From Note 10 to Galaxy Book, everything Samsung announced
A few hours ago, Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event in Brooklyn and unveiled a plethora of products, including Galaxy Note 10, its latest flagship. The device comes in two avatars, one with a 6.3-inch display and another with a 6.8-inch panel, the largest-ever Samsung has put on a phone. Let's take a quick look at the phones and other stuff Samsung announced.
Meet Galaxy Note 10, Note 10+
Samsung launched Note 10, Note 10+ with a bezel-less Dynamic AMOLED display and a tiny Infinity O notch at the top. Note 10's panel is smaller at 6.3-inches (1080 x 2280 pixels), while Note 10+ measures at 6.8-inches (1440 x 3040 pixels). They both run Exynos 9825 but Note 10 only offers 8GB RAM, 256GB storage while Note 10+ comes with 12GB RAM, 256/512GB.
What else you get with Note 10, Note 10+
Among other things, both models offer bigger batteries, in-display fingerprint scanning, wireless charging, a pro-graded editing tools for instant shooting and editing. Both phones have three rear cameras (12MP+12MP+16MP) for wide, telephoto, and ultra-wide shots, with Note 10+ offering an additional TOF 3D VGA camera for 3D, AR video. However, do note that here's no headphone jack on either of the two devices.
Price of Note 10, Note 10+
Note 10 and Note 10+ are up for pre-orders in the US in three shiny color options: Aura Glow, Aura White and Aura Black. The former has been priced at $949, while the latter would start at $1099. The 512GB variant would cost $100 more.
Samsung also announced an upgraded S Pen
In another big change, Samsung is upgrading S Pen stylus with Bluetooth support, which would allow the device to work with any smartphone, not just the Note family. It also now convert handwritten notes into PDF, Word documents as well as let you trigger specific actions by drawing shapes above the screen. You can also now use S Pen to draw over photos, videos.
Samsung DeX for Windows, Mac control
Along with Note 10 and S Pen, Samsung also announced an improved version of DeX, the platform that allowed using Galaxy devices on a desktop-like interface. The software, the company says, will now let you see and reply to messages, run smartphone apps, and transfer files on your Windows and Mac PC. It will even allow PC-based calls in the future.
New Galaxy Book S
Though Unpacked events are mostly about phones, Samsung gave some attention to its PC portfolio too. The company unveiled $999 Galaxy Book S, a full-fledged Windows notebook packing a 13.3-inch bezel-less touchscreen and promising 23-hours of backup on a single charge. The machine runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx chip, instead of an Intel processor, and offers built-in 4G, USB-C charging.
