ISSUE 66 • ANDROID ADVISOR 37HANDS-ONportrait mode and Live Focus rather than solely relying
on software to create those effects.
The main cameras are the same as those found on
the standard Note10: a 12Mp dual aperture camera
and a 12Mp telephoto lens that offers a 2x optical
zoom.Bothfeatureopticalimagestabilization(OIS).
There’salsoa 16Mpultra‑wideanglelens.Atthefront,
thepunch‑hole camera is 10Mp with an f/2.2 aperture.
Videos should be better thanks to improved Super
Steady stabilization. New features include the ability to
use bokeh blur effect of Live Focus on videos.
5G
5G is not a standard feature of either Note10 model. If
you’reinterestedingettingonthelatestandgreatest
mobilenetwork,oratleastfuture‑proofing, then you’ll
have to buy the specific 5G variant of the Note10+ just
like Samsung has done with the S10 5G.
Toroundoffsomeotherwirelesselements,the
phoneis Wi‑Fi 6 enabled,followinginthefootstepsof
theS10,sousestheup‑and‑coming 11.ax standard. It
also has Bluetooth 5.0, NFC and GPS.
S Pen
We haven’t talked about the Galaxy Note’s classic
feature yet, partly since it’s the same on both models,
but also because it’s not hugely different from the
previous version. It still has Bluetooth and a similar
design. Samsung says it will last up to 10 hours on
standby, plus it has a quicker charge time, too.
The headline new feature is Air Actions, which lets
you wave the S Pen around like a wand to control the