so i made a big decision to upgrade from my google pixel 2 which i did love to the infamous galaxy
note 10 plus back in august 2019 and usually by now i am honestly itching to get my hands
on the new tech such as the note 20 or even the fold series but i'm not so sure i'm ready to
give up my note 10 plus just yet so that's what i want to talk about today why i think the samsung
galaxy note 10 plus is still a great phone in 2021 and why it's the number one x flagship
phone i'd probably recommend to people if they can get their hands on one stay tuned and let's
talk about it some more guys welcome back to tech it easy before we start the video write down in
the comments section what your immediate thoughts are on the note 10 plus in 2021 do you think it's
still a good phone or if you don't like it write down what you'd have instead i'm really interested
to see what you guys think anyway the galaxy note 10 plus what a phone and with the recent release
of one ui 3.0 it's feeling fresher and snappier than ever now samsung have said that they will
discontinue the note 10 series but you can still definitely find them brand new going anywhere
between 500 pounds and 750 pounds which in my opinion is excellent value no they don't have
the blisteringly fast snapdragon 8655 or even the b55 plus but the b55 it ships with is still ample
for what any average consumer would really need and the same can be said for the xenos processor i
know it gets a lot of stick but that's personally the one that i have in this phone and i've had
no issues with it i've used the note 10 plus heavily every day since i got it from watching
movies and tv shows every morning on the way to work and even starting a youtube channel with
it yep that's right until a few months ago every single video was actually recorded with my galaxy
note 10 plus and in that time despite recording 4k 60fps every single day almost i've never ran
into any issues even when the storage has been virtually maxed out on it and yes i suppose we
should go ahead and talk about the camera on the note 10 plus so we have a 12 megapixel primary
16 megapixel ultra wide and 12 megapixel telephoto lens now it doesn't have the insane zoom that
the note 20 or the s21 has but honestly i think that's a bit of a marketing gimmick
i can only think of a few situations i might want to use that feature and if i did want to use it
it's probably not for taking a photo it's probably for reading a sign that's really far away and even
to this day i haven't used the telephoto lens once on my note 10 plus and i'm always taking photos
and videos as you well know speaking of marketing gimmicks you might be thinking but alex the note
20 and the s21 have 8k video recording well it might very well do but very very few of us have an
8k tv or display people are still catching up with 4k so again in my opinion it's very nice
to have but it's still a bit of a marketing gimmick the note 10 plus shoots up to 4k
60fps which is more than enough for most of us i will admit that cameras have made huge leaps since
the note 10 plus was released but i don't think anyone would consider the note 10 plus camera bad
at all and in my opinion it's still pretty future proof especially now with the pro video ambro
photo modes giving you that extra flexibility to be creative another thing that i think still
looks insane is the screen it's just stunning to look at it's got a pretty bright screen
especially when you compare it things like the iphone xs max it tops out around 793 nits
so you're going to be able to see this really easily when you're in direct sunlight
now whether note 10 plus does start to struggle a bit compared to newer smartphones
is the refresh rate 120 hertz is now a very sought after feature on phones now and i have to admit
at least 90 hertz would have been nice to see here but is that really gonna change my overall opinion
of this phone no i mean many people even struggle to see the difference between 60hz and 120hz so
for at least the average consumer it's not going to affect your overall experience with this phone
also do consider that a high refresh rate screen will affect battery life which does bring me on
to another important point so the note 10 plus does ship out with a 4 300 milliamp hour battery
which equates to around 10 to 11 hours of battery life and whilst i'll admit sometimes those numbers
can be a stretch it does generally get me to the end of the day even with heavy usage but cutting
it a little bit close for my liking so you might be thinking okay so that's one reason i might want
to upgrade to a newer more recent model well not necessarily for example the note 20 ultra has a 4
500 milliamp hour battery which is rated for a similar amount of time running at 60 hertz
definitely not more than the note 10 plus though but then when you run it 120 hertz you're only
gonna be getting around seven to eight hours worth of screen on time which for me balances
off the trade-offs of not having that refresh rate with the note 10 plus quite nicely i do
have a lot of good things to say about the note 10 plus but there is a few things that i won't miss
for example the fingerprint scanner is mediocre at best it's very inconsistent and it's something
that i've picked up on over time then there's a camera although i do maintain my statement
that is absolutely brilliant i would like to see some higher frame rates at least at 1080p
for doing some nice slow-mo shots but again not a feature that say an average consumer would miss
then lastly and it's not something i use often but i have found the live focus feature to be
a little bit off compared to similar features on other flagship smartphones
but honestly i'm nitpicking here i actually really had to spend time thinking about the
bad parts of the note 10 plus i'm still in love with this phone and i think the
design still looks sleek and modern admittedly one-handed operation can be difficult sometimes
and although i do like the look the curved edges can cause a lot of accidental swipes and tabs
but this isn't something that's unique to the note 10 plus this will happen on any larger phone
really so to answer the question should you buy a note 10 plus in 2021 yes you should it's still an
excellent phone and it still competes with some of the newer flagship phones out there it does
have some features that they have lost including a slightly longer battery life and things like
expandable storage so if you're not used to flagship phones and you're usually put off by
the price of the newer models then maybe picking up a note 10 plus would be a great idea for you
that'll get you nice and close to a flagship experience without paying the premium price
tag so yeah that was a quick recap and review of the note 10 plus in 2021 as always let me know in
the comment section what you thought and if you are new around here please do hit that subscribe
button but for now thank you so much for watching and hopefully i'll see you in the next one