Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+, and the unveiling had few surprises in store. As expected, the Galaxy Note 10+ is the star of the show with its mammoth 6.8in 3,040×1040 OLED screen, quad-camera setup, hefty 4,500mAh battery and, as thanks to Qualcomm’s X55 modem, support for 5G networks. The smaller, and more modest Note 10 packs a lesser 6.3in 2,280×1,080 screen – a downgrade over the Note 9’s QHD display, and a less-impressive 3,500mAh battery.
Both devices sport the same punch-hole cutout for the front-facing camera, and, under the hood, both pack Samsung’s newly-launched 7nm Exynos 9825 CPU, which the company claims will deliver 42 per cent and 33 per cent gains in CPU and GPU performance, respectively. In the Note 10+, this SoC comes teamed with 12GB RAM and either 256GB or 512GB storage, while the Note 10 ships with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage as standard.
Both devices also ship with Samsung’s new Bluetooth LE-enabled S Pen, which now offers new functionality such as gesture-controlled Air Actions and the ability to transform hastily-scrawled notes into a Word or PDF document. It also sports a better battery than the S Pen before it, Samsung claims, and can juice to full in just “minutes”.
On the camera front, the Note 10 and Note 10+ sport triple and quad-camera arrangements, respectively, with the larger model adding a ToF ‘DepthVision’ camera into the mix, alongside its 16MP ultra-wide, 12MP wide-angle and 12MP telephoto lenses. There’s a bunch of new software functionality too; Live Focus Video, for example, lets you blur, or change the colour of a videos’ background, while Zoom-in Mic lets you focus audio on a specific subject.
With an eye on the business market, DeX support is also included, and Samsung has also tightened its partnership with Microsoft to pre-install the company’s Your Phone app to enable a “seamless connection” between Windows PC and your Note device.
Elsewhere, the Note 10 and Note 10+ feature in-screen fingerprint sensors, IP68 certification, support for WiFi 6, and a lone USB-C port, with the handsets the first in the Note line to bin the headphone jack Thankfully, the Bixby button is also a thing of the past.
7/8/19: Samsung will announce the Note 10 and Note 10+ later today, but it’s unlikely to have any surprises in store. The company has leaked several pages of marketing materials, spied by Droid-Life, which confirms pretty much all there is to know about the flagship duo.
According to the leak, the Note 10 and Note 10+ will sport 6.3in and 6.8in screens, respectively, both with a punch-hole selfie camera. They’ll ship with an all-new S Pen, which will boast features such as air gestures, remote shutter and “Superfast Charge” that’ll give it “hours of juice” in just minutes.
Droid-Life has also got its hands on pricing; the smaller Note 10 will cost $949 while the larger Note 10+ will be available from $1,099.
