- I'm Andru Edwards and you're watching Gear Live.
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Samsung just announced the brand new Galaxy Note 10
and Note 10+.
You heard me right,
two new Galaxy models launching side by side
for the first time ever.
I was able to spend some time with the new devices
before the official launch
and I can confirm that Samsung has packed a bunch
of power into the new Note 10 lineup,
along with some great features for the creators out there.
In this video I share my picks for the top five features
for Samsung's new flagship devices.
What's going on tech squad?
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief of gearlive.com,
and as I mentioned, I was able to spend some time
with the brand new Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+,
prior to today's official launch.
Two brand new Note devices with a few differences
and a few big changes as well.
If you think you're picking up one of the new devices,
then this video is for you
as I'm gonna give you my top five features
of the Galaxy Note 10 lineup.
Of course, we're also gonna have a camera review,
a full phone review and a video telling you about the things
that Samsung did not inform you about.
So if you wanna see those videos,
be sure to hit that subscribe button along
with the bell notification icon so
you're notified when they drop.
Now, without any further ado,
let's jump into those top five features,
starting with feature number one, choice.
This year Samsung is providing two choices
for the Galaxy Note line with
the Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+.
The Galaxy Note 10 is the smaller model,
supporting a 6.3 inch display.
It's a tiny bit smaller than
the display on the Galaxy Note 9 which is 6.4 inches,
but the actual phone itself is much smaller than the Note 9,
making it more comfortable in the hand
for people who'd rather have a smaller Note.
And by the way, that display on the Galaxy Note 10
is full HD Plus resolution,
coming in at 2280 by 1080 with 401 pixels per inch.
Now for those who want a big boy,
there is now the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+.
This one has a massive 6.8 inch display,
so 0.4 inches larger than the Note 9,
but with the same surface area,
resulting in a bigger 3040 by 1440 quad HD Plus display
with 498 pixels per inch,
without having to have a bigger device in your pocket.
Both displays are Dynamic AMOLED and support HDR10+.
Now the good thing is that both phones are thinner
and lighter than their predecessors,
but what some people might consider to be a bad thing,
is the reason they're thinner and lighter,
is thanks to the removal,
by Samsung,
of the headphone jack.
You may not like that choice
but you can definitely see how not having
to compensate for the headphone jack has influenced the rest
of the design of these devices.
But don't worry too hard,
Samsung will include an adapter in the box
that will allow you to connect your wired headphones
to the USB-C port on the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+.
Up next, feature number two,
video capture and creation.
With the Note 10,
Samsung is bringing some beefed up video capture
and creation tools to their flagship smartphone.
Some examples of the focus
on video include things like Live Focus for video.
If you're familiar with Live Focus for photos
where you can blur out the background,
and change the background,
make the foreground person stand out,
you can now do that in video on the Note 10 series.
So you can apply all the Bokeh effects
and color point filters that you love from the still camera,
helping your subjects stand out
from the background in videos.
The Note 10 devices also have a zoom in mike feature.
It's a three microphone array,
which lets you target the audio in the frame,
and minimize the audio that's happening around you.
There's even a zoom in interface
where you can pinch to zoom,
to virtually bring the microphone closer
to what you're trying to record.
There's also now a native video editor built-in
that allows you to use the S pen to precisely edit videos
that you've recorded on the Galaxy Note 10.
The editing software is Adobe Rush optimized for Galaxy,
supports HDR10 output,
and can even directly post your finished works
to all your favorite social networks.
Lastly, there's AR Doodle.
This maps out 3D space,
and then lets you use an S Pen or even your finger
to place drawings or texts in the room.
For example, you might have a table,
where you can draw a vase with flowers coming out of it,
and then place it there on the table,
walk around and it'll always stay right there on the table.
And this even works with faces,
as you can see here,
you can actually draw on someone's face,
and it'll remember the face,
using facial recognition,
and whenever you point the camera at that face,
it'll overlay the drawings right back on it.
So you can have a few different people in a room,
and place all sorts of things on their faces,
and then Note 10 will keep those all in sync.
By the way,
I did mention we will have a video on the cameras,
specifically on the Note 10 in the future,
but just to call them out real quick
it's a triple camera system,
you get an ultra-wide 123 field of view camera,
which is similar to the field of view of the human eye.
We got a wide 77 degree field of view camera and
then we got a 45 degree zoom camera as well.
The Galaxy Note 10+ in particular has a forth camera
which is a depth sensing VGA camera.
