[Video] Review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ after 2 months of use: the mobile that falls in love week after week

We passed the review to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, and that includes video, to say that after using it for 2 months, it is simply the perfect mobile today. Surely in some points there are mobiles that improve it, but if we take the proportion and balance of what this mobile device is in itself, few come close to it.

Samsung has been able to define this Note series with the 10, to bring everything that has characterized it over the years and pack it in such a compact device. And that is why we say that if you have never tried the Note series, because of the size, weight or larger screen, do not hesitate with the 10+. In fact, of the two, the Note 10 and the Note 10+, we openly recommend the latter. And that costing a little more. We are going to show what we have found this great Samsung phone; and more when it may be the last to merge with the Fold next year.

What matters

Simply we keep the phone set as the first feature to pass before the large screen that Samsung mounts in the Galaxy Note 10. Another detail that we do not miss is how they have managed to put so much in so little weight. That is, we are talking about a mobile with a 6,78 screen. If we compare it to other phones, the Note 10 wins more than enough and the truth is that if you have to move with a phone with that screen, the day to day, if it weighs more, it can become a bit uncomfortable until you do to the.

The usability is perfect and we are facing a phone that as the weeks go by you will fall in love with it. Just like the Galaxy s10. It is mainly due to the great variety of different elements that we have and that add up experiences over time. You will like it at first, but after months it will be your precious object of your day to day telling yourself on rare occasions what Samsung has achieved-

Weight: Samsung achieves the unbelievable

We have a section for this feature for a simple reason. The mobiles every time they have more screen and they try to have a bigger battery to weigh the day to day With that list of functions, what if AOD, what if Dolby Atmos, what if stereo sound, games, etc.

It is very good to have a mobile with a large screen, but and the weight. You will bear to make it, or it will cost you by its weight almost needing weeks in which your hand can hold it. In this case we have the Note 10+ that without a cover weighs very little for the screen and the equipment it mounts. In fact, one wonders what Samsung has done to put so much in so little space. Things change when you put a cover on it, because those extra grams is the difference in feeling that it is a heavier mobile. But it will be a matter of days when we get to him.

In fact, here we can feel like other mobiles that are on a par, such as the iPhone 11 Pro Max, which are heavy, and that when you put a cover on them, it almost has to feel like lifting a slab. In fact, the iPhone 11 Pro Max weighs even more than the OnePlus 7 Pro, to keep a Note 10+ that is considerably lighter And that at the end of the day, it shows. And in thickness it is just as fair to continue thinking the same as before, you can not put so much in so little space. Samsung has done it.

Design: elegance on the front

Samsung has done it again to show that you can go from that ugly thing called notch to have a single hole on the screen which makes the front very elegant. If we add to this the minimal bezels, we are facing a very elegant front end with a great presence.

La back is glass and there we can see the size of the three chambers. Being placed on the side, without a cover, the phone tilts a bit when we leave it on a flat surface. It seems like it doesn't matter, but it does. Very simple, you will use the S Pen and do it on a phone that tilts, it does not give the same experience.

Everything is fixed when we put a case like Samsung's own silicone, Now it is flat and we can take notes and draw perfectly with our note.

As a detail to comment on the width of the phone that compared to the iPhone 11 Plus is a little noticeable and at the end of the day, with these terminals we need daily "maneuverability" to make them comfortable to use and take. In this case, the Note 10+ is very compact no matter where you look at it.

In general terms, in the design Samsung embroiders it and turns the Note 10 into the result of years of those edge curves, those disappearing bezels and those holes on screen that place them in a more than special position in front of other telephones. In fact, when you go to a phone with notch, it seems to you the most horrible thing ever invented (and you think what power some have with their marketing to make what is ugly beautiful).

Screen and Samsung is still the king

Samsung is king in this regard And because it makes AMOLEDs, it has the luxury of staying one step ahead of the competition; in fact other manufacturers are already looking at mini-LEDs for a few years. The Samsung screen gives a sublime experience wherever you look at it. After almost two months of use. And even if your eyes get used to it, it is simply impressive to throw any type of content on this screen.

Their 6,8 inches of Dynamic AMOLED screen and its 498 pp, lead you to discover how important a screen is in a high-end terminal like this one.

Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor: security, but with risks

With all the fuss about the fingerprint sensor problem and that Samsung has already repaired with a patch, Samsung's ultrasonic is pretty fast. While the rest use a sensor that takes a photo of your fingerprint, here everything goes by sound waves that manage to make this sensor the safest on the planet.

