Galaxy S10 Vs Galaxy Note 9
Milky way S10 vs. Milky way Note 9: Which phone should you buy?
Updated, November. fourteen: Nosotros've added photo comparisons between the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Notation 9.
There used to be no dispute as to which Samsung telephone was the visitor'south big-screen beast. The Galaxy Note series featured the largest displays, the most processing oomph, and the features nigh patently geared toward anyone who subscribed to the theory that Bigger Is Near E'er Improve.
That question became a chip more complex when the Galaxy S10 lineup came out this spring, highlighted by the Galaxy S10 Plus, i of the best phones we saw in 2019. The S10 Plus' display is equally every bit big as what you'd discover on Samsung phablets like the Galaxy Notation nine, and the half-dozen.1-inch Galaxy S10 isn't that much smaller. What's more, Samsung has packed the kind of features into the Galaxy S10 that used to be firmly in the Note'south domain. As a upshot, the choice of which big-screen Samsung phone to get isn't as articulate as it was before.
We've reviewed both the S10 Plus and S10, with enough hands-on fourth dimension to compare and dissimilarity these two phones with the older Notation ix. Here's how these large-screen Samsung phones compare at this point.
If y'all're looking for something newer, and then cheque our Galaxy Note 9 vs. Milky way Note 20 face-off to see how Samsung's newest Note telephone fares.
Editors' Notation: Since this face up-off was start published, Samsung updated its Notation lineup over the summertime, introducing the Galaxy Notation 10 and Galaxy Note 10 Plus . To see how Samsung's newer phablets compare to the S10 lineup, check out our Note 10 vs. Galaxy S10 confront-off .
| Telephone | Galaxy S10 | Galaxy S10 Plus | Galaxy Notation 9 |
| Starting Cost | $899 (opens in new tab) | $999 (opens in new tab) | $999 |
| Screen (Resolution) | 6.one-inch Dynamic AMOLED (3040 ten 1440) | 6.iv-inch Dynamic AMOLED (3040 10 1440) | half dozen.4-inch Super AMOLED (2960 ten 1440) |
| CPU | Snapdragon 855 | Snapdragon 855 | Snapdragon 845 |
| RAM | 8GB | 8GB/12GB | 6GB/8GB |
| Storage | 128GB, 512GB | 128GB, 512GB/1TB | 128GB/512GB |
| MicroSD? | Yes, upwardly to 512GB | Yeah, up to 512GB | Yes, upward to 512GB |
| Rear Camera | 16-MP ultra-broad (f/ii.ii), 12-MP dual-pixel wide (f/1.v, f/2.4), 12-MP telephoto (f/two.iv) | 16-MP ultra-wide (f/two.two), 12-MP dual-pixel broad (f/i.v, f/ii.4), 12-MP telephoto (f/2.4) | Dual 12-MP (f/1.5, f/2.4) |
| Front Photographic camera | 10-MP dual-pixel (f/1.9) | 10-MP dual-pixel (f/1.9), 8-MP depth sensing | viii-MP (f/1.7) |
| Fingerprint Sensor | Ultrasonic in-display | Ultrasonic in-display | Rear-mounted |
| Bombardment | iii,4,00 mAh | 4,100 mAh | 4,000 mAh |
| Battery Life (Hrs:Mins) | TBD | 12:35 | xi:26 |
| Due south Pen Support? | No | No | Aye |
| Size | 5.9 x 2.77 x 0.3 inches | 6.2 x 2.91 x 0.iii inches | half-dozen.iii x iii 10 0.3 inches |
| Weight | 5.5 ounces | 6.2 ounces | 7.ane ounces |
| Colors | Flamingo Pink, Prism Black, Prism White, Prism Blue, Prism Green | Flamingo Pink, Prism Black, Prism White, Prism Blueish, Prism Green, Ceramic White, Ceramic Blackness | Lavander Purple, Sea Blue, Cloud Silverish, Midnight Blackness |
Blueprint and Brandish
When comparing the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy Note 9, it'south hard to showtime anywhere other than the displays. That'south because the S10 Plus model now features a 6.4-inch OLED panel stretching from edge to border, only like the Annotation nine.
