The Galaxy Note 10+ may be too expensive a smartphone for some people. And for some, it might be too big a smartphone. Some may be dissatisfied with the lack of a headphone jack, and some may be eager for a dual selfie camera. A smartphone that can be a great alternative to these people is the Galaxy S10+. This is because it is a smartphone that meets all of the above-mentioned requirements without sacrificing the advantages of the Note 10+ too much.

 

But if the four downsides mentioned above don't bother you, the Galaxy Note 10+ will be your favorite smartphone we've ever used. Whatever smartphone you're using right now, the Note 10+ will be a better, perhaps even better, smartphone. Speed ​​(basically the fastest speed ever) or display (almost flawless) isn't the only advantage. The Note 10+, the most powerful Samsung smartphone recently released, boasts the best in everything from the bezel to the battery life.

I like it so much that I wonder what kind of smartphone Samsung will release in the future. For the previous Galaxy Note models, it left an upgrade path for future models. However, the Note 10+ satisfies all aspects with a package worthy of its high price. But only when you can handle the huge size.
 

Galaxy Note 10+: Big screen but not bulky

The first thing that catches your eye on the Note 10+ is the 'missing part'. I'm talking about the bezel. Samsung has removed the bezels above and below the display on the Note 10+, far beyond the Galaxy S smartphone launched earlier this year. Meanwhile, the Note 10+ was born as a smartphone that gives the feeling of a real full screen. The bezels are so thin that they don't mind adding millimeters to the space underneath.
 


The Note 9 had a bezel that houses the front camera, receiver, speakers, and various sensors. Samsung has been creative to get rid of this on the Note 10+. Like the S10, there is a camera hole on the screen. However, unlike the S10, which was located in the right-hand corner, it is centered and visually better. It's placed too low in the center of the status bar, but for the most part, the Note 10+'s camera is barely noticeable (without applying any special gradient wallpapers).

The Note 10+'s rear camera is located in the left-hand corner. For the first time in the Note family, the camera has been placed in this position. In addition, a new Aurora Glow color has been introduced that transforms the back of the smartphone like a mirror prism. When properly lit, it looks great. But it gets more fingerprints than the glass door of the elementary school after the popsicle party.

There are two buttons on the left side of the smartphone. Volume control button and power button. The Note 10 is one of the few smartphones that doesn't have a power button on the right side. You will need to get used to it here. That means you'll need to get used to screen capture and how to turn off the screen again. You may need to retrain your 'muscle memory'. But most of the time it won't be a big deal. Most of all, this is because the dedicated button for Bixby has disappeared. Due to button limitations, Samsung offers several options for long-pressing the power button. In fact, I should have done this from the beginning.
 


Another thing missing from the Note 10+. It's a headphone jack that many will miss. Samsung explained that it eliminated the headphone jack to make the smartphone thinner. But I'm not sure if it's a 'compromise' worthwhile. Samsung smartphones were one of the few that stuck to the traditional headphone jack. If the advantage of removing it is to reduce the thickness a bit, I don't know why I did it this way. The included AKG USB-C headphones are just as good as the 3.5mm headphone jack version.
 

“Enlarged all the way” very large screen

There are few distracting elements on the front of the smartphone, so you focus on the screen. This screen does its job perfectly. The Note 10+'s 3,040x1440 display is the best display I've ever had. It boasts impressive brightness, incredible color accuracy and impeccable consistency. The only downside is that the refresh rate isn't as high as the OnePlus 7 Pro. But even at standard 60Hz, it performs quite impressively.

One of the major improvements over the S10+ is the fingerprint sensor. It uses the same ultrasonic sensor as the S10+, rather than an optical sensor like the OnePlus 7 Pro and Galaxy A50, but is much more reliable. In the case of the S10, I had to re-scan over and over again. But the Note 10+ doesn't have this problem. Unlocking the smartphone was as easy as using a physical scanner. Changing the sensor position is helping. It's a higher position than the S10, a much more natural position to use. More importantly, Samsung has significantly improved the sensor speed. Thanks to this, scanning your fingerprint for a moment works immediately. The fingerprint sensor of the Galaxy flagship smartphone models has fallen short of expectations for several generations. But finally, the Note 10+ solved this problem.
 

However, the size of the Note 10+ remains an issue. But the Note 10+ isn't the only one with this size. A few smartphones are sized to challenge this.

• Note 10+: 162.3 x 77.2 x 7.9mm
• OnePlus 7 Pro: 162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8mm
• Galaxy S10+ 5G: 162.6 x 77.1 x 7.9mm
• Note 9: 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8mm
• iPhone XS Max: 157.5 x 77.4 x 7.7mm The

great screen-to-body ratio makes the Note 10+ look much larger than its competitors. As with recent Note models, it is longer and thicker than the S10. This amplifies the screen size. There were more cases of accidentally touching the wrong touch than on the S10+. This is especially true when operating with one hand. It is not easy to hold it with both hands. After changing the grip method a few times, I found a method that is comfortable and easy to use.
 

It seems to have worked in the existing Note, but in the Note 10+, it is a little more inconvenient to use than other large-screen smartphones due to the grip method that comes from this shape. I like very large smartphones. But I think I finally met a smartphone that presented the limits of what my hand could handle.