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Samsung Galaxy S10| S10 Flagship Phone Product Review

Samsung S10 was originally just a regular annual upgrade, but the S series has entered its 10th year, so that this upgrade has another meaning, Samsung announced at the press conference that it will return to the Chinese market with better products, and in fact, S10 does have the quality of Android machine king.
 
There are three models in the S10 series, the price from high to low is S10 Plus, S10 and S10e, of which S10e can be regarded as a low-profile version of S10, S10 and S10 Plus In addition to the screen size and the number of cameras, there is basically no obvious difference, we also highly recommend consumers with small hands to choose S10, the sense of grasp is better than S10 Plus, and the front camera hole area is smaller than S10 Plus.
 
S10This time, the ID appearance continues the design style of Note 9,The back line is relatively straight,Curved surfaces are made at the edges,Except for the three cameras horizontally,There are no superfluous elements on the back,The sense of design depends on the material of the back cover,The camera does not protrude too much,The look is very simple。
 
The middle frame part is made of aluminum alloy,There is a Bixby button on the left,Most of this year's manufacturers will follow up this kind of button,The difference is in the function setting,Just get used to it。 The position of the power button on the right is high, and the position of fingerprint unlocking is low, the whole position is similar to that of iPhone 8P, and the finger has to adjust the position once when unlocking and locking the screen, which is not very convenient. The S10 series has stereo speakers, retains the 3.5mm headphone jack and comes with AKG in-ear headphones, which is rare to buy on flagship models, please cherish it.
 
The S10 variants all use Corning Gorilla Glass 5, the S10 Plus uses a glass back for the 8 128 version, and the 8 512 and 12 1T versions use a ceramic back. The S10 weighs 157g, the S10 Plus glass version is 175g, and the ceramic version is 198g. Due to different materials, there will be differences in feel and weight, so try to get started before buying.
 
The front of S10 is a super sensory full view screen, which doesn't look easy to understand, but it's actually an OLED screen, and in more detail, it's a Dynamic AMOLED screen, which is Samsung's flagship display. There are many highlights on this screen,But the biggest slot is in the punching part,Although it can occupy a smaller screen area than the bang,But there will be a feeling of disharmony on the screen,And the intensity of this feeling,It depends on personal acceptance。
 
Because the curved design is maintained, the bezels on both sides of the screen are very narrow from the front, and this time a small curved surface is used, so it is rare to accidentally touch it in daily life. The resolution of this screen is 3040×1440, and in the field of mobile phones, sub-pixel rendering technology makes the 4K screen a marketing selling point, which is not worth overpurposing. Due to the different screen sizes, the S10 has a PPI of 550 and the S10 Plus has a PPI of 522. With HDR 10 certification and a peak brightness of 1200 nits, the display delivers content clearly in bright outdoor light while maintaining excellent color accuracy. According to Display Mate's tests, this screen has a color accuracy of 0.4 JNCD in the P3 color gamut, which is better than the Apple XS Max's 0.8 JNCD. S10 also supports HDR 10 video playback, but it is not recommended to watch videos for a long time in low-brightness scenes, because this screen still uses PWM low-frequency dimming, and only the brightness above 90% is DC dimming.
 
S10 uses ultrasonic fingerprint recognition under the screen, and the technical solution is provided by Qualcomm, because ultrasonic detection can scan the three-dimensional image of the finger, which has higher security than the optical recognition solution, and also eliminates inactive deception technologies such as broken fingers, false fingers, and artificial skin.
 
In terms of actual experience, in normal scenes (daytime, dry fingers), the unlocking speed and success rate of the two are not much different, and they are quite usable levels, but in some scenarios such as night and wet hands, the advantages of ultrasonic fingerprint unlocking will be quite obvious, because ultrasonic detection does not need to turn on the screen, which is more natural than many optical solutions that require strong screen light, and optical fingerprint unlocking is basically unavailable in the case of wet hands.
 
Optical fingerprint unlocking and ultrasonic fingerprint unlocking will be affected by the tempered film,When using the tempered film,The optical fingerprint fingerprint can be solved by re-entering the fingerprint,But the ultrasonic fingerprint unlocking is not at all,PlusS10Us2.5D curved glass,Even the tempered film is not easy to paste,You can only use Samsung's original soft film。
 
In terms of performance, the Bank of China S10 uses the Snapdragon 855 in all series, and the Exynos 9820 is used in some overseas markets. On Geekbench, the Mongoose M4 of the Exynos 9820 achieves a single-core score of 4472, which is significantly different from the Snapdragon 855's 3697, but in the multi-core score, the Exynos 9820's score is 10387, which is no advantage over the Snapdragon 855's 10469, and in most of the PCMark Work 2.0 projects, the 855 has an advantage over the 9820.
 
In terms of GPUs, the Mali-G76MP12 and Snapdragon 855 of the Samsung Exynos 9820 can score 55 in most of the Benchmark projects, but in some projects such as GFX3.1 Manhattan and Aztek Vulkan, 855 has opened a big gap. Both the Exynos 9820's Mali-G76MP12 and the Kirin 980's Mali-G76MP10 both show noticeable frame drops in the benchmark, and the MP12 is well ahead of the MP10 in some disciplines such as Manhattan and T-Rex. In summary, it is not recommended for consumers to purchase the Exynos 9820 version of the S10 if it is not necessary.
 
In terms of photography,Three cameras have become the mainstream configuration of this year's flagship machine,S10It is no exception,The three cameras in the back are divided into wide angle、Ultra wide angle and telephoto,The main camera is SamsungS5K2L4,12 million pixels,supportOIS; The telephoto is S5K3M3, 12 million pixels, and supports OIS; The ultra-wide angle is S5K3P9, 16 million pixels. This set of configurations helped the S10 get a good score of 114 points for DxO Mark photography, 97 points for video, and a total score of 109 points, which is a good score for Samsung among a bunch of Sony CMOS models.
 
The S10's main camera does a good job of suppressing noise in high-contrast scenes during the day, with excellent detail preservation in the shadows, but sharpness is mediocre and noticeably inferior to the Mate 20 Pro. The 2x zoom delivers good detail at short and medium ranges, but is a bit worse than the Mate 20 Pro in the long range. The S10's night performance is in the first tier, but it's hard to match the Mate 20 Pro's, and it's a little worse in the highlight suppression section, so the starburst effect makes up for it.
 
The front main camera of the national version is IMX374, 10 million pixels; The secondary camera is a Samsung S5K4HA with 8 million pixels, but only as a depth sensor. With a selfie score of 96, the S10 is DxO's highest-scoring device to date, and its main strength is that the bokeh cutout is very accurate, the shots are realistic, and enough detail is preserved. In addition, Samsung emphasized at the press conference that the S10 can shoot 4K video with the front camera, which is of great help for Vlog shooting.
 
In terms of UI, S10 is equipped with One UI based on Android P, and the localization has been significantly improved, and the user experience and UI design are better than before. The most criticized place in the previous generation is the Bixby button, and this time Samsung has upgraded the Bixby button, click and double click can be set to open other apps or directly enter a certain function, which is already a very useful function.
 
The S10 series lags behind the flagship models in its class in terms of charging speed, with only 15W charging, which is acceptable for the S10, after all, the 3400mAh battery is not big, but the S10 has a large 4000mAh battery, which takes 100 minutes to fully charge from 0 to 100%. In 2019, this time is hardly satisfying.