Samsung Galaxy S10 release date, price, news and leaks

New Samsung Galaxy S10 leaks point to big changes for the smartphones in 2019, with a fresh all-screen display and a 'hole punch' front-facing camera embedded in the top right corner of the screen.

Update: The official Samsung Galaxy S10 launch event date is February 20, sooner than MWC 2019 and backing up rumors that the phones could launch early. The event will take place in San Francisco. Plus, Samsung itself might have accidentally shown a render of the phone.

Samsung Galaxy S10 range

• Samsung Galaxy S10 - the standard Samsung flagship
• Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus - a bigger screen and potentially better cameras
• Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite - a less powerful, smaller, cheaper model

Samsung Galaxy S10 design and display

Hottest leaks:

• Three different screen sizes
• A camera cut-out in the screen
• A 19:9 aspect ratio and 1440 x 3040 resolution

Samsung Galaxy S10 camera

Hottest leaks:

• A dual, triple or quad-lens rear camera
• 12MP, 13MP and 16MP lenses
• A dual-lens front-facing camera

Samsung Galaxy S10 battery

Hottest leaks:

• Standard S10 could have a 3,500mAh battery
• S10 Lite could be 3,100mAh, S10 Plus could be 4,000mAh
• 5G Galaxy S10 could have a 5,000mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy S10: what we want to see

1. A new design

Samsung's smartphone design is overly familiar at this point

The Samsung Galaxy S9 looks almost identical to the Galaxy S8, so it’s high time we got a new design from the South Korean company.

Whether that means a notch, a new material or even a foldable phone we’ll leave to Samsung, but we want to see something new.

2. Dual or triple-lens cameras on both models

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While the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus has a dual-lens camera, the standard Galaxy S9 only has a single-lens one. For the Galaxy S10 we want both models to have two lenses, or better yet, three. After all, the Huawei P20 Pro has landed with exactly that to stunning effect.

The good news is that a triple-lens camera has already been rumored, though it sounds like only the priciest model will get it.

3. Better battery life

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Battery life is one thing that doesn’t improve with each new phone generation. In fact, sometimes it gets worse. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus you’re only really looking at a day of life.

And while that might generally be okay for anyone who doesn’t mind plugging their phone in every night, it’s worth remembering that the battery will start to wear out over time, so a day of life when you buy the phone means less than a day a year or two on.

As such we really want to see improvements to the battery in the Galaxy S10, whether that’s through a larger unit than the frankly small 3,000mAh one in the Galaxy S9, or just through more efficient hardware and software.

4. A totally bezel-free look

We’ve said already that we want a new design from the Galaxy S10, but what we’d really like is a complete absence of bezels. As in no notch either, just an all-screen front.

We’re not expecting this, not least because it would presumably mean building the camera and sensors into the screen, but it’s possible and would surely be less ambitious than a foldable phone, which we might also get from Samsung in 2019.

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