As expected, Samsung has gone ahead and unveiled the much-awaited Galaxy Note 10 and the Note 10 Plus (There is also a third Note 10+ 5G variant which will come sometime later). The devices were unveiled last night at the Unpacked event in New York.
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The smartphone brings a ton of new features to the Note line-up including the S-Pen. Here are 7 features on the Galaxy Note 10 series that you need to look out for.?
Samsung has launched the Note 10 in two different screen sizes. The standard Galaxy Note 10 gets a 6.3-inch full-HD display with a resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels, whereas the Galaxy Note 10+ features a larger 6.8-inch display with a resolution of 3040x1440 pixels. Both of these are Super AMOLED panels with curved edges to the side. The displays also have a hole-punch front camera right in the top-centre section. The display also houses the fingerprint sensor.
Speaking about design, the South Korean smartphone maker is using a similar glass-sandwich approach. The device's brought a boxy design on the Note 10 and Note 10+which looks very classy.
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The smartphone maker has bid adieu to the headphone jack, making it the first Samsung flagship smartphone to do so. Also what's changed in the design is the power and volume button layout, with the buttons shifting to the left, while also eliminating the third 'Bixby' button. The Bixby is now loaded right into the power button and gets activated by long-pressing the power button.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and the Note 10 Plus are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 chipset in the US and China, whereas the other variants come with Samsung's own Exynos 9825 octa-core processor. There is a slight differentiation in the RAM and storage variants between the Note 10 and the Note 10+. The standard Note 10 just gets an 8GB/256GB variant whereas the Note 10+ gets 12GB of RAM with 256/512GB storage variants. Surprisingly, only the Note 10+ and Note 10+ 5G will get a hybrid SIM card slot where the second SIM card can be swapped for a microSD card upto 1TB.
The Note 10 and the Note 10+ have a triple camera sensor at the back- A 12-megapixel primary shooter with? f/1.5-1.8-2.4, 27mm (variable aperture), along with Dual Pixel PDAF and OIS. The second shooter is a Telephoto shooter with another 12 megapixel sensor (f/2.1 aperture) and OIS.
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The third is a 12mm ultra wide shooter with 16-megapixel sensor and f/2.2 aperture. The Note 10+ gets another camera at the back- a ToF or Time of Flight 3D sensor for capturing better portraits. Lastly, Both the Note 10 and the Note 10+ will get a 10-megapixel ultra-wide selfie camera.?
The one thing that differentiates the Note series from the S series is the inclusion of the S pen on the former lineup. Every year Samsung brings new and intuitive features to the S Pen and this year was no exception. The S Pen has gotten a lot bigger this year, making it more ergonomic to write with.?
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S Pen brings along handwriting recognition where you can search for the context in the search bar of the S Notes and it'll locate the text based on the handwriting. Moreover, the S Pen also has a gyrosensor now which enables gesture features for changing camera modes or zooming in to subject (flinging it like a tiny wand)
Both the devices not only get different battery units, but they also differ in charging speeds. The standard Note 10 gets 3500 mAh with support for 20W fast charging. The Note 10+ on the other hand gets a larger 4300mAh battery with support for 45W fast charging. The 45W charger however is sold separately.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 starts at a price point of $949 which is approximately Rs 68,000, whereas the Note 10+ starts at a price point of $1099, which is approximately Rs 77,865. The 5G variant of the Note 10+ on the other hand will start at $1299 or approximately Rs 92,000. The devices will go on sale starting August 23.?