Unfortunately, the Galaxy S10 Plus' camera struggled in this portrait of my colleagues Sherri and Mike.
The S10 Plus did a good job blurring out the background (something the S10 can’t do with its single lens) but the overall image looked a bit too smooth and over-processed compared to the Pixel 3's image. The front cameras give you the option of snapping a normal or wide-angle selfie, and you can apply all of the same fun Live Focus effects when taking portraits. In side-by-side shots taken with the iPhone XS, Apple's camera delivered a brighter image of flowers and a bit more detail when I zoomed in, but I preferred the contrast in the S10’s shot. Before, the camera app would decide when Bight Night mode would kick in.
The good news is that Samsung is making its Bright Night mode its own dedicated mode with easy access right at the bottom of the camera app. You can simply make out more of the objects on the shelf with the Pixel 3's Night Sight mode engaged. They're just not as amazing as what the Pixel 3 can do, as evidenced by this shot taken in our video studio with almost no light. If you're wondering whether the Galaxy S10 Plus can take good photos in the dark, it actually can. There’s more of a yellow cast on the S10 Plus’s shot. In this shot of a cupcake, the Pixel 3 wins for a more realistic-looking chocolate, even though the Galaxy S10 Plus’s image is brighter and warmer. The S10 Plus’s image is brighter and sharper, even if parts of the shot are a bit blown out compared to the Pixel 3’s photo of the same scene. To see how well the Galaxy S10 Plus’s camera performs, we faced it off against the Pixel 3, and Google’s phone came out on top. The ultra-wide angle lens on the S10 Plus can produce dramatic-looking photos, giving you a more captivating view of almost any scene. This is not instant, though, as it took a few seconds for the dog icon to show up in the camera live view as I shot a picture of my golden retriever. Using a dedicated neural processing unit and AI, the Galaxy S10’s camera can recognize 30 different subjects, up from 20 on the Galaxy Note 9. We suggest that you toggle the fast scanning option off or simply use the fingerprint reader. The Galaxy S10 offers facial recognition, but the default fast scanning mode makes it all too easy for someone to unlock with a photo or video of you, which we have confirmed in testing. The ultrasonic fingerprint reader even worked after I smushed some potato chip crumbs between my fingers. I also tried unlocking the Galaxy S10 with a wet finger I ran my hand under the sink and then placed my thumb on the display and I unlocked the phone. Sometimes, I get an alert that says "keep your finger on the sensor a little longer." So it's important to just press and hold briefly when unlocking the S10. Since then, I have logged in successfully almost every time.
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But I enjoyed much more consistent results once I remapped my finger and made sure to position my thumb from multiple angles during the registration process. I did encounter a few false negative “No Match” messages during my initial testing.
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However, Samsung issued an update that addressed the issue. Several months after launch, it surfaced that the Galaxy S10's ultrasonic fingerprint sensor could be unlocked by anyone when the phone had a silicone screen protector on the device. It’s also plenty fast, as I never waited more than a second to log in. Unlike the 2D optical fingerprint sensors found on other phones like the OnePlus 6T, the ultrasonic reader on the S10 Plus creates a 3D map of your finger, which is supposedly more secure.