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Let's be real here, if you're buying a flagship smartphone you are either picking an iPhone, the OnePlus 7 Pro or the Samsung Galaxy S10/S10+. Being someone who is very enthusiastic about tech and smartphones, I'm going to go ahead and say this is the BEST smartphone I have EVER used. Design is the best, software is better than stock Android.

Pros:
- Brightest, sharpest and most beautiful display in any phone (Although 60 Hz)
- Design second to none
- In-display fingerprint reader which works even during rain
- Excellent cameras
- High-end specs, plenty of fast storage, processing power and RAM. Does not overheat.
- Ridiculously good battery life (I get an average of 20 hrs on a full charge - measured using AcuBattery)
- Hole-punch at the top leads to some excellent wallpapers (see Reddit -> /r/S10wallpapers)
- Always-on-display is excellent for notifications and can be heavily customised
- Galaxy Buds work flawlessly with this and are the best in-ear earphones I have EVER used by FAR (I own airpods too)
- Never EVER EVER lags or crashes (Although I manage it well but no custom ROM required)
- Fast wireless charging is actually fast (About 2 hours from 0->100%)
- Excellent brand (yes, this is a pro for some people such as business professionals)
- Lots of features which may initially appear gimmicky but are actually useful:
E.g. I thought reverse wireless charging was POINTLESS and SLOW until I was at a hotel with only one charger and wanted to charge my phone and my earbuds (Galaxy Buds) overnight. I plugged the wire into my phone and wirelessly charged the Galaxy Buds using my phone. This is just one example.

Cons:
- Fingerprint reader not as fast as OnePlus 7 Pro's optical fingerprint reader, nor as accurate as a capacitive sensor
- Stock Samsung One UI icons and design does not complement the phone at all
- Lack of 90 Hz display
- Naviagation gestures aren't intuitive and are significantly inferior than iOS' gestures
- There are a lot of must-have applications, without which your phone doesn't reach its true potential
- If you are a power user you will have to tweak it a lot till you can truly get a sense of its greatness

A few notes about my personal setup:
- Nova Launcher prime using LineBit icon pack and a black wallpaper with an RGB ring following the edges and camera
This gives it an "RGB" look, work really well together and saves a lot of battery
No text on home screen

- Remap Bixby Button using bxActions:
Single press = Do not disturb toggle
Double press = Samsung Pay (works like a charm)
Press and hold = Google Assistant

- Google Assistant used instead of Bixby wherever possible (including Google Feed when you swipe to the right on the home screen)

- Google Messages instead of Samsung's default Messages app since it has support for web-application
- Samsung Calendar (great dark theme)
- All email accounts setup using default Samung mail client (Office365, Outlook, Work, Gmail)
- SimpleNote for notes
- Samsung Internet (BEST dark browser ever)
- Samsung Music for the most bit & Spotify (though VLC for video)
- Telegram used with AMOLED theme which saves a LOT of battery and looks stunning
- Slide for Reddit (AMOLED theme and no adverts)
- YMusic (need to download apk) - essentially YouTube Prime or whatever it's called with AMOLED theme available
- Overdrop Pro used for weather app (also has AMOLED theme with most beautiful interface I've ever seen)
- Simple Gallery: Photo Manager & Editor - best Gallery app. No bs, no slow loading, no ads, highly customisable
- CityMapper for navigating around public transport in London with BusDue as my goto Bus Application (no adverts, simple and clean interface)
- Samsung My Files as my file manager
- Reselio Sync to wirelessly synchronise all my music from my PC to my phone

There's a lot more I can get into about particular settings but I believe this is a good place to start and once you spend enough time with the phone you will be able to appreciate that it really only has 3 downsides, which are:
- Lakc of 90 Hz AMOLED display (albeit only one other phone has it, OnePlus 7 Pro)
- "Good" in-display fingerprint reader (albeit only one other phone has a really good one, OnePlus 7 Pro)
- Navigation gestures aren't worth it (would require you to switch to iOS or BlackBerry 10 haha)

Moreover, if you want to pick a phone in 2019 you need to judge it by the least number of cons and I think this phone wins using that criteria by a MILE.

Best design, great battery, amazing camera, never lags. Never Sett - oops, wrong phone. Jk, I say it's worth it and the Galaxy Buds are too. I usually hate Samsung products but I have to hand it to them this time, they got pretty damn close to achieving G.(Phone)O.A.T.

Verdict: 9/10.

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Davide B.

Dispositivo e fornitore eccellenti!

