Samsung Pagsaya ti Galaxy Note 10+

Produktibidad ket latta ti nagan ti laro para iti Samsung Galaxy Note series. Manipud kadagiti nasayaat a internals agingga kadagiti nainget a kamedara, agingga iti dakkel a screen ken dakkel pay a baterya, ken当然, ti S-Pen.

Ti Galaxy S-series ket mangipangruna a maipangruna ti Samsung Galaxy flagship experience ken usualna ti kinapudno nga inusar dagiti adu a gumagamit. Ngem para kadagiti a mangidaton iti napateg, ti Note ket historikal a kasla sagut. Adda pay laeng daytoy a saan a nagbalin a nasayaat babaen ti panangipablaak ita tawen -- least for the Galaxy Note 10+.

Kadakkelan ti standard Note 10, adda pay laeng iti pannakaawat kadagiti baro a mangusar iti Note, ngem kasla S10 laeng nga addaan iti S-Pen. Ngem ti Note 10+, daytoy ti naipapanan dagiti nangruna a mangusar iti Note manipud idi a tawen. Kalpasan ti halad a maysa a bulan iti daytoy a smartphone, adu ti maibagaak.

Panangilasin ken Konstruksion

Kadagdaganna iti 6.8 a pulgada, daytoy ket Samsung's kadakkelan a telepono agingga ita. Maitutop a makasao a phablet, iti kinapudno a sursuroten ti salita. Nupay kasta, kasla adu pay laeng ngem idi, ti screen ket agkurba manen iti daga, nga agresulta kadagiti napigsa a bezels iti sanga. Ngem dagiti top ken bottom bezells ket napigga pay -- iti top a maited, a makapukaw daytoy babaen ti updated Infinity-O design, a kasla punch-hole.

Maipangato ti tungkol iti punch-hole, dua nga banag ti nakasaoak. Ti maysa ket ti sentro a pannakaikabil, ken ti maikadua -- para iti Note 10+, bakit saan daytoy a dual-lens setup kas iti S10+? Para iti mauna a punto, naipapanak ti pannakaikabil ti punch-hole iti kanto ti serye ti S10 gapud ta mas napigsa a maipababa. Ngem para iti sentro a pannakaikabil, maited daytoy babaen ti smart wallpaper, ken iti panawen ket agbalin a naipapanak. Idiskutko ti maikadua a punto iti seccion ti kamera iti daytoy a review.

Idaog dagiti banag iti likudan, ti naipangato a Corning Gorilla Glass 6 panel ket agkurba agingga kadagiti sanga, nga agpatingga a makita ken maigay-at a napudno. Saan metko a saan a nasayaat ti Aura Glow a kulay, ta ti literal a mirror-finish ket mangipadur-as iti amin a bassit a porma dagiti daga, smudge, wenno fingerprint.

Ang quad na rear camera setup aya ti top left a sanga ti likod ket maysa a panangipababa iti Samsung's napateg a design language a pasetna ti rear camera/s iti upper center. Daytoy ket mangpakaammo a ti Note 10 series ket kasla amin pay laeng dagiti sabali a telepono iti merkado, gapuna ti maysa a signature design point Samsung ket napigsa a pasetna a ibaba.

Ngem iti baba, imbes a headphone jack, adda tayo ti USB Type-C port, speaker nga agtultuloy baba, noise-canceling microphone, ken ti slot para iti S-Pen. Aduan, daytoy a stylus ita a tawen ket kasla ti last year. Ngem internal, adda kadi motion sensors a mangidaton kadagiti adu a banbanag software-wise.

Agdadda iti kaatiddog, ti tapat, adda met ti hybrid card tray a makapagkarga wenno dua a nano-sized SIM cards wenno maysa kadagitoy a kasla plus a microSD card agingga iti 1TB. Daytoy a bassit a feature ket sabali pay a rason nga ti Note 10+ ket mas naipadur-as a kasta a makapagpabingbingay iti Note-dom no inbaetan ti standard a version.

