Galaxy S10+ vs iPhone XS Max: In-Depth Comparison & Review By InsideTech

Hi everyone and welcome back to inside tech at the end of last year, Apple released their best iPhone to date and arguably the best smartphone available at the time in the tennis max, but with the recent release of the new Galaxy S, 10 plus Samsung, have set the bar for 2019 Android smartphone can be, so I'd like to find out exactly how this stacks up against the best iPhone available in this video I'll, be comparing displays cameras, performance and features to see which of these flagship smartphones offers the best value for money. For many people, this is going to be the Battle of the two best smartphones available and I, for one, am particularly interested to see which one comes out on top. Let's take a look, we'll start things off looking at the design which is similar in both phones with each having glass front interior panels and a polished metal frame. The difference here, though, is that the iPhone uses stainless steel as opposed to Samsung's aluminum. So, with steel being the harder of the two metals, the iPhone does have better scratch. Resistance.

I also, personally prefer the look at the darker finish on the iPhone compared to the silver on the Galaxy. From my experience, iPhone is actually one of the strongest performers for all-around durability and is the more scratch and impact resistant of the two phones in terms of the glass as well. Apple actually claimed the Telus Max has the strongest glass in any smartphone and in fairness to them. This doesn't seem such a far-fetched claim so far. So if you're, looking purely for the more durable of the two phones, the iPhone is the way to go.

Unless, of course, you opted for one of the more expensive ceramic options offered with the S 10 plus, of course, for both phones you're still going to want at least a screen protector, if not a case or skin two. When it comes to the rear panel design, though for me Samsung, definitely wins. If much prefer the darker glass on the s10 plus, where the prism lighting effects look perfect and the camera module protrudes from the glass far less than it does on the iPhone. Apple users have become accustomed to having a mute switch on their iPhones, whilst the newer Galaxy devices have the Bigamy button. Instead, I've always been a huge fan of the mute switch on iPhone because of how convenient it is to instantly switch your phone to vibrate or silent and have complete confidence here, and it's definitely something I'd use a lot more than needing to summon Bixby.

Of course, you can now remap the Bigamy button to any app so for some people having the customization for the physical button would be a preferable option, but, as for the argument of Bixby versus Siri, both are still pretty useless and to the Google Assistant is clearly the way to go. Moving down to the bottom of the phone. There's simply no competition in terms of what each phone offers for I/o the s10 plus is headphone jack into USB. C port are infinitely better options than the Menace Max's single lightning port I personally use Bluetooth earphones for the majority of the time with my phones, but to at least have the option for the headphone jack on the s10 plus seems like a no-brainer, especially when it doesn't appear to compromise on space and that both phones have the same IP 68 water resistance rating Apple have USB-C ports on the latest, MacBooks and the iPad Pro. So it would be nice to just have one USB cable for all of these devices and finally, ditch the Lightning connector for good.

Both phones feature speakers here as well, which form half of the stereo speaker. Output with Samsung supporting Dolby Atmos I did expect noticeably better speakers here, but this really wasn't the case. The s10 plus is superior. However, when it comes to the display and as I mentioned in my full review, the s tens do have the best displays on any smartphones right now. Don't get me wrong.

The 10s max display is also very good, but just can't quite compete with Samsung's vivid colors or brightness, although I do wish the tacit manually access the true maximum brightness, rather than this only becoming available when watching HDR content. The quad HD plus resolution also outshines the tennis max and don't forget that you can customize the resolution here which isn't possible on iPhone. Both display support, HDR 10, but only the Galaxy supports HDR 10 plus so in the future. Samsung will likely have an edge here as of right. Now, though, very few platforms and content supports HDR 10 plus, so you could even argue that the tennis max is Dolby Vision.

Support means that iPhone has the advantage for now. Of course, the most obvious visual differences here are the bezels and specifically the notch, which are far more noticeable on the iPhone. The bottom chin is, admittedly, slightly larger on the S 10 plus, but where this largely goes are noticed that much thinner side bezels offer a striking difference from the iPhone. The top bezels are also fairly similar in thickness, but the iPhones notch interrupts much more of the screen. Then the hole punch cutout does on the s 10 plus when watching full screen content.

