The countdown to a new Samsung smartphone has begun. The electronics giant is conserving a Feb. 20 press event in San Francisco, the place the producer will unveil the Galaxy S10 in what will probably be the first large smartphone launch of 2019.
Our first seem to be at the Galaxy S10 next month will supply some answers to a question it is been looming due to the fact that the first S10 rumors stirred ultimate year: Just how large will the modifications be for Samsung's next flagship device? Here's a closer appear at some of the rumored aspects coming to the S10 and how they may differ from what the modern Galaxy S9 and S9+ offer.
Design
Get geared up to have greater smartphone fashions to choose from. After years of providing just two sizes — the 5.8-inch Galaxy S9 and the 6.2-inch Galaxy S9+ have been 2018's entries — Samsung is reportedly planning on 4 sorts of the Galaxy S10. The new telephone appears like it is going to come in 5.8-, 6.1-, 6.4- and 6.7-inch sizes so that Samsung can provide telephones with a variety of fees and features.
Another noteworthy exchange in the works for the Galaxy S10 is the placement of the fingerprint sensor. Recent models have positioned the sensor on the lower back of the phone to make more area for the phone's Infinity Display. But with the S10, the fingerprint reader will pass returned to the front of the telephone — only this time, the reader will live under the display, in the form of an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. Other telephones have presented a comparable characteristic — enormously the OnePlus 6T, though it uses an optical sensor now not an ultrasonic one.
Samsung tends to play it surprisingly safe on colors, with the S9 debuting in Midnight Black, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple before a Gold variant arrived later. Colors obtained a little extra daring with the Note 9, and the S10 seems like it's going to proceed that trend. Samsung cellular chief DJ Koh has promised "amazing" colorations for the S10, and whilst that may also not imply the 9 new gradients one blogger is predicting, you'll likely have greater alternatives than you did with the S9.
Another noteworthy exchange in the works for the Galaxy S10 is the placement of the fingerprint sensor. Recent models have positioned the sensor on the lower back of the phone to make more area for the phone's Infinity Display. But with the S10, the fingerprint reader will pass returned to the front of the telephone — only this time, the reader will live under the display, in the form of an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. Other telephones have presented a comparable characteristic — enormously the OnePlus 6T, though it uses an optical sensor now not an ultrasonic one.
Samsung tends to play it surprisingly safe on colors, with the S9 debuting in Midnight Black, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple before a Gold variant arrived later. Colors obtained a little extra daring with the Note 9, and the S10 seems like it's going to proceed that trend. Samsung cellular chief DJ Koh has promised "amazing" colorations for the S10, and whilst that may also not imply the 9 new gradients one blogger is predicting, you'll likely have greater alternatives than you did with the S9.
Display (and punch hole)
There's no denying that Samsung's Infinity Display has been a hit since it first graced the Galaxy S8 two years ago. Samsung is all but certain to maintain that extended AMOLED screen with the S10, however, the agency can also do so with a one of a kind of display.
Last fall, at its builder's conference, Samsung confirmed off various variations of its Infinity Display. Each had a special way of further shrinking the bezels surrounding the display whilst also accommodating matters like the front-facing camera.
Based on the rumor mill, the Infinity-O display appears likes it is slated for the S10. With this approach, Samsung will house the phone's front digicam in a punch hole placed in the device's upper right corner. That will permit the telephone maker to cut back the bezel at the pinnacle of the telephone except having to use an iPhone X-style notch. The S10+ is predicted to game a wider gap to accommodate two the front cameras.
Assuming Samsung does come out with specific varieties of the S10, the entry-level model is expected to characteristic a flat display. That would be a departure from the curved display we have gotten used to with Samsung's Galaxy S phones.
Performance
One change from the Galaxy S9 to the S10 is already a near-certainty. Samsung's new cellphone will improve from the Snapdragon 845 internal the Galaxy S9 to a new Snapdragon 855, at least for Galaxy S10 fashions sold in the U.S. (In other markets, Samsung uses its personal Exynos chipset for the Galaxy S phones, with the Exynos 9820 rumored to energy this year's model.)
Because we had a threat to benchmark the Snapdragon 855, we'd expect to see a performance enhancement in the Galaxy S10 over last year's Samsung phone. When we examined the new cellular processor in a reference machine supplied by way of Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 855 recorded a blistering multicore score of 11,196 on Geekbench 4, which measures standard performance. The S9+ posted a rating of 8,295 on that equal take a look at when we reviewed the telephone 12 months ago.
Likewise, the Snapdragon 855's score of 5,603 on the graphics-measuring 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme test used to be higher than what we noticed from the Snapdragon 845-powered S9 and S9+.
5G (later on)
The Galaxy S10 is in all likelihood to revel in every other overall performance area over the S9, even though perhaps not proper away. The high-end model of the S10 ought to feature support for the next-generation 5G networks that wireless carriers are currently constructing out, taking gain of the X50 5G modem onboard the Snapdragon 855. That will mean quicker data speeds when you're able to connect to a 5G network.
