Samsung Galaxy A10s 32 GB Black
11/14/2019 at 11:27
Updated: 11/14/2019 11:27 AM
Alexander Kolomiets Samsung Galaxy A10s 32 GB Black
Samsung has seriously rethought its approach to its mid-range and budget smartphone line-up over the past year. The devices received a clearer naming system and a good price / quality ratio. And now, after about six months, the company began to update the first generation of devices. Today we will take a look at the new most budgetary smartphone of the manufacturer – Galaxy A10s and find out how it differs from its predecessor.
The Galaxy A10s looks almost identical to the original A10. The same “remnant” design, which is well known from Samsung smartphones five or seven years ago. The plastic case is available in three colors: blue, red and black.
The first thing that catches your eye is the presence of a fingerprint scanner on the rear panel, which was lacking in the Galaxy A10. It works, albeit not lightning fast, but it has become much more convenient with it. The second is an additional camera module, which does not greatly affect the quality of the photo. Also note that the speaker grill was moved to the lower end.
The bottom edge also houses a 3.5mm audio jack and a microUSB port. The power button remains on the right side, but the volume keys are now located on the left side under the slot for SIM-cards and microSD cards.
The front panel of the Galaxy A10s is a complete copy of the A10. The display has a waterdrop notch, and the bezels around the screen are far from being of record thickness, especially the bottom one. In general, a familiar design, without any frills, at first glance, you can’t tell exactly which of the models is in front of you. Perhaps the next generation of state employees will be able to please with a more interesting appearance.
There are also almost no changes here. The Galaxy A10s uses a 6.2-inch PLS TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1520 x 720 dots.
As such, there are no complaints about it: the color quality is at an acceptable level, there is enough brightness, HD-resolution is not critical, especially for a state employee.
In the display settings, you can activate a dark theme, select one of the navigation bar options, enable protection against accidental clicks, change fonts, but the color balance, for example, cannot be calibrated. The oleophobic coating doesn’t help much from fingerprints, but they can be removed quite easily.
Galaxy A10s was equipped not with the proprietary Exynos chipset, like the Galaxy A10, but with a solution from MediaTek – the Helio P22 chip. At the same time, the amount of RAM and internal memory remained the same: 2 and 32 GB, respectively. Interestingly, in synthetic tests the results were both better (Antutu) and worse than its predecessor (Geekbench, PCMark, 3DMark). Perhaps the culprit is the raw firmware installed on the test Galaxy A10s.
In any case, there was no significant performance gain. Android 9 Pie and the proprietary One UI shell sometimes work with a creak on such hardware. You may notice interface jams or brooding when launching applications. In principle, you can play PUBG on the minimum graphics settings, but be prepared for periodic freezes.
The smartphone is also equipped with Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS modules. Unfortunately, the NFC module did not appear.
Samsung Galaxy A10s 32 GB Black
Samsung Galaxy A10s 32 GB Black
11/14/2019 at 11:27
Updated: 11/14/2019 11:27 AM
Alexander Kolomiets Samsung Galaxy A10s 32 GB Black
Samsung has seriously rethought its approach to its mid-range and budget smartphone line-up over the past year. The devices received a clearer naming system and a good price / quality ratio. And now, after about six months, the company began to update the first generation of devices. Today we will take a look at the new most budgetary smartphone of the manufacturer – Galaxy A10s and find out how it differs from its predecessor.
The Galaxy A10s looks almost identical to the original A10. The same “remnant” design, which is well known from Samsung smartphones five or seven years ago. The plastic case is available in three colors: blue, red and black.
The first thing that catches your eye is the presence of a fingerprint scanner on the rear panel, which was lacking in the Galaxy A10. It works, albeit not lightning fast, but it has become much more convenient with it. The second is an additional camera module, which does not greatly affect the quality of the photo. Also note that the speaker grill was moved to the lower end.
The bottom edge also houses a 3.5mm audio jack and a microUSB port. The power button remains on the right side, but the volume keys are now located on the left side under the slot for SIM-cards and microSD cards.
The front panel of the Galaxy A10s is a complete copy of the A10. The display has a waterdrop notch, and the bezels around the screen are far from being of record thickness, especially the bottom one. In general, a familiar design, without any frills, at first glance, you can’t tell exactly which of the models is in front of you. Perhaps the next generation of state employees will be able to please with a more interesting appearance.
There are also almost no changes here. The Galaxy A10s uses a 6.2-inch PLS TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1520 x 720 dots.
As such, there are no complaints about it: the color quality is at an acceptable level, there is enough brightness, HD-resolution is not critical, especially for a state employee.
In the display settings, you can activate a dark theme, select one of the navigation bar options, enable protection against accidental clicks, change fonts, but the color balance, for example, cannot be calibrated. The oleophobic coating doesn’t help much from fingerprints, but they can be removed quite easily.
Galaxy A10s was equipped not with the proprietary Exynos chipset, like the Galaxy A10, but with a solution from MediaTek – the Helio P22 chip. At the same time, the amount of RAM and internal memory remained the same: 2 and 32 GB, respectively. Interestingly, in synthetic tests the results were both better (Antutu) and worse than its predecessor (Geekbench, PCMark, 3DMark). Perhaps the culprit is the raw firmware installed on the test Galaxy A10s.
In any case, there was no significant performance gain. Android 9 Pie and the proprietary One UI shell sometimes work with a creak on such hardware. You may notice interface jams or brooding when launching applications. In principle, you can play PUBG on the minimum graphics settings, but be prepared for periodic freezes.
The smartphone is also equipped with Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS modules. Unfortunately, the NFC module did not appear.