Beside ti tray ket adda pay maysa a noise-canceling microphone, ken maysa a bassit a cavity a mangted iti speakerphone. Naipapanak daytoy a subtile a disenyo gapu ta makapagbassit dayta para iti audio. Gapu ta ti top bezel ket slim, ti speakerphone/earpiece ket masapul nga agbalin a kaslaan. Saan laeng dayta para kadagiti regular a tawid, ngem ramanen a Samsung flagships ket adda stereo audio. Ti bukel iti taas ket mangted iti sabali a dalan para iti umus-usar ti sound, nga agpabingay ken agpangato ti audio.

Kadagiti patpatien ti sanga ken baba, adda daytoy a panangipakita iti kumot a mangsukisok kadagiti nauna a Sony Xperia smartphones. Dagiti sukod ket napalpalawid laeng tapno marigat ti pagsasao iti kamay wenno iti bulong -- no agtultuloy ka nga adda sapat a dakkel para iti daytoy a lalaki!

Itaon ti design, ket iti kanan nga parte dagiti volume rocker ken power button. Dagiti left-handed users ket mas mapan a maipakita ti pasetna, ngem kinuna ko a saan met laeng a mabalin a sumagmamano a makikita a ti pannakaalis ti Bixby button ket maysa a naay-ayat a pagbalin. Adda met ak a nasayaat a dagiti power ken volume ket addaan iti maysa nga paset. Ngem daytoy ket agtultuloy a maipada iti personal a panagpili.

The Note 10+, aside from being the biggest, is also one of Samsung's prettiest-looking phones to date. The industrial design lends itself a lot to the productivity-focused nature of the line-up, and it has some clever functionality tucked away. I'm also quite impressed that it's just as thin as the S10+ at just 7.9mm.

Displego ken Multimedia

The Note 10+ ket adda iti 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O a display a ti maysa a maximum resolution ket 3040 x 1440, nga agsinnaranay iti 498ppi. Manipud iti uneg, ti resolution ket naipaset iti 2280 x 1080, ngem adda pay ti opson a bumaba agingga iti 1520 x 720 no kayatmo a maximizar ti battery life.

Kadagiti FHD+ pay laeng, napintas ti screen, gapu kadagiti nadumaduma a maitutop a itlog, nasayaat a kulay, ken dakkel a range ti kasingit. Kadagiti amin a daytoy a paset, saanmo a makita a saan a kasna a nalawag ti ima no WQHD+, ngem ti panangbaba iti resolution ket mas naipapan iti mata.

Saan pay laeng ti panagkita iti napuspusay a kontenido, saan ka a masapul nga agserbi iti punch-hole. Ti 19:9 aspect ratio ket karaniwan a sapat a mangtulong kadagiti anamorphic (2.35:1) a pamay-an ti Netflix ken dagiti sabali a platform, a kasla ita pay ket mapan ti punch-hole iti maysa a bassit a black bar.

Maipatungpal ti audio experience, saanna a mangibagbaga. Adda pay laeng ti pagsasaoak para kadagiti front-facing speakers kasla dagiti sabali a device, ngem dagiti Samsung flagships iti tawen daytoy ket nagpabigbigkay kaniak a ti downward-firing ken earpiece combo ket maited met laeng. Ti pair ti Note 10+ ket mangipataud iti napintas a listening duo para iti immersive experience. Agtultuloyda a makasawid, a no adda ka iti quiet room, ti maximum volume ket haladto nga awan pay laeng a kasapulan. Dagiti highs ken mids ket crystal clear, adda pay laeng ti hint bass manipud iti bottom speaker, ken adda met a decent separation. No ibuklanmo ti Dolby Atmos mode, dagitoy amin a aspekto ket mapatungpalda iti overdrive.

Ti Note 10+ ket ti paset a mangipakita ti multimedia nga adda iti daytoy a tawen; ti pinaka-umuna a makitkita. Saanko a masuppiat a agbalin dayta agingga iti sumaganad a tawen.

