I got my Galaxy S10+ delivered today (just the basic 128gb, white model). Opened it up and have been playing with it for the last few hours. I'm coming from a Pixel 3 XL so here are my impressions.
First, the positives:
+ The screen is astonishingly good. I mean, really crazy good. I don't mind the holepunch design at all and don't notice it at all. I do have to get used to looking at the time to the left more than in the far right corner, but I'll be fine.
+ The design of this phone is amazing. I don't know how they got a screen that large, that beautiful, with all the specs, the battery size, 3.5mm jack and still kept the phone so small. The Pixel 3 XL looks embarassingly large next to it.
+ Fingerprint scanner is good for me. I wouldn't say great or amazing, but it's pretty good. There's a half second delay, but I don't seem to have issues with it not recognising my thumb. The technology is pretty amazing in itself and it feels really futuristic putting your thumb on the screen and the phone unlocking.
+ One UI is surprisingly actually decent. And this is from someone who gave up on Samsung phones in the past due to Touchwiz/Samsung Experience. Initial impressions is that Samsung have put a lot of thought into the new UI. I really like the convenience of everything being down at the bottom half of the screen and love the dark theme.
+ The phone is extremely fast. Super snappy everywhere. Faster than the Pixel 3 XL for sure, which is really quite embarassing for performance. I'm certain the 8gb ram is why I haven't seen an app reload on the S10+, yet I see apps reloading all the time on the P3XL.
+ Wide angle camera lens is so fun. You can get so much more picture with the wide angle lens, I almost want to use it all the time. Every phone should have this feature.
Now to the not-so-great parts:
- Face unlock. Yes I know it's not the preferred method of unlocking the phone, but I feel if they include it, then it should be of an acceptable state and I don't think the face unlock is.
- The camera. While I'm loving wide angle, I feel the Pixel 3 XL takes better photos. Seems to take shots with better contrast and I like how they handle colours and sharpness more. Also, with the wide angle lens, it seems to warp the sides of the image more than I'd like.
Other than that I can't really fault the phone. As I said I just got it today, so no idea what battery life would be like just yet, but first impressions of that are realy positive too. A 4,100mah beast should last a full day with ease, which is nice, as Google are more concerned with putting in less ram and smaller batteries on their phones and having AI 'smarts' work everything out....but it doesn't work everything out.
The S10+ is a real flagship in every sense of the word. It's kinda crazy how it does so many things right and doesn't do much of anything wrong. Not yet anyway.
So what are your thoughts for those who have had the phone for a while?
First, the positives:
+ The screen is astonishingly good. I mean, really crazy good. I don't mind the holepunch design at all and don't notice it at all. I do have to get used to looking at the time to the left more than in the far right corner, but I'll be fine.
+ The design of this phone is amazing. I don't know how they got a screen that large, that beautiful, with all the specs, the battery size, 3.5mm jack and still kept the phone so small. The Pixel 3 XL looks embarassingly large next to it.
+ Fingerprint scanner is good for me. I wouldn't say great or amazing, but it's pretty good. There's a half second delay, but I don't seem to have issues with it not recognising my thumb. The technology is pretty amazing in itself and it feels really futuristic putting your thumb on the screen and the phone unlocking.
+ One UI is surprisingly actually decent. And this is from someone who gave up on Samsung phones in the past due to Touchwiz/Samsung Experience. Initial impressions is that Samsung have put a lot of thought into the new UI. I really like the convenience of everything being down at the bottom half of the screen and love the dark theme.
+ The phone is extremely fast. Super snappy everywhere. Faster than the Pixel 3 XL for sure, which is really quite embarassing for performance. I'm certain the 8gb ram is why I haven't seen an app reload on the S10+, yet I see apps reloading all the time on the P3XL.
+ Wide angle camera lens is so fun. You can get so much more picture with the wide angle lens, I almost want to use it all the time. Every phone should have this feature.
Now to the not-so-great parts:
- Face unlock. Yes I know it's not the preferred method of unlocking the phone, but I feel if they include it, then it should be of an acceptable state and I don't think the face unlock is.
- The camera. While I'm loving wide angle, I feel the Pixel 3 XL takes better photos. Seems to take shots with better contrast and I like how they handle colours and sharpness more. Also, with the wide angle lens, it seems to warp the sides of the image more than I'd like.
Other than that I can't really fault the phone. As I said I just got it today, so no idea what battery life would be like just yet, but first impressions of that are realy positive too. A 4,100mah beast should last a full day with ease, which is nice, as Google are more concerned with putting in less ram and smaller batteries on their phones and having AI 'smarts' work everything out....but it doesn't work everything out.
The S10+ is a real flagship in every sense of the word. It's kinda crazy how it does so many things right and doesn't do much of anything wrong. Not yet anyway.
So what are your thoughts for those who have had the phone for a while?
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