Samsung S10 5g Update Android 10

TechRadar Verdict

The Galaxy S10 5G is a smartphone for early on adopters who don't mind paying for the privilege. Its huge display is great for videos and gaming, it's a sleek phone despite its size, and Samsung's UI is smooth. Simply how practiced it is will come up downwardly to where y'all are, but if you lot want to futureproof your smartphone, you won't find a 5G telephone with more bells or whistles than the S10 5G.

Pros

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Great screen for video and games
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Excellent stills and video camera
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It's set up for the first 5G networks

Cons

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Expensive
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Gets hot (Exynos version)
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Bombardment could be amend (Exynos version)

The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has arrived in tandem with the new standard for superfast internet, 5G.

Information technology's one of the get-go of its kind, aslope the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, Oppo Reno 5G, OnePlus 7 Pro 5G and the LG V50 ThinQ 5G, promising faster download speeds and more reliable connectivity than 4G LTE.

But it's non just about the connectivity; the S10 5G packs a huge display, big battery, plenty of storage and a total of vi (yes, six) cameras.

Samsung Milky way S10 5G release date and price

Available now in the United kingdom, US, and Commonwealth of australia
Starting toll of $one,299/£1099/AU$1,850

While the Galaxy S10 5G was announced alongside the Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus and Milky way S10e, it was simply launched officially in the The states and UK in June, to coincide with the launch of 5G networks.

It's the priciest 5G phone around, costing $1,299, £1099 (effectually AU$1,850) for the 256GB version and $1,399 (around £ane,100, AU$one,990) for the 512GB version, which is only available in select regions. Verizon, the showtime American carrier to offering the phone, is charging monthly rates of $54.16 and $58.33, respectively. It can also at present be picked up on AT&T and T-Mobile.

In the U.k., the 256GB Milky way S10 5G is available through Vodafone and EE, where monthly prices start at £64 (with either £49 or £150 upfront, depending on whether you go with Vodafone or EE).

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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G specs

Weight: 198g
Dimensions: 162.6 x 77.1 x seven.94mm
OS: Android nine
Screen size: 6.7-inch
Resolution: QHD+
CPU: Octa-core chipset
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 256GB/512GB
Battery: four,500mAh
Rear camera: 16MP + 12MP + 12MP + 3D
Front camera: 10MP + 3D

Blueprint

The largest Galaxy S10 device
Gorilla Glass 6 and aluminum frame
Premium terminate and IP68 waterproofing

The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is a big phone, which is unsurprising considering its 6.7-inch display. That said, at 7.94mm, it isn't particularly thick, and weighing 198g, neither is it as heavy every bit some smaller screened smartphones, including the Oppo Reno 10X Zoom or the OnePlus vii Pro.

The ability key is located on the right of the S10 5G, and is reasonably easy to reach, while the book rocker sits above the Bixby button on the left. Press the Bixby button to quickly access Samsung's digital assistant - more on that later.

The top of the telephone is where you'll find the SIM slot, though unlike the rest of the Galaxy S10 line, in that location's no microSD bill of fare slot. This might throw some buyers off, but with a 256GB starting capacity it isn't the finish of the earth.

On the base of the S10 5G you'll find a USB-C port, a speaker grille, and a headphone jack. As for the mammoth display, it's a huge half-dozen.7-inch, xix:9 Dynamic AMOLED screen, and it sports a dial-pigsty camera block in the top-correct corner.

The display also curves over the edges of the handset, creating the familiar, futuristic end nosotros've become accustomed to on Samsung'due south flagship phones, and continues elegantly to the curved glass backing.

Embedded within the screen is an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, which enables a make clean design on the rear of the Galaxy S10 5G – slight photographic camera crash-land aside. Ultrasonic scanners, as introduced on the Award ten, work when moisture, and nosotros're pleased to written report nosotros institute the S10 5Gs works a treat, moisture or dry.

Equally for colour choices, you tin choice up the Milky way S10 5G in three: Crown Silver, Majestic Black, and Purple Golden, with our review device, provided by Vodafone in the UK, being the Crown Silver version.

The blueprint ultimately impresses. This is a large phone, only information technology still manages to be elegant, slim and manageable for the most function.

Display

Huge six.seven-inch Dynamic AMOLED display
QHD+ resolution means it'due south sharp
Grade-leading quality

Samsung'south screens are always a gilt standard, and then it shouldn't come every bit any surprise that the almighty, 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED brandish on the front end of the S10 5G is a thing of beauty. With its almost 90% screen-to-trunk ratio and a 19:9 aspect ratio, it's alpine, but not quite Sony Xperia 1 alpine.

Information technology's also crystal clear, with a resolution of 1440 10 3040 pixels, giving it a pixel density of 502 pixels-per-inch. Protected by Gorilla Drinking glass 6, it'southward relatively hardy, particularly coupled with the phone's IP68 h2o and dust resistance.

Viewing angles are strong as too is effulgence, with outdoor visibility never waning even in direct sunlight. Within the settings, there'southward as well a caste of customization when information technology comes to punch and color remainder. Firing up vivid way boosts the AMOLED's hues, and in doing so, you tin can also tailor the color temperature to conform your eyes.

The S10 5G besides features the biggest punch-hole on any of the new S10 handsets, making it the almost noticeable too. It technically sits in the notification bar, though, so doesn't cause an effect during general usage.

Swoop into the settings for a host of display-related features. These include practical tools similar Smart Stay, and then the phone doesn't sleep until you stop staring at information technology. You can also scale downwardly the resolution, reducing power consumption by dropping the UI to Hard disk drive+ (720 x 1520). Like about new flagships, therefore, the S10 5G is a bag of tricks and then some.

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