It's a new technology, so Samsung also plays with fire. But it is what has to innovate and not stay looking at the navel like others do. The truth is that the location on the screen makes unlocking the terminal very natural, to give you the feeling that you are looking at a device with the latest technology integrated into it; as with the Galaxy S10 and that we have compared in this video with the Galaxy Note 10+.

The Dolby Atmos keeps climbing the best notes

Sometimes this aspect is not given the necessary importance, but the sound on a Galaxy Note 10 is impressive. With Dolby Atmos on all the time, we can feel the spatial sound to play series, videos on YouTube or play our favorite games without headphones. That is, you will be able to share that experience with any friend or partner to show that new video from your YouTuber so that the bass is even noticeable but well; you always can configure One UI to get the most out of the sound of the Galaxy.

If already in the S10 Samsung was able to improve on the s9, in the Note 10 we continue the same with an immersive sound that is capable of surprising the most reluctant. It has enough volume for circumstances in which there may be noise and if we already go to the headphones, the experience increases exponentially; in fact with the Galaxy Buds you will have a great audio experience.

Yes it is true that at maximum volume the phone vibrates, but we are not going to always upload it to the top, since a little more than half there is more than enough to enjoy that multimedia content.

The One UI software experience

Even if you have a Galaxy M20, the experience that One UI gives is incredible. You can hardly get buts out of this custom layer that are about to go to Android 10 to improve what is already sublime. Samsung is not only a team with great hardware, thanks to years of experience, it puts us before different resources and tools to assess a Note 10 as it should. And in fact, most of the new features of Android 10 they are already in One UI.

We talk about AOD for color notifications, a secure folder with Knox and to be able to have our most precious documents there, the reading mode for the moments of the night, a large number of options that we can adjust to adapt the experience, the ability to customize the edge bar for the apps we use the most, Samsung Dex to manage the mobile from the PC; Game Booster to improve the gaming experience and another endless to personalize the experience it gives.

Nor should we ignore built-in screen recorder, edge lighting, Bixb routinesY (do not miss how to configure the routines in your Galaxy), the included QR scanner, connected to Windows that will allow us to make calls from the PC to transfer them to the mobile, dual messaging by having two SIMs. Do not miss this video where we teach you how to configure all One UI settings to get your Galaxy ready for use after purchase.

If you never dared with the S Pen, now is the time

Am a first-time user of the S PenAnd like everything in life, you use things because you need them, not because you have to use them to "cool" or "look how cool." In this case, the S Pen adds up, but you have to search that day to day to use it.

I found that moment when you go to class, when you have to write down something quickly. Simply you take out the S pen, write whatever it is on the screen and put it back in its slot. The note is saved and you have it there for when you need it. That is one of the experiences I have come to get used to.

At the hardware level the S Pen arouses great interest. First of all because you have the feeling of high precision according to pressures. Then it shows that we are facing a tool perfected over the years and that gives great experience. It is another of the highlights and that opens many perspectives of use of this phone

If you never dared for a note, because of its huge screen and that weight that you thought best, perhaps it is time, since it opens up a wide range of possibilities

Battery, neither more nor less what it takes

One of the best contributions of the Note 10 it's 25w fast charge that allows us to charge the mobile in an hour. Not only this, but in a matter of 15 minutes we can reach 40 45% if we come from a 15. It is more than important that a device of this type, in more than a few minutes we have it available for hours.

And here we are facing another of the great differences compared to other terminals, like the S10 or Note 9. Fast charging works wonders for charging a terminal that will last us a whole day perfectly. Another thing is if we play PUBG Mobile games for an hour, since that time will decrease.

There are users who reach 8 hours of screen, but with the same number of hours of use as one who reaches 5 hours. That is depending on how you use the terminal, you will have less or more hours of screen, but the same hours since you put it to load.

The screenshot we share shows battery usage. In this case we have bluetooth activated most of the time, automatic brightness, 5 gmail accounts (two synchronized automatically), a lot of games, apps of all kinds and social networks like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook in Chrome. In this case we have a bug with the Google app that consumes more than the account (in fact it is advisable to reset the phone to the factory and we will do that).

Gaming on the Note 10+ is ideal

We talk about a huge screen of enormous quality in a mobile that hardly weighs for its size. That is, it is a perfect one for gaming. If to this we add that amount of said hours, with that stereo dolby atmos sound, you are simply going to freak out.

But the important thing is also the heating of the terminal. In PUBG Mobile, playing with 60FPS, it hardly heats up. And the battery, thanks to the September update, does a great job of not consuming as much as it did with the first firmware when I had the phone in my hands in the last week of August.

