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Galaxy S10 vs. iPhone XS: Spec comparison

2019-02-21
Samsung is making a splash with its 10th anniversary galaxy phone here's how it compares on paper to the iPhone 10s these top of the line phones come with a premium price tag in the US the Galaxy S ten starts at $900 while the iPhone 10's starts at a thousand while many phones from 2018 embraced a notch in the screen to fit the front-facing camera the S 10 instead has a hole-punch camera at the front of the screen the display itself is a 6.1 inch edge to edge AMOLED and has Gorilla Glass 6 to protect it from drops and scratches with Gorilla Glass 5 around the back the iPhone 10 s is a 5.8 inch OLED screen and while we don't know officially if it's Gorilla Glass or not Apple says it's the most durable glass ever on a smart phone both also come in a larger screen version the S 10 plus is 6.4 inches and the 10s max is 6.5 the S 10 plus also has two front facing cameras which is how you can tell them apart Apple's phone comes in space grey silver or gold while Samsung is pink black blue or white in the US the S 10 plus adds the option of a ceramic finish in black or white and if you're a fan of the headphone jack of the galaxy is the only one that has a standard 3.5 milk jock apart from running iOS and Android these two phones have many other features that set them apart the Galaxy has Qualcomm's latest snapdragon 855 while apple has its most recent a12 chip in the iPhone Samsung has put a brand new ultrasonic fingerprint reader embedded in the screen plus facial recognition Apple uses its own version of facial recognition called face ID or a pin to authenticate and unlock your phone for storage you get the choice of either 128 or 512 gigabytes on the Galaxy plus it also has the option to add a microSD card for expandable storage the 10 s has three storage options of 64 128 or 256 gigabytes with no expansion option both phones are rated as ip68 which means they're water-resistant and wireless charging is standard on both but the galaxy also supports wireless power share you can charge any cheat of ice like the Galaxy buds from the back of the phone Samsung has a thirty four hundred million power battery on the s10 and forty one hundred on the s10 plus Apple doesn't release official battery capacities but in tear downs the tennis and tennis max appear to have a smaller battery than the Galaxy phones respectively but real-world performance is always variable so stay tuned for our battery tests the galaxy is a camera powerhouse with three units around the back versus the iPhones to camera number one on the galaxy is an ultra wide-angle at 16 megapixels with an aperture of f-22 the second is a standard wide-angle at 12 megapixels with optical image stabilization and a variable aperture between F 1.5 and F 2.4 just like last year's galaxy s 9 camera number 3 is for telephoto at 12 megapixels with an F 2.4 aperture and OAS compare that to the iPhone which has two rear cameras both of 12 megapixels with OAS the wide-angle lens is F 1 point 8 and the telephoto is F 2 point 4 the galaxy has a special mode for capturing better low-light photos called bright nights the iPhone has auto low-light FPS which is a mode to capture better video in low-light the selfies the iPhone has apples true depth camera with an aperture of f28 - and a 7 megapixel sensor while the s tens front camera is 10 megapixels with a wider maximum aperture of f11 the S 10 Plus adds another selfie camera to capture depth information both the Galaxy S ten and the iPhone 10s are impressive premium phones so stay tuned for the review to see how they perform in the real world
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