It's unclear, though, if Samsung will ship that top-of-the-line variant alongside the company's different S10 models. One rumor suggests that Samsung ought to hold off on releasing the 5G model of the Galaxy S10 until later on in the first half of 2019 when 5G networks are more possibly to be available.
Cameras
Look for the next Galaxy S cellphone to add extra lenses. While the S9 featured a single, 12-megapixel lens with variable aperture and the S9+ doubled up on its 12-MP shooters, the S10 looks like it will have three rear cameras — and maybe more, relying on which model of the phone we're speaking about.
Some rumors have a Galaxy S10 mannequin presenting as many as 4 cameras. If true, that would probably be the high-end variant of the phone. An extra common assumption, though, is that you will get a three-lens setup with a principal camera, wide-angle lens and telephoto lens. Samsung ought to stick with the 12-MP sensor on the S10's major shooter, even though some reports speculate that the organization could increase the megapixel ranking to higher compete with flagship phones from rivals like Huawei.
Just as the Galaxy S9 used its variable aperture to enhance images in low-light settings, the S10 will curiously flip to software to take higher snapshots in the dark. The new telephones will reportedly provide a placing referred to as Bright Night, designed to answer the Night Sight feature delivered to Google's Pixel phones to beautify low-light photography.
Up front, the 8-MP selfie cam that adorns the S9 and S9+ could be in for some company, at least on some S10 models. Samsung may additionally add a second the front camera for wide-angle self-portraits, taking a web page out of Google's book, as viewed in the Pixel 3 and three XL.
Battery
The S9 and S9+ came with 3,000- and 3,500-mAh batteries, respectively. Those helped the two telephones final almost eleven hours on our Tom's Guide Battery test, which elements continuous surfing over T-Mobile's LTE community until the gadgets run out of power.
Samsung will probably favor enhancing on that performance, and the telephone maker should turn to greater batteries to make that happen. The dimension of that battery will depend on which model of the S10 you buy.
Rumors advocate that the entry-level S10 will run on a 3,100-mAh battery, which would be a modest improvement from the 3,000-mAh strength pack in the S9. Battery sizes ought to scale up to 3,500 mAh and 4,000 mAh on the S10 and S10 Plus models. The range-topping version of the S10 could feature a battery as large as 5,000 mAh, according to some reports.
Software
The largest software trade with the Galaxy S10 will be a new interface. Samsung unveiled its OneUI Android pores and skin again in November, and this skin is available as a beta for the S9 and S9+ proper now. Expect a more dynamic interface that changes based totally on what you are using the cellphone to do; buttons and search bars disappear if they're no longer germane to the project at hand, for example.
But Samsung also tweaked OneUI to put many of the buttons and commands within reach of your fingers, so that you can use your cellphone one-handed. That's vital for phones with large screens, which the S10 lineup is expected to introduce.
You can additionally count on Android 9 Pie to come hooked up on the S10. The S9 debuted with Android Oreo, and these phones are only now getting the Pie update.
Price
It will be difficult to pinpoint exactly what Samsung will cost for the Galaxy S10, at least till we get nearer to the Feb. 20 unveiling. Given the fashion in smartphone prices, though, anticipate the fee for some of the S10 models to closely suit the $720 to $840 range that the Galaxy S9 and S9+ debuted at in 2018.
The possibility of a stripped-down version of the S10 ought to suggest that Samsung is looking to provide a sub-$700 flagship to customers who do not mind giving up an in-display fingerprint sensor or different high-end features. And if Samsung goes with a 5G-ready mannequin loaded up with a couple of cameras, we may want to be searching at a lots greater costly phone.
Outlook
With U.S. smartphone sales slowing as extra human beings maintain on to their modern-day telephones for longer, Samsung has a mission with the Galaxy S10: Come out with a gadget that now not only improves upon what's come before it but additionally differs considerably so that users experience compelled to upgrade. Will the changes from the Galaxy S9 be adequate to get people to upgrade to Samsung's new phone? We'll have a much better idea on Feb. 20.
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Last fall, at its builder's conference, Samsung confirmed off various variations of its Infinity Display. Each had a special way of further shrinking the bezels surrounding the display whilst also accommodating matters like the front-facing camera.
Based on the rumor mill, the Infinity-O display appears likes it is slated for the S10. With this approach, Samsung will house the phone's front digicam in a punch hole placed in the device's upper right corner. That will permit the telephone maker to cut back the bezel at the pinnacle of the telephone except having to use an iPhone X-style notch. The S10+ is predicted to game a wider gap to accommodate two the front cameras.
Assuming Samsung does come out with specific varieties of the S10, the entry-level model is expected to characteristic a flat display. That would be a departure from the curved display we have gotten used to with Samsung's Galaxy S phones.
Performance
One change from the Galaxy S9 to the S10 is already a near-certainty. Samsung's new cellphone will improve from the Snapdragon 845 internal the Galaxy S9 to a new Snapdragon 855, at least for Galaxy S10 fashions sold in the U.S. (In other markets, Samsung uses its personal Exynos chipset for the Galaxy S phones, with the Exynos 9820 rumored to energy this year's model.)
