battery life wasn't all that great but more importantly this this was when we started to see bifurcation of specs from the base and the plus models for instance less RAM and only a single camera system come on Samsung number five the Galaxy S8 Samsung had a lot running on the S8 success in 2017 this was following the exploding Note 7 debacle from the previous year with the Galaxy S8 Samsung seemed content with reminding people that Galaxy was a safe Choice great build check great performance check great screen check in fact Samsung's amulet screens got a bit taller this time this was when phone makers were racing to get the biggest screen on a smartphone without making the actual phone size any bigger because watching content was King Samsung did this by replacing the physical home buttons with a full digital button layout but where playing it safe didn't work so well was with the battery Samsung kept the S8 battery pretty much the same size as its predecessor trying to power the bigger displays and more power ful chipsets meant phones were averaging about 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time I guess Samsung was not in the mood to push the boundaries too much here considering the Note 7 the cameras too were pretty safe choices it's not that they didn't take great pictures it's just that by now competing flagships were offering multicamera systems and For Better or For Worse S8 was when we were introduced to Samsung's assistant Bigsby on the positive side we got an extra button on the S8 on the negative side Samsung was dead set on having you use this button only for Bixby making it really hard to remap the button at least in the beginning speaking of experimental features Samsung introduced the first version of Dex with a docking system which connected the S8 to accessories to deliver a desktop experience Dex was Samsung's Ace up a sleeve trying to give users another differentiating feature and I'd say was a success and besides the battery life the only big complaint was the awkward fingerprint sensor placement so all in all a great phone number four Galaxy S3 the S3 was the embodiment of all the lessons Samsung learned from the S and the S2 form was catching up to functionality and Samsung came a long way in really cleaning up the designs from its predecessors while keeping the phone relatively small and thin enough to handle with one hand which was pretty important at the time before big phones were a thing arguably the first real iPhone killer the S3 beat out the iPhone 5 in nearly all specs bigger battery higher res resolution and bigger screen faster CPU and a built-in NFC Reader just to name a few Samsung also introduced some features really ahead of its time like a pop-up video player and multi- window split screen for multitasking plus this is when Samsung introduced SVO although SVO was experimental at best useful for really basic commands that could be done on the phone not so much licking up information I guess it was pretty much on par with Siri back then number three the Galaxy S10 before sellling on the S s+ and the S Ultra phone setup that we're familiar with today with the launch of the S10 Samsung experimented with a cheaper model called the s10e likely to compete with the iPhone 8 which Apple was still offering as a cheaper option with the S10 lineup Samsung really hit the spot across many price ranges without too many sacrifices what was different about the S10 was that Samsung introduced the first whole punch selfie camera like I said before a lot of the companies were in ER race to get to the smallest screen to body ratio really the only noticeable difference from the s10e to the S10 plus besides their obvious size differences was the lack of a behind the screen ultrasonic fingerprint reader on the small device for the s10e Samsung instead went with a side power button that doubled as a fingerprint reader and also supported swipe down features for opening and navigating menus number two Galaxy S5 Samsung brought all its bags of tricks with the S5 it was was the first water resistant Galaxy S with the IP 67 rating and like the true anti- iPhone that it was Samsung still managed to give the S5 a user replaceable battery and micro SD card slot despite the water resistance this did come with a plastic flap though it seems Samsung was still more focused on function of form also new the S5 introduced the first fingerprint sensor for Galaxy phones unfortunately the fact that you had to actually swipe your finger across the sensor made it less intuitive compared to fingerprint readers on the iPhone iPhone for example the only real downside with the S5 was that the screen bezels were larger compared to the S4 but I mean not by much Samsung was still trying to figure out ways to have the S series stand out back in 2014 which meant the company was a lot more experimental with features to put it nicely it was a mixed bag some definitely better than others like the option to increase touchscreen sensitivity for when you're wearing gloves good idea having you hover your finger over objects on the screen to preview what you're going to press anyway maybe not so good the heart ratees censor was pretty forward thinking though especially before SmartWatches were thing for our pick of the best in the S Series lineup we're choosing the S7 with the S6 Samsung ditched the plastic for glass and mle inching ever closer to the modern s design that were're familiar with today but the first attempt at the new modern design also came with some big sacrifices mainly to functionality the S7 however perfected the designs of the S6 by offering water resistance and bringing back the micro SD card slot while adding a bigger battery replaceable batteries were not coming back so I guess this is the next best thing as always Samsung's AMOLED displays were class leading but this time around Samsung introduced always on display allowing for glanceable information like timing calendar to always be at the ready despite a drop in megapixel count the s7's cameras were also improved the new 12 megapixel camera with the faster lens also had ois to help with low light shots and videos really the only flaw we can think of was that the glass back was a fingerprint magnet and the S7 was still using a micro USB port while several competing phones were already on to USBC so that's our list what do you think do you agree disagree let us know in the comments and as they say in Korea thanks for watching\n"

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