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Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ launched: Check price, features, and specifications - Hindustan Times

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Samsung Announces Galaxy Note10 & Note10+: A Redesign With Feature Disparity - AnandTech

It’s that time of the year again. We’ve made it past the first half of 2019 and all vendors have released their initial flagship devices for the year. Samsung was amongst the first to usher in the new generation with the Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e, and as has been traditional for many years, it’s now time for a refresh of Samsung’s second flagship lineup - the Galaxy Note. Today Samsung is unveiling two new devices: the new Galaxy Note10 and Note10+, marking a significant departure from its usual Note device formula.

The last time that Samsung has diverged from its single Note device model strategy was back in 2014 when the company had unveiled the new Galaxy Note Edge alongside the Note 4. Back then the company had used the diverging model to promote the curved screen design, which was still a new feature at the time. This year, Samsung again is releasing two models of the Note, however this time around, the company is differentiating the Note10 and Note10+ in terms of device size, much like on the mainline Galaxy S series of the last few years. Unlike the S-series however, the two new Note10’s also differ from each other in terms of some features, some which are unexpected and likely to raise quite a few eyebrows.

Naturally, the hallmark feature of the Note series is still very much present in both phones: The integrated pen stylus continues to evolve and this year brings new features such as air gestures.

Samsung Galaxy Note10 Series
	Note10	Note10+
SoC	(North America, China, Japan) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 1x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A76) @ 2.84GHz 3x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A76) @ 2.42GHz 4x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A55) @ 1.80GHz Adreno 640 @ 585MHz
	(Europe & Rest of World) Samsung Exynos 9825 2x Exynos M4 @ 2.73GHz 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2.4GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.95GHz Mali G76MP12 ? MHz
Display	6.3-inch 2280 x 1080 (19:9) (curved edges)	6.8-inch 3040 x 1440 (19:9) (curved edges)
	SAMOLED, HDR10+, 1200nits peak brightness
Dimensions	151 x 72 x 7.9 mm 168 grams	162.3 x 77.4 x 7.9 mm 196 grams
RAM	8GB	12GB
NAND	256GB	256/512GB
	-	+ microSD
Battery	3500mAh (13.45Wh) typical 3400mAh (13.09Wh) rated 25W Charging	4300mAh (16.55Wh) typical 4170mAh (16.05Wh) rated 45W Charging
Primary Front Camera	10MP Dual-Pixel f/2.2 4K video recording
Secondary Front Camera	-
Primary Rear Camera	77° Regular Angle 12MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF Tri-stack CMOS Sensor (Embedded DRAM), 4K60, 1080p240, 720p960 high-speed recording Adjustable aperture f/1.5 or f/2.4, OIS, auto HDR, LED flash
Secondary Rear Camera	123° Wide Angle 16MP 1.0µm f/2.2
Third Rear Camera	45° / Telephoto lens 2x zoom 12MP 1.0µm f/2.1, OIS
Extra Rear Camera	-	Time-of-Flight sensor
4G Modem	Snapdragon X24 LTE (Snapdragon Integrated) 2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Category 20/13) DL 2000 Mbps (7x20MHz CA, 256-QAM), UL 316 Mbps (2x20MHz CA, 64-QAM) Shannon LTE (Exynos Integrated) 2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Category 20/13) DL 2000 Mbps (8x20MHz CA, 256-QAM), UL 316 Mbps (3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM)
5G Modem	-	Snapdragon X50 / Exynos Model 5100 *5G model variants only*
SIM Size	NanoSIM Dual NanoSIM/Hybrid SIM/microSD (Certain models, µSD + only)
Wireless	802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2x2 MU-MIMO, BT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS
Connectivity	USB Type-C no 3.5mm headset
Special Features	Under-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor
	heart-rate sensor, face unlock, fast charging (Qualcomm QC 2.0, Adaptive Fast Charging, USB-PD), wireless charging & reverse charging (WPC & PMA), IP68 water resistance
Launch OS	Android 9.0 with Samsung OneUI
Launch Prices	256GB / 4G: $949 / £899 / 949€	256GB / 4G: $1099 / £999 / 1099€ 512GB / 4G: $1199 / 1199€ 256GB / 5G: $1299 / £1099 512GB / 5G: $1399 / £1199

