KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Plus will arrive kitted out with five ( five!) cameras, The Bell reports. Samsung is reportedly planning three Galaxy…
KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Plus will arrive kitted out with five ( five!) cameras, The Bell reports.
Samsung is reportedly planning three Galaxy S10 models for 2019, with earlier rumours claiming the highest-spec Galaxy S10 Plus will include a P20 Pro-rivalling triple-lens rear camera setup, much like Apple’s incoming iPhone X Plus .
Korean website The Bell is now reporting that the S9 Plus successor will also feature a dual-camera setup on its front, likely to enable face-scanning tech similar to Apple’s Face ID. Earlier rumours claimed Samsung’s easily-fooled iris scanner will be replaced by a 3D-sensing camera on next year’s S10 lineup.
The report also has some more information on the S10 Plus‘ rumoured triple-lens setup, which will allegedly comprise a wide-angle lens, a telephoto lens, and a new 16MP, 120-degree ultra wide-angle lens.
The standard Galaxy S10 (codenamed ‚Beyond 1‘) and entry-level (‚Beyond 0‘) models aren’t expected to offer such high-end camera credentials, though. The S10 will offer the same tri-camera setup on the back but only one on the front, according to the report, while ‚Beyond 0‘ will reportedly come with a standard two cameras – one on the front and one on the back.
9/7/18: Samsung is planning a ‚budget‘ version of Galaxy S10 that won’t feature an in-display fingerprint scanner, according to The Bell .
Adding weight to earlier rumours ( below), the Korean website reports that Samsung is developing three variants of the Galaxy S10, codenamed ‚Beyond 0‘, ‚Beyond 1‘ and ‚Beyond 2‘.
The Bell states that while the latter two will be high-end devices that will feature screen-embedded fingerprint sensors, Beyond 0 will the first „entry-level“ device in Samsung’s S series lineup.
This model won’t feature an in-display fingerprint scanner, according to the report, and will instead feature a side-mounted sensor similar to that seen on Moto Z3 Play and past Sony devices. If legit, this will be the first time that Samsung adopts such positioning for a fingerprint sensor, with The Bell noting that it’s likely to be located along on the right edge of the user’s thumb.
The decision to exclude an in-display fingerprint sensor on the Beyond 0 variant has been reportedly made, unsurprisingly, to cut costs.
The Fingerprint on Display (FOD) tech on the S10 series, set to be supplied by chipmaker Qualcomm, costs $15 per module, according to the report – seven times more expensive than the $2 module currently found on Samsung’s flagship phones.
26/6/18: Samsung might be planning to release three new Galaxy S10 devices next year, according to Korean website ET News .
The report, which cites „multiple industry officials participating in the development of the next Galaxy S series“, claims that Samsung is planning to follow in the footsteps of Apple, which will also allegedly launch three new devices later this year .
The first device, codenamed ‚Beyond 0′, will reportedly feature a 5.8in screen and a single-lens camera setup, much like the current Galaxy S9. This will be joined by the ‘Beyond 1‘, which will also feature a 5.8in screen but will sport an upgraded dual camera setup.
The ‚Beyond 2‘, ET News claims, will pack a larger 6.2in screen, and likely will arrive as the Galaxy S10 Plus. It’ll also sport a triple-lens camera similar to that seen on the Huawei P20 Pro if the report is to be believed.
ET News doesn’t have much else to say about the trio of incoming S10 models, but notes that Samsung is not yet ready to launch its first foldable smartphone – the Galaxy X – and is „rushing to develop it“. According to recent rumours, it’ll arrive at next year’s MWC, with the S10 set to launch a month earlier at CES.
25/6/18: Samsung’s Galaxy S10 will reportedly ditch the iris scanner in favour of an Apple-style ‚Face ID‘ sensor.
So says a report from South Korean website The Bell, which has heard from unnamed sources that the Galaxy S10 will adopt a 3D-sensing camera on its front that will replace the current, easily-fooled iris scanner .
This won’t be the only form of authentication on the device, as the report claims Samsung will also equip the S10 with an in-display fingerprint sensor. This, The Bell claims, is being developed by Qualcomm, Synaptics and the Taiwanese Institute of Technology, although the report notes that Samsung might „revise its strategy“ should the tech not be ready in time for the smartphone’s rumoured January launch.
The report doesn’t give much else away, but does note that – like the firm’s previous releases – there will be two variants: the 58in Galaxy S10 and 6.3in Galaxy S10 Plus.
21/6/18: An alleged prototype of the Samsung Galaxy S10 shows that the flagship could adopt an iPhone X-schooling all-screen design.
An image of the prototype was posted to Twitter by notorious tipster Ice Universe ( below). While he doesn’t specifically mention the Galaxy S10, his use of the word ‚beyond‘ – believed to be the codename for Samsung’s upcoming flagship – all but gives it away.
The hands-on picture shows that, if legit, the Galaxy S10 could adopt a full-screen design similar to that seen on the Oppo Find X – which would give it a 93 per cent-ish screen-to-body ratio, up from the 83.6 per cent ratio found on the Galaxy S8 and S9.
Like the Oppo Find X, there’s no sign of a front-facing camera – or indeed any sensors – on the front of the device, suggesting that Samsung could be next in line to adopt a pop-up front-facing camera rather than an iPhone X-style notch. Earlier this month, we heard that Samsung might avoid adopting an display cutout by equipping the S10 with futuristic, sound-emitting display tech.
Before you get your hopes up, though we find it hard to believe that the so-called ‘prototype‘ shows gives a legitimate picture of the Samsung’s 2018 flagship given that the launch of the flagship is at least six months away.
According to recent rumours ( below), the Galaxy S10 is likely to make its first official appearance at next year’s CES in Las Vegas.
14/6/18: Samsung will avoid sticking a notch on next year’s Galaxy S10 by adopting to futuristic, sound-emitting display tech, says ETNews .
The Korean publication report that Samsung, along with LG, is gearing up to debut ’sound-emitting displays‘ on its smartphones starting next year, having previously shown off prototypes of the technology at the SID expo last month.
This display tech will allow sound through to be emitted through a phone’s screen, removing the need for a front-facing earpiece and, in turn, an iPhone X-style display cutout. This means that Samsung, if it was to adopt a pop-up selfie camera like the recently-announced Vivo Nex, could push the screen on the S10 all the way to the top edge of the device.
16/5/18: Samsung is reportedly planning to equip next year’s Galaxy S10 with a ridiculously-sharp display that’ll blow the iPhone X out of the water.
According to Twitter tipster Ice Universe, the Galaxy S10’s screen resolution is going to exceed 600ppi – trumping the iPhone X’s 458ppi and the Galaxy S9’s 570ppi screen.
It remains to be seen the display will match the eye-popping brightness of the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, though, which packs a 5.8in 3840×2160 4K screen with a pixel density of 760ppi.
As well as a souped-up screen resolution, the Galaxy S10 is also expected to feature a screen to body ratio of 93 per cent – improving on the Galaxy S9’s 83.6 per cent ratio.
Further, it’s looking, it’s looking increasingly likely that the Galaxy S10 will the first Samsung’s phone to feature an in-screen fingerprint reader after Ice Universe tweeted that the ultrasonic tech won’t make it to the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 .
