Samsung's More Affordable Galaxy S10e Compared to iPhone XR

[Suttree]

Look at how dated the iPhone looks. Samsung knows design. They have always been design leaders. Their phones and washing machines look like they are from the future. Meanwhile Apple focuses on gimmicks like 3D Touch. LUL. Who wants pressure sensitive user interfaces? Just look at how Samsung managed to minimize the bottom bezel, whereas Apple stupidly used a flexible board to tuck it behind the display. And honestly, iPhones feel like toys. They feel so cheap compared to the premium Samsung phones.

Plus, the fingerprint scanner on the Samsung phone IS COOL. Like from the future. The facial recognition crap on the iPhone is just sewage. It never works and it just feel so old and isn’t very cool like a fingerprint scanner.

 

[kanki1985]

Please compare iPhone XS and this samsung phone. Both are at par spec wise.
i.e 5.8" OLED display, dual rear camera etc.

 

[realtuner]

Still waiting on the guy with the robots, but I've watched 7 different speed test and 5 out of 2 were Samsungs dominating. PUBG is faster on iPhone and Adobe Express, to make you feel better.

I have an idea. I want to test video gaming cards for my PC. I’ll use two different tests:

A: I run a variety of games and measure the FPS at 1080, 1440 and 4K. I also test using multiple different quality settings. After all this is done I average out the FPS numbers to declare the fastest overall video card.

B: I launch a game. As soon as the main screen comes up I quickly exit and launch another. I do this for a bunch of games, and for good measure I do it a second time (lap two). Whichever video card is faster at launching these games is the winner.

Which represents the industry accepted method of testing video cards and which will get you laughed off the Internet?

 

[PickUrPoison]

You missed some things.

- Qualcomm vs Intel baseband radio
- 1080p vs near 720p
- OLED vs LCD
- virtually same display area while being physically smaller
- better battery life without near 720p compromise
- 128GB base storage vs 64GB
- micro SD storage expansion vs none
- better future proofing with 6GB vs 3GB DRAM
- 3.5mm audio jack vs none
- additional wide angle camera vs none
- reverse wireless charging for earbuds/watch vs none
- included fast charger vs slow charger
- included accessories vs none
- IP68 vs IP67
- more versatile OS with much fewer restrictions
- nicer design and build quality that doesn't look Fisher Price
- more convenient fingerprint biometric that doesn't require taking eyes off the road while driving

You missed the only thing that matters: iOS vs. Android.

PS And for heavens sake stop using your phone while you’re driving.

 

[GuruZac]

The S10e is by a landslide a better phone than the XR in pretty much every way, except iOS and Face ID.

In fact, the S10e is a better phone than the S10. No curved edges on the screen (no accidental touches and angle based color issues), great form factor, and reliable well placed biometrics. It even offers the same performance and display quality.

I don’t understand why they decided to make the second camera the wide angle instead of the telephoto, that’s the main design choice of the S10e I don’t think was smart.

Luckily I love my iPhone X and don’t feel the need to upgrade or switch for a while. But if apple doesn’t offer a smaller, more fully featured model in the $800 range they are going to loose a lot of people to this phone as it’s clearly the better option over the XR, which was outdated before it was even launched.

What’s outdated about the XR other than screen ppi? A12. Face ID. Same cameras front and rear as XS minus telephoto. Smart HDR plus adjustable bokeh effect. Wireless charging. Full screen design with 120 touch refresh and True Tone with brightness and color accuracy considered equal to best in the market. Battery life on par or better than most 2018 flagships. Haptic Touch still better than any Android alternative.

So again, please specify how the XR was already outdated.

 

[Khedron]

iPhone's screen is lower resolution but at least it's bigger (so it's even less sharp)

iPhone is heavier but that just makes it "feel premium"

These videos are a joke, stop trying to qualify everything as an Apple win when it's obvious the Samsung is twice as good
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You missed the only thing that matters: iOS vs. Android.

PS And for heavens sake stop using your phone while you’re driving.

Android being better is a nice bonus but I wouldn't call it the only thing that matters

 

[tedstoutpa59]

Look at how dated the iPhone looks. Samsung knows design. They have always been design leaders. Their phones and washing machines look like they are from the future. Meanwhile Apple focuses on gimmicks like 3D Touch. LUL. Who wants pressure sensitive user interfaces? Just look at how Samsung managed to minimize the bottom bezel, whereas Apple stupidly used a flexible board to tuck it behind the display. And honestly, iPhones feel like toys. They feel so cheap compared to the premium Samsung phones.

