- I'm Andru Edwards and you're watching Gear Live.
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There's a lot of excitement surrounding the launch
of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+.
Samsung filled us in on all the important details
at the UNPACKED Event in Brooklyn last week,
but there are a few things that Samsung didn't let us know.
In this video, we take a look at 10 things
that Samsung didn't tell you about the Galaxy Note 10.
What's going on TechSquad?
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief of GearLive.com
and as I mentioned,
last week was the big Samsung UNPACKED Event
in New York City taking place at the Barclays Center
where the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ smartphones
were revealed to the world.
Samsung told us all about their brand new smartphones
but they did leave out a few details
that I thought would be important to communicate to you guys
as you're thinking about whether or not you should upgrade
to the new hotness.
Now I mentioned there are 10 things
that Samsung didn't tell you.
That doesn't mean there's 10 negative things
that Samsung didn't tell you.
There's also some pretty cool things
that Samsung actually didn't have time to share
on stage as well.
I actually worked on this video
with my friend, Kevin The Tech Ninja,
so I'll be going over the first half with that list
and then I'm going to throw it over to Kevin
in his channel for you to pick up the second half.
But without any further delay, let's get started,
10 things that Samsung didn't tell you
about the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+.
Let's kick it off with the first one on my list,
wireless charging speeds.
When the Galaxy Note9 was announced a year ago,
the fast charging supported up to 15-watt speeds
when plugged into a wall
and 7.-watt speeds when using wireless charging.
With the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+,
we have some big charging improvements.
The Note 10 charges at 25 watts when wired
and 12 watts when wireless,
so that's 4-1/2 watts faster than the Note9 from last year.
And on the Note 10+ front.
- The Note 10+ also supports super fast wire charging
up to 45 watts.
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So, in just 30 minutes,
if I forget to charge my phone overnight,
no sweat whatsoever.
In just 30 minutes, the time it takes me
to get through my morning yoga routine,
I have enough charge to last me through the day.
- That can actually charge
at an insane 45 watts when wired.
Now unfortunately, in the box,
you're still getting a 25-watt charger,
but if you pick up a faster charger on your own,
you'll be able to charge the Galaxy Note 10+
at 45 watts, which is ridiculous.
But what was more interesting to me
was the wireless charging speeds.
As I already mentioned, last year's Galaxy Note9
could wirelessly charge at 7.5 watts,
and when plugged into a wall could charge at 15 watts.
Well this year, on the Note 10+, you're actually getting
wireless charging speeds of 15 watts.
That means the wireless charging speeds of the new Note 10+
are equal to the Note9's plugged-in wired charging speeds,
which is just, that's incredible.
So we're getting a longer lasting battery
and it's much faster for you to charge that battery as well.
Up next on my list, five things Samsung did not tell you
about the Galaxy Note 10,
it does not work with the Gear VR, Virtual Reality Headset.
Last year, when the Note9 was released,
Samsung also released a Type-C adapter
for the Gear VR headset
that allowed you to use it with the Note9.
Sadly, this year, Samsung is not giving that same treatment
to the Galaxy Note 10.
In fact, here's a quote from Samsung; I'll read it to you.
"The Gear VR is not compatible
"with Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+.
"We remain committed to innovating in VR and AR
"to deliver incredible new experiences to our consumers."
Which is a pretty vague statement.
There was no mention of the Gear VR at all
during the Galaxy UNPACKED Event,
so Samsung support of virtual reality headsets
is kind of up in the air at this point.
By the way, speaking of virtual reality headsets,
let me take a quick second to divert.
If you haven't seen it,
I just did a video on the Oculus Quest,
which is, in my opinion, the true arrival of high-quality VR
that you can take with you on the go.
I will leave a card up here somewhere,
as well as a link in the description
if you haven't seen it yet.
That's probably the direction I'd go
if I wanted to use VR these days anyway,
rather than a Gear VR headset,
but the Gear VR does have a much lower entry price point,
so it's a little disappointing to see.
Next up, number three in my list,
things Samsung didn't tell you
about the Note 10 and Note 10+, no headphone jack.
Now I know they did tell you,
actually, I don't think, they did not mention that.
They didn't mention that there's no headphone jack
but we all already know, at this point,
that the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+
have removed the headphone jack
after three years of Samsung making fun of Apple,
releasing commercials making fun of Apple
for removing the headphone jack,
they've gone and done the same thing.
