There are lots of mobile phone releases throughout the year, but not all of them are as talked about as this one. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series was released this week to an assembled press who were pretty blown away by what they saw. The Note series is one of the flagship handsets, so it is no surprise it is a premium design, but no-one was quite ready for just how stunning it looks. With two sizes available and a 5G version of the Note 10 Plus to boot this is one handset that is going to be flying off the shelves.

Screen, Screen, It is All Screen

This is the first of the Note series handsets to be a true all-screen display. Its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 9 had a lovely edge-to-edge display, but the top and bottom were still taken up with bezels. It is safe to say that the bezel is definitely out, and this time the whole screen is infinity, and unsurprisingly is called the Infinity-O.

It really is an upgrade that customers are going to love, not one single inch of space is wasted, and almost immediately you will notice the front-facing camera upgrade. Gone is the large housing and instead the neatest of punch-hole cut-outs house the selfie lens making it look rather like a single eye watching you. But, practically it does mean less screen is lost when viewing in full-screen mode. This equates to a screen-to-body ratio of 91% on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus with its 6.8-inch screen and a screen-to-body ratio of 90.9% on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 with its 6.3-inch screen

The Tech Spec

Side by side the to handsets are pretty much the same from a construction view. They feature an all-glass body which is, as you would expect, Corning Gorilla Glass, and this protects the Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colours.

They are both HDR10+ and have an IP68 rating which means technically you can submerge the handset in water for 30 minutes at a depth of 1.5 metres and it will come out fine, but we aren’t going to try. The differences in the numbers are of course caused by the size difference, and the Galaxy Note 10 has a resolution of 1080×2280 pixels, and an aspect ratio of 19:9 and a PPI density of 401. The larger Galaxy Note 10 Plus has a resolution of 1440×3040 pixels, a 19:9 ratio with a PPI density of 498.

Responsive to Light

The Note 10 series features an always-on display which can be adjusted in the settings and have a great picture quality that adjusts well to different light conditions. It doesn’t matter if you are inside or outside, in the sun or darkness, the screen continues to adjust and create the best level of brightness for the conditions. Finally, for added security, there is an under-screen biometric fingerprint scanner which works well once you add your prints to the memory.