Gadgetory

it's been a little while Kirk tells me it's actually been three weeks now that I've been using this device right here that is of course the Galaxy S ten I mean I've just been living with this phone this has been my phone has the SIM card in it I took photos I lived live I sent tweets whatsapp slack email whatever other app this was my smart phone of choice for the last three weeks I have some feelings about it that I think you need to know about there's some things I like there's some things I don't like any smartphone out there I chose to use the standard Galaxy S 10 not the S 10 plus I just feel like this is a nice form factor I kind of like the circular cutout as opposed to the larger one I mean look it's your choice you want a bigger display you go for the plus otherwise they're basically the same first things first what are you looking at what greets you when you unlock this phone it's a display I mean that's gonna satisfy anyone in a smartphone universe anyone in the segment any fan that's out there you your nephew your aunt your uncle if you want maybe the best display in the smartphone game then you go with this phone I mean that's pretty standard stuff you already knew it I have a case on this phone so it kind of diminishes the edge a little bit after all samsung has been curving these edges for a while now some people love it some people less so actually I really like this case I forget the name of it got enough Amazon genuine leather yeehaw ladies and gentlemen that's rawhide will he do another big change for this particular model year we now have more cameras than ever that's correct that's three lenses on the back of course you're getting a wider angle view with these I used it I used that feature I love that feature in fact the front-facing camera on this device is wider than I expected as well so it's versatile you can get a lot of shots of course the camera itself incredible in a number of different circumstances with or without the wide it's one of the best performers out there that I've used recently I want to put white at pixel level just the software the the isolation the portrait effect and so on not that I use that very much I mean for me this camera it's an easy pick kind of like the display again not much of a surprise here in Samsung's flagship device you recall that this one features wireless charging also wireless charge sharing I'm a big fan of that that's a cool feature to have now normally I'd say that's just a novelty you're not gonna use it very often but in conjunction with the galaxy buds this could be a feature that you use on a frequent basis if you choose those ear buds to go with this phone while we're on the outside surroundings of the device here I should also talk about this button over here that's the big speed button not a fan of big speed myself I'm never gonna use it it has recently become remappable so you can switch it to something else other than a Bixby launcher that said it will still launch Bixby on a long press you can't you just can't completely get rid of Bixby there's always some sort of hook some sort of compromise so Bixby is still there but the button is a little easier to live with considering the fact that you can at least remap the single press for whatever app launch you want to have happen the headphone jack that's right the s10 maintains the headphone jack talks about it in the unboxing video this thing is useful and it's tiny it's a tiny little piece to add to the motherboard of the device and so do it if you have a big phone anyway I like it I like having it there okay now what about the speaker on par sort of with many of the other flagships that are out there I'll give you a quick demo here we boost this up yeah I mean what can I say like I don't know if it's the best that I've tested there have been some loud ones come through here but this is clear you're gonna be satisfied with it as far as I'm concerned now another thing a lot of questions about this that the the circular cutout the pinhole hole punch a lot of people asking me Lee how much is that affecting you are you fan of it how does it compare to the knotch I prefer it to be honest if you're gonna give me this or a notch I'll take this now grant it I do feel the need to say like when it comes to face unlock for example there's way less tech in here than in the iPhone notch on the iPhone 10 10 s you can't really compare them one to one this is less secure for face unlock but again I'm not using face unlock anymore so you decide how big of a deal that is to you but this is just taking up so much less space than the average not and then on top of that by pushing it over in the corner for whatever reason it just feels less abrasive to your day-to-day functionality like I mean you see it there it's it's big but your eyes are kind of used to seeing stuff up in this corner anyways with the battery indicator and the Wi-Fi connection and so on and whatever other notification indicators you have up there so you're kind of pre-programmed to expect to stuff up in the corner and maybe that has something to do with why this is less offensive not just for me but a lot of other people have said the same thing I'm taking this over the knotch any day of the week I guess I'm a hole-punch fan didn't expect it but I guess so you saw my video previously on the face unlock being really easy to crack I'm fully on the fingerprint train now everybody has an opinion about this fingerprint you see all the comic people you're holding it too long look we shouldn't have to have a conversation about how to use a fingerprint people gonna pick it up and go to put their finger on it that's regular human beings behavior going on depending on conditions it just it doesn't work a hundred percent of the time still not as rock-solid as a phone with a rear capacitive fingerprint scanner this is the future this is what we're living with it's a screen unlocked I mean it's cool it's magical that said was the fingerprint scanner in the back really that offensive you know if there was something sitting right over here I don't know you tell me okay battery life on this device has been amazing there's never been a day where I had to recharge before the evening and be really impressed by that performance is the same thing it's super snappy as expected everything is moving beautifully it means the latest flagship specs I turned off bixby from the left swipe so now I guess I got nothing going on I'm a 1-page kind of guy at least with this current set up right here I got the dark mode turned on I adapted quite nicely to the 1u i Samsung's latest skin which is like not even offensive anymore so I'm a fan of that of course I had to change the buttons the nav buttons on the bottom to be the right way Samsung give it out of the box please it's about time all right let's get it together there it is I mean solid it's a good time it charges Wireless or charges quick over USB type-c one of the best displays in the game one of the best cameras in the game with the versatility of the wide-angle it's kind of exactly what you expect it to be it's as good as you expect it to be so of course at this point the conversation just comes down to cause the idea of the flagship price tag is just not that I'm not excited about not that I won't use it but like I just feel the need I feel the responsibility to let you know that when you're going premium right now it's not like an equivalent exchange of value like you're not paying two or three hundred more and necessarily getting two or three hundred back in terms of value I just came off the oneplus 60 for example and didn't really change my daily life with the exception probably of wireless charging and maybe being bothered a bit less by the location of the cutout if you feel like you want this phone just understand why you're buying it you're kind of in the same territory as an iPhone buyer just on the Android side that's really what this is it's like an iPhone for Android users because if I'm in the oneplus department I can get two of those almost for the price of this and get a new one for two years or every year and a half or something like that instead of having this product right here budget is a big factor in whether or not this is a good decision for you if you've got a lot of budget I say go for it you will love this phone I'm enjoying using this phone now there is a question about whether or not this s10 is vs tend to get some people have made the case that the s10 II is actually the value point he might be right I mean it definitely gets closer to some of those competitive products at the five $600 price point it's in a weird space it's not a really premium it's not really budget it's not really mid-range maybe I'll switch to that one next from this I think this experience straight into the s10 II experience will give me a nice one-two punch of like did I notice the difference was I impacted in a big way do I feel like I'm missing something maybe that's the next phone for me nonetheless you will be happy with this if you can pay the price if you can foot the bill that's the galaxy s 10 it's been like three weeks and I don't think you'll be disappointed if you buy it but your wallet definitely will this episode is brought to you by artless we've been subscribed to the service for the past three years and we think it's the best music licensing service out there music comes from real indie artists and the tracks are all bangers come check it out this tracks my favorite so if you subscribe right now you get two months for free and you can download all the music that you want for whatever project that you want check out the link below