Sa napakabilis nga AKG Type-C earphones a daytoy -- ket maysa kadagiti pinaka-nawaya a nasayaat a sumasayaw a naipadpad a earphones a nakitaak. Dagiti kaaduan ti kable ket braided, adda in-line controls, ken dagiti nadumaduma a sukog a tips ket naipadpad. Nasayaat met laeng ti quality ti sound ngem saan a kas iti Galaxy Buds. Maysa nga adu ti mids, ngem bass ken highs ket kankanayon a napigsa. Ngem dagiti highs ket adda pay a masna a nasayaat no ag-activate ka iti Dolby Atmos mode.

Kamera

The Note 10+ provides a wide array of photography options. The rear module consists of a 12MP main wide-angle, a 12MP telephoto, a 16MP ultrawide, and a TOF 3D camera. The primary rear camera has the variable aperture that's been around since the Galaxy S9. All of them except the TOF camera are equipped with image stabilization, although only the main and telephoto have Dual Pixel PDAF.

For selfies, it has a single 10MP shooter with Dual Pixel PDAF. As with the S10+, I do think it would have been entirely appropriate if the Note 10+ had a secondary front camera. It would have been perfect if it had a wide-angle lens for group selfies, but a depth-sensing camera would have also made for a more feature-packed phone.

Shots from both the front and rear cameras come out great, especially in bright outdoor settings. It's a joy to shoot with a selection of focal lengths, shots from all the lenses come out looking sharp with a high dynamic range, and colors pop. It seems to me that over the years, Samsung's post-processing has gotten more aggressive in how it boosts colors, though it does this effectively, especially for skin tones.

Live Focus mode still works as good as ever, providing good subject-background separation, and I always enjoy being able to adjust the blur after the fact. In sub-optimal lighting conditions though, the Note 10+, or any Samsung flagship for that matter, would not be my weapon of choice. Details end up appearing muddy, previously vibrant colors get washed out, and shadows are peppered with noise.

The dedicated Night Mode, however, works great for shots around the city and such, with a right balance of bright and dark spots. The noise gets cleaned up a little bit, highlights don't get blown out as much, and the shot looks more dynamic.

For video, the Note 10+ can shoot up to UHD 4K (3480 x 2160) for both the front and rear cameras. Since the display has HDR10+ support and there isn't a lot of content available yet, it's good that you can at least shoot video in HDR10+.

Just like with the photos, video quality is excellent as long as you're shooting in well-lit conditions. At 4K, shots come out looking very sharp with beautiful colors, and stabilization is on point. The camera app now also has a built-in video editor where you can do basic things like splice together clips, add text, and add music.

The S-Pen receives new functionality as mentioned earlier. It now has Air Actions that lets you control the camera app through gestures. You can flick up to switch between the front and rear cameras or make a circular motion to zoom in and out.

Aside from the usual set of features like Pro Mode, Panorama, Portrait (Live Focus), Slow Motion, etc., there is a slew of brand new features. Most of the new things we get in terms of the camera in the software.

There's AR Doodle, which allows you to draw on top of videos, which will then track the motion and match the position in 3D space. It works on faces, but I think the Everywhere mode is even cooler because, with the right conditions, the motion tracking is superb.

For the TOF camera, there's the 3D Scanner that gives you a full 360-degree 3D model of the object of your choice. The software isn't perfect yet and takes a combination of practice, the right subject, and good lighting conditions, but it does work. If your 3D model is anthropomorphic enough, like a stuffed animal, for example, the phone can even rig the joints and match the movement to that of a real person.

For videos, there are two significant new features. The first being Super Steady Mode, which utilizes the ultra-wide camera to be able to crop and artificially make the optically-stabilized image even more steady. The experience is comparable to using a motorized gimbal, but I recommend only using this with right shooting conditions. The second new video feature is Live Focus Video. It's Portrait Mode for video with different modes, which granted, has been done before by Huawei, but is an excellent feature for creative expression.

Great camera hardware and software make an excellent combination in any phone, and the Note 10+ has that. Aside from being the ultimate media consumption device, it also makes the right candidate for the ultimate media creation device.

