Thoughts on the Note 10 and Note 10+ now that everything has been laid out?

[mgbosshogg]

Side by side N9 / N10+ at the end of this hotel room video. Shows the rainbow skittles colour well.


https://youtu.be/ajQ0p_nDOGk

Yes the display is 6.8, compared to the n9 at 6.4. But the dimensions aren't that much different.
10+ : 6.39 x 3.04 x 0.31
N 9 : 6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35

I guess I would like to see Note 9 vs a note 10 size. Any pictures or videos yet?

 

[mustang7757]

Only thing gotta get use to the power button on same side as the volume lol

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Only thing gotta get use to the power button on same side as the volume lol

I thought the power button was on the drop down notification bar now. I could have sworn the side buttons do not power the phone off, but that's impossible as how would we turn the phone on. I think that video I watched was wrong.

 

[mgbosshogg]

My thumb will go to the other side constantly, I know it.

Only thing gotta get use to the power button on same side as the volume lol

 

[JHBThree]

I thought the power button was on the drop down notification bar now. I could have sworn the side buttons do not power the phone off, but that's impossible as how would we turn the phone on. I think that video I watched was wrong.

You turn the phone off using the drop down. The side button will turn it on from completely off and is more of a lock/unlock button

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

You turn the phone off using the drop down. The side button will turn it on from completely off and is more of a lock/unlock button

Ok, thanks. Thought I was losing my mind. Lol

 

[felloffthetruck]

Why no rainbow version with 512GB of storage?

 

[msm0511]

@trucksmoveamerica#AC @JHBThree

The default activates Bixby if you press and hold the power button, but can be remapped for a traditional power button.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

@trucksmoveamerica#AC @JHBThree

The default activates Bixby if you press and hold the power button, but can be remapped for a traditional power button.

I'll be changing it to power button. No bixby for me.

 

[dendron01]

Samsung may not realize it but they have taken the Note series downmarket with these. The Note is now a Galaxy with less features, a bigger and lower res screen, a smaller battery, and (for most people) a useless pen accessory.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Samsung may not realize it but they have taken the Note series downmarket with these. The Note is now a Galaxy with less features, a bigger and lower res screen, a smaller battery, and (for most people) a useless pen accessory.

Maybe that's the goal, slowly transition to the S series, one with as s pen

 

[msm0511]

I'll be changing it to power button. No bixby for me.

Yeah, the default set up is double tap for camera and press and hold for Bixby. The only options for remapping are to launch camera, launch Bixby, or power down. Alternatively, volume down and power will power down the phone if you leave settings at default.

 

[Mike Dee]

Note 10 Review

So after months of waiting and anticipation for this phone, finally we has seen it, and let me try to go through all that I saw from the unpacked event.

