Samsung will be launching their latest Galaxy S flagship phones on February 20th at 11AM PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. At CES 2019 Samsung confirmed the date and location. Meantime, many leaks of this device is spreading all over the internet. Here’s some latest rumors we cover for you.
On Samsung’s 10th anniversary of the Galaxy series they will probably launch three different devices according to all the rumors
Samsung Galaxy S10 – the standard Samsung flagship
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus – a bigger screen with better cameras
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite – a less powerful, smaller, cheaper model
Display
Previously on Samsung’s developers conference in San Francisco on November 7 2018, they Unveil four infinity view designs a V-notch, U-notch and O-notch and New Infinity design. The both U and V had the familiar notch but in different shapes. While the third, Infinity O was something that attracted attention. So according to last rumor, probably Samsung will be stuck to the their third Infinity-O punch-hole ‘notch’.
5G
According to XDA Developers The larger Galaxy S10 Plus model could come in two variations, one of which could have 5G support.
In-Display unlock and 3D face lock
The OnePlus 6T beat Samsung to become the first US carrier phone to have In-screen fingerprint sensors. Samsung Galaxy smartphones currently have fingerprint scanners on the back. According to a Korean news report maybe Samsung Galaxy S10 will replace the iris scanner with an in-display fingerprint sensor and they will add 3D face unlock as well. Instead of scanning irises, the Galaxy S10 would use facial recognition, while in-display fingerprint scanner would be more convenient to unlock the phones.
OS
Samsung is currently testing their new OS One UI on The Galaxy S9 and Note 9. So we can expect the Galaxy S10 could come out of the box running on Android Pie with the new Samsung One UI.
Headphone Jack
Many big companies Including Apple, Huawei, Google remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from their flagship devices. Apple was the first in this race. So now the most frequent question around the internet is, will Samsung follow the trend of removing the Headphone Jack?
Good news is Samsung will keep the headphone jack. According to Ice Universe who has post a video that shows the existence of 3.5mm Headphone jack on a Galaxy S10 prototype case.
Camera
So far, the rumors suggest that the Galaxy S10 will have three rear camera lenses, a standard lens, a tele lens and a wide angle lens camera on the back and two front-facing cameras on the front
Next Gen-Specs
Most of the devices are now running on Qualcomm snapdragon 845. According to rumors The Galaxy S10 will be running on the latest and most powerful chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
As far the pricing it is really hard to say what will be the cost of these devices. Here’s some rumored prices
Galaxy S10 Lite, 128GB: £669
Galaxy S10, 128GB: £799
Galaxy S10, 512GB: £999
Galaxy S10 Plus, 128GB: £899
Galaxy S10 Plus, 512GB: £1,099
Galaxy S10 Plus, 1TB: £1,399
