12,259 viewsNov 11, 2018, 08:50pm

Galaxy S10 Leak 'Confirms' Samsung's Nasty Surprise

Gordon KellySenior Contributor

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Excited about Samsung’s 10th-anniversary Galaxy S10? You should be. Leaks have revealed it has triple rear cameras, an ’ultrasonic’ in-display reader, gradient color schemes and a 5G option. That said, there’s a very good chance many will not like the new design... 

‘Great Secret Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines.

Samsung Galaxy S10 conceptBEN GESKIN

Following Samsung’s admission that it will embrace display notches in new Galaxy smartphones, the assumption was this would not be the case for the Galaxy S10. Included with the notch designs Samsung revealed last week was the ‘New Infinity’, a notch-less, bezel-less display widely assumed to be for this special 10th-anniversary phone.

But no.

In a pair of tweets (1,2), Ice Universe - arguably the most influential Samsung leaker today - revealed the New Infinity will not be ready in time for the Galaxy S10 stating:

“The hidden camera technology under the screen is immature, and there is not enough light to reach the camera through the screen. The photos taken by the current camera are very blurred. This technology will not be realized until 2020.