Camera – did I miss something about the selfie cam? I did read on a thread somewhere on this site the selfie cam could possibly have dual aperture, but that didn’t seem to be true, it is though a wide angle lens, so I want to assume it will give the same effect as the S10+ but S10+ also has Depth Sensor on the front, so which will take better selfies?? N10 does have higher aperture at 2.2 as compared to 1.9 for S10+. All the “we made the selfie cam cutout even smaller” didn’t move me
The main camera for the N10 I guess due to it receiving a third aperture, is a little better than the S10+
I am curious about the addition of the TOF 3D VGA camera on N10, and did anyone else notice during the launch, there was an animation only for the hole just below the flash. So the second cut out does what exactly? Is it still used to aid with the top one?
Storage/RAM – I am of the “must have a memory slot” group. I like to just pull out a card with all my music/pics etc, I don’t like nor trust the cloud, and I’ve seen phones die and users cry due to loss of information, so the smaller N10 is a NO from me. RAM, tell me why the N10+ does not have a 1TB option? Yet the S10+ has it. I think Samsung dropped the ball, Note users I am sure use their phones to do more than S line users.
CPU – on GSMArena its quoted as “Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China” am I missing something, I thought the talk was the N10 would have gotten the newer overclocked 855+ but according to GSMArena, same as the S10+ . The Exynos version though did get an upgrade from the S10+
I love the new options available for recording video, and I do wonder if this is hardware driven or software driven, would like to see it on the S10+ if its just a software upgrade needed.
The 3D scanning of object though is REAL NICE. And I guess that’s due to that TOF 3D cam only the N10+ has, hmm do I need to make so much 3D images to justify it?? Don’t know. But it is nice to have.
The doddle actions were really nice as well, I can see some creative people really using these features.
S-Pen got new features but I mean these gestures are nice but not something I would base getting a new phone on. Still nice though to be able to control more aspects of the cam without having to touch the physical phone. I think some users still wanted more from the S-Pen
Battery – N10+ only has 300 mAh more than S10+ no big advantage there. The fast charging, eh I don’t think it’s a feature to get me so Wowed at. So the difference doesn’t bother me.
Honestly not too much changes between N10+ and S10+ , those who have the S10 line I see no reason to “upgrade” only if you coming from 8 or 9
I did like the integration with Windows its been awhile I’ve been wanting some sort of way to mirror a phone screen on a computer and Dex has brought that functionality and even more so now with the partnership with Microsoft. So things are looking up in that aspect.

I know this is an N10 review but let me just touch on the other devices showed in brief.
Tab S6, looks good, seems to have similar features as new model Samsung phones released this year. My only query is, could they not find a better way/place to store the Spen, just having it stuck magnetically to the back, looks to me like a lot of spens for the Tab S6 will get lost.
The Book S is something I like, slim, and having the ability to use just the type C cable to charge it and not need a separate power brick is real nice. I’m sure combining the Book S with either N10 or S10 lines would be a great experience.
Active watch 2 – eh well, its nice, I like the LTE version and mayb one day when I get into the smart watch game I may go this way.
But like a lot of people said, there wasn’t much from this launch that made us jump out from our seats. We saw a lot of it with the S10 line. So makes me start to think already, what else can Samsung do to up their flagship phones for next year. What will the 11 series bring

I don't know for sure but it could be possible that they didn't sell a lot of 1TB or enough to justify making a model with that capability.
I have the S10+ with 512 and I'm probably using 170 because I store hi res audio files. I chose to get the 256 N10+ because with SD support I can do just fine. I didn't care about the 100 dollars but didn't want a black phone realizing that 256 is adequate.

 

[mustang7757]

My thumb will go to the other side constantly, I know it.

Mine also LMFAO

 

[dendron01]

Maybe that's the goal, slowly transition to the S series, one with as s pen

That would make far more sense - a Galaxy trim option with an S Pen.

 

[kj11]

Yes the display is 6.8, compared to the n9 at 6.4. But the dimensions aren't that much different.
10+ : 6.39 x 3.04 x 0.31
N 9 : 6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35

I guess I would like to see Note 9 vs a note 10 size. Any pictures or videos yet?

Right!? Seems like everyone is freaking out about how big the 10+ is. It's like the same damn size as the 8 and 9. Now this midget one shows up and the real note is huge. Smh

 

[kj11]

This is comical

 

[KupKrazy]

Yeah, the default set up is double tap for camera and press and hold for Bixby. The only options for remapping are to launch camera, launch Bixby, or power down. Alternatively, volume down and power will power down the phone if you leave settings at default.

I was wondering how I would reboot the phone if it crashed... and was thinking if it would be volume down and power. Thanks for confirming!

 

[zigaliro]

I`m kinda disappointed to be honest. I was expecting better cameras, but cameras are still the same comparing to S10+ despite rumors of having triple variable aperture. Also no rumored IP69 and no rumored sound on display and on top of that they removed heart rate sensor and headphone jack. What the hell Samsung?

 

[amyf27]

Only thing gotta get use to the power button on same side as the volume lol

Yeah that's the first thing I noticed with the new one the buttons on the left