Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+
On Wednesday, Samsung announced the latest generation of its Galaxy Note series and for the first time, the Note is offered in two sizes: the 6.8` Note 10+ and the 6.3` Note 10. If you want everything the Note offers but don`t love a massive phone, you now have the option of a slightly less massive phone!
We had the opportunity to get our hands on the new phones at Samsung`s launch event in New York. Take a look at what`s new in the Note series.
Triple cameras for all!
Both the Note 10 and Note 10+ share a nearly-identical rear triple camera array with the S10 series. That`s a 12MP main camera with F1.5/F2.4 dual apertures and a 27mm equivalent field-of-view, a 12mm equivalent ultra-wide 16MP F2.2 camera and a 52mm equivalent 12MP tele camera with F2.1 aperture - slightly faster than the F2.4 tele lens in the S10 series. Both the main and tele rear cameras are optically stabilized. While the main camera has a dual pixel sensor design for fast AF, the tele lens utilizes masked phase-detect pixels, which we`ve found on prior Samsung models to offer a sub-par autofocus experience.
The Note 10 (above) lacks one key camera feature Note 10+ offers: a Time-of-Flight camera for better depth-mapping and live bokeh effects in video mode (more on that later), and presumably better augmented reality experiences.
Front-facing camera
Both the Note 10 and 10+ use a hole punch-style front-facing camera. There`s no dual selfie camera on either model (the S10+ and S10 5G models had accompanying RGB depth and ToF flight cameras, respectively), just a 10MP 26mm equiv. lens with F2.2 aperture. This camera does not feature optical stabilization, but the sensor is a dual pixel design for fast autofocus.
Video recording
The Note 10 and 10+ are capable video shooters as well. The rear camera can record 4K UHD video at up to 60 fps with optical stabilization only, and up ...
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