Just there are some key differences with that screen. The resolution on the S10 Plus is a bit sharper at 3040 x 1440 to the Note nine's 2960 ten 1440. The S10 Plus also uses Samsung'southward new Dynamic OLED console, which should characteristic a wider range of colors due to its back up for dynamic-tone mapping. The 6.1-inch S10 offers the same resolution as the S10 Plus on its Dynamic OLED screen
That said, when we tested the S10 Plus' display, it registered 136.5% of the sRGB color gamut, compared to 224% for the Note 9. The S10 Plus displays colors more accurately, with a Delta-E score of 0.29 to the Note nine's 0.34. (Numbers closer to zero are better.) The S10 Plus has a slightly brighter screen equally well (625 nits versus 604 nits for the Note 9), though we got that number by shining a flashlight at the S10's sensor.
The smaller S10 compares more than favorably, capturing 208.ii% of the sRGB color gamut. Its Delta-Eastward rating of 0.38 was a shade worse than the Annotation nine'south score. And the S10 is plenty bright, too, with a reading of 611 nits.
Samsung'due south phones also achieve their edge-to-edge displays in dissimilar means. The Note 9 features a bezel at the top to business firm its front-facing camera. But the S10 and S10 Plus opt for Samsung'due south new Infinity O display and its punch-hole pattern, where the camera is housed in a cutout in the centre of the screen. (In the S10 Plus's example, that cutout contains two front end cameras, every bit we'll discuss in a moment.) The end result is that the S10 Plus squeezes more screen into a smaller form factor than the Note nine, but that punch hole could stand up out when y'all're using apps or watching videos that fill the whole screen.
Regarding form factor, the S10 Plus is a piffling shorter and less broad than the Note 9 at 6.2 x two.91 10 0.3 inches. It weighs less, also, tipping the scales at 6.17 ounces to the Note 9's 7.1 ounces. With its smaller screen, the S10 is the nearly compact of the bunch at 5.nine x ii.77 10 0.3 inches and five.5 ounces. (There'due south an even smaller version, the Milky way S10e, but it lacks some of the higher-finish features of the S10 and S10 Plus and really isn't much of an culling to the Note nine.)
Another big design change becomes apparent when you spend some time with the phones. The S10 and S10 Plus use an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that fits underneath their displays. (A small-scale cutout gives you a clue as to where to place your finger to unlock your phone.) The Annotation nine, like other recent Samsung phones, puts the fingerprint sensor on the back. (Though thankfully, it'southward beneath the dual cameras instead of next to the lenses.)
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You'll become contrasting choices in colors depending on which telephone you favor. The Note nine comes in four shades — Lavender Purple, Bounding main Blue, Cloud Argent and Midnight Black. S10 shoppers can cull between Flamingo Pink (unless you're in the U.K.), Prism Black, Prism White and Prism Blue. (If you lot're outside the U.S., add Prism Light-green to the mix.) Higher-capacity versions of the S10 Plus come up in Ceramic Black or Ceramic White.
Winner: Milky way S10
Cameras
Samsung introduced dual cameras to its flagship phones with the Note 8, and the Note nine continued that tradition with a pair of 12-megapixel shooters. The S10 and S10 Plus up the ante by adding a third lens to the back — a 16-MP ultra-wide-angle photographic camera joins the 12-MP master lens and 12-MP telephoto shooter. (The 6.1-inch Milky way S10 features this triple-lens setup, as well.)
That means either S10 model will requite yous the option of pulling back when you want a shot that captures more of the surrounding details, while likewise letting you zoom in as yous can with the Notation ix. The S10 main dual-pixel camera has the same variable aperture as the Note 9 that lets in more than calorie-free when you're taking pictures in the dark.