Plus, the fingerprint scanner on the Samsung phone IS COOL. Like from the future. The facial recognition crap on the iPhone is just sewage. It never works and it just feel so old and isn’t very cool like a fingerprint scanner.

Design leaders? Remember the faux leather design of the Note 3 and S5?

 

[novakk86]

And interesting that benchmarks were all that mattered when Android had the upper hand.

Can't remember when was the last time anyone on Android cared for benchmarks even when comparing between two droids. They're generally useless as is this one but people like to stick to whatever makes their choice seam better.

 

[GuruZac]

iPhone's screen is lower resolution but at least it's bigger (so it's even less sharp)

iPhone is heavier but that just makes it "feel premium"

These videos are a joke, stop trying to qualify everything as an Apple win when it's obvious the Samsung is twice as good
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Android being better is a nice bonus but I wouldn't call it the only thing that matters

And you are here commenting because...??? You simply comment thread to thread with nothing but anti-Apple rhetoric.

 

[DNichter]

It's not hard once you see how great the Galaxy s10 phones are. This guy has been an iPhone user for years and hes blown away by the s10 Plus phone.

I don’t really care for specs or features when choosing a platform. I look for the best overall combination of performance, privacy, security, ecosystem, apps, and support. Right now, Apple is still is best for me.
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6 months from now this phone is going to be about $400. At that price it will be an absolute steal. The 10e could be a flagship phone for a number of other Android OEM's. They didn't skimp on this phone. I think it has a better screen than the 10 and 10+ since I am not a fan of the signature curve on Sammy's flagship screens. I was gonna pick up an S9 since it's about $450ish right now. I think I might snag a 10e around the time of the Note 10 debut.

Not a bad idea, but I doubt I’ll buy because it would just feel like a waste of money. I really only had the itch to try something new. It has faded already.

 

[Khedron]

And you are here commenting because...??? You simply comment thread to thread with nothing but anti-Apple rhetoric.

Because Apple are garbage right now and there's no chance of fixing that if people can't even admit the problem.

This comparison is a joke. The Samsung blows the XR not just out of the water but out of orbit. Admit that basic fact and maybe we can start moving forward.

 

[Suttree]

Design leaders? Remember the faux leather design of the Note 3 and S5?

Works of art, in my opinion. Also, Samsung made a stylus first. Apple naturally copied—they can try to pass it off as a drawing apparatus and call it the Apple “Pencil" but that’s laughable. LOL. No, Apple. Just...no. You made a stylus. Own up to it. Samsung also was the FIRST to make a foldable smartphone. They just SHAMED and DESTROYED Apple’s ID group. And it’s very affordabe, under $2,000.

So, yes, Samsung are designer leaders. The Koreans are known to be world-class designers. Daewoo, Hyundai, Samsung.

BONUS: The Samsung watch is a circle. iWatch is a rectangle. LOOOOOOOL. Circle is superior to a rectangle for watches. End of story.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Can't remember when was the last time anyone on Android cared for benchmarks even when comparing between the two droids. They're generally useless as is this one but people like to stick to whatever makes their choice seam better.

Really? Got a pretty solid memory of the Galaxy S2 vs the iPhone 4 arguments. It even had higher benchmarks than the 4S, which they loved.

A lot of Apple doomed with that news of course. Shouldn’t have tried to make their own chips. If they cared about performance they’d buy Qualcomm.

 

[QCassidy352]

For the majority of people this is irrelevant. It just translates to iOS vs Android.

This. I guess some people are really agnostic as to OS but not many. I’m going to pick an iPhone over an android phone because of integration/ecosystem and privacy. Those considerations are vastly more important to me than some little hardware difference either way.

 

[FFR]

I don’t really care for specs or features when choosing a platform. I look for the best overall combination of performance, privacy, security, ecosystem, apps, and support. Right now, Apple is still is best for me.
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Not a bad idea, but I doubt I’ll buy because it would just feel like a waste of money. I really only had the itch to try something new. It has faded already.

