The Galaxy S 10 Plus: A Powerhouse of Features and Performance

One of my favorite new features in this entire phone is wireless power share. You turn it on and you'll be able to charge any Qi-enabled device on the back of your Galaxy S 10, not just Samsung's. You could charge an iPhone using wireless charging, which isn't as fast as wired charging but the feature really works and it means that you can leave more cables at home or help out a friend in a pinch. The phone will automatically stop charging other devices when it hits 30% so you won't run out of battery. My experience with this feature has been plenty, and I've found that battery life has been absolutely phenomenal.

The S 10 Plus has a 4100 milliamp hour battery, which looped video in airplane mode for 21 hours in our tests, but it's also really great in real-life use. It's taken me from early mornings to late nights without ever having to worry about running out of juice. This is thanks to the power-efficient hardware and software optimization that Samsung has implemented.

Moving on from the camera, one of my favorite new features in this entire phone is AR Emoji. This is Samsung's take on personalized emojis, and it's much improved over last year's debut. Customizations are better, you can do more with them, but there's still a little bit creepiness to it, especially when you apply a face as a mask over another person or if you photo bomb a shot using a mini-me.

Another feature that I think is really wild is the ability to charge other devices wirelessly. This is something that all 4S10 phones share, and it's a great convenience feature that's sure to please. The phone will automatically stop charging other devices when it hits 30%, so you won't run out of battery.

But what about software? Well, Samsung has made some big changes with the Galaxy S 10. You get Android 9 Pie as the base operating system, and on top of that is Samsung's new One UI. One new feature here is Bixby Routines, which is a pretty neat way to automate some of the things that you're gonna do anyway. You can choose from some preset suggestions, which you can then customize or create your own from scratch.

Another new feature is Kids Mode, which is a password-protected sandbox environment for young kids. It's restricted to certain apps like a camera, photo gallery, and games, and it's a great way to keep kids safe online. The camera also has some fun stickers that you can use to create fun photos with your kids.

One thing that I want to point out is the changes to the Edge Display. It's still here, but it's far more pruned back, which I actually like. I genuinely like using the apps edge as a way to get to most wanted apps from any screen, but if you have too many, it can get bogged down. Samsung is starting you off with an option to pick five apps and build this out to ten shortcuts. You can also add in other edges for your top contacts and so on.

Finally, let's talk about the rest of the specs. The Galaxy S 10 Plus runs on Qualcomm's fast and powerful Snapdragon 855 processor, which makes it a great choice for gaming and other performance-intensive tasks. There's also a headphone jack and USB-C charging port, as well as IP68 water resistance globally.

In terms of storage, there are three different options available: the regular Galaxy S 10 with 128GB of storage, the S 10 E which comes in an even smaller size, and the larger storage configurations of the S 10 Plus. The S 10 Plus is available in four colors: flamingo pink, canary yellow, prism blue, prism green, and prism black.

