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Samsung Announces S10 S10 Plus and S10e here are the highlights

We have been going through a long series of leaks and rumors about the upcoming Galaxy devices including Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10e but now it has become official, the South Korean manufacturer has announced a bunch of smartphones during its event in California on Wednesday.

The company has also announced Samsung Galaxy S10 5G phone which is the Samsung’s first 5G supported device along with Samsung Galaxy Fold a first Samsung Foldable phone. The entire series of S is marked with quality and immersive user experience as Samsung maintains the legacy of world top smartphone manufacturer.

The design and technology highlights edge-to-edge screen, thin bezels, wireless charging, Infinity-O display pint-sized front facing cameras, the ultrasonic on-screen fingerprint sensor which uses the sound waves and multiple rear cameras along with up to 1TB of internal storage and much more.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Specifications (official)

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is the upgraded version of Galaxy S10 and it shares some similarities of S10, the phone exhibits a large 6.4-inch screen with curved Dynamic AMOLED display with 1440p+ resolution and an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor under the screen. The phone is equipped with dual punch-hole front camera with 10MP+8MP.

The phone features triple rear camera with dual OIS, 12MP primary sensor with dual pixel autofocus, optical stabilization and aperture range f/1.5 to f/2.4, apart from that 12MP telephoto lens with IOS and face detection AF, the third one is 16MP Ultra Wide lens with f/2.2 aperture along with 0.5X/2X optical zoom and up to 10X digital zoom.

Inside you will get eighter Exynos 9820 or Snapdragon 855 chipset along with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage for the base model. However, the premium variant will come in ceramics back which offers 12GB RAM and 1TB storage.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Specifications (Official)

The standard model Galaxy S10 is a base model of S10+ which is more compact and packed with fewer features as compared to the premium one. The major differences count on battery, display size, number of cameras.

Galaxy S10 is packed with 6.1-inch AMOLED display with an on-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, the phone has a single front camera but the rear has the same camera setup as the S10 Plus.

The chipset is also the same as S10 Plus, but S10 can only offer you 8GB RAM and 128GB or 512GB storage in two different variants. S10 will power the phone with 3400mAh battery along with wireless charging support.

The 5G variant of Galaxy S10 carries 4500mAh battery with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage which cannot be extended.

Samsung Galasy S10e specifications (Official)

The Samsung Galaxy S10e is classed as budget phone, as the name implies it is sliced version of S10, the device still offers some of the features of premium devices as well. The phone features 5.8-inch AMOLED display with HDR+ support and corning gorilla glass protection, the phone has side mounted fingerprint sensor as it was rumored earlier.

Under the hood you will have Snapdragon 855 7nm process chipset with Adreno 640 GPU for running mobile games smoothly. There is another variant as well which carries Exynos 9820 8nm process with Mali-G76 MP12 GPU.

The phone offers 6GB/8GB RAM options with 128GB/256GB storage options, also extendible up to 512GB with MicroSD card. The device is running on Android Pie 9.0 out of the box. The camera department is impressive as well, 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.4-f/1.5 variable  aperture, OIS, 16MP 123° Ultra Wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture with 0.5X/2X optical zoom, up to 8X digital zoom. 10MP Dual Pixel front-facing camera with 80° wide-angle lens, f/1.9 aperture.

Other features include, water and dust resistance (IP68), Stereo speakers tuned by AKG, Dolby Atmos, 3100mAh battery along with fast and wireless charging support.

The Samsung Galaxy S series is immediately available in the United States for preorders as well as in other countries. The phones will go on sale from March 8, 2019 is some market that Samsung choose first to sell.

Samsung will also offer $129.99 worth of Galaxy Buds for early birds in some markets for free, prices may vary depending on the region but you can get the rough idea from the US pricing as mentioned below.

Galaxy S10 Prices

Samsung Galaxy S10 8GB + 128GB – $899.99

Samsung Galaxy S10 8GB + 512GB – $1149.99

Samsung Galaxy S10+ 8GB + 128GB – $999.99

Samsung Galaxy S10+ 8GB + 512GB Ceramic – $1249.99

Samsung Galaxy S10+ 12GB + 1TB Ceramic – $1599.99

Samsung Galaxy S10e 6GB + 128GB  – $749.99Samsung Galaxy 10e+ 8GB + 256GB – $849.99