Flashback: the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite punched above its weight

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

By early 2020 the Galaxy S10 sequence was getting ready to retire. A 12 months earlier it had launched the worlds first 5G cellphone and introduced the surprisingly common S10e mannequin together with the standard S10 vanilla and plus telephones. However there was simply sufficient time for one final hurrah earlier than the S20 sequence launched in February.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite was introduced in early February 2020 and went on sale a month later, simply days earlier than the official introduction of the S20 fashions. In some methods it was a prototype for the Galaxy S20 FE it used older however nonetheless premium {hardware} and it price lower than the primary sequence fashions.

Samsung Galaxy S10 LiteSamsung Galaxy S10 LiteSamsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

The Lite stood a head above most different S10 members and we imply that actually with a 6.7 show (with a tall 20:9 side ratio in addition), it stood at 162.5mm tall, 75.6mm extensive and eight.1mm thick, it weighed 186g. Solely the Galaxy S10 5G, the aforementioned first ever 5G cellphone, was barely bigger.

That sizable show had solely FHD+ decision, 1,080 x 2,400px, which on the time appeared unpleasant for what was labeled as a flagship. Little did we all know what would are available 2021. Anyway, it had HDR10+ help and an At all times-On Show mode.

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Apart from the decision, the one clue that this wasnt a real flagship was the older Gorilla Glass 3+ safety (the others had moved on to GG6). Nicely, the dearth of an IP score stood out as properly. The cellphone had an aluminum body like its siblings, although it did save a couple of bucks through the use of a plastic again.

Whereas issues have modified within the intervening years, again in 2019 and 2020 solely a choose few markets bought Snapdragon chipsets Samsung was utilizing Exynos in all places else. The Galaxy S10 Lite launched solely with the Snapdragon 855, nonetheless.

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

It was a 12 months previous at that time, however this was a really succesful chipset that did see some use in 2020, together with on Samsungs first Galaxy Z Flip. It didnt have the endurance that the Snapdragon 865/870 did, nonetheless.

On the S10 Lite the chipset was hooked as much as 6 or 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage (or 512GB in some configurations, no 256GB choice, although). The inner UFS 2.1 storage could possibly be expanded with microSD playing cards that took the place of SIM2. The cellphone launched with Android 10 with One UI 2 and acquired Android 13 with One UI 5 a couple of months in the past.

Since this was a lite mannequin, Samsung seemingly reduce corners by skipping the 12MP 2x telephoto digicam that was featured on the opposite S10 fashions. Nevertheless, the Lite could have had one thing higher a 48MP sensor that supported lossless 2x zoom.

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

We are saying higher because it was bigger, a 1/2.0 sensor with 0.8m pixels (1.6m with binning), in comparison with the 12MP 1/2.55 1.4m sensor that was used on the opposite S10 telephones. It even had OIS, although that didnt work notably properly once we examined it. Additionally, a few of the fancier tech was neglected, no Twin Pixel AF and no twin aperture. The cellphone might report 4K video at solely 30fps, whereas its siblings did 4K at 60fps.

The Lite was additionally outfitted with a 12MP ultrawide digicam (somewhat than 16MP) and likewise featured a 5MP macro digicam to deliver the rely as much as three. Like the primary digicam, the selfie cam had a bigger, greater decision sensor than the primary S10 telephones a 32MP 1/2.8 (0.8m) for the Lite, 10MP 1/3 (1.22m) for the others.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite additionally has a number of firsts to its title. It’s the first Samsung cellphone with 45W quick charging. Positive, the Galaxy S20 Extremely matched it a month later, however the Lite was first. And the Galaxy S10 and S10+ solely did 15W charging, even the bigger S10 5G topped out at 25W (as did the S20 and S20+).

That they had wi-fi charging, although, which the Lite lacked. Nonetheless, with its giant 4,500mAh battery the cellphone scored a powerful 110h endurance score.

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

The opposite first is much less constructive the Lite was the primary ever Galaxy S cellphone to not have a 3.5mm headphone jack. None of them do nowadays, the S20 fashions didnt, neither did any that got here after, however the S10 Lite was first.

The Galaxy S10 Lite was positioned as a type of flagship killer. Nevertheless, the options and pricing have been fastidiously designed in order that it didnt goal Samsungs personal flagships however somewhat it went after different premium telephones from extra inexpensive manufacturers as an alternative.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite launched at 650 in early February of 2020. For comparability, the vanilla S10 was $900/900 a 12 months earlier and even the petite S10e was $750/750. One 12 months is a very long time in tech and the premium S10 telephones had undergone worth cuts by the point the S10 Lite arrived. For instance, a $150 reduce introduced the S10 all the way down to $750 within the US and the S10e to $600, this was a few months earlier than the S10 Lite launched in the identical marketplace for $650.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite launched hand in hand with the Galaxy Note10 LiteThe Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite launched hand in hand with the Galaxy Note10 Lite

In fact, this wasnt the one Lite to launch in early 2020, Samsung additionally introduced out the Galaxy Note10 Lite. However properly save that for an additional time.

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