Samsung Galaxy Note 10: all of the announcements from the Unpacked event – The Verge

Samsung isn’t going it alone in the fight against Apple and Google

2019-08-08T12:31:01-04:00

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appeared during Samsung’s event to announce the partnership. | Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images

At Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event yesterday, the company announced no fewer than four partnerships. There was a deal with Discord to build its gaming-focused chat app into Samsung's game launcher; one with Under Armour to release a special edition of the Galaxy Watch Active 2; Microsoft is bundling its Android apps on the Note 10; and Samsung even invited a representative from the United Nations up onstage to promote a new development goals app that will be preinstalled on Samsung's phones.

These partnerships set Samsung up to take on longtime rival Apple this holiday season, and even Google as the search giant looks to muscle in on high-e …

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Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 10 won’t work with its Gear VR headset

2019-08-07T19:36:51-04:00

Samsung's just-announced Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus are "not compatible" with Gear VR, the company's virtual reality headset that works only with a phone slotted in front of the lenses, Samsung confirms to The Verge following an earlier report by tech analyst Anshel Sag. The decision to shut off support for its headset on its newest flagship phones casts doubt on the future of both the Gear VR and other headsets that use phones as their screen and processor, as standalone devices with built-in displays like the Oculus Quest are on the rise.

"We remain committed to innovating in VR and AR to deliver incredible new experiences to our con …

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The bigger, the better: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs. the iPhone XS Max, OnePlus 7 Pro, and more

2019-08-07T18:30:00-04:00

The term "phablet" was originally coined to describe a phone that's about as large as a typical tablet. The word has (thankfully) mostly gone out of popular use, but considering the number of super-sized phones that have been hitting the market, there's a chance it could be resurrected. The latest to be introduced is Samsung's impressively sized and equipped Galaxy Note 10 Plus.

The Note 10 Plus, with its 6.8-inch display, may boast the largest screen currently available in the US market. (It is outmatched by at least one non-US phone, the Huawei Honor Note 10, with a 6.95-inch display.) However, the size of the display doesn't necessarily …

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Hands on with the Galaxy Book S, Samsung’s laptop and smartphone hybrid

2019-08-07T18:22:34-04:00

Samsung just announced the Galaxy Book S, a device that looks to promise the best of both worlds by marrying the the battery life and LTE data of a smartphone with the power and feature set of a full Windows 10 laptop.

We were able to try out the Galaxy Book S for a few minutes after the reveal, but unfortunately, the two biggest features here - the new Qualcomm 8cx processor, and the 23-hour battery life Samsung is promising that will provide - are hard to gauge in a brief hands-on.

Here's what I can say, though: the Galaxy Book S wasn't noticeably laggy or slow when I was using it, and it apps like Edge and Paint 3D ran as expected. But …

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A 5G version of the smaller Samsung Galaxy Note 10 exists, but isn’t coming to the US

2019-08-07T18:21:26-04:00

See the photo above? Given the US pricing, it would be natural to assume that Samsung is releasing a 5G version of the smaller 6.3-inch Galaxy Note 10 to the US - however, you'd be wrong. Samsung isn't bringing this version of the phone to the US or other regions, for that matter. The 5G version of the Note 10, which was briefly mentioned on a slide during today's Unpacked 2019 event, is launching exclusively in South Korea.

As for why other countries are only getting the Note 10 Plus 5G, there are a few possible reasons. It's not unusual for Samsung to treat its home country to exclusive variations of its devices, and given that many of So …

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 vs. Galaxy S10 vs. iPhone XS: comparing three small-ish flagship phones

2019-08-07T18:14:09-04:00

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is, by no means, a small phone. Its 6.3-inch AMOLED screen is just a few millimeters smaller than the iPhone XS Max's display. But, as Dieter Bohn noted in his hands-on impressions post, the Note 10 is something different for Samsung.

While the Note 10 Plus feels more like the true Note 9 successor, the Note 10 has a similar feel in the hand to smaller phones like the Samsung Galaxy S10 and the iPhone XS. So it's worth comparing to other smaller flagship phones that you might also be considering.

There's a lot that sets the Note 10 apart from those other devices. For example, the Note 10 has the S Pen stylus, whi …

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Here’s where you can preorder the Samsung Galaxy Note 10

2019-08-07T18:06:06-04:00

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note 10 lineup, which, unlike past years, consists of two different phones: the Galaxy Note 10 and the Note 10 Plus, and they're the first Samsung flagship phones without a headphone jack. Actually, there's a third: the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G. It's exclusive to Verizon for now, though it will be coming to other carriers later.

They're all available for preorder through Samsung and US carriers. No matter where you purchase the phone, doing so before August 23rd (the release date) will get you a $100 Samsung gift card ($150 if you buy the Note 10 Plus or Note 10 Plus 5G).

To get the gift card, you'll …

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Samsung is making an Under Armour edition of the Galaxy Watch Active 2

2019-08-07T17:10:29-04:00

Galaxy Watch Active 2 Under Armour edition | Chris Welch / The Verge

During Samsung's Note 10 keynote, it revealed a third version of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 it recently released: a special edition of the watch made in partnership with Under Armour. It will come in a version that supports a Bluetooth connection to your phone - but not LTE - and is $30 more than the regular edition at $309. Samsung says that it will come with preloaded software that integrates with Under Armour's fitness ecosystem.

It will have Under Armour's MapMyRun app built in, which, like other fitness apps, lets you track your runs on a map. Samsung is also tossing in six months of membership to UA's MVP version of MapMyRun, normally …

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Samsung is baking Discord into its phones to let you chat with friends while mobile gaming

2019-08-07T17:10:01-04:00

Onstage at Samsung's Unpacked event today as part of its Samsung Note 10 flagship smartphone announcement, the company revealed that popular gaming chat app Discord will be integrated into Samsung's Game Launcher, allowing users to chat with their established Discord communities while gaming on the go.

The move comes amid an arms race among smartphone makers to make the best smartphone for gamers, with recent competitors to Samsung's phones being the Black Shark 2 and the Asus ROG Phone II. Mobile gaming continues to be an extremely lucrative market and since the Fortnite phenomenon, hardcore games have become an ever more serious business …

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Microsoft and Samsung partner to bridge Android and Windows closer together

2019-08-07T17:00:50-04:00

Microsoft and Samsung are forming a closer partnership for Android mobile apps that will help bridge the gap to Windows PCs. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appeared onstage at Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 launch today, noting that this partnership is "a new chapter of our long term commitment to improve productivity and eliminate the gap between mobile devices and the PC."

Samsung is bundling Microsoft's Your Phone app on its Galaxy Note 10, which mirrors Android text messages, notifications, and even your entire screen to a Windows 10 PC. Samsung is also building OneDrive sync support directly into its Gallery Android app, which will see photos s …

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