Samsung Galaxy S10+

6owners with an opinion

67%of verdicts positive

3/2positive/negative since 2024

5.5 yrslongest happy owner

1happy after 3+ years

Praised for performance and reliability; criticized for ease of use and battery.

What owners wrote

Likes itOwned 5.5 yearsStill going

I paid $1000 cash for my Samsung Galaxy S10+ and the 5½+ years with it have been flawless. I was very hesitant to spend $1000 on my first smartphone but if it can easily last 5 years, I'm impressed. Even now, I can't think of a reason to upgrade aside from wanting a new, shiny gadget.

Doesn’t like itOwned 5 years

There's no reason to upgrade a phone more than once in five years at least for me. I bought a an iPhone 15 Pro Max few months ago and compared it to my S10+ which I bought in 2019 and still have. There's practically no difference for regular day to day stuff, except for the camera advancements which are notable (but not night & day either). It was only the frustrating battery life, and desire to enter the superior iPhone camera ecosystem that forced me to upgrade.

Doesn’t like it

I am really trying to get everything digital. But I much prefer writing by hand, especially when doing math. I got Samsung s10+ and have 2 problems: the pen is too damn small and my handwriting sucks for recognition so it's mostly PDFs for now instead of fully digitized. Anyone have similar problems with solution?

Likes it

This has existed for more than a decade. Even my old Samsung S10+ had this feature. It's called Samsung DeX and it is not some handicapped environment like iPad OS either, you can actually get real work done, especially if you're a software engineer. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/samsung-dex

Likes it

I discovered something insideous after being in the iOS ecosystem. Apple still slows down iPhones, but not in the way you think - every year around their iPhone launch schedule, like clockwork, my iPhone 14 Pro Max slowed down just enough to make me think it was ageing, but not enough to suspect - after a lot of tests, it turns out, the reponsitivity of the touch was being reduced in software. So, the "smooth" iOS polished animations feel a bit laggy, but not enough to raise eyebrows. But, this is not even the worst part. I casually - out of pure coincidence discovered that Apple actually reduces the camera's clarity around their new iPhone launches. Particularly low-light performance. I thought I was being paranoid, but I'm a photographer and the hotel I walked across everyday in the evening had these beautiful hanging creepers which combined with golden lighting, always provided a pleasant sight. So, I loved taking pictures of it randomly until one day I noticed that regardless of the camera mode, the noise was insanely high and the pictures suddenly looked like they were taken from an old Android phone from 2015. I cleaned the lenses, had no cover, etc. I copied the images to my computer and the difference was clearly visible. After a little bit digging, it turns out, I wasn't the only one. A lot of people had complained about the lagginess around iPhone launch dates. This is an old graph from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.... This i…

Likes it

It's a Galaxy S10+ - pretty old now, does everything I need. Intentionally bought refurbished as a cheap phone that was nevertheless pretty fast and had a decent battery life. The Bixby key aside, everything else has been fine.

Likes it

Better how? I just got an S10+ a few weeks ago and as far as I'm aware it's close to top-of-the-line all around. There were some other candidates like Google's but I wanted real FM radio and a headphone jack among other things that were hard to find a combination of. Extremely satisfied so far.