Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite: review of affordable lightweight flagship

The Korean technology giant presented the S10 Lite model in the coming year in silence and without pathos. New

For accessibility, they deprived some of the flagship attributes, but now the price tag for the buyer is not exorbitant. And in some respects, the lightweight version even surpasses its top-end counterparts.

Design, ergonomics

Samsung seems to have decided to gradually change the mainthe design style of their smartphones, driving innovations on lightweight versions of flagships. S10 Lite, Note10 Lite, as well as two models of the A series have almost the same design style. This is a strictly defined case, sharp corners, strict lines, a small hole in the screen under the front camera.

The back panel of the smartphone is made of plastic,which is strange for such a price category, in the hand it feels like a series A smartphone, it looks very remotely like a premium S. The block of cameras began to be licked again from the American competitor, now it’s a clumsy square one. Why the designers of such a large company lack the taste to come up with something neat, incomprehensible. In general, you will have to endure this squalor until Apple comes up with something else.

Screen size 6.7 inches, but the device does not look too bulky, apparently the frameless design does its job, because the dimensions of the smartphone are similar to S10 +. There is no analog mini-jack jack for headphones, while the tops have one. This is rather unpleasant and many precisely because of this will pass by this model.

Screen

Samsung smartphones traditionally have the bestscreens based on AMOLED matrices. So our hero got an excellent Super AMOLED + matrix, the resolution of which is 2400x1080. The front panel is fully covered with fifth-generation Gorilla Glass. An oleophobic coating of good quality is present. This time, the developers refused to bend the screen, for which many thanks, because it may look beautiful from afar, but it’s very impractical to operate, there are too many random responses and phantom touches. There is an AoD function, the lock screen displays any operational information, while it almost does not waste energy.

However, there is a drawback, still notintegrated function to reduce the frequency of flicker of the screen. For people sensitive to this, long work with a smartphone will be tiring. Under the screen there is an integrated fingerprint scanner, it works quite quickly and accurately, no worse than in the S-series. If you quickly unlock on the go, then the operation occurs in seven cases out of ten. Of course, imperfect, but comfort does not suffer much from this.

Specifications

The iron filling of the S10 Lite is the placewhich the smartphone can brag about. The processor in the engine compartment has registered Snapdragon 855 from Qualcomm, on board 6 gigabytes of RAM. The performance of such a bundle is enough for any existing games and applications. There is no need to talk about any lags, the interface just flies, quickly and smoothly.

PUBG Mobile on ultra settings is given to the deviceeasy and with comfortable FPS like Call of Duty. These are heavy, resource-intensive projects, and they run smoothly, without slowing down. Even the case heats up only a little. When activated, any application opens instantly, while the interface and games work much better than on older flagship versions with the Exynos processor installed. The drive received a capacity of 128 gigabytes, which is enough for a lot of applications. Music and movies with photos. In addition, you can increase the file storage size with a terabyte microSD card. Just remember that the slot here is hybrid, or two SIM cards, or one SIM card and a card.

From the interfaces there is an NFC module, soloved by the Russians, because it allows you not to take a wallet with bank cards. Acoustics is represented by a single speaker, the sound does not produce anything supernatural, the volume and purity are at a high level. But not more.

Cameras

The main camera unit on the back consistsof three modules: the main module received a 48 megapixel sensor, the optics are equipped with physical stabilization, the second module with a 12 megapixel sensor received wide-angle optics. There is also a macro lens with a 5 megapixel sensor. By default, the main camera produces excellent quality pictures at 12 megapixels (combines 4 pixels into one). You can switch to using full mode, but the difference is almost not visible. In terms of overall shooting quality, the novelty significantly exceeds Series A, but almost falls short of the flagships. And rarely does anyone make macro shots in ordinary life, instead it would be more useful to fasten a small zoom.

Autonomy

The smartphone received a good battery with a capacity4500 mAh. It seems to be not a record, but the autonomy of the device deserves attention. The thin body somehow fit a powerful iron and a capacious battery, this is already excellent. But the result is even more excellent - 29 hours of continuous video playback! This is more than excellent. An hour of playing PUBG ate only 13 percent of battery power.

Summary

Korean Technology S10 Lite Modelgiant can be considered a reasonable choice if you need a fast and modern smartphone, a large and high-quality screen, a powerful iron filling from a famous brand. The whole difference between him and the tops is that the light version did not receive a protected case and support for wireless charging. Also slightly weaker than photo capabilities. But on the other hand, it surpasses the tops in autonomy, well, and much cheaper.