We never, ever accept money to review a product. In fact, the main rival for the throne is the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus. Swap to the ultra-wide-angle lens.
Laid out horizontally in this position means your fingers are always well away from the cameras. You can’t use Steady Shot if you’re shooting in HDR, so you’ll need to turn it off, and it only works with the main lens. It has three cameras now, placed horizontally like on the Wait, so where did the fingerprint sensor go? Still, the HDR performance is an improvement on the same shot taken with the S9, which blew out some of the highlights and created an overly contrasted look.This shot shows the slight improvements in the Galaxy S10’s exposure and HDR modes, compared to its predecessor. Although Samsung may trail the likes of Huawei for sheer camera hardware innovation, the Galaxy S10 Plus nails the basics with terrific image quality and flawless Auto mode performance. Use the telephoto lens for 2x optical zoom. Its 26mm-equivalent lens has a large f/1.5 max aperture and optical image stabilisation, giving the camera decent low light potential.The second camera in the rear-facing trio is another 12MP sensor, but its lens is equivalent to 52mm, effectively giving 2x telephoto zoom compared to the primary camera. It’s $900 and only lacks a vapor chamber cooling system and the secondary front camera.The Galaxy S10 Plus is protected by Gorilla Glass 6, which should be tough enough to withstand a few drops, but we suggest Expect the phone to last three to four years, if not more. Samsung couldn't afford to slip up in any way with the cameras in the S10+, and we're happy to report that it hasn't.Some of the camera features may only be mildly tweaked from the Galaxy S9, but the whole camera package in the S10+ works beautifully. The Galaxy S10’s cameras perform very well overall. The 12MP, 52mm-equivalent telephoto camera in the S10+ may be down on optical zoom compared to a phone like the Huawei P30 Pro that The Android camera phone market is the toughest it's ever been, with plenty of options all vying to be in your palm and all offering image quality that can rival even a big DSLR camera. With an overall DxOMark Mobile score of 109 points, the Samsung Galaxy S10+ joins the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and P20 Pro at the very top of our smartphone camera ranking. As soon as you lay eyes on it, you’ll notice that the Galaxy S10 has changed the physical positions of the cameras significantly from the S9. We’ll always tell you what we find. What's more, the boundaries between highlight and shadow areas are consistently smooth, with no tell-tale halo outlines around strong highlight areas that can be an unwanted side effect of stacking multiple exposures to produce an HDR shot.Samsung's careful post processing is also evident when viewing photos at 100% image size. Overall, though, the S10’s shot wins here – it’s better exposed, with fewer blown-out areas than the S9, and noise is well controlled without any real loss of detail.While the S10 has improved HDR performance, this shot shows it can still lag behind the iPhone’s Smart HDR in low-light situations. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Colours are vibrant without being too saturated, and there’s plenty of detail in the flower’s centre.The S10’s edge detection works just as well with people, cutting out our news editor’s finely coiffured hair and applying some realistic bokeh, which we reduced in intensity using the Live Focus mode.Unlike other sites, we thoroughly test every product we review. Samsung has expanded Scene Optimizer’s shooting modes to 30 (that’s 10 new scenes, ranging from dog, cat, shoes, and baby).
These phones feel far more luxurious than the all-glass models, offering better durability and scratch resistance. While on vacation in Lisbon I used the wide-angle lens to capture the narrow alleyways of the city. All rights reserved.Left: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, right: Google Pixel 3 Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, But its scene optimiser mode can make glass buildings look sky blue, and it can still crush darker areas – unlike the shot from iPhone XS (right).