OS, UI, and Apps

Running the software show is OneUI 1.5 on top of Android 9 Pie. It's Samsung's best interface to date with a clean and user-friendly experience. It has features such as Focus Blocks that cleanly presents information, segregated viewing and interaction areas, and our favorite, native Dark/Night Mode. You can navigate via the traditional back-home-recent buttons, but you may opt for gestures instead.

The physical Bixby button may be dead, but software Bixby is alive and well as the default virtual assistant of choice. Other smart features include Device Care for optimizing your device, Game Launcher for a more controlled gaming experience, Samsung Health for fitness tracking, among others.

DeX is also back stronger than ever. Previously, you had to connect your phone to a display and pair a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The new DeX allows you to plug your Note 10/Note 10+ into a Windows or Mac computer, which then brings up a window with the DeX virtual desktop, complete with all your apps. It allows you to control your phone with your computer, but also seamlessly drag and drop files between the two.

Samsung's new partnership with Microsoft also brings the Your Phone app, which lets you send messages from your PC, and wirelessly transfer images between the two. I don't think it's a coincidence that those two things sound almost precisely like iMessage and AirDrop.

Almost all of the S-Pen's new features have to do with the camera. Though the SDK is available to developers, so the motion sensors can be expected to gain more functionality as time goes on. However, on the side of note-taking, we still have the staples like Screen Write, Smart Select, Live Message, Translate, and writing on the Always On Display. What's new, is you can now have your handwritten notes converted to text and exported directly to Microsoft Word. Convert-to-text is hardly new, but exporting directly to Word is a feature that honestly, should have been here since the beginning. It's my favorite new S-Pen feature.

Aside from the proprietary apps, pre-installed apps include the standard Google Suite and a few from Microsoft. We don't mind this, as these are for productivity anyway.

The 256GB variant we have leaves us with 229.12GB of usable storage, which should be plenty enough for all your apps, media, and files. But if it isn't don't forget that there's a microSD slot, and there's a 1TB storage variant if you're that space-hungry.

I want to take a moment to highlight another thing before we move on  -- the Samsung Global Goals app. It's a new app that allows you to help 17 goals/initiatives set by world leaders, for a better world by the year 2030. You can either donate directly to the goal of your choice or allow the app to show you ads. The ad revenue can then be donated directly to a goal. If you end up buying a Note 10/Note 10+ after reading this review, we highly encourage you to check out this app. Even if you don't, the app is also available for download for other Android devices, as well as iOS.

Performance and Benchmarks

Since we get the EMEA variant, the Note 10+ is powered by the new Samsung Exynos 9825, a refresh of the Exynos 9820 present in the S10 series. It was designed to address a few problems found in the Exynos 9820, namely power efficiency and thermals. The SoC is now manufactured using the 7nm EUV process, moving on from the 8nm FinFET process.

It uses two 4th-gen custom cores, two Cortex-A75 cores, four Cortex-A55 cores, plus a Mali G76 MP12 GPU and a dedicated NPU though the clock speed of the Cortex-A75 cores has been bumped up from 2.31GHz to 2.4GHz.

The performance increase in the raw benchmark scores does show a little bit of improvement. However, it's not that much. But that's not to say it's a bad thing -- there's still no doubt that the Exynos 9825 is now Samsung's most powerful chip to date.

• AnTuTu - 348,080
• 3D Mark SSE - 4,846 (OpenGL ES 3.1), 4,642 (Vulkan)
• PC Mark - 7,881 (Work 2.0)
• Geekbench - 4,371 (Single-Core), 9,999 (Multi-Core), 11,991 (RenderScript)
• AndroBench - 1,476.34 MB/s (Seq. Read), 586.85 MB/s (Seq. Write)

The Note 10+ is truly a workhorse of a device, breezing through any task you throw at it. It's smooth, fast, and highly responsive. With the hefty 12GB of RAM, multitasking is seamless, and at the highest settings, any game is buttery smooth.