On the hardware side of things, this year we’re actually seeing the SoCs inside the new Note actually diverge from what was used in the Galaxy S10 series – with the Exynos in particular being quite different. Samsung continues to dual-source SoCs both from Qualcomm and its own SLSI division. For the North American market, China and Japan, the Note10 and Note10+ come with the Snapdragon 855 processor which we've come to know from the S10.

The rest of the world however gets a totally new SoC. Whilst the S10’s Exynos 9820 came in a 8nm process node which seemed to slightly lag behind the 7nm efficiency of the Snapdragon 855, the new Note10’s come with a brand new Exynos 9825 refresh that Is manufactured on Samsung’s new 7nm EUV process node. In effect, this will be the very first EUV consumer silicon in the world. Whilst manufactured on the new node, the new chip doesn’t radically change its IP and thus looks very much similar to the 9820. Samsung did make some minor changes such as clock the middle CPU cores higher to 2.4GHz, and also promises that the GPU is now clocked higher, however we should be expecting evolutionary rather than revolutionary performance changes. It’s likely that Samsung invested the process node advantages into more power efficiency – an area the 9820 lagged behind the Snapdragon 855 in.

The Note10 is abandoning the microSD card – however Samsung looks to have not put storage at a disadvantage as the new phones come with an extremely large base storage of 256GB. The Note10+ still retains the microSD, and also comes with a 512GB storage option.

Great new screen design - but 1080p for the Note10

The Note10+ supersizes its screen and is now of a 6.8” diagonal, bigger than that of the Note9. In fact the device has grown over the Note9, being 1mm wider and nearly as much taller, although the footprint size increase isn’t as notable as the screen size increase, thanks to the significantly smaller bezels on all sides. The screen continues to be a 3040 x 1440 resolution panel and comes with all the features that were introduced with the Galaxy S10.

The smaller Note10 display however for me is a bit let-down just for the fact that Samsung has opted to go with a 1080p panel, 2280 x 1080 to be precise. Yes, the new Note10 now represents a smaller device model and it’s straight up smaller than the Note9 and all past Note devices. However, the screen isn’t all that much smaller – it’s in effect the same dimensions as that of an S10+ which is still quite large. The fact that Samsung opted to go with a 1080p panel here just boggles my mind as a straight up downgrade for anybody coming from past Note devices. I was extremely excited to hear Samsung was going to introduce a smaller Note device (The past form-factor was a tad too big for my teste), however this screen resolution discrepancy had me lose all interest.

The only other explanation for the lower resolution screen is that Samsung has had to reduce the battery capacity of the regular Note10 to 3500mAh, whilst the Note10+ sees an upgrade to up to 4300mAh. It’s possible that the company weighed in this 22% difference and decided the two phones to have more similar battery life, sacrificing the screen on the Note10 for it.

The new design of the new Note10’s is a bit more exciting as this year it takes a lot more departures from the S-series than usual. On the front of the phone the biggest change is that Samsung has now moved over the hole-punch from the right side of the screen to the centre. It looks a bit more symmetrical now, however there’s still compromises with the design choice as the cut-out is still a larger diameter than the notification area, resulting in dead space. It’s to be noted that Samsung did not adopt the dual-camera setup of the S10+ in the Note series, which frankly in my opinion was redundant anyhow. There continues to be no notification LED anymore as Samsung seems to be pushing for always-on-display notifications (which drain more battery).

One big question about the new centre-camera setup is how Samsung will be handling the top speaker earpiece. The Galaxy S10’s earpiece was excellent serving as a high quality stereo speaker, so we’ll have to see how the new Note10 pans out in this regard.

