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the large phones in the latest lines from Apple and Samsung go head-to-head this is PocketNow and I'm Joshua Vergara what's going on everybody and this is the Samsung Galaxy S 10 plus up against the iPhone 10's Macs before we get started a quick shout-out to our sponsor D brand they now have skins available for the samsung galaxy s 10 plus and the entire S 10 line but there's also a new pattern called swarm which you can get for any of the tech that you want to give a completely different look you can check out the links in the description below to see the skins for yourself clearly the designs of these two phones will be familiar to anyone that used the previous generations the biggest difference in the galaxy s 10 plus from the last iteration is a new ultrasonic fingerprint reader within the display and a couple new lenses on the front and back the iPhone 10's max takes after the previous iPhone 10 and is as the name implies a bigger version of the iPhone 10 s I have the gold edition which while you you tell me if it actually looks gold to you for both of these devices one-handed usage will be a little tough but that is to be expected because these are both big phones you do get a lot of screen and bigger phones like these and both displays are pretty great while the resolution of the galaxy s 10 plus screen is technically much higher than that of its competitor that isn't to say that the iPhone display is bad quality or any less useful the Infinity o display is an answer to all of the notches that we saw in 2018 including that of the iPhone 10s max as is the case with all displays that sport either of these choices the cutouts don't necessarily get in the way of any content unless you expand things like YouTube videos at that point you either have a hole in the corner or most of the side is interrupted by the front camera and the phone speaker it used to be trendy to get mad at all of these cutouts but after some time with either phone people just kind of get used to them I really applaud the SN community for getting creative with the hole in display I mean come on all of these wallpapers that we're seeing these days are just super fun to try out one knock I do have to give the iPhone in terms of its notch is the fact that you have to swipe down from specific sides in order to do the notification drop down or the control center for a phone that is already hard to use in one hand having to reach for a specific corner just makes it that much worse now if you want to get as many features as possible the galaxy s 10 plus fits that bill it sports a headphone jack wireless and reverse wireless charging expandable storage and of course you have that ultrasonic fingerprint reader under the screen speaking of which a lot of people were unhappy with the loss of touch ID and the iPhones over the last year though I have gotten used to it and honestly face ID and face unlocking both of these phones are something that I've gotten used to using over the last year or so now there is extra input on both of these phones in the form of a Bigsby button for the s10 and then the silenced toggle on the iPhone but if I'm honest I use the silenced toggle on here way more than I ever use Bigsby on here but more to the point I don't think I've ever really found Syria all that useful either on the topic of battery life let's just put it this way the Galaxy S 10 plus has almost a thousand more milliamp hours in its battery over the iPhone Tenace max meanwhile I've actually had to help someone with an iPhone reverse wireless charge their phone because they were down to single digits on the spec sheets it obviously seems that the Galaxy S 10 plus is that many steps ahead of the iPhone but there are different ecosystems at play here the iPhone sports the latest Bionic a12 chip and four gigabytes of RAM that last one might sound a little miniscule compared to the eight or even twelve gigabytes of RAM that you can get in the S 10 plus but there's no questioning that there's good performance in either phone iOS is simply optimized for what the iPhone 10s max provides and on the flipside the galaxy s 10 plus is uniquely equipped for every little feature that Samsung bakes into its version of Android Samsung one UI one UI is a very welcome next step in Samsung's version of Android and it manages to provide a lot of useful features that maybe you will never use but at the very least it doesn't bog down the core experience of Android but there aren't extras you might want to try out like Samsung's own version of full screen gestures that work basically like the three button nav bar I prefer that over the full screen gestures that started with the iPhone 10 and then found their way to some versions of Android since then this is all in contrast to iOS where basically what you see is what you get Android fans will lament the lack of widgets no app drawer and the lack of customization options but I know a lot of people out there who prefer it that way to have an experience that just works Samsung doesn't fail in this regard it just adds so many layers on top of the already solid core experience finally the cameras the Galaxy S 10 plus is the most stacked camera not only in this comparison but even in its own lineup three on the rear with a wide-angle camera that I'm personally super happy to have and then two on the front which adds in a depth sensor next to the selfie camera that depth sensor helps with front-facing portrait shots much in the same way that the face ID technology helps the iPhone achieve portrait lighting effects and also helps with an emojis self portraits strictly are pretty comparable here with both phones using HDR to good effect details are pretty good and the portrait cutouts are generally well done even if there are still issues with certain lines like my glasses where the galaxy sn+ really ups the ante is in 4k video recording which makes it a viable tool for selfie videos and vlogging shooting with the rear cameras is a different affair as it is easy to argue that the galaxy s 10 plus provides way more options that wide-angle lens is a fun addition one that maybe Apple will add in one day but I don't find pictures from one or the other being really leaps and bounds better so it just matters which one provides the different features you want I will say though that the smart HDR on the iPhone 10's max is seriously impressive especially an evening out pretty much any scene but if you want to have a little more contrast and also a little bit more saturation the s10 might be the way to go now here's a development that just happened pretty recently in a nod to the social media junkies out there samsung has finally rolled out the Instagram mode that ties right into the platform if you're an IG person this is a big deal because you originally had to use the main camera to use the phone's features and then import it into the Instagram app now you can use the wide angle or the telephoto press for picture or hold for video and when you're done it goes right into the editor in Instagram it might not seem like much but for avid social media people every little bit counts this is a step further than the square moat which itself was an apple move toward the Instagram audience again what you see is what you get in the iPhone 10's max the galaxy has 10 plus does the same but gives you a ton more that you can enjoy if you choose to one thing I do want to touch on real quick is the price the iPhone 10s max still is one of the most expensive smartphones out there right now which made it all the more surprising that Samsung priced every one of the phones in the S 10 line pretty competitively you can actually save a couple hundred dollars if you go for the samsung galaxy s 10 plus and you get a lot more in it when compared to the iPhone 10s max just on paper but of course your experience is going to dictate which one of these speaks more to you as far as what comes next Sam song has definitely put down the gauntlet and now Apple it's your move but with that I'm gonna go ahead and call it on this one thank you so much for watching get into the comment sections and let's have those discussions about these two phones and also if you want to see even more footage from this particular phone you can head over to my channel where I used the Galaxy S ten plus as a vlogging machine for an entire day out in Los Angeles you can subscribe to my channel as well youtube.com slash drove a car and then come right back here to subscribe to pocket now for even more and from there thank you so much once again and we'll see you in our next video