PC World (2019-04)

30 PCWorld APRIL 2019

REVIEWS SAMSUNG GALAXY S10+

the phone that doesn’t fold. Much like last

year’s iPhone 8 Plus, which existed in the

shadow of the button-less and OLED iPhone

X, the Galaxy S10+ no longer represents the

pinnacle of Samsung innovation. That honor

now falls to the Galaxy Fold (go.pcworld.

com/sfld) arriving April 26. (In yet

another curious coincidence, that date

just so happens to be the same as

Captain Marvel’s intergalactic turn in

Avengers Endgame.)

But even with the forces of change

closing in all sides, the Galaxy S10+

more than holds its own. It might have

a sky-high price tag at $1,000, but the

S10+ is also a massive improvement

over its predecessor, pushing the limits

of conventional smartphone design

just about as far as they can go. And

just like Carol Danvers, it’s not about to

fade into irrelevance without a fight.

AN UPGRADE TO THE

CLASSIC DESIGN

Even without straying too far from the

Infinity Display formula that began with

the S8, the Galaxy S10+ is a completely

new device. Most notably, Samsung

has trimmed its empty spaces even

further, leaving slivers of black above

and below the screen. That brings the

size of the S10+ down to 157.6 x 74.1 x

7.8 mm, a touch smaller than the Note

9 despite sporting the same 6.4-inch

display dimension.

There’s not much to quibble with when it

comes to the design. The return to chrome

along the sides reflects a sophistication over

the colorized aluminum of the S9, right down

to the classic five-holed speaker grille along

The Galaxy S10+’s fantastic display is in rarefied air.

The back of the S10+ comes in all-new prism colors that

beautifully reflect and refract light.