Samsung’s Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ are easily the company’s most exciting new flagship smartphones in years. Samsung’s devastating decline in sales last year was due in large part to the release of three of the most boring new smartphones the South Korean giant has ever made. The Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, and Galaxy Note 9 all looked almost identical to their predecessors, and they offered no novel new features whatsoever. There was absolutely no reason to buy one to upgrade from an earlier Samsung phone, and so most people chose to skip them. The company’s earnings plummeted as a result, so it was clear that Samsung would really have to up its game in 2019 if it hoped to reverse course.
Thankfully, the company came through big time right out of the gate in 2019. The Galaxy S10 series features a bold new design that people love. It ditches the big bezels from Samsung’s earlier smartphones and replaces them with an all-screen design that places the front-facing cameras inside the display itself. This new “hole-punch” design instantly won over fans, and sales have reportedly been terrific so far, which could be due in part to the fact that Samsung’s biggest rival Apple pulled a “Galaxy S9” of its own this year. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max offer no compelling new features whatsoever compared to the iPhone X from 2017, so Apple fans haven’t exactly been knocking down doors to upgrade. While it’s not exactly an Earth-shattering addition, smartphone shoppers who opted for a Galaxy phone over Apple’s latest iPhones now have another reason to be happy thanks to a very clever hidden feature the company just introduced.
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