Samsung Galaxy S10e SM-G970U 128GB Smartphone SM-G970UZBAXAA B&H

With the Galaxy S10e Samsung has principally managed to condense what is nice about its 2019 flagship S10 line into something smaller and cheaper. Unlike the remainder of the S10 line the Galaxy S10e has a traditional capacitive fingerprint scanner constructed into the power button. It’s quick, accurate and lines up with roughly where your proper thumb rests on the aspect of the telephone the place you would usually push the ability button.

The Galaxy S10e has the same processor – the Samsung Exynos 9820 within the EU or the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 within the US – because the bigger, costlier Galaxy S10 and S10+. The takeaway here is that the Galaxy S10E is somewhat-but-mighty powerhouse that’s well worth the price.

You get the same incredible display as the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus. The display nonetheless seems sharp, and it’s HDR10+ licensed, so you’ll see unimaginable colour accuracy.

All four Galaxy S10 phones offer Samsung’s new PowerShare characteristic, which permits customers to charge other telephones or Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds wirelessly. You just place the other handset or buds on the back of the cellphone. The Galaxy S10 contains a generous 3,four hundred mAh battery, while the Galaxy S10 Plus boasts an enormous four,a hundred mAh battery. The S10 5G also has a secondary front-facing sensor, but it’s another time-of-flight digicam, somewhat than a traditional one as within the S10 Plus. The Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus add a third digicam to the back, a 12-MP, f/2.four lens that allows 2x optical zoom.

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(The S10e has to make do with digital zoom.) Then the S10 5G goes a step additional, with a total of 4 lenses on the rear, because of the addition of a time-of-flight sensor for advanced spatial recognition. One of the commerce-offs for the cheaper Galaxy S10e is that it lacks an in-display screen fingerprint reader; as a substitute, Samsung embedded the sensor into the ability button on the side of cellphone. The Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10 5G function a brand new ultrasonic fingerprint sensor embedded within the show, which makes it fairly straightforward to unlock these phones. Unlike optical sensors, corresponding to that discovered on the OnePlus 6T, this ultrasonic reader ought to present better accuracy and security by making a 3D contour of your finger. And the 5G mannequin provides much less thrilling choices — Majestic Black, which is exclusive to Verizon, and Crown Silver.

That may sound shut — however do not forget that this exams fixed use. Most individuals use a cellphone in spurts throughout the day, so that further 40 minutes may mean a number of hours of added actual-world use. The benchmark scores all beat out the Galaxy S10 Plus, which is sensible for the reason that S10e is powering a smaller, lower-decision screen and has less tech inside. In reality, the AnTuTu score now puts the Galaxy S10e as second finest in our benchmark rankings, second to the Xiaomi Mi 9, which also makes use of the identical Snapdragon 855 processor. The S10e has a 5.8-inch display screen and uses Samsung’s new “Dynamic AMOLED” display expertise.

The S10e in any other case appears like a shrunken version of its pricier siblings, with a few exceptions. Samsung didn’t embrace the Galaxy line’s Infinity Edge tapered show on this cheaper mannequin, so you’ll have to accept a flat front display with extra noticeable bezels. As it’s the smallest of the S10 line, the S10e can also be the lightest, coming in at 150g – which is one other feather in its cap when compared to the 208g iPhone XR. Now that the S20 line has launched, the Galaxy S10e has a reduced pricetag of $599 / £499 / AU$1,199 / AED 2,699 for the 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage version.