Flipping the phone on its back, we probably see Samsung’s biggest design language departure ever. This is the first time Samsung has gone for a non-central camera positioning in its flagship devices. The result is… a bit generic and very familiar. I can’t help but draw parallels to Huawei’s P30 series here when it comes to the design as both line-ups now have exactly the same setup, including cut-outs for the flash and the new ToF sensor.

Yes, one of the new features on the Note10+, and exclusive to the + variant, is the addition of a new time-of-flight sensor. Samsung first introduced this in the 5G variants of the Galaxy S10, and it served for features such as live video bokeh effects.

At time of writing we’re not sure what the second cut-out on the Note10+ is, but when looking at the Note10, there’s an obvious lack of a feature: no heat-rate monitor. We’re not sure if Samsung has integrated this transparently under the screen, or if it’s simply another feature that hit the chopping block.

In regards to the cameras, there’s not too much news here. They’re the same setup as on the Galaxy S10 and S10+, which includes a 12MP main sensor, 12MP telephoto, and a 16MP wide-angle lens. One difference here is that the telephoto lens now has an f/2.1 aperture which is an upgrade to the f/2.4 lens of the S10.

It’s to be noted that since the launch of the Galaxy S10 earlier this year that Samsung did improve its camera software a lot. The biggest new feature is a new full-blown computational photography Night Mode that competes as among the best out there. Still, we wish Samsung did something more exciting on the camera sensor side of things such as demonstrated by Huawei, unfortunately it seems we won’t see much changes in this regard till the S11 next year.

Finally, the biggest head-scratch for the Note10’s is a sad one. Samsung has now fallen prey to the industry move to drop the 3.5mm headphone jack, and the new devices represent Samsung’s first flagship devices to ship without one. Samsung had been the last bastion of hope in this area and with the company now deciding against the versatile and robust connector. The biggest question for me now is if features such as Samsung’s Adapt Sound also got killed with it, or if the company has somehow managed to at least save one of its past selling points. It’ll be interesting to see if Samsung’s 3.5mm dongle managed good audio quality, like that of Apple’s, or if it’ll be a disaster like essentially all other Android vendors’ units.

Overall, the new Note10 series represent a departure for Samsung, and frankly I’m not sure it’s a good one. The new design of the phone is great, however I have to very much question some of the feature disparities between the new models and overall the changes and loss of some features. The smaller Note10’s 1080p screen in particular looks to be a deal-breaker for me even though it’s still a very expensive device. I was immensely happy to see Samsung deliver feature parity between the small S10 and the S10+ this year, unfortunately I just can’t say the same about the Note10 and Note10+.

The Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy Note10+ will be available in Aura Glow, Aura White and Aura Black starting from August 23rd. The Note10 comes in a 4G variant with 256GB of storage at $/€949. The Note10+ starts at $/€1099 in a 256GB model. The 512GB model costs another $/€100. The Note10+ 5G variant comes at a $200 premium and is offered in 256 and 512GB options.

Note 10's Exynos 9825 vs Snapdragon 855+ vs S10's 9820 specs and benchmarks - PhoneArena

Samsung just detailed the last piece in the Note 10 and 10+ chipset puzzle - its next-gen Exynos 9825 processor. Samsung already has the Exynos 9820 in the Galaxy S10 family but it is an odd 8nm bird that is slightly inferior to the Snapdragon 855 in the US versions of the phone that are made with the first-gen 7nm process.

The opposite used to be a familiar refrain for years - the US gets a Snapdragon-equipped Galaxy S line flagship, because... Qualcomm patents, but also Verizon and Sprint's legacy CDMA voice networks. The rest of the world, however, usually basked in the battery life efficiency coming with Samsung's homebrew Exynos line of processors, and often the added benefit of a better audio processor.