The secret sauce to the Note ix's photographic camera was artificial intelligence, capable of recognizing different scenes and adjusting camera settings accordingly. The S10 models add more smarts to now recognize thirty different scenes, compared with the Note 9's 20.
Up front, y'all get more lenses on the S10 Plus, too. There'south an 8-MP depth-sensing camera joining the x-MP selfie cam on Samsung's newest phone. The Note 9 gets by with a single viii-MP lens up forepart. Samsung says the 2 lens on the S10 Plus can amend the bokeh furnishings on portrait shots, and that the new phone'southward front cameras can capture Ultra-HD video, too.
Nosotros pitted the Galaxy S10 Plus against the Note ix in a camera face-off. (The photographic camera ready-ups on the S10 and S10 Plus are pretty much the same, save for that extra selfie cam on the S10 Plus, so we'd expect like results if we used Samsung'due south S10 in a photo face-off with the Note 9.) There wasn't much separating the two phones, and in some tests, the Note ix actually did better than the newer models. This indoor shot of baked goods, for example, features better dissimilarity in the Notation ix's image, without every bit much color saturation. The Note 9 also performed better in low light.
In one case outside, though, we began to see the benefits of the triple lenses on the Milky way S10 Plus. The ultra-wide lens let us pull back and capture more than details, and when we used the telephoto lens, as in this shot of some tulips, the S10 Plus did a better chore handling shadows.
The S10 Plus also fared better when taking group portraits and selfies. In this self-portrait, a lot of sunlight comes streaming in from the left, and information technology proves too much for the Note 9 to handle with some of my colleague Adam's face up washed out in the final shot. The S10 Plus' endeavour is better balanced and background details wait sharper.
Winner: Milky way S10
Operation
Later on benchmarking Samsung'due south phones, we have a articulate sense of how the S10 performs compared to the Note 9s. The Note ix is no performance slouch, running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845, the chipset of pick for 2018'southward flagship Android devices. Just all the Galaxy S10 models feature a new system-on-chip, the Snapdragon 855, which Qualcomm says benefits from the biggest operation increment ever for a Snapdragon update. And that makes a large deviation in our Galaxy S10 benchmarks.
On Geekbench iv, which gauges overall operation, the Galaxy S10 scored 10,813, the best number we've ever seen from an Android device when nosotros ran that test in the leap. (Subsequent Android phones have since topped that number.) The Galaxy S10 Plus was simply backside that number, with a x,732 result
The Galaxy Notation 9 scored 8,876 on Geekbench 4, so you can look a meliorate than 20% improvement no matter which S10 model you adopt.
The S10 and S10 Plus also topped the Note 9 when we tested graphics using 3DMark's Sling Shot Farthermost criterion. The latest Samsung phones turned in respective scores of 5,606 (S10) and 5,648 (S10 Plus), besting the Notation 9'due south four,639 upshot by 21-22%.
The S10 Plus enjoys an extra advantage when measuring performance because its base model features more RAM. It ships with 8GB of retentiveness, compared with 6GB in the Notation 9'southward base model. You could upgrade to 8GB in the Note 9, simply the S10 Plus's variations include a model with up to 12GB of RAM.
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The S10 Plus comes with the same amount of storage in its base model as the Note 9 — 128GB. And while both phones feature a 512GB option, only the S10 Plus lets you buy a phone with 1TB of storage.
Winner: Galaxy S10
Bombardment
The iv,000 mAh battery in the Notation 9 was the biggest power pack ever included with a Samsung phone. The operative give-and-take at that place is "was," as the S10 Plus features a 4,100 mAh battery. The S10, meanwhile, gets by with a 3,400 mAh battery.