The impact of the notch is far greater than the galaxy's cutout, which is not only physically smaller overall, but having it placed off-center in the corner. For me, is less distracting. I can understand a preference for the symmetry offered in the iPhone, but for me, the thicker bezels, and to not have the biggest impact on my viewing experience. It makes the s 10 plus is 6 point 4 inch display seem larger than the Menace max is 6.5 inch display, obviously, because of face ID. The iPhone is packing a lot more tech into it's, not CH than the Galaxy is in its cutout, which I'll get into more later on.

I would love to see the S tens thinner front. Speaker grille, brought to the iPhone, though, especially since there is very little difference in sound quality here from the display alone, the S 10 plus just seems so much more modern and, despite being released only a few months back. The tennis max already feels like it has an outdated design getting into functionality. Both phones are obviously too tall for comfortable one-handed use, but the issue is made worse by the S tends unusually high power button placement, like many others, using a natural grip on the phone meant that I struggled to reach up to the power button, whereas on the iPhone I didn't have this problem, the two phones share almost identical height and depth specs. But what I liked about the Galaxy was it's narrower body, which makes it much easier to reach over to the other side of the phone.

Both phones have built-in reachability software for easier access to the highest parts of the screen, but I'd have to say that this is quicker and easier to use on iPhone for bringing up the quick settings. However, the galaxy allows you to change the gestures to make this much easier on the Menace max. You can't customize gestures, so you have to swipe down from the very top of the screen to access the control center, so the s10 plus was easier to use here. The slimmer body also makes it a more comfortable device to hold in the hand, but the main reason for this is actually how much lighter it is compared to the tennis Mac's. The iPhone probably did a better job at producing smooth, rounded edges compared to the s10 plus, but the lighter body definitely gives Samsung the edge here.

There's also the debate of curved screens versus flat, where I feel arguments could be made for either the s tens edge to which display enables those thinner bezels. It helps to give the illusion of a glass panel that's entirely screen, but its ease of use does pale in comparison to the iPhones flat screen with which you'll likely have far less accidental screen presses, and you don't lose the edges of your content to the curved part of the screen, which you might need to rotate slightly. To view correctly. It's also going to be a lot easier to install a screen protector on the iPhones flat screen, but this is really just a minor point to make the iPhone might fall short in terms of visual impact compared to the galaxy, but it does have a few display advantages, the first being the autorotation feature, which is quicker and much more consistent with the tennis Mac's, possibly due to the iPhone having a better gyroscope, the next being 3d touch, which gives you greater variety in how you interact with the touch screen. Depending on how hard you press this isn't purely a software feature.

However, since there are pressures, sensitive components built into the display, for example, the iPhone 10 R, doesn't have 3d touch and the final point here being Apple's tactic engine for many years, Apple has reigned supreme with its custom tactic engine, offering the best haptic feedback available in a smartphone. Having said that, I do which the tapper would really take advantage of this and offer haptic feedback on the keyboard when typing a feature I enjoyed using on the S 10 plus. Moving on to the front cameras, the S 10 plus is the more capable of the two phones offering a 10 megapixel F 1.9 lens versus the 7 megapixel F 2 points 2 on the tennis max it's the higher megapixel count is reflected in a slightly sharper image. Taking selfies in portrait mode. I also prefer the brightness on the s10 plus, although this is a little overexposed I, do think that this looks better for selfies, which is ultimately how the front camera will be used.

Most often, the tennis max generally had more accurate edge detection, though, which you can see here most clearly by looking at my ears, but it has also blurred my hair, whilst keeping my face in focus. So the s10 Plus has actually taken a more useful picture overall, of course, with both phones, you can adjust the depth of field, so technically I could try to match the image taken on the s10 plus, but in general you do have much greater control over the depth of field in the tennis Mac's. The most obvious, visual difference here, though, is that the s10 plus has taken the reverse image, which is actually my favorite feature here. The option to save the flipped version means that you can take pictures, as you see yourself in the mirror, as opposed to how others see you. This means that the image will be saved exactly as it appears in the viewfinder which I personally prefer, since this is more natural and I, find it unusual to see the flipped view that others would normally see me with the tennis max.