This year, however, is different. Samsung didn't have enough yield from its revolutionary second-gen 7nm process made with the superior Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) lithography to satisfy the Galaxy S10 demand, so it went with the middle ground 8nm Exynos 9820 abroad that is still made with the old fine metal mask process.

This showed, both in benchmarks and in real world performance, especially when it comes to battery life, graphics and camera performance. With the Note 10, however, the tables are getting turned once again. The Exynos 9825 is the first mass-produced mobile chipset that is made with the new second-gen 7nm method, and it already scored impressive benchmarks. Apple's A13 is expected to land TSMC's 7nm EUV node in the fall, and the real fun will start, but for now, the Exynos 9825 should be wiping the floor with every other Android out there.

This is why we are pitting the Note 10 and Galaxy S10 system chips against their rivals from the second half of 2019, knowing full well that these are the processors which will be tiding us over at least until the spring.

Galaxy Note 10's Exynos 9825 vs 9820 vs Snapdragon 855+ benchmarks

We are comparing the currently known Snapdragon 855+ and 9825 specs and features below for your viewing pleasure. For reference, we are starting with the current Snapdragon 855 that is in most 2019 Android flagships already.

	Exynos 9825	Snapdragon 855+	Snapdragon 855	Exynos 9820
Production process	7nm EUV	7nm (TSMC FF)	7nm (TSMC FF)	8nm LPP FinFET(Samsung)
Processor cores	2x Exynos M4 @2.73GHz 2x Cortex A75@2.4GHz 4x Cortex A55@1.95GHz	1x Kryo 485 Gold (custom Cortex-A76) @ 2.96GHz 3x Kryo 485 Gold (custom Cortex-A76) @ 2.42GHz 4x Kryo 485 Silver (custom Cortex-A55) @ 1.80GHz	1x Kryo 485 Gold (custom Cortex-A76) @ 2.84GHz 3x Kryo 485 Gold (custom Cortex-A76) @ 2.42GHz 4x Kryo 485 Silver (custom Cortex-A55) @ 1.80GHz	2x Exynos M4@2.73GHz + 2x Cortex A75@2.31GHz + 4x Cortex A55@1.95GHz
GPU	Mali-G76 MP12	Adreno 640	Adreno 640	Mali-G76 MP12 @ 702MHz
Modem	Shannon LTE (Category 20) Downloads up to 2Gbps, 8xCA Uploads: up to 316 Mbps Exynos 5100 5G modem add-on	Snapdragon X24 LTE (Category 20) Downloads: up to 2Gbps, 7xCA Uploads: up to 316Mbps X50 5G modem add-on	Snapdragon X24 LTE (Category 20) Downloads: up to 2Gbps, 7xCA Uploads: up to 316Mbps X50 5G modem add-on	Shannon LTE (Category 20) Downloads up to 2Gbps, 8xCA Uploads: up to 316 Mbps Exynos 5100 5G modem add-on
AI co-processor	Yes, dual-core NPU	Yes	Yes	Yes, dual-core NPU
Video encode	4K HDR at 150fps 8K HDR at 30fps	4K HDR10+	4K HDR10+	4K HDR at 150fps 8K HDR at 30fps
Misc.	Computational photography UFS 3.0 storage support for up to 2.9GB/s speeds	Computational photography 4K HDR Bokeh Video 8K 360 VR video playback Always-on noise cancelation Dual-frequency GPS	Computational photography 4K HDR Bokeh Video 8K 360 VR video playback Always-on noise cancelation Dual-frequency GPS	Computational photography UFS 3.0 storage support for up to 2.9GB/s speeds

The advanced 7nm EUV process of Samsung is finally ready for cost-effective mass production, and we can't wait for the first official benchmarks to trickle down the pipe. You can preview the boost to expect with Snapdragon 855+ and 9825 below, derived directly from the Geekbench database - the 855+ is on the ROG Phone 2 gaming handset, and the 9825 is on a pre-production Note 10, and both chipsets are killing it.

