70 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 63S9 is a beta option to record video at up to 4K at
30fps in HDR10+, which is great if you have a TV that
supports this standard. Just viewing HDR video on
the S10+’s screen, the difference was obvious to see
with better contrast and colours. You can see our test
video at fave.co/2Mfgg1z.
The camera app uses the same format as most
others, so you swipe between the various modes.
Usefully the settings allow you to customize which
modes are shown, so you can remove ‘Food’ and
others that you don’t use.
Where the S10+ struggles is in low light. There’s no
night mode and no hand-held long exposure mode.
This means you’ll end up with blurry photos if you
select a long shutter speed in the Pro mode, although
if you’re determined you could use a tripod.
The dual front cameras could easily be mistaken for
a standard and wide setup as on the Pixel 3, but the
right-hand lens is purely for depth detection. There’s
an option for a wide selfie, but it’s nothing like the
difference you get with Google’s phone.
Selfies are pretty good, though, and the depth
camera certainly seems to improve subject isolation.
There are various modes available in the ‘Live Focus’
mode, including Zoom, which we used for the
portrait selfie in the gallery here.
Overall, the S10+ has excellent cameras. It takes
wonderful photos in good light which are on a par
with the best here. Its strengths include great portrait
modes for both front and rear cameras, and great
video stabilization (plus the capability to record in
HDR10+). The zoom is much more limited than theROUND-UP