Reviewed in Italy on July 26, 2022

Color: Prism BlackVerified Purchase

Feedback particolarmente positivo per il venditore health2b: dal pre vendita, al post vendita, alla gestione del reso di uno dei 2 smartphone Samsung S10 acquistati sul quale ho riscontrato una scarsa autonomia della batteria do alimentazione.
Il fornitore è sempre stato rapido, tempestivo e risolutivo in ogni singolo contesto, davvero tanti tanti complimenti!
Per quanto riguarda lo smartphone sono rimasto soddisfatto, il prodotto è assolutamente nuovo, arrivato incelofanato nella confezione originale, completo di tutti gli accessori.
Ha un form factoring veramente ottimo per le mie esigenze, é molto fluido e reattivo. Il Display è qualcosa di veramente eccezionale, le foto particolarmente luminose e dettagliate.
Unico neo la durata della batteria che secondo AcuBattery in entrambi i dispositivi che ho acquistato (2 Samsung Galaxy S10) risultavano avere un'autonomia dell'84% rispetto alla capacità nominale e uno dei 2 una durata veramente esigua, motivo per cui ho effettuato il reso.
Nel complesso trovo sia una deduce veramente ben riuscito e curato nei minimi particolari.
Assolutamente consigliato sia il dispositivo che il fornitore!

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M P.

Great phone. Very stylish. Just right size

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2020

Color: Prism BlackVerified Purchase

Early review. Still getting used to the phone, however, initial impressions are great. Love the looks and the glass front and back. Lots of functionality and settings to play with if you are that way inclined. I was slightly concerned about the slipiness of the phone but now I have it in a Tech21 Evo Check case that worry has gone away without losing any of the looks or slim feel.

Smart switch does restore data from Kies3 backups
I was upgrading from a dead Galaxy S4 and could not find good advice on how I could get my data out of Kies3 backup and onto the S10. I spent days trying to find a solution and got quite angry that Samsung had not provided a transfer facility for those customers who look after their phones and keep them for years. I read up about Smart switch but all it said for old phones was you can connect them together and Smart switch will transfer the data. (Not if the old phone is dead). In the end I gave up and plugged my new phone into the laptop with Smart Switch for PC. I was amazed to see my last Kies3 GS4 backup pop up as a restore option. I ran it and it worked. Oh Samsung just one extra sentence in your Smart Switch web pages would have saved me a lot of angst and time.

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Adam I.

Minor Upgrade over s8. many downward features.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2024

Color: Prism BlackVerified Purchase

Cameras zoom is powerful but no new software. If anything features have been removed, but there are also new features that are quite convienient.
WARNING though: theyve clearly changed their glass composition and it is now far more scratchable: Just being in my pocket alone it has gained a large number of faint scratches. You NEED a glass protector now. Sad that they downgraded it.
My S8 lasted 4 years and was slow by the end, but I replaced because the screen cracked. It did so falling on a steel pan. Until then, without a protector, it had 0 noticable scratches. Ive had this 2 months and its got dozens... sad unecological behaviour by these companies.

The Hungry Meerkat

Scratched screen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2020

Color: Prism BlackVerified Purchase

This comes with a pre-installed screen protector which is very poor quality. When i opened the sealed box there was already a small chip in this screen protector. It doesn't protect from scratches either - I had it in my bag and there was only a leather purse next to it, with nothing sharp next to it, yet it still scratched. When I googled it I found other people had the same problem and it's due to the flimsy screen protector that is already pre-installed on it. But if you take that off and put another screen protector on it, the fingerprint reader won't work. I got a replacement phone and straight out of the sealed box the screen protector had two large chips in it.

The fingerprint reader doesn't always work first time and sometimes you have to press it a few times before it works. Facial recognition is much quicker and works everytime.

Another annoying thing is that you can't turn the shutter sound off on the camera - yet you can on other makes of phone.

I had tried an S7 before years ago but returned that as it overheated, but luckily the S10 doesn't overheat.

Comes with no instructions (like everything else these days), so downloaded the instruction manual - 300 pages of not very useful information, with no index at the back. So had to resort to ringing Samsung a few times, but they know nothing, so had to google a few questions I had about the phone, and didn't always find the answer.

On the plus side the phone is very lightweight and looks and feels nice.

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Troopertaz

My first Samsung and I like it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2020

Color: Prism BlackVerified Purchase

After deliberately avoiding Samsung phones for many years (due to bloatware and not wanting to follow the herd issues)
I have been using HTC and Sony phones, but due to the the new Sony I purchased being a bit rubbish I decided to give in, and boy am I glad I did!
It's a nice palm size, it has lots of nice little touches. (Like a screen saver already installed, being able to pick a wallpaper for messages, screenshot scrolling to name but a few) not too much bloatware and you are able to uninstall or disable a good few of the apps..
I was initially a bit disappointed with the battery life, but after a few days and putting most apps into deep sleep it seems to be getting better.
The fingerprint scanner is OK.
The only really annoying thing is the bixby button. If you don't want it, it is in a place that I touch a lot. You can designate it another task but not disable it.
Apart from that I'm impressed.
If Samsung is your go to. You won't be disappointed.

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