CPU, graphics and performance: maximum level

We have already commented the efficiency achieved with the new CPU. A maximum example is PUBG Mobile with which we do not notice any type of overheating. We can also talk about the UFS file system that when moving with the gallery of images, videos and others, makes us hardly notice the opening and writing of files.

A Note 10+ that has 256GB of base internal memory, 12GB of RAM and a new Exynos CPU, the 9825, with new architecture plus 3.0 UFS puts it as the best in hardware today.

La Combination of all these elements results in an appreciated "machine" that excels in all multimedia content, apps and other solutions. With One UI, and from what we know in the Amdroid 10 version the system is even lighter, we are going to have an experience that offers the best of the faces from a Samsung phone.

Photography on the Note 10+

Samsung It has not modified the lenses of the Note 10 compared to the S10; in fact you can use these tricks to take better photos with the S10 +. But we did notice improvements thanks to the use of the TOF sensor for captures in which we need a little more sharpness at the depth field level. It also happens in portrait photos. What is noticeable is the "watercolor" of the effect when we apply the software zoom to the maximum and in which we see how the computational photography of the Galaxy Note 10+ works.

We stand out in those daytime photos how it is able to capture moving objects in automatic mode, as in this case with cars, without losing an iota of quality and not appearing out of focus. It is those details that make the automatic mode a whole tool to forget about delicacies and give beautiful photographs as results.

These two show well how successful the telephoto and dynamic focus, which could be better, but used this way by blending color with b / w, a great result is achieved.

At portrait mode is still far from the Google Camera on the Pixels, although thanks to the TOF it does achieve better results than those seen in the camera app of previous Galaxy S and Note. The ultra wide angle does give for very eye-catching photos if we get the ideal perspective. These:

El night mode lets you shine with greater clarity and in a more polished software if we compare it to the S10. Although those improvements will not take long, if not, it is already the case, in the S10. You are below is with the night mode.

To be able to enjoy portraits in the sharpest selfies and more real we recommend that we go from beauty mode, although for many users it will be difficult not to use it as it comes out better in the photos. Yes, we noticed that here Samsung has to work harder so that the selfies come out much better.

Video recording

We are at the phone that better record video on a mobile, although it must be said that when there are few light circumstances, at least until the September update, more noise is generated than that seen in the S10. Hopefully they will rectify that noise and in low light circumstances it is recorded with a better quality when there are not enough light sources.

We highlight the ability you have to when recording and zooming on a subject determined from the scene, the sound of the microphone volume is increased. In fact, it now has one incorporated to improve this function and that the truth is worth to make our son's voice stand out when he is on a birthday, to give an example.

What we miss

It is in the box where we do not understand how Samsung, when launching its first mobile without Audiojack and with USB Type-C, it does not include some basic adapters. That is, you will have to buy a Type-C to A adapter to connect it to your computer; as long as it does not have a USB Type-C connection.

For a phone that at its launch has exceeded 1.100 euros, it costs nothing to put those adapters, and more when in some regions they have them. That is, some users, it depends where they buy it, they will have it and others will not.

And we miss at times to the audio jack connector. A case more than evident. We want to continue playing PUBG mobile and our battery is low. We play with the headphones via USB type-C because it is vital to play in squads in this Battle Royale, and, or we buy a double adapter to continue to have the headphones connected and connect the charging one (something that Samsung does not recommend because it can give problems) , or we have to remove the headphones and charge the phone to continue playing without being able to use our voice; It is impossible today, if you do not spend a few more than a hundred euros on wireless headphones. And yes, we miss them in those moments.

Final opinion: you will fall in love again week after week

We are simply looking at the perfect phone. We can stay in some of its best elements, and that we detail below in the pros and cons, but the feeling it leaves us is that it is complete in the balance of all its components. Its screen, its Dolby Atmos stereo sound, its base storage of 256GB of RAM, its light weight for its more than 6,8 inches of screen, its elegance on the front for an all screen, its fingerprint sensor on the screen, its One UI, its CPU with a new architecture to avoid overheating, its S Pen for air gestures, its just battery to get up to date and all that software that puts the icing on the cake for a beastly experience at all levels.

It is a mobile from which you're going to fall in love as the weeks go by. It will not be the wow of the first days, but like the month, the next and the next, you will continue to be delighted by the piece of engineering that Samsung has been able to launch on the market. Do not be fooled if you come from other brands, the Galaxy Note 10+ is a phone to live it and have it in hand and test your daily experience. There is nothing like it. Simple as that.

Finally, if you've never been through a Note series phone, now is the perfect time. And more if we know that it may soon merge with the Fold; In other words, we would see the Note evolving to another type of experience.

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