None of them will convince you to buy this pricey phone, however. The Note's secret weapon is the S Pen stylus, and this year's phone comes with some neat new tricks. New gimmicks: Air Gestures, 'better' handwriting recognition are just okay.Returning features we love: Remote Camera Shutter, Screen Off Memo.The best way to jot down notes, markup screenshots and sign forms.(Image credit: Future) S Pen magic tricks Instead, Samsung uses the USB-C port so you can plug in included-in-the-box USB-C headphones. Not every design trade-off is so great – the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack isn't here. But you'll be way more mindful of this new 'everything' button and quit mistakenly pressing it thinking it's volume down. Oh, Bixby remains a completely mediocre voice assistant and the power button's move does take getting used to. The power button is now on the left side, as it's been combined with the much-maligned Bixby button. It's a good move. There's also one less button on the rails of this year's Note. The tech seems to have improved in the S10 Plus. In it's place is the fancy ultra-sonic in-screen fingerprint sensor, which worked as a fine substitute in our tests. The streamlined screen with the small punch-hole camera means there's no room to fit the IR scanner used in the Note 9 and Note 8 for a quick and secure face unlock.
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Not only is it hard to wield the glass back and slick aluminum frame without a case, it smudges so badly.īut get this mirrored finish in the right light and it has a memorizing rainbow effect, making the Note 10 Plus – literally – your new favorite shiny toy. We have a love-hate relationship with the Aura Glow color, too. It can be slippery and extend beyond your natural grip. Colors: Aura Glow, Aura Black, Aura White, Aura Pink, Aura Redįalse touches or not, you will want to hold onto the behemoth Note 10 Plus tightly.No headphone jack, but microSD card slot remains on the Plus.Slick glass back means you'll want a case to avoid dropping it.It's 26% smaller than the top-right S10 camera hole and less intrusive than Apple's 'notch.' We found it easy to ignore when watching Netflix. Samsung's bigger-screen, smaller-body trick is that it uses a center-aligned punch hole to embed the front camera into the display. Its width and girth are a fraction of a millimeter smaller than the iPhone XS Max if you measure it out, and it weighs less. But no other phone has this good of a screen.Ħ.8 inches makes it sound almost too big – bigger than a 6.5-inch iPhone, right? Well, not really. And its curved edges do produce false touches if you tightly wrap your hand around screen. Okay, the Note 10 Plus display doesn’t have a fluid, silky smooth 90Hz screen refresh rate seen in the OnePlus 7 Pro. It's just now maximized to seem extra immersive and worth all of that hand stretching. Samsung's use of punchy colors, a pixel-dense Quad HD+ resolution, and high peak brightness have always made its Super AMOLED screens look superb. The curved display comes to a fine point, making it satisfyingly sharp in more ways than one. It takes up the entire front of the phone and then some, with an edge-to-edge design that has pixels spilling over the left and right sides. The 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus screen is so big that we're kind of craving the innovation of the Samsung Galaxy Fold and other foldable phones. Beware of annoying false touches from lack of bezel.The punch-hole is 26% smaller than the S10 Plus camera hole.Center punch-hole embeds front camera inside the display.Massive 6.8-inch Quad HD+ screen lends itself to the S Pen for notes.We may see it drop around Black Friday or Cyber Monday - we're putting together a list of the best Black Friday phone deals for you - so that may be a good time to keep an eye out on the Note 10 Plus. The price has now dropped thanks to the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, but it's still an expensive handset. However, none of them utilize a stylus, so Samsung has locked up that market. Smartphones with big screens are more common now, chipping away at the value of the Note 10 Plus. American carriers are selling the Note 10 Plus at an average of $45 a month over two years, while the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G edition starts at $1,299 and is exclusive to Verizon. There is a 512GB version of the Note 10 Plus, but it's $1,199 and so far exclusive to the US. Keep in mind, that's for the 256GB internal storage version (while Apple starts at a measly 64GB), and Samsung offers a bigger screen, the S Pen, and microSD card slot. It costs $1,099 / £999 / AU$1,699, price matching the iPhone XS Max in most regions.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus release date was Friday, Augafter being announced on August 7, and you'll pay more for S Pen-included smartphone than pretty much any other Android handset.