Even the internal storage is faster now, looking at the rear and write speeds of the Note 10+ compared to the S10+. The improved chipset, large RAM capacity, and fast storage truly make it the fastest Samsung flagship.

Connectivity and Battery Life

While the Note 10+ does lack a headphone jack, it still features the other connectivity options you expect a flagship phone to have. It's got dual nano-SIM support, microSD support up to 1TB, Wi-Fi 6, LTE Cat.20, dual-frequency GNSS, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and USB 3.1 Type-C.

For biometric security, the ultrasonic under-display fingerprint scanner and facial recognition make a comeback, and both options are as fast, accurate, and secure as they were on the S10 series.

For the battery, the Note 10+ has a 4,300mAh capacity, which is appropriate for a phone of this size and capability. I've mostly been using the phone with the FHD+ resolution option, only bumping up to WQHD+ when watching Netflix. Even then, I can usually get a good day and a half without looking for a charge.

In our standard video loop test (1080p MP4 video played on a loop, 50% brightness & volume, airplane mode turned on, headphones plugged in), we got 19 hours and 53 minutes of playback.

For charging, the Note 10+ supports Fast Charging up to 45W, Qi fast wireless charging 15W, and reverse wireless charging from the S10 family makes a comeback. There's a 25W charger in the box and getting to a full 100% from an empty battery only takes about an hour. That's very fast considering the huge 4,300mAh capacity.

Conclusion

With its starting price tag of PHP60,990, it can get easy to dismiss this phone as way too overpriced. But, think about it this way -- The S10+ starts at PHP55,990. For just PHP5,000, you may be losing an additional front camera and a headphone jack. But almost everything else gets a boost, like the bigger screen, better chipset, more RAM,  more storage, better cameras, a bigger battery, and an S-Pen that's there if you need it.

It would be unfair to the Note 10+ though if we base it on how it compares to the S10+. On its own, it does a better job of carrying the "Galaxy Note" name and lineage than its little brother. The Note 10+ is the real Note 10 -- and the Note 10 is more like the Note 10 Lite.

Until further notice, this is the ultimate device for productivity, multimedia consumption, content creation, and raw performance -- and mind you, all of that is in a very sleek, sexy package.

See local pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series below:

• Samsung Galaxy Note10  8GB + 256GB – PHP 53,990
• Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 12GB + 256GB – PHP 60,990
• Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 12GB + 512GB – PHP 72,990

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ specs:

• 6.8-inch QHD+ (3040 x 1080) Infinity Display (Dynamic AMOLED), 498ppi
• HDR 10+
• Corning Gorilla Glass 6
• Samsung Exynos 9825 7nm 2.7GHz octa-core
• Mali-G76 MP12 GPU
• 12GB LPDDR4X RAM
• 256GB, 512GB UFS 3.0 storage
• 12MP F 1.5-F1.8-F2.4 +16MP F2.2 wide-angle + 12MP F2.1 Telephoto + DepthVision Camera
• OIS, Hyperlapse, Special Night, 4K 60fps video recording, Ultra Slow-Mo
• 10MP F2.2 front camera (Dual-Pixel Autofocus, 4K 30fps video recording)
• Dual-SIM card slot (nano)
• Expandable via microSD card slot
• WiFi 6 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)
• VHT80
• 1024QAM
• 4G LTE
• Bluetooth 5.0, ANT+
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo
• NFC
• USB Type-C
• IP68 dust and water-resistant
• Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
• Face Unlock
• S-Pen w/ IP68 water and dust resistance, 4096 pressure levels, gesture navigation, animated messaging, smart selection, translation function
• AKG Stereo Speakers w/ Dolby Atmos
• Samsung One UI (Android 9 Pie)
• 4,300mAh battery w/ 45W fast charging and 20W wireless charging
• 162.3 x 77.1 x 7.9 mm
• 196 g

What I liked:
• Beautiful design
• Premium build
• Great display
• Great cameras
• Great performance
• Better S-Pen
• Long battery lif
• Fast Wireless Charging

What I didn't:
• No 3.5mm headphone jack
• Pricey