They've deleted all those commercials off of YouTube
and they're even using the same reasoning
that Apple use for removing the headphone jack.
Now, in the box, you are gonna find a pair
of USB-C headphones with your Galaxy Note 10 device,
so you still will be able to listen to music,
just plugging into the USB-C port
instead of the 3.5-millimeter headphone jack.
However, what Samsung is not including in the box
is the adapter, the USB-C to 3.5-millimeter adapter
that would allow you to plug in
any wired headphones of your choosing.
Samsung's actually making you buy the adapter
if you need it.
Compare that to Apple with the iPhone 7
when they removed the headphone jack,
they actually included Lightning headphones
and the adapter free in the box.
And then the next year with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X,
again for that full year,
Apple included the headphone jack adapter
in the box as well.
So for two phone generations,
Apple included the headphone adapter in the box,
so it's not that good of a look
when Samsung deletes the headphone jack
after making fun of Apple for doing the same thing
but does not include the adapter in the box.
Instead, they're making you spend extra money
if you need it.
All right, moving on to number four,
the Galaxy Note 10 was announced
as having a stainless steel frame
but it turns out that actually wasn't true,
and this is kind of a weird one.
Samsung announced that the frame
around the Galaxy Note 10 was stainless steel
and when I went in for my hands-on,
that did not seem to be the case,
but sure enough, that bit of information
was quietly removed from the Galaxy Note 10 website.
Rather than upgrading the metal frame to stainless steel,
it's still using aluminum.
No big deal in my opinion.
Aluminum is totally fine,
but when you say that it's stainless steel,
then it turns out to be aluminum
and someone had to call you out on it
and then you remove it from the website,
that just seems to be a little odd.
So just know, if you're watching other YouTube videos
that call out the stainless steel spec,
just know that they're going off of old information.
All right, let's move on to number five,
things Samsung did not tell you about the Galaxy Note 10.
Let's talk about DeX for PC and Link to Windows,
and they did kind of talk about this,
but again, that announcement
kind of flew under the radar a little bit,
so I figured I just go into it a little more in depth.
DeX on PC allows you to access DeX features on the Note 10
right from your PC or even your Mac.
Plug in your Note 10 with a USB-C to USB-C
or USB-A cable and you'll get a dedicated DeX window
that you can work in, accessing all your data and files
on your phone all kept safe with Samsung Knox.
So if you're familiar with previous years of DeX,
you would take your Samsung smartphone
and plug it into a dedicated monitor,
so a monitor that wasn't plugged into anything else.
Basically, your phone acted as the computer.
I've always thought that was kind of inconvenient,
so it's cool to see that now you can plug your Note 10
into a computer itself
and have a DeX window pop up on your computer.
And again, very cool that it's both PC and Mac compatible,
so you don't need to have an extra monitor lying around.
You just need to have a PC,
whether it's a desktop or a laptop,
and you can access those DeX features on the go.
Now, even cooler, separate feature,
this is a separate feature,
a lot of people thought this was the same thing
but it's separate, is Link to Windows.
What's cool about this
is there is no software install needed.
Everything is built into Windows 10
and into the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.
It allows you to sync content from your phone to the PC.
For example, messages,
recent photos you've taken, notifications,
and you can even do screen mirroring from your phone.
Now this is Samsung and Microsoft's answer
to what we see with the iPhone and the Mac.
iCloud powers all these different things.
That's why people love iMessage so much.
You can get an iMessage on your phone
that you can reply to it from your Mac.
Everything syncs together,
and we've never had that same experience on Android.
Now, to be clear,
this is not an Android feature, it's a Samsung feature,
but it's still nice to be able to receive text messages
on your Samsung Galaxy Note 10 right on your Windows 10 PC
and respond right there
without having to pick up your phone.
Same thing for notifications and same thing for accessing
and sending recent photos you've taken as well.
Now, this isn't everything that Apple customers get
with iCloud, but it is a step in the right direction
by getting these two different ecosystems
to at least talk to each other.
Again, those are my five picks
for what Samsung didn't tell you about the Galaxy Note 10.
But as I said, we've got five more on the list,
but before I throw it over to Kevin's channel,
link is in the description below
and I will also leave a card right here
for you to click over
and get the rest of the list in Kevin's video.
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Now head on over to Kevin's channel
to see the rest of the list.
Thank you so much for watching.
As always guys, I appreciate your support.
I'm Andru Edwards and I will catch you in the next video.
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