Compared to their predecessors, the new Galaxy Note 10 flagship duo basically revolve around improved new aesthetical offerings, better camera, longer battery life, and an improved S Pen stylus. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the highlight features of both flagship devices.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10
Size-wise, the new Galaxy Note 10 is just about the same size as its predecessor, the Note9. The Note10 comes in three colour options (Aura Glow, Aura White, Aura Black) with a 6.3-inch Always-on display that’s covered in Corning’s Gorilla Glass. Asides the bezel-less design, another aesthetically pleasing feature of the Galaxy Note 10 display is the punch-hole located at the top-center of the screen The punch-hole houses the device’s 10MP selfie camera. Moving to the main camera system of the flagship phablet, a triple camera setup sits at the top-left corner of the device’s rear. The triple camera consists of a 12MP primary sensor, a secondary 12MP telephoto lens, and a third 16MP ultra wide-angle sensor. Some features of the Note 10 camera include optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K recording, Live Bokeh (focus) video, dual aperture (f/1.5 and f/2.4), etc. The Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ are the first-ever flagships from the Note series to launch with triple rear camera. Powering the Galaxy Note10 is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 SoC, a 2.8GHz Octa-core CPU, and the Android Pie OS. There’s also an Exynos 9825 CPU variant of the device. The Note10 has no micro SD card slot neither does it come with a 3.5mm headphone jack. According to Samsung, it eliminated the headphone jack on the Note10 so the device could house a bigger battery. The storage available to users instead is 256GB of internal storage and 8GB of RAM. Beneath the glossy glass body of the Note10 is a 3,500mAh battery with 25W fast charging and support for wireless charging.
Galaxy Note 10+
The Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ share quite a lot of similarities with only little differences. Compared to the original Note10, the Galaxy Note 10+ comes with a bigger display, larger body, a ToF camera, bigger battery, faster charging, bigger storage capacity, and SD card support. Every other thing stays the same. There’s a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with a top-centered punch-hole on the front of the Galaxy Note10+. The device has a 10MP front-facing camera and the same triple rear-camera configuration as the regular Note10. There is, however, an additional 3D Time of Flight camera on the Note10+. The Note 10 Plus comes with a 4,300mAh battery with support for 45W Super Fast Charging. According to Samsung, you’ll only need to charge the Note 10+ for 30 minutes to use it for a whole day. How amazing is that?
S-Pen
As you know, what’s a Galaxy Note device without a stylus? Or as it is with the new Galaxy Note 10 flagship duo, an “improved S Pen”? The S Pen stylus pen that launched with the new Galaxy Note smartphones allows users do more cool stuff on their devices more easily. The S Pen comes has a motion sensor which it utilizes for gesture support. With the pen, you can remotely do things like zoom (in & out of) a photo, control & edit videos, create AR doodles, change handwriting to text, switch between main camera & selfie camera, and do a bunch of other cool things. They also get a more advanced video editor that can also leverage the S Pen makes for quicker selecting and trimming.
Price & Availability
Though the Galaxy Note10 & Note10+ duo have been launched, they will not be available to consumers until August 23. The regular Note 10 has a recommended retail price of $1,099 while the Note 10+ will sell for $1,099 (256GB) and $1,199 for the 512GB variant. A 5G version of the Note 10+ is also expected to be launched later this month and is expected to retail for about $1,300. What do you like or dislike about the new Galaxy Note10 and Note 10+ flagship devices?
