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- Hey guys, I'm Mashable Senior Tech Correspondent Ray Wong
and today we're checking out the new Samsung Galaxy S10.
In past, Samsung's released two versions
of its' flagship phone.
But this year, there's 3, the S10E, S10, and S10 plus.
Let's go!
Three S10 phones is a lot,
but they hit different price points
without compromising on features.
Let's start with design because the S10's are gorgeous.
They're still made of glass and metal,
like previous Samsung phones,
but the new colors give them an extra luxurious look.
Not only are the bezels around the new display narrower,
but the screen itself is more advanced.
They're the first HDR10 plus certified phone screens,
and they reduce blue light by 42% to prevent eye fatigue.
The displays are a sight to behold,
and there's no notch!
Instead of a notch, the new screens
have a round hole in the upper right corner.
On the S10E and S10, there's a circle hole
for their 10-megapixel selfie cameras.
But on the S10+, there's a longer pill-shaped hole
for both the 10-megapixel selfie camera
and an 8-megapixel camera used only
for collecting depth information
for improving things like portrait selfies.
The S10E has a 5.8 inch display with Full HD+ resolution.
Notice how the edges of the display
are flat and not curved.
The S10 and S10 plus have 6.1 inch
and 6.4 inch displays.
Both have sharper Wide Quad HD plus resolutions
with curved edges.
The new displays also have another new trick.
There's an in-display fingerprint sensor embedded in them.
Other Android phones have similar fingerprint readers,
but Samsung's might be the best.
Samsung says it's more secure and works with Samsung Pay.
Under the hood, the phones are virtually identical.
All of the S10's are powered by Qualcomm's new
Snapdragon 855 chip, and they're really fast
as far as I could tell.
All three S10 phones come with 128GB of storage
and microSD card slots for expansion up to 512GB.
The S10E comes in two models,
6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage
and 8GB of RAM with 256GB of storage.
The S10 comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage
and 8GB of RAM with 512GB of storage.
However, if you want the most insane model,
there's only the S10 plus.
The 512GB S10 plus has 8GB of RAM
and the 1TB model has 12GB of RAM,
which really seems like overkill.
Battery life should be pretty solid on the S10's as well.
The S10E has a 3100 milliamp hour capacity,
the S10 has 3400 milliamp hour capacity,
and the S10 plus has 4100 milliamp hour capacity.
Like previous Galaxy phones,
the S10's support fast charging and fast wireless charging.
Samsung says the S10's can wirelessly charge
as fast as with a cable.
In addition to faster wireless charging,
the S10's are also capable of reverse wireless charging.
Just like Huawei's Mate 20 Pro,
the S10's have a feature called Wireless PowerShare,
which lets them wirelessly charge another device
like an iPhone XS or Samsung's new wireless Galaxy Buds.
It's pretty cool and inches us closer
towards a cable-free world.
The phones are also IP68 water and dust-resistant,
have headphone jacks, and come with faster WiFi 6 speeds,
which are supposed to be 20% faster
than the WiFi on the Galaxy S9.
All of these improvements and additions
make the three S10's even more feature packed
than other phones, but there's more.
On the S10 and S10+, there are three cameras on the back.
One 12-megapixel regular wide angle lens,
one 12-megapixel telephoto lens,
and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens.
The S10E has two rear cameras.
One 12-megapixel wide-angle lens
and a second 12-megapixel telephoto lens.
We didn't get to examine the quality of the cameras,
but they three cameras are nuts,
and I can't wait to see how they compare
to the Pixel 3 and iPhone XS's cameras.
But the thing most people will be happy to hear
is the S10's are competitively priced with the iPhones.
The S10E starts at $749,
which is the same price as the iPhone XR.
The S10 starts at $899,
which is less than the iPhone XS.
And the S10 plus starts at $999,
which is less an iPhone XS Max.
It's crazy how much has changed
for Samsung's Galaxy Android phones in the last 10 years.
Samsung's gone from thick and bulky plastic
to sleek metal and glass.
From big bezels to nearly all-screen.
From wireless charging to the ability
to wirelessly charge other devices.
From 2GB of storage to 1TB of storage,
et cetera and et cetera.
We'll be putting the S10's through its paces soon enough,
but from what we've previewed,
the phones push mobile innovation forward once again.
So that's the brand new Samsung Galaxy S10.
They look really promising, but how do they compare
to the brand new iPhones?
We'll have to find out.