Doesn't let you choose to flip the image, so the image is always saved as the reverse of what's displayed in the viewfinder. When it comes to video, the s10 plus can record in 4k 60 resolution on the front camera. Whilst the iPhone can only manage 1080p, 60 I didn't really see the increased sharpness, I would have expected here, with the s10 plus and in general. The color and stabilization is better on the tennis Mac's. Even when matching the resolutions, a feature often forgotten about, is the emoji face tracking feature.

Apple still does this better than any other company and an emoji and MIMO G a far superior to Samsung's AR emoji, but just as when these features were first released. Now that I've tried it once I'll likely never use this again anyway. Now the reason that the iPhone appears to have two additional camera modules and ultimately the reason why their notches so large is to accommodate the IR sensor and dodge projector used for face ID Apple's face ID is the most sophisticated facial, unlocking system on a smartphone, projecting dots onto your face to mapping unique 3d image that is unaffected by changes in hairstyle, facial, hair or wearing glasses thanks to the use of IR. The feature also works, just as well as nighttime wear face, unlock doesn't face, unlock is not only slower than face ID, but, like many other Android devices is far less secure, and yes, this can still be fooled by a picture of you or somebody who closely resembles you to achieve comparable security with your s10 plus you're, going to need to use the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. Now this scanner isn't as fast as the capacitive scanners were used to seeing it is even slower than apples touch ID, although you can be faster overall, since it takes you straight to the home screen without the need to press again.

But importantly, it is faster than face ID, even when unlocking the phone with the screen turned off, and you don't need to be looking directly at your phone to unlock it. However, it is more prone to failure due to dirt or moisture on your fingers or on the screen, or even simply by not placing your finger directly above the scanner factors which don't affect the success rate of face ID on the Telus. Max also gives you the freedom to select any screen protector. You like, whereas s 10, plus users, would need to be wary of tempered glass protectors, since many of these prevent the use of the fingerprint scanner, given that Samsung's face, unlock, isn't very secure. I do feel as though it's a little redundant.

If you watch the added convenience of face, unlock, and you're happy not to fully secure your phone with your fingerprint, then why is face unlock at all? Why not just swipe up to unlock, obviously face unlock will prevent the vast majority of false entry attempts, so it can't exactly be equated with swipe to unlock, but if I ever lost my phone I'd definitely want to make sure that no one else could false entry into it. So it would appear that overall face ID is the superior unlock method, but when you consider that the large distracting notches the price of that added security, it's easier to recognize Samsung's achievement of placing the fingerprint scanner unobtrusively beneath the display. Next up in the comparison are the rear cameras which, in terms of specs, are actually fairly similar between phones with both containing 12 megapixel wide-angle and telephoto lenses in general. I found images to be brighter with more vivid colors on the s10 plus, but the dynamic range was better on the 10s max. Looking at these images of the plant, you can see greater contrast in detail in the leaves, particularly in the shadows, with the picture taken on the iPhone.

Looking at these portrait mode pictures, however, the colors are more natural and with better dynamic range in the image on the left, so it's really going to depend on the individual situation as to which camera performs better here. One thing to note, though, is that the S 10 plus uses the telephoto lens for portrait mode rather than the wide-angle lens which the Tanners max uses. So there is a wider field of view when taking pictures to compensate for this, the image on the left was actually taken from a much closer distance than with the iPhone. So when the distance is matched, this is actually how portrait mode photos look when it comes to low-light photography. The s10 plus does take the edge over the tennis max thanks to the wider F 1.5 aperture versus the F 1.8 on the iPhone. The image here is clearly much brighter, and it's easier to pick out details which I do prefer, despite the fact that the iPhone captures are perhaps more realistic, brightness.