Because we had a threat to benchmark the Snapdragon 855, we'd expect to see a performance enhancement in the Galaxy S10 over last year's Samsung phone. When we examined the new cellular processor in a reference machine supplied by way of Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 855 recorded a blistering multicore score of 11,196 on Geekbench 4, which measures standard performance. The S9+ posted a rating of 8,295 on that equal take a look at when we reviewed the telephone 12 months ago.
Likewise, the Snapdragon 855's score of 5,603 on the graphics-measuring 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme test used to be higher than what we noticed from the Snapdragon 845-powered S9 and S9+.
5G (later on)
The Galaxy S10 is in all likelihood to revel in every other overall performance area over the S9, even though perhaps not proper away. The high-end model of the S10 ought to feature support for the next-generation 5G networks that wireless carriers are currently constructing out, taking gain of the X50 5G modem onboard the Snapdragon 855. That will mean quicker data speeds when you're able to connect to a 5G network.
It's unclear, though, if Samsung will ship that top-of-the-line variant alongside the company's different S10 models. One rumor suggests that Samsung ought to hold off on releasing the 5G model of the Galaxy S10 until later on in the first half of 2019 when 5G networks are more possibly to be available.
Cameras
Look for the next Galaxy S cellphone to add extra lenses. While the S9 featured a single, 12-megapixel lens with variable aperture and the S9+ doubled up on its 12-MP shooters, the S10 looks like it will have three rear cameras — and maybe more, relying on which model of the phone we're speaking about.
Some rumors have a Galaxy S10 mannequin presenting as many as 4 cameras. If true, that would probably be the high-end variant of the phone. An extra common assumption, though, is that you will get a three-lens setup with a principal camera, wide-angle lens and telephoto lens. Samsung ought to stick with the 12-MP sensor on the S10's major shooter, even though some reports speculate that the organization could increase the megapixel ranking to higher compete with flagship phones from rivals like Huawei.
Just as the Galaxy S9 used its variable aperture to enhance images in low-light settings, the S10 will curiously flip to software to take higher snapshots in the dark. The new telephones will reportedly provide a placing referred to as Bright Night, designed to answer the Night Sight feature delivered to Google's Pixel phones to beautify low-light photography.
Up front, the 8-MP selfie cam that adorns the S9 and S9+ could be in for some company, at least on some S10 models. Samsung may additionally add a second the front camera for wide-angle self-portraits, taking a web page out of Google's book, as viewed in the Pixel 3 and three XL.
Battery
The S9 and S9+ came with 3,000- and 3,500-mAh batteries, respectively. Those helped the two telephones final almost eleven hours on our Tom's Guide Battery test, which elements continuous surfing over T-Mobile's LTE community until the gadgets run out of power.
Samsung will probably favor enhancing on that performance, and the telephone maker should turn to greater batteries to make that happen. The dimension of that battery will depend on which model of the S10 you buy.
Rumors advocate that the entry-level S10 will run on a 3,100-mAh battery, which would be a modest improvement from the 3,000-mAh strength pack in the S9. Battery sizes ought to scale up to 3,500 mAh and 4,000 mAh on the S10 and S10 Plus models. The range-topping version of the S10 could feature a battery as large as 5,000 mAh, according to some reports.
Software
The largest software trade with the Galaxy S10 will be a new interface. Samsung unveiled its OneUI Android pores and skin again in November, and this skin is available as a beta for the S9 and S9+ proper now. Expect a more dynamic interface that changes based totally on what you are using the cellphone to do; buttons and search bars disappear if they're no longer germane to the project at hand, for example.
But Samsung also tweaked OneUI to put many of the buttons and commands within reach of your fingers, so that you can use your cellphone one-handed. That's vital for phones with large screens, which the S10 lineup is expected to introduce.
You can additionally count on Android 9 Pie to come hooked up on the S10. The S9 debuted with Android Oreo, and these phones are only now getting the Pie update.
Price
It will be difficult to pinpoint exactly what Samsung will cost for the Galaxy S10, at least till we get nearer to the Feb. 20 unveiling. Given the fashion in smartphone prices, though, anticipate the fee for some of the S10 models to closely suit the $720 to $840 range that the Galaxy S9 and S9+ debuted at in 2018.
The possibility of a stripped-down version of the S10 ought to suggest that Samsung is looking to provide a sub-$700 flagship to customers who do not mind giving up an in-display fingerprint sensor or different high-end features. And if Samsung goes with a 5G-ready mannequin loaded up with a couple of cameras, we may want to be searching at a lots greater costly phone.
Outlook
With U.S. smartphone sales slowing as extra human beings maintain on to their modern-day telephones for longer, Samsung has a mission with the Galaxy S10: Come out with a gadget that now not only improves upon what's come before it but additionally differs considerably so that users experience compelled to upgrade. Will the changes from the Galaxy S9 be adequate to get people to upgrade to Samsung's new phone? We'll have a much better idea on Feb. 20.
