Forget Samsung's Galaxy Note 10, This Is The Smartphone To Buy

Jul 21, 2019, 10:21pm

Gordon Kelly

2019 is an odd year for smartphones. The most anticipated models are not worth upgrading to and the Galaxy Note 10 risks falling into that bracket. Moreover, Samsung just made this worse.

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Samsung Galaxy S11 concept render - PhoneArena PHONEARENA

In a new press release, Samsung has announced the mass production of new LPDDR5 smartphone memory which is 30% faster and 30% more efficient than anything on the market. It even goes on sale a month before the Galaxy Note 10 launches. The problem? It won’t be inside the Note 10.

The ever-reliable WinFuture reveals Samsung’s new RAM is incompatible Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 and 855+ chipsets (the Note 10 is expected to use the former) and is instead designed for the 865 which is headed for the Galaxy S11. A smartphone already being teased as “a new beginning” for Samsung.

And this is the problem with the Note 10’s timing. It launches in August, just three months before Qualcomm unveils its next-generation chipsets so it spends much of its life a step behind the Galaxy S range which launches in February/March. It’s the same problem which will hit Google’s Pixel 4.

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Samsung’s new LPDDR RAM is not coming to the Galaxy Note 10 SAMSUNG

In its favour, Samsung will equip the Galaxy Note 10 with dramatically faster charging (but only as an optional extra) and a crowd-pleasing new design. The problem is Samsung is also looking to give the Note 10 some unenviable firsts: the first Galaxy flagship without a headphone jack (which the FCC sadly confirmed) and there are also reports it will lose expandable storage.

Of course, what keeps Note fans coming back is the range’s iconic S Pen, but stripping away other differentiators seems a poor decision on Samsung’s part - especially considering the eye-watering price hike and introduction of a Plus model. Hardcore fans will stick around but, at this point, I would suggest else waits for the new beginning to start.
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I do not know why people are so excited with new phones when you can’t even fully make use of all features in a basic phone like J3.

until a time when we can get better use for our smartphones, a memory of 8GB is more than adequate for all scenarios including gaming. A faster memory, unless if it decreases the cost of the device or somehow works with other components to increase battery life is just another “innovation we don’t need”

Mimi simu ni 6GB/128GB na niko satisfaid

There will be no serious improvements to the user experience.

Labda walete 5G with serious IOT integration, robotics, AR and AI

lakini for instagram na tuita?? Sioni maana.

Why do people go for premium phones that are overly expensive. Anyway kila MTU na starehe zake. My phones will not go beyond 20000.

Then I saw this phone recently. There people who value their privacy.
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Mimi bado na ng’ang’ana na features za nokia 5130

Phone leaks are becoming a thing and are slowly killing the thrill of a phone being announced officially… even Apple the king of secrets isn’t immune

Hapa umeongea ukweli.