The colors are also a little warm at the tennis max it's more natural and true to life with the s 10 plus. The major difference in the cameras, though, is clearly the additional ultra-wide lens on the S 10 plus, as I mentioned in my full Galaxy S 10 Plus review. The new lens is one of my favorite new features, one that I'm sure we can expect to see in the new iPhones later on in the year. Its inclusion means that the galaxy offers more variety when it comes to taking pictures, which I think provides the most substantial difference between the two phones cameras, as opposed to image quality itself. Both phones are capable of recording video in up to 4k 60 resolutions and slow motion video in up to 1080p at 240 frames per.

Second, there isn't much to separate the two in terms of quality, but I did find the colors to be a little over saturated on the s10 plus. So the footage looks better on the 10s Merck's. The s10 plus does offer support for recording in HDR 10 plus, which you can wash back natively on the phone's display, but this is capped at 1080p 30. It also offers the super slo-mo feature for 960 frames per second 720p video. This mode does offer the potential to get some great footage, but given that you can only record for less than half a second of video at a time, it can be extremely difficult to actually get the shot you need.

Both phones also offer video stabilization, but Samsung's super steady mode produces by far the most stable footage. It's just a shame that this too is capped at 1080p, 30, realistically you'd need an entire video dedicated to every single difference in the cameras and all the software features. ? and the camera performance is highly dependent on the specific situation. The 10s max generally produced images with greater contrast and dynamic range and is the better performer when it comes to recording video. The iPhone was also quicker to process picture and video and I enjoyed having a faster shutter button.

?, the S 10 Plus, on the other hand, has a superior front-facing camera, a versatile ultra-wide lens and more extensive software features simply having quick access to the camera settings within the app, for example, makes you wonder why things have to be so difficult on the Telus max I'd still say that the pixel 3 has a better care, rather than either of these phones overall, with image quality. That's pretty much unrivaled, but with the 10s Maxine, s10, plus you're, still getting some of the best cameras available on a smartphone. Another Samsung feature rumor to be included in the future. iPhones is wireless power share, as I mentioned in the full review. This feature could be really useful for charging up accessories like the Galaxy Buds.

As now that the new airports also support wireless charging, it's definitely a feature that I wish. The tennis max had. The s10 plus is also superior in its faster 10 watt. Wireless charging, speed, which is set to become even faster, with upcoming devices like Samsung's 12 watt, charging pad iPhones, like the tennis mats, can still only charge at 7.5 watt speeds and taking a look at these charging results, the phone was slower in charging from naught to 100 percent battery. Of course, the tennis max is set to fall further behind, once 12 watt wireless charging becomes available for the s 10 plus a similar result was seen with fast charging by USB-C, where once again, the S 10 plus was the faster to charge of the two phones.

But the most important thing here is that Samsung includes the fast charger in the box as standard, whereas you'll need to buy this separately for your tennis max now. At first glance it might seem like there isn't a great deal of difference in charging speeds here and whilst that is true, it's important to remember that the S 10 plus has a much larger 4100 million power battery compared to the tennis. Max is three thousand one hundred and seventy-four million power battery. So the charging speed is actually pretty impressive. The S 10 plus provided a noticeably better battery life compared to the tennis max.

To give you an idea of context, if the iPhone was giving me a full day of battery life, the Galaxy was giving me a day and a half I also prefer the power saving options available to me on the s10 plus features that are much more limited on the tennis max. Having covered the major differences in the display, the cameras and the battery. There are also a few smaller but important differences between the two phones, the first of which is NFC a rarely talked about feature, but one that is personally very important to me. The ability to instantly pair with other devices via NFC on the S 10 plus, is extremely convenient and with most Bluetooth headphones and speakers not offering multi device pairing, the netter, unpair and repair can become a regular occurrence. Whilst many Android devices have been making use of this feature for years, it's frustrating that iPhone still doesn't have it, despite the fact that it does use NFC for Apple Pay, speaking of which Apple's mobile payment system is one of the best available on a smartphone sets to only become better with the new Apple cart and certainly the most widely accepted in the UK, but with both Samsung pay and Google Pay available on the s10 plus.

