Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Review

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is the second biggest, second most expensive phone in Samsung’s new S10 lineup, behind the 5G-compatible variant of the S10.

For a start, it does away with bezels and notches almost entirely, with a new dual punch-hole front camera. It also gets Samsung’s new and vastly improved Android skin, called OneUI. We’ll touch on these in more detail later, but at the moment, all you need to know is that the S10 Plus is a serious contender for the best phone on sale at the moment.

Pros

* Fantastic screen.

* Great-looking design.

* Strong cameras.

* Speedy processor.

* OneUI is a huge improvement over previous Samsung skins.

Cons

* Expensive.

* Samsung can be slow to issue OS updates.

In this review:

* S10 Plus design – A beautiful, considered piece of phone design

* S10 Plus screen – Sharp, bright, and stunning

* S10 Plus performance – With 8GB of RAM, it powers through tasks

* S10 Plus cameras – Great, but not outstanding

* S10 Plus battery life – Puts other flagship phones to shame

* S10 Plus rivals – Trades punches with the best phones on the market

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus design

The S10 Plus is a stunning phone. Our Prism White sample looks gorgeous, with light-reflecting and refracting into different colors as it bounces across the rear case.

You’ll also notice that the S10 Plus features a headphone jack and space for a microSD card, which is great to see in a 2019 flagship phone.

Another pleasing revelation is that, despite its large 6.4-inch screen, the S10 Plus doesn’t feel overly large in your hand. 

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus screen

The 6.4-inch display is one of the S10’s many highlights. It has a super-sharp 1440×3040 pixel resolution – perfect for watching TV shows and films.

The screen also makes use of Samsung’s new Dynamic AMOLED technology, which helps to make colors even more vivid and bright. This means you won’t be straining to see what’s on your screen, even in bright daylight.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus performance

Those with the 128GB storage option get 8GB of RAM, while anyone with the 1TB storage option (which really isn’t necessary) gets an equally unnecessary 12GB of RAM.

The S10 Plus is easily one of the fastest phones on sale today, and can easily hang with the best models from Apple and Huawei.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus cameras

The S10 has five, count them, five cameras – two on the front and three on the rear.

Let’s start with the front cameras. The S10 Plus has an 8Mp lens and a 10Mp lens with different aperture sizes, which let in different amounts of light for sharper images with greater contrast. The selfies it takes the pack in a lot of detail – especially in regular mode.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus battery life

The S10 Plus is almost in a class of its own when it comes to battery life. It has a huge 4,100 mAh battery, which outstrips both the iPhone XS Max (3,174 mAh) and the Google Pixel 3 XL (3,430 mAh).

We were comfortably getting around 1.5 days of heavy use from the S10 Plus, and you could probably extend this out to 2.5 days with judicious use of the phone’s power-saving modes.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus rivals