Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, & S10+ Hands-On and First Impressions

We’re definitely excited for the Samsung Galaxy S10 series to come out. The smartphone is a big leap in their series since the Galaxy S8 to Galaxy S9 only added minimal changes on the smartphone. This time, we got three smartphones — Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and the Galaxy S10+ and right now, these are the best smartphones that the company has to offer.

First things first let’s talk about the smartphone. Well, we have three smartphones that belongs in the Galaxy S10 series with the Galaxy S10e as lower tier in the family and then the Galaxy S10 which has larger display and better design and specifications and of course, the even larger Galaxy S10+ which is like the Galaxy S10 but with larger memory inside and a better dual lens front camera.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 series utilizes the new Infinity-O display which was announced earlier this year. Basically, there’s a hole punch display on the upper right of the smartphones with the Samsung Galaxy S10+ has a bigger hole because of the dual lens front camera. The Samsung Galaxy S10e has a 5.8-inch display while the Samsung Galaxy S10 has a 6.1-inch display while the Samsung Galaxy S10+ has a 6.4-inch display. And oh, finally Samsung now uses a 19:9 display aspect ratio on their smartphones

The display on the Samsung Galaxy S10 series is no ordinary display. The Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphones feature an AMOLED display and it supports HDR 10+ which gives you a vibrant color even if the scenes are really dark.

All of the Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphones features a premium design with the Galaxy S10 and S10+ looking the same except the Plus version has a bigger display while the Galaxy S10e has a slightly different design and a different feel with no curved display unlike the Galaxy S10 and the S10+ which is a bummer. But hey, all of the smartphones still sport a USB-C port and a headphone jack. A feature that is getting rare on flagship smartphones.

The Galaxy S10e which is the most affordable in the series feels chunkier than the bigger two but don’t get me wrong because the Galaxy S10e still feels premium thanks to its glass build and with its curved back, the smartphone does feel like a flagship too despite having a flat display. And oh, there’s a dual lens camera at the back in which one of them is an ultra-wide angle lens.

While the Galaxy S10 and the S10+ are Samsung’s best smartphone today. Both smartphones pack a glass design and surprisingly, it does feel more premium than the Galaxy S10e despite having the same materials. The Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ are both premium to hold and actually, both smartphones have the best feel compared to all the smartphones that I’ve ever reviewed. Both smartphones are only at 7.8mm thin which feels slim, sexy and comfortable to the hand.

In-display fingerprint scanners are a thing now and with the Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+, we now have these features which are the first in the Galaxy S series. The good thing about it? It’s now using Ultrasonic fingerprint authentication that recognizes the 3D characteristics of your fingerprint and in our hands-on, we were actually happy that the smartphone can recognize our fingerprint despite the light pressure on the display of the smartphone. However, I’m worried if screen protectors can affect the usage of the ultrasonic fingerprint scanners.

Again, the Samsung Galaxy S10e features a dual lens camera and it is comprised of a 12MP wide-angle lens with Dual Pixel, dual aperture & OIS and then there’s the 16MP 123-degrees ultra wide angle camera. Yep, they just adopted the wide-angle camera which we first saw on a Samsung smartphone on the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018). And then there’s the Dual Pixel AF with selfie 4K video recording. So yeah, this might be a vlogger’s dream phone.

While the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ feature the same 12MP and 16MP ultra wide angle lens but this time, there’s a 12MP telephoto lens in where you can do 2x optical zoom on the smartphones. However, on the front camera, we got the same one on the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 but the Samsung Galaxy S10+ features the same camera of the two but with an additional 8MP depth sensor for better live focus effects. However, you don’t need to fret if you want the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 as you can still do live focus on those smartphones, however, the Galaxy S10+ can do better and more accurate live focus shots. Another cool feature on the Galaxy S10 series is we got better night shots here as the smartphones support shooting modes for stabilizing photos.

Aside from that is we got a better scene recognition on the Galaxy S10 series. This time, the smartphones can now recognize up to 30 scene categories and in our experience, it does really help in getting better shots on the smartphone. And if you’re into shooting videos, the smartphone can shoot 4K@60fps which is really good and then there’s the selfie camera that can also do 4K recording. And if you’re curious about the camera, check out the shots that I took using the best of em’ all, the Galaxy S10+.

Inside the smartphone is an 8nm mobile chipset and in the Philippines, there’s a big possibility that we’re getting the Exynos variant instead of the Snapdragon and we tested the smartphone and we’re pretty happy that the smartphone is snappy, fast, and quick. We’ll get into more details about the Galaxy S10 series smartphones soon as we have a review.

When it comes to memory, the Galaxy S10 is a monster. The Samsung Galaxy S10e packs a 6GB RAM with 128GB storage while the Galaxy S10 packs an 8GB RAM with 128GB storage while the Samsung Galaxy S10+ is available in an 8GB/128GB variant, it also comes in a limited edition 12GB/1TB variant and yes, you can even add a MicroSD card on the smartphone. Jesus.

When it comes to battery life, the Galaxy S10e comes with 3100mAH battery, S10 with a 3400mAh battery and the S10+ with a 4100mAh battery and with the help of Adaptive power management, Samsung promises for a whole day of battery life. When we tried the smartphone, I noticed that the battery life decreases really slow which means that we could have a better battery life on the smartphone compared to the predecessor.

Another cool new feature on the Samsung Galaxy S10 series is the wireless powershare, basically, this feature lets you charge other devices that support Qi wireless charging. We tried charging a Samsung Galaxy S10 on the Galaxy S10+ and it works flawlessly. All you need to do is to activate the Wireless powershare and just place the device that you want to charge on the back of the Galaxy S10 smartphone.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 series will be available in different colors. The Galaxy S10e will be available in Prism white while the Galaxy S10 will be available Prism White and Prism Black while the Samsung Galaxy S10+ will be available in Prism white, Prism Black, Prism green, and Ceramic Black which is exclusive for the 1TB.

Overall, we’re happy with what we’ve seen on the Samsung Galaxy S10 series. The features that we got on the smartphones were really amazing. The camera has been upgraded, the build and design of the smartphones were really good, and the wireless powershare is really something that you can use especially if you have devices like the Galaxy watch or the Galaxy buds. The infinity-O display on the smartphones was really great and I love the colors that are popping out of it as it is really vivid and great.

As of this posting, we still don’t know the price yet but with the big upgrade from the Galaxy S9, I’m pretty happy with what we’re getting on the Galaxy S10 series. However, I would suggest that you go at least for the Galaxy S10 for the better camera, that hassle-free ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, and larger RAM.