So, should you buy this phone? Well, that's a tough one. The regular Galaxy S 10 is more expensive than the S 10 Plus, but it also comes with some key features like wireless charging and the option to have larger storage. On the other hand, the S 10 Plus offers a larger screen size and a more powerful camera system. Ultimately, it really comes down to personal preference - do you want a phone that's more mainstream and has all the latest features, or do you prefer a smaller phone with less expensive storage options? The choice is yours.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI'm here in Barcelona testing out the Samsung Galaxy S 10 Plus while also using the phone to cover MWC the world's largest mobile show so I'm throwing everything at this thing photos videos tethering long days without a single charge and you know what it's doing great okay so it doesn't fold up like a taco like the Galaxy fold but anyway you look at it this is a pretty damn great phone there are a few things that really stand out first there's that six point four inch screen that's pretty much edge to edge except for the whole cutout for the two selfie cameras then there are the cameras themselves five and all but more importantly is the camera software which adds a slew of new tricks and enhancements especially to portrait mode photos selfies and video being able to wirelessly charge another device using the galaxy s 10 Plus as the power source is useful any day any time battery life is on fire and the storage situation is off the charts with a one terabyte version that comes in ceramic white or black this phone is packed with so many major and minor upgrades it's hard to keep track but I'm gonna break down the best and the worst of them one at a time first which s10 is this Samsung made for galaxy s 10 phones which can get pretty confusing but here's a cheat sheet the s10 II is the smallest and most entry-level of the bunch with the fewest cameras fought by the regular Galaxy S ten and then this s10 Plus here and finally the Galaxy S ten five G which is the largest costliest stuffed with most cameras and the most advanced of all these phones the s10 plus is the only one of these to offer a version with one terabyte of storage that's enormous by the way that's like 250 movies and then if you pop in a 512 gigabyte SD card you can give yourself one point five terabytes total or basically 375 movies that's about one movie every day for a year price-wise this is firmly a thousand dollar phone that's the starting price for the 128 gigabyte model the 512 gigabyte ceramic model will cost you one thousand two $50.00 and the 1 terabyte version also ceramic will put you out a cool 1,600 bucks next let's talk about design the s10 plus has a six point four inch screen with slim bezels and a glossy finish there's Gorilla Glass six on the front and Gorilla Glass five on the back it's a nicely polished phone it feels good in the hand but you should accept that fingerprints will be a way of life if you don't have a cover and the phone is pretty slippery it uses Samsung's infinity o display which cuts out a pill shaped opening for the two selfie cameras most of the time this doesn't get in the way but when you're looking at a white screen it is fairly noticeable overall the screen is bright and fairly easy to read outside Samsung definitely knows what it's doing here one of the defining s-10 features is the new ultrasonic in screen fingerprint reader which uses sound waves to unlock your phone it's supposed to be faster more secure and work with wet and greasy hands but this first version that I've been testing isn't registering my prints as quickly or as accurately as I'd like there have been a lot of misses samsung says it will have a software fix by the time that the phone goes on sale surprisingly samsung removed its iris scanner from the front-facing camera so if the fingerprint reader doesn't work for you you'll need to use a pin code to get in all right I think it's time we talk about the cameras as I said before there are three on the back and two on the front the rear cameras start with a 12 megapixel dual aperture lens a 12 megapixel telephoto lens and a 16 megapixel ultra wide-angle lens turns out you can do a bunch of cool things here like take a photo using any of the three lenses I really like this flexibility and I found myself using it a lot shooting mostly with the main camera then switching to the telephoto to capture something faraway to ultra wide to get more of a street theme or a larger group the telephoto lens also assists with portrait modes and the as 10 plus wins points with me by adding three new effects including a spot color option that I found really dramatic one of my favorite things about Samsung's take on portrait mode which the company calls live focus is that you can adjust the blur in the settings before and after you take the shot so if you change your mind about an effect you have the freedom to play around I really like this and I'd love to see even more effects in the future there's also some artificial intelligence in the camera it can recognize 30 scenes and auto adjust your settings to take a better photo you just tap to turn the scene optimizer on if you don't like the result you can tap the screen to turn it off there's also a new feature called shot suggestions which will guide you to line up a shot and focus area when you do line it up the guide lines turns yellow and automatically takes the picture so you don't have to take your hands off the phone this can be really helpful but sometimes it took too many pictures of the same thing when I actually wanted more artistic control or I just wasn't ready to take the shot I also had a lot of fun using the gif maker you might call jiff I call it a gift turn it on in the settings and press and hold the shutter button instead of taking burst shots it will compile that gift the playback isn't as