ISSUE 67 • ANDROID ADVISOR 137BUYING GUIDEOne UI on the
S10+ is a vast
improvement over
the prior versionand on the S10 it truly feels like the software and
hardware are finally in unison.
The most obvious change is the switch from tap
to gesture navigation, but Samsung isn’t quite ready
to embrace it wholeheartedly. I was surprised to find
that full-screen gestures were switched off by default
when I powered on the S10, and without a prompt
during setup, I wonder how many people are going
to find its hiding spot inside the nav bar settings.
That’s a shame, because gesture navigation is
nearly perfect on the S10+. With ultra-slim bezels,
the swipes for back, home, and recent are natural
and easy to reach. The extra few millimetres of space
afforded by the elimination of the navigation bar