Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Single-SIM 256 GB 6.7-Inch Android Smartphone UK Version Silver (Renewed)

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May 2019: Apparently, the Samsung Galaxy S10 (and the Galaxy S10 Plus) will become available in a 'Cardinal Red' finish. Sammobile has discovered renders of the new handset but notes that it is unclear when this new colour will go on sale and in which markets it will be available. If this new colour finish does become available, it will bring the number of colours up to 10. The HDR10+ support helps to boost contrast and colour on the fly, and if you fire up something like Netflix or YouTube then the sharp resolution and rich HDR quality really do shine through. You might even decide to start watching more videos on your phone just to enjoy what the display has to offer – it's that good. In fact, it's one of the most compact phones with a screen bigger than 6 inches that we've ever had the pleasure to handle. A whopping 93.1 percent of the front of the phone is taken up with the screen. IP68 waterproofing is here too for peace of mind.

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We were definitely impressed with the stereo speakers on the Galaxy S10. No smartphone is going to be able to compete with a Sonos speaker or Apple HomePod for filling a room with high-fidelity audio, but the S10 is perfectly fine for the odd tune, regular podcast listening, and movie dialog – even at high volumes. April 2019: Samsung Galaxy S10 owners can now view their phone's notifications on their PC. This isn't a Samsung update; it was introduced for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9 by Microsoft and now, according to Sammobile, which also explains how the function works, it has now been rolled out to the Samsung Galaxy S10 (and the Note 8 and Note 9). Samsung phones have earned a strong reputation in the camera department over the last few years, but the jumps in quality and innovation have been getting smaller each year. It's the same story with the S10, which offers a noticeable but not huge improvement over what we saw with the S9. Bear in mind that we were testing a brand new phone, so battery life is likely to degrade over time. The bottom line is that despite the increase in battery capacity over the Galaxy S9, you're not going to be able to change your charging habits with this.

The S10 5G also features the biggest punch-hole on any of the new S10 handsets, making it the most noticeable as well. It technically sits in the notification bar, though, so doesn’t cause an issue during general usage. As with previous entries in the Galaxy S series, handsets sold in the United States and China are powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon processor – the Snapdragon 855 in this case. Those on shelves in Europe and South Korea have Samsung's own Exynos silicon under the bonnet, and so if you buy the Samsung Galaxy S10 in the UK, it will be powered by the Samsung Exynos 9820. The combination of the Infinity-O design and software tweaks means the 6.1-inch screen on the Galaxy S10 is easier to use and more comfortable to handle and than the 5.8-inch display on its predecessor, despite the Galaxy S10 standing a fraction more than 2mm taller than the S9 too. That's a decent-sized battery, but the S10 has a bright, big, high-resolution screen, which takes its toll on battery life. In our standard battery test – an hour of Netflix on maximum brightness and 50 percent volume – the S10 dropped from 100 percent to 87 percent. Since we published our Samsung Galaxy S10 review, new details about the Samsung handset have emerged. We'll keep you posted about the latest updates below to help you make the best buying decision...

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Single-SIM 256 GB 6.7-Inch Android

That's not a problem, as the Galaxy S9 had a great camera, but it's fair to say phones like the Google Pixel 3 and iPhone XS have now caught up to Samsung in the photo-taking department. For the time being at least, the biggest rivals to the Samsung Galaxy S10 are the Galaxy S10 Plus and the Galaxy S10e: you can spend a little more for a bigger phone or a little less for a more compact one. For a lot of people though, we think the Galaxy S10 will be the perfect mix of features, performance, and price.Samsung plans to bring new functionality to the S10 with future updates that could help it rival the Pixel 3 It's not a perfect camera system though, and doesn't really raise the bar for phone photos – it just keeps it at a very high level. We'd say even with a single lens, the Pixel 3 phones have the edge, especially in low light shots, for the time being.