Exynos 9825 vs 9820 and Snapdragon 855+ benchmarks

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2019-08-07 13:55:38Z
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Samsung Reveals Exynos 9825 Processor Ahead of Note 10 Launch - Thurrott.com

Samsung is set to launch the new Galaxy Note 10 line later today. And ahead of the big reveal, the company is introducing the heart of the device: the Exynos 9825 processor.

As usual, the Galaxy Note 10 will come with two different processors — Samsung will sell a variant with the Snapdragon 855/855+ in some markets, while the Exynos 9825 will ship in other markets.

Samsung’s Exynos 9825 is the first processor built with its 7nm EUV (extreme ultraviolet lithograph) process that apparently allows for a faster and more power-efficient processor. The octa-core processor comes with Samsung’s custom dual-core CPU cores, as well as a dual-core Cortex-A75 and a quad-core Cortex-A55. It features the Mali-G76 MP12 GPU.

Samsung says the new processor is built for “HyperFast” 5G connectivity thanks to the Exynos Modem 5100, and it also offers up to 2Gbps download speeds thanks to the 4G LTE-Advanced Pro modem.

The processor comes with a built-in NPU for AI processing that can also be used by a phone’s camera to improve its image processing capabilities. On the video side of things, the processor is capable of encoding and decoding 8K UHD video. The chip also features UFS 3.0 storage.

The new Exynos 9825 is a fairly decent upgrade and seems perfect for a device like the Note 10. Samsung will likely share all the stats on the performance and efficiency gains with the new processor at the Note 10 launch later today, so stay tuned for more details.

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2019-08-07 12:43:44Z
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Scam heart rate app is back in the App Store, trying to steal $85/year - 9to5Mac

A scam heart rate app that tried to con iPhone users out of $89/year is now back in the App Store under a new name, some eight months after Apple removed the original version.

The app specifically targets people who own iPhones with Touch ID…

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What the app does is ask users to place their finger on the Home button, supposedly to take a heart-beat reading. In reality, the app dims the display brightness its minimum to hide the content — which is actually Apple’s dialogue requesting authorization for a recurring in-app purchase. If users place a registered Touch ID finger on the Home button, that completes the purchase.

Apple removed the app in November of last year following our report, but Brazil’s Mac Magazine reports that it has now returned.

After the controversy, the app has been removed from the App Store, but guess what – it’s back under a new identity.

Who warned us about the inglorious return was our reader Dhuanny Almeida , on Twitter, noting that the app is not only back, but is being announced on YouTube – that is, another legion of unwary could fall for the Touch ID scam. Now the app presents itself as “Pulse Heartbeat” and its developer is registered as BIZNES-PLAUVANNYA, PP.

The in-app purchase is now for 340 Brazilian Reais, which is equivalent to around US$85. As before, the app is targeting Portuguese speakers.

The scam heart rate app isn’t the only one to have made it into the iOS App Store, despite Apple’s review process. A report published on Friday identified more than 2,000 examples. Some of these apps have been making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Just two apps created by the same Chinese group were found to have made around $400k in June alone.

So far we have exposed more than 2,000 scam apps. We believed that Apple would become more aware of what was happening on App Store. They didn’t. Scammers have become more sophisticated in their tactics. We really don’t get it why Apple allows them to be inside their “walled garden”. Is it maybe for that sweet 30% cut from the in-app purchases?

The idea that Apple would be willing to allow scam apps to get a cut is, of course, absurd. The reality is that the app review process is a manual one, and prone to human error. Scammers will usually submit an innocuous app and then update it with rogue code after approval. Although Apple reviews updates too, there is a general belief that this review is less thorough than for a new app.

The report does show that even in a curated app store, there are still risks — especially as it’s easy for scammers to buy fake 5-star reviews. A report way back in 2014 described how even legitimate apps can scam their way into the top of the app charts.