The S10 Plus makes use of its bigger battery, lasting 12 hours and 35 minutes on our bombardment test, where the telephone continuously surfs the web over T-Mobile's LTE network until it runs out of power. The Notation 9 lasted for 11:26 on that test, and that was with the phone's adaptive display feature turned off. So you can expect the S10 Plus to last more than hour longer than its large-screen sibling. Notwithstanding, both devices are on our listing of the longest-lasting phones.
Nosotros can't say the aforementioned for the Galaxy S10, which suffers from that smaller battery. It lasted 10 hours, xix minutes on our test, which is a little meliorate than average for a smartphone.
The S10 and S10 Plus boast ane power management feature you won't find on the Annotation 9. The new phones' Wireless PowerShare feature lets you use whatever S10 as a reverse charger to wirelessly power upward other devices — including the Notation 9.
Winner: Galaxy S10
Software and special features
The S10 lineup introduces Samsung'due south new OneUI skin for Android, which is marked past rounder icons and a redesigned layout meant to make it easier to use large phones with just one mitt. That last signal is relevant to the S10 Plus and its six.4-inch screen. Of course, Note nine users have been able to get the OneUI beta since last year, so they're not missing out on this new interface. And the Android nine Pie update has been rolling out to the Note 9, bringing that telephone in line with the OS version that ships on Samsung's new S10 phones. (That said, Samsung has launched a beta for the OneUI two.0 interface based on Android 10. The S10 is going to go that update; we're non so sure nigh the Note 9.
If in that location's one area where the Note enjoys a big advantage over the Galaxy Southward lineup, it's the South Pen that comes with Samsung's phablet. The Note 9 saw a particularly welcome improvement to its stylus, as y'all tin now use the S Pen as a remote control.
By turning the pen into a remote shutter, you tin can control music playback or even snap a photo. Even with the improvements to the S10 and S10 Plus, Samsung'due south latest flagships don't offer annihilation quite like the South Pen that comes with the Note nine.
Winner: Notation 9
Price and availability
The S10 Plus is the most expensive phone in the new S10 lineup, with a starting toll of $999 for the 128GB model with 8GB of RAM. Upgrading your storage to 512GB or 1TB volition prepare you back $1,249, or $1,599. The S10 is a comparative bargain at $899, with an upgrade to 512GB bachelor for $1,149. We keep tabs on the latest Galaxy S10 deals to run across if you tin can become either new model for less.
The S10 Plus'due south asking price is in line with what Samsung charged for the Note 9 when it debuted concluding August. And so, the base model toll $999, while a 512GB Note 9 cost you $1,249. Prices have fallen since the release of the Galaxy Note 10, though non steeply. Most places charge $899 for the older Annotation now, though you tin get a lower price with a trade-in. Cheque the latest Note 9 deals to see if in that location are any chances to save on the price of this phone.
Since March, the Milky way S10 is now widely available — you lot tin can buy it from Samsung, all four major U.Due south. carriers, regional carrier United states of america Cellular, Xfinity Mobile and retailers including Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Several prepaid carriers, including Metro by T-Mobile, Boost and Cricket, now offer the phones, too. The Note 9 has been on sale since last year and remains bachelor at most carriers.
Winner: Galaxy S10
Lesser line
The Galaxy S10 is clearly the improve phone than its older sibling, winning every category save for special features where the Notation 9 is however tops thanks to that powerful S Pen. Nosotros think the Galaxy S10 Plus is the all-time Android phone yous can get right now, and if you lot like the flexibility that the South Pen has to offer, the more recent Galaxy Note 10 is a amend big-screen selection than last year's Notation. The main reason to plow to the Notation 9 is to salve a little coin.
The main takeaway here, though, is just how outstanding the Galaxy S10 is, especially the S10 Plus, which gives the Notation some serious competition for Samsung's big-screen phone of pick. The brandish is just as big as what y'all get on a Annotation 9, yous'll enjoy better performance, and the new phone's battery lasts longer on a accuse.
f you're a large-phone fan, you've never had a better range of choices for your next handset. And the Galaxy S10 Plus is hard to beat.
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