smooth or crystal clear as it is if you make a gift from a video but it is a convenient tool and it gets the point across Samsung is adding Instagram mode that will come soon to the Galaxy S ten phones we've got a demo of it on the s10 g5 if you have an Instagram account you can access this Instagram mode from the native camera and use the same filters post directly to Instagram without ever leaving the app I think it's a really smart plate for Samsung Instagram mode will work with both the rear and front facing cameras speaking of those front-facing cameras those are ten and eight megapixels respectively Samsung has done something really clever and lit up the edge of the display around the lens when you switch into selfie mode so you know where to look when you smile as with the rear cameras you can also switch among the lenses and fit more people or scenery into the viewfinder so how's the camera quality overall pretty great actually daytime photos are terrific on auto mode and they get even better if you enjoy tinkering with pro settings nine-time in low-light shots are good but not always great especially compared to the dedicated nighttime modes on the pixel 3 and Huawei mate 20 phones if you're wondering about video quality that was pretty impressive to HDR 10 Plus video recording and smooth video modes both help bring out the best in your clips and even auto mode video taken on the s10 plus in a very dark bar here in Barcelona perfectly captured that atmosphere with a pretty good amount of light the last thing we need to talk about with cameras is AR emoji this is Samsung's take on personalized emojis and it is much improved over last year's debut customizations are better you can do more with them there's still a little bit creepy especially when you apply a face as a mask over another person or if you photo bomb a shot using a mini-me it's creepy but it's still kind of wild moving on from the camera one of my favorite new features in this entire phone is wireless power share you turn it on and you'll be able to charge any Qi enabled device on the back of your Galaxy S 10 not just Samsung's you could charge an iPhone to wireless charging isn't as fast as wired charging but the feature really works and it means that you can leave more cables at home or help out a friend in a pinch the phone will automatically stop charging other devices when it hits 30% so you won't run out of battery my experience that's been plenty in fact battery life has been absolutely phenomenal the s10 Plus has a 4100 milliamp hour battery and it looped video in airplane mode for 21 hours in our tests but it's also really great in real life it's taken me from early mornings to late late nights I've been using navigation tethering my laptop those are both things that drain battery but I've never had to worry that I would run out of juice so that was the battery but now let's switch gears and talk about the Galaxy S 10 software and this is something that all 4s ten phones share you get Android 9 PI as the base and Samsung's all new when UI on top one new feature here is Bixby routines you may not be a big fan of the Bigsby voice assistant but routines is actually a pretty neat way to automate some of the things that you're gonna do anyway you can choose from some preset suggestions which you can then customize or you can create your own from scratch another new feature is kids mode you toggle it on from the quick settings tray to create a sandbox environment for young kids it's password-protected and you can set restrictions there simple can focus to apps like a camera photo gallery and games the camera has a lot of fun stickers to play with I want to point out some changes to the edge display it's still here but it's far more pruned back which I actually is pretty great I genuinely like using the apps edge as a way to get to most wanted apps from any screen but if you have too many it can get bogged down so Samsung is starting you off with an option to pick five apps and you can build this out to ten shortcuts you can also add in other edges for your top contacts and so on we don't have time to go over everything but rest assured that the Galaxy S 10 still has lots of custom settings inside the menus which is a really nice option for power users but wait there's more the rest of the specs the galaxy s 10 plus runs on Qualcomm's fast powerful Snapdragon 855 processor there's a headphone jack and USB C charging port and the phone is rated ip68 for water resistance globally the 128 gigabyte version comes in flamingo pink canary yellow prism blue prism green prism white like mine and prism black but your country may not stock every color the two larger storage configurations give you a choice of ceramic white or ceramic black right now there's just one last question to answer should you buy this the regular Galaxy S 10 or maybe the S 10 e or a different phone entirely sure this one is more expensive than the S 10 and the S 10 e but it's also way more mainstream than the Galaxy fold or the Galaxy S 10 5 G people are actually going to buy this phone with only $100 difference between the S 10 and the S 10 plus your choice really comes down to size preference camera capabilities and the option to have larger storage the Galaxy S 10 plus is a really great phone I strongly recommend it I really like a lot of the extra features on here especially wireless power share and I think that the fingerprint reader on the front is a more convenient location than in older models when it was on the back I used the three cameras on the back in everyday situations they really made sense to me photo quality is really good overall although I would have liked to have seen a dedicated nighttime camera mode like the pixel 3 has think Samsung could do a little bit better there this is a phone that I would definitely use everyday and if you bought it I think you'd be really happy with your choice\n"