Should you buy… the Samsung Galaxy S10+?
Does more screen mean more appeal for the Korean giant’s latest flagship phone?
The year 2019 is likely to be a watershed for smartphone makers, with foldable phones and 5G technology entering the market, offering the chance for firms to set new standards.
For Samsung it is also likely to be a pivotal year as it must respond to the contrasting fortunes of its two biggest rivals – Huawei’s upward trajectory, and Apple’s apparent downward curve.
The Korean tech giant is the first to move in this important year with the release of its trio of new Galaxy S series devices: the S10e, S10 and S10+.
But how does the flagship of these devices, the S10+, stack up as a premium phone in 2019?
Design
Now 10 years old, the Galaxy S line has matured into one with a real identity, and that has been honed again in the S10+.
The big, bright screen at the heart of modern Galaxy phones is here once again in the form of a 6.4in Quad HD+ AMOLED display, but this year there’s the addition of dual ‘hole-punch’ cameras, dropped into the screen.
Samsung calls the technology its Infinity-O display, and it enables less of the screen to be broken up by a ‘notch’ needed to house the camera sensors.
The result is a front panel on the S10+ that is almost completely uninterrupted screen, one that makes viewing photos and video a great experience.