Your not alone.
It’s the reason why the Xr will outsell the s10e by a very wide margin.

 

[mi7chy]

You missed the only thing that matters: iOS vs. Android.

For seniors I still recommend iOS since too much versatility and too many features can be confusing. Android is better for the tech savvy that use their phone like a computer. If you don't know or care about DeX, emulators, Kodi, torrent clients, background multitasking, split screen multitasking, PiP, unix shell, etc. then Android for phone isn't for you.

 

[realtuner]

Can't remember when was the last time anyone on Android cared for benchmarks even when comparing between the two droids. They're generally useless as is this one but people like to stick to whatever makes their choice seam better.

You have either a very short or very selective memory. When Android devices were faster benchmarks were all that mattered. When the iPhone started getting faster (and especially after the worlds first mobile 64bit iPhone 5S) suddenly they didn’t matter. It’s also when Anandtech was declared an Apple shill for telling the basic truth about A Series processors or that Geekbench was no longer a reliable test. I mean, it’s gotten so bad that people accuse benchmark companies of modifying their tests just to make the iPhone look better or accusing Apple of modifying iPhones to excel at specific benchmarks.

Then we started seeing all these new fabricated “benchmarks” (like App races). Android users desperately trying to move the goalposts to invent something they can get a win at vs the iPhone in regards to performance.

 

[hoits2000]

So basically 2 mid spec phones priced as high end phones. $750 is still high end pricing for what you get.

 

[GuruZac]

Because Apple are garbage right now and there's no chance of fixing that if people can't even admit the problem.

This comparison is a joke. The Samsung blows the XR not just out of the water but out of orbit. Admit that basic fact and maybe we can start moving forward.

But it doesn’t. The screen is it and only in contrast and sharpness. I could care less about the SD cars, could care less about a 3.5 mm jack, could care less about 6 GB of RAM (Android has always had a lot more RAM). Speed? A wash. Camera performance? A wash. Battery life? Basically a wash. Software? iPhone by a mile. Support? iPhone by a mile.

 

[QCassidy352]

This comparison is a joke. The Samsung blows the XR not just out of the water but out of orbit. Admit that basic fact and maybe we can start moving forward.

On paper? Or in terms of real world use case that actually matters to real world users?

Because if it’s the former, nobody cares outside of tech enthusiasts. If it’s the latter - how, exactly?

 

[GuruZac]

So basically 2 mid spec phones priced as high end phones. $750 is still high end pricing for what you get.

Compare the XR and S10e to $750 iPhone 6 Plus from 2014. I'd say you get a lot more the money.

 

[Icaras]

Uggh, I am so jealous of the S10e screen size.

 

[bladerunner2000]

Look at how dated the iPhone looks. Samsung knows design.

No, the iPhone 5 was and still is one of the nicest design for a phone... EVER. At the time, nothing came close.

 

[69Mustang]

Not a bad idea, but I doubt I’ll buy because it would just feel like a waste of money. I really only had the itch to try something new. It has faded already.

To each his own. I'm definitely getting one or the other. Probably that 10e.

 

[neoelectronaut]

Man the XR is gorgeous. A shame it's so goddamn huge.

 

[Khedron]

On paper? Or in terms of real world use case that actually matters to real world users?

Because if it’s the latter, nobody cares outside of tech enthusiasts. If it’s the latter - how, exactly?

Are you joking? In real world use every second you use the phone is a better experience because of the much better screen. And every app you use is faster because Apple's A12 is crippled by the RAM bottleneck anyway. And every photo you take is better because of the better camera. And you can take more of them because you weren't price gouged on internal storage.

TBF Apple wins if the FBI or a terrorist organisation are after you and your main priority is ensuring their agents have a hard time bypassing your FaceID. Unless you wear sunglasses and so turned off the attention requirement meaning those agents are free to unlock your phone with your unconscious/dead body. Is that real world use?

 

[deebinem]

No thanks, iOS is a joke.

No, the joke is me continually coming into these "discussions" expecting to read something new and different from everyone and only seeing the same old, tired back-and-forth.

*sigh* I must be a glutton for punishment, a sucker, or both...

EDIT: Oh and I nearly spit out my drink reading the "more affordable" line. What do these companies think I do, grow money trees in an orchard? Like others have mentioned, mid-tier specs at caviar prices, smh...