It’s a product that does a lot of things well. Like other recent Samsung flagships, it’s going to be a tough device to give up when review time comes to a close. Sometimes the best camera is the one in your pocket, as the saying goes. It joined me on an international road trip, through several product unveils from the competition and is responsible for all of the images in this post.
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The Samsung Galaxy S10+ has been my daily driver for a week now. Starting at $1,000, it’s going to cost you - but if Samsung’s $1,900 foldable is any indication, smartphones of the future could make it look like a downright bargain.
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But it does make a strong claim for the best Android smartphone of the moment. The Galaxy S10 doesn’t offer the same glimpse into the future as the Fold. Instead, it’s a culmination of 10 years of phone development, with new tricks throughout. But unlike the iPhone X, Apple’s 10th anniversary handset, the new Galaxy isn’t an attempt at a radical departure. None of this is any reflection on the quality of the S10 as a device, which I will happily state is quite high.
Several people saw that I was carrying around a new Samsung device, got excited and were ultimately disappointed with the fact that I couldn’t unfold the thing. Here’s a look at the future, and now let’s talk about the present.
It’s a heck of a lead in, and, quite frankly, a recipe for disappointment. It also led Samsung to open last week’s Unpacked event with the Galaxy Fold - first the cryptic product video and then the product unveil. That manner of existential crisis has led to one of the most eventful Mobile World Congresses in memory, as companies look to shake the doldrums of a stagnant market. The last couple of years have seen smartphone sales plateau for the first time since anyone started keeping track of those sorts of numbers, and big companies like Samsung and Apple are not immune. Here’s everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy S10/Galaxy Fold eventīut the 10th anniversary Galaxy arrives at a transitional time for Samsung - and the industry at large.