Tech Advisor - UK (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 97

Samsung’s S10+ continues to refine the Galaxy look.

The top and bottom bezels are barely-there slivers,

bringing the screen-to-body ratio close to 90 percent,

but it feels like more because the edges of the screen

drapeoverthesides.ThebackoftheS10+is justas

pleasing,witha horizontalcameraarrayset against a

glassavailablein fantasticcolours.Yes,it’sa fingerprint

magnet,butsois theiPhone’sback.Andunfortunately

thelackofbezelsbringsvisualandfunctionalproblems

thatSamsungisn’tyetprepared to address.

The oddball is the selfie camera. Lacking enough

bezel to hide sensors, Samsung opted for a ‘hole-

punch’ camera literally embedded in the display,

peeringthrougha blackcirclein theupperright

corner.Itsoff-centreplacementandfunkydesign

makeit an eyesore.

The OnePlus 7T may lack the pop-up selfie cam

and edge-to-edge screen of the OnePlus 7 Pro, but

The Pixel 4’s orange power button remains
my favourite feature about Google’s design