Feature number three on the Galaxy Note 10 is smashing
that like button.
This device is fantastic for video consumption
and tapping that like button
on videos like this is extremely simple
to do on the Galaxy Note 10.
Wait a minute, I read that wrong.
Feature number three is super fast charging.
Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ come with a 25 watt,
fast charger in the box which is up
from the 50 watt wire charging supported
on the Galaxy Note 9.
However the Galaxy Note 10+
in particular actually supports wire charging
up to 45 watts if you pick up a fast enough charger.
To be clear the Note 10 supports that faster charging rate
but it's not included in the box.
The wireless charging speeds get a boost here as well.
The Galaxy Note 9 supported 7.5 watts wireless charging
while the new Note 10 supports 12 watts wireless charging
and the Note 10+ supports 15 watts wireless charging.
In other words the Note 10+ wireless charging is equal
to the Note 9's wired charging.
Now according to Samsung,
if you have a completely dead battery on the Note 10+
and you plug in a 45 watt charger in 30 minutes,
you will have all day battery life.
Moving on to feature number four,
let's talk about DeX on PC.
Previously Samsung DeX allowed you to plug in your phone
into a monitor and use it with a PC like interface.
It was okay but sometimes it felt like a party trick
cause you need an HDMI a USB-C cable
and it's monitor laying around.
Now with DeX for PC it works a lot easier.
You can simply plug in the Note 10 or Note 10+
into a PC or Mac and use your phone apps side by side
with your computer apps while DeX runs
in a dedicated window.
Your data stays protected on your phone thanks
to Samsung Knox.
Now in addition to DeX for PC,
there is also a new link to Windows feature
for the Note 10 as well.
This lets you connect your Note 10
to your Windows computer sinking over things like messages,
notifications, recent photos and even allows
for screen mirroring of your Galaxy Note 10 device.
All without the need of installing an app.
Everything is built into Windows
and built in to the Note 10's software.
And last but not least on my list of the top five features
of the Galaxy Note 10 devices
and this is a dedicated Note's feature,
your handwritten notes are now searchable.
Samsung Notes will now convert your handwriting
into text using machine learning and AI.
This means that as you scribble your notes
with the newly redesigned unibody S pen.
The Note 10 will make the text of your writing searchable
and can even convert it and export it to text
in Microsoft Word, PDF, text documents or images
which can all be easily shared.
No more needing to hunt for that specific note
that you wrote by skimming through the text
and trying to figure out what you wrote.
All your text is now searchable on the Note 10.
Now if you wanna pick up a Galaxy Note 10,
you should know that pre-order start
at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 8th
and the phone starts shipping on August 23rd.
If you pre-ordered the device from Samsung,
you do get a 100$ credit to pick up a Note 10
or 150$ credit if you pick up a Note 10+
or Note 10+ 5G.
As far as pricing goes the Galaxy Note 10 will sell
for 949$.
That includes 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.
If you rather pick up a Galaxy Note 10+,
that will cost 1049$ and that gets bumped up 12 gigs of RAM,
also with 256 GB of storage.
There is also a 512 GB model available
for 100$ more, that 1199.
For those of you looking for a 5G model
of the Galaxy Note 10, you'd be able to pick that up
on Verizon at first Verizon has a limited exclusivity
on the 5G model that will cost 1299 and 1399 respectively
for the 256 and 512 GB models.
There you have it guys, that was your look
at my top five features of Samsung brand new Galaxy Note 10
and Note 10+ devices.
Let me know what you think of these phones.
Has Samsung done enough to make you wanna upgrade
from your previous Galaxy Note device
or whatever device you've been using?
Hit me in the comments down below
and let me what you're thinking.
I will meet you there for further discussion.
Don't forget as I said,
more Galaxy Note 10 content is coming here
on the channel including that camera review, full review
and even a video telling you what Samsung didn't tell you
about the Galaxy Note 10.
Thank you so much for watching as always guys.
Please do hit that like button if you enjoyed this video
and if you miss it by the video, I put out a video
on my favorite VP headset, the Oculus Quest,
super amazing device, in fact I'm here in New York City
for Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 event
and I packed my Oculus Quest
and had to bring it with me and use it here
in hotel room just because I love the experience so much.
I will leave a card up here as well as a link down
in the description below
in case you wanna check out my video on the Oculus Quest
and why I think it's so great.
Until next time as I said thank you so much for watching.
I appreciate your support as always.
I'm Andru Edwards and I'll catch you in the next video.