Samsung Galaxy S10E review: smaller, cheaper, better

The Samsung Galaxy S10E is the smaller variant of the S10 and S10 Plus released this month. It’s 5.8” screen spans edge-to-edge with a hole-punch camera that we’ve seen across this year’s Galaxy S10 lineup. Samsung claims the “e” stands for “essentials,” but there's a lot more to this phone than just that. In an era of giant phones getting larger, the S10E shows that smaller doesn’t have to mean worse.

[TheJBSleek]

Crazy how these companies have conditioned us that $750 phone is some cheap midrange phone now that we praise for being “cheap”

[Ronit_Ray]

This is one of The Verge's best phone reviews so far.

[Jack]

Had the s10e for almost a week now, loving it so far. I hope android phone manufacturers will now get that there's a demand for compact all screen phones. Enough with the surfboards already.

[m.waleedanjum]

"Smaller doesn't mean worse"
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[VardhanShrivastava]

Make her do more reviews, not because she praised a non apple device but because her statements felt NATURAL AND GENUINE! Unlike some other reviewers at the verge who just can't hold on to their apples and have to shove it in our faces.

[fnersch]

My phone cost $800. In the year 1900 my great grandfather built a small hotel for $1100. How times have changed.

[Michael_Billig]

The S10e is the most budget friendly phone of the S10 lineup, but it is NOT a budget phone.

[jacquesnel]

They can REALLY make phones slightly thicker to increase battery capacity and keep this size. I'm sure most will agree that a millimeter or 2 of thickness for a few hours extra battery life will be an amazing deal.

[lordkakko]

Thank god the other guy didn’t review this amazing phone

[anthonyt]

So glad I found the true successor to my Galaxy S7. This may be one of the truly last "small" flagship phones that will have a headphone jack so this will be a keeper for a very long time.

[jing]

Phones should be getting cheaper and not more expensive. Just like TVs used to be very expensive and have since gotten cheaper and better over time.

[chapaygahramanov]

Thankfully not that reviewer again ! Watching it from s10e. Its amazing !

[LashanR]

Everyone keeps talking about how the Pixel has the best camera and while that might be true for photos, the Galaxy phones have way better performance for video, super crisp and the audio on them is incredible even during loud concerts. Needs to be mentioned more

[albynguyen]

I don’t think there’s a s10 standard vid review on YouTube is there? I only see the max and the e

[rashadus]

I don't even think she mentioned the iPhone once. I don't remember that last time I could say that about a smartphone review from the Verge. Thanks Natt!

[melissavasquez]

So true about size. I want to hold the phone with one hand and love that it fits in my pocket. Most phones out there are too big, halfway to iPad.

[moabevasconcelos]

"smaller doesn't mean worse" you are my hero! thanks

[CEKROM]

Samsung prices drop after a few months, so this phone coud be even a better deal =D

[kushagratripathi]

So in this era finally I got someone who loves compact phones, I would prefer 5.8 inch displayover 6.5 inch display.

[DecAllTimeAlways]

This isn't a main competitor to the iPhone XR but the XS. It's better and cheaper than both of them! Smaller, cheaper, prettier. No notch. Still offers a headphone jack.