There is very little to separate the two here. If I had to pick a winner, though the tennis max does take the edge thanks to the convenience of the wallet app where the S template succeeds, though it's an area that Android has long dominated the iPhone and that's in support for Bluetooth codecs. Both phones offer Bluetooth, 5 connectivity, but only the S 10 plus offers support for the lower latency, app techs and elder codecs. This not only gives you access to streaming higher quality audio, but also at much lower latency. So the S 10 plus, is the better phone for watching videos with Bluetooth headphones.

The S 10 plus also features support for Wi-Fi 6 in the future. This will mean that the Galaxy can support faster to KIA bytes per second download speeds, but right now there is very limited support with this feature in terms of performance. The galaxy s 10 plus has either the Snapdragon 855 or the xc90 820 processors, whereas the iPhone tennis max has the 12 Bionic chip in their baseline models. The galaxy also has double the ramp of the tennis max, but, more importantly, double the storage too. That's before expanding the storage with a micro SD card, something you can't do on iPhone.

So Samsung is easily the winner here in terms of storage on paper, the tennis max is the more powerful of the two devices, but ultimately these numbers mean pretty much nothing when you consider that one phone is running iOS and to the other. Android also requires much more RAM to operate than iOS, so the significantly higher RAM in the S 10 plus, doesn't actually equate to a substantial boost in performance versus the tennis max. Both of these phones are incredibly fast and responsive devices, so I had no complaints here at all, but if the hardware differences aren't enough for you to make up your mind about these phones, then the software difference, probably is the iOS versus Android debate will always be determined by personal preference and I, for one, have enjoyed features in both phones. I, like the simplicity and fluidity of using iOS gestures, are more intuitive scrolling is smoother, and the resulting experience feels less cluttered and easier to use. Apps like Notes, iMessage and FaceTime are the best in their respective fields.

Features like hand off, airdrop and airplay offer. Seamless data transfer and the synchronization with other devices in Apple's ecosystem is simply unrivaled. On the other hand, Samsung's 1ui on android 9 is a playground of customization that would make any Apple fan jealous a custom. Always-On screen on an OLED display is a no-brainer complete creative control over themes, widgets and apps is really liberating, and a system wise night mode is something I've been wanting on iOS for many years, split screen view and pitcher in pitcher make multitasking a breeze, faster animation sped up. My productivity and only on Samsung, can I transform my smartphone into a full-blown desktop, we'll have to wait and see if the s10 plus will receive software updates regularly, since historically, it can take some time for Android updates to roll adjusted devices, an area where iPhone won't have any issues still whether you prefer the polished interface of iOS or the wide range of choice offered with Android is ultimately going to come down to your own preference.

What's clear to me, though, is that these two devices would certainly be my choices for handling their respective pieces of software, so we finally arrived at one of the most important factors for people when making their purchase decision, which is the price the galaxy s 10 plus, is available from 999 dollars or 899 pounds in the UK for the baseline model. The iPhone tennis max is available from $100 more at 1099 dollars for the baseline model and because of the one-to-one pricing ratio for the UK. This would also cost 1099 pounds. So not only is the Telus max more expensive than the s10 plus, but if you live in the UK you'll actually have to pay a lot more for your iPhone than you would in the US. In fact, it would be cheaper for me to buy a return plane ticket to America and buy a new iPhone there.

Then it would be to buy one here in the UK. The one-to-one pricing is a marketing strategy, I've always hated from Apple and one that I'm so glad that Samsung doesn't implement. Don't forget that Samsung's baseline s10 plus also has double the storage of the tennis max for $100 less and comes with more accessories like the fast charger as standard. So it's unarguably the much better value device, especially if you live in the UK, but so lets me know in the comments which of these two phones, you think, is better. Are you on Team, Android or team iOS and if you've tried both then do share your overall verdict down below? You can also find the channel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at insight.

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