Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, S10 and S10E – Full Specifications, Features, Price and Deals

Processor

Let’s start with the processing. All three phones use the same powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor. This means even if you choose to buy the cheap Galaxy S10e, you know you’re not losing out on performance.

Screen and Display

Similarly, all three phones use the Dynamic AMOLED Displays with HDR10+ video recording, so you don’t have to compromise on screen quality either.

However, the screen ratio does vary. The S10e has a 5.8-inch screen with Full-HD (2280 x 1440) resolution. Meanwhile, the S10 has a 6.1-inch screen, and the S10 Plus has a 6.4-inch screen with both sporting a QHD (3040 x 1440) display.

Memory and Storage

Storage is a major selling point for the S10 series. All three phones start with 128 GB base storage and come with a 512 GB microSD memory expansion slot. The S10e is being offered with a 6 GB and 8 GB RAM, while the S10 offers 8 GB RAM only. However, the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus has the option of an 8 GB and 12 GB RAM.

Speakers, Audio Jack and Wireless PowerShare

Speaker quality is similar, and all three phones feature the 3.5 mm headphone jack. An exciting feature is the reverse wireless charging via Wireless PowerShare option, where you can charge other smartphones by keeping the back of the phones together.

Cameras

The Galaxy S10 and the S10 Plus come with triple rear cameras that include a 12 MP telephoto lens, 12 MP wide-angle lens, and a 16 MP ultra-wide-angle lens. When it comes to the primary front-facing camera, the S10 and the S10e have a 10MP camera. The S10 Plus comes with dual front cameras with a 10 MP primary camera and an 8 MP RGB depth camera.

Goodbye Iris Scanner, Hello Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor

The Iris Scanner that was introduced to Samsung phones with the Galaxy S8 has now been removed to give way to the Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor. The term ultrasonic implies that the reader is faster and more secure than the traditional optical sensor. The new fingerprint sensor will make use of ultrasonic high-frequency sound waves to map a significantly more detailed image of your finger. This is different from the optical sensor that used a bright light to photomap your finger. Samsung claims the new tech is harder to spoof because it takes a 3D scan of your fingerprint.

No In-Display Fingerprint Sensor for the S10e

The Galaxy S10e does not have a In-display fingerprint sensor like the other two phones. However, it does have a fingerprint reader on the side of the power button. That’s still an improvement from the Note 9 fingerprint reader, which was located on the back of the phone.

Free Phone Case

The new Samsung 10 series comes with a free silicone phone case. There’s also a free screen protector bundled inside the box, but Samsung refers to this as a protective film, so we can only imagine how durable this will be.

Color Coordinated Accessories

If you buy the black Galaxy S10, it will come with black accessories. If you purchase any other color, it will come with white accessories.

The Brightest Display Ever

The S10 series features the brightest displays to date. From the settings option, you can toggle the brightness to a maximum of 850 nits, but if you go outdoors, you can bump up the brightness to a big 1200 nits!

No More Haptic Home Button

As mentioned above, this is probably the most significant change in the S10 series. Some of you might have mixed reviews about it, but with the new gesture-based interface, you won’t really be needing a home button.

Heart Rate and Oxygen Level Sensors

The S10 and S10 Plus come with the heart rate and oxygen level readers that are located at the back of the phone next to the rear camera. However, this feature is not available on the S10e.

Triple Lens Cameras

We get triple rear cameras on the S10 and S10 Plus as mentioned before. The S10e only comes with a dual-camera module.

With the S10e, Samsung has decided to keep the wide-angle camera and get rid of the older zoom camera that used to be a part of the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. As cool as the wide-angle lens is, it doesn’t have an autofocus feature or an image stabilization option. While you won’t feel the difference when you’re taking photographs. However, you’ll probably encounter problems when you’re shooting videos with the wide-angle lens.

The Galaxy S10 Plus Has 5 Cameras

Altogether, the S10 Plus has five lenses. On the back, you get one primary wide lens, one telephoto lens, and the 16 MP ultra wide-angle lens. On the front, you get one 10 MP selfie camera and one 8 MP depth camera.

HDR10+ Recording

The Samsung 10 series are the world’s first phones that have the HDR10+ video recording options. But beware, there is a video recording limit similar to the previous Note 9 and Galaxy S9 models. It means you can only shoot a video of maximum 5 minutes in length.

What’s unique about the HDR10+ is that it uses something called dynamic metadata. This means that the brightness and color can be set on a frame by frame, which should help with the color gradients you see on the screen.

Free True Wireless Earbuds

Alongside a free phone case, you can get a free pair of wireless earbuds but only if you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. 

Reverse Wireless Charging

You can charge the wireless earbuds directly from the back of the Galaxy S10. In fact, the back-charging option works with any device that supports Qi-enabled charging.

Super Storage

With the Galaxy S10 Plus, you can have up to 1.5 TB of storage. The phone boasts 1 TB of internal storage, and with the microSD card slot, you can expand the storage by 512 GB. To put things into perspective, we don’t even have that much storage in most laptops!

Bixby Remap

Samsung has announced that it will be releasing an update so that you can remap the Bixby button on the phones to do whatever you want. This update will also be available on some older Galaxy models.

Vapor Cooling System

Only available in the S10 Plus model is the vapor chamber cooling system that limits phone heat so that you can enjoy uninterrupted gameplay.

Virtual Reality

If you care about VR, you’ll be happy with the S10 because it has the highest pixel density of all three phones at 550 PPI. In comparison, the Samsung S10 Plus has a 522 PPI display, and the S10e offers 438 PPI.

The S10e is a Good Deal

The Galaxy S10e has a 6 GB RAM, has the same processor as the S10 and S10 Plus. It has the same Dynamic AMOLED Display panel and the new wide-angle lens. It’s basically the same phone except for a few features, and the price starts at $750.