ISSUE 67 • ANDROID ADVISOR 143BUYING GUIDEability to focus quickly in extremely low light, the
pictures I snapped had far less detail than the ones
I took with the Pixel 3. In some instances, it looked
as though Samsung’s post-processing engine
applied a smoothing filter rather than even trying to
suss out finer details that were clearly visible with the
Pixel 3. I’d love to see a Pixel-style Night Mode for
Samsung phones at some point, maybe even later
this year as part of the Note 9’s feature set.
Around the front, Samsung has augmented the
standard 10Mp f/1.9 lens with a second 8Mp RGB
depth camera with a wider 90 FOV. If you take a lot of
selfies you’ll appreciate the edge detailing and depth-
of-field adjustments, but there’s nothing here that
isn’t also available on the S10’s single front camera.
I didn’t have a standard S10 to compare it to,
but the S10+ definitely outperformed the S9’s front
camera in basically every facet, as you can see
opposite. However, as it stands, the second front
camera seems like a missed opportunity. I would have
rather seen an ultra-wide second camera like on the
Pixel 3 or a 3D camera for facial recognition.
Verdict
There’s no denying that the Galaxy S10+ is the
absolute cream of the premium Android phone crop
right now. It has the fastest processor, the most RAM,
the most storage, and the best display money can buy.
And it’s all wrapped in a beautiful package that’s hard
to find much fault with.
But there are definitely places where it falls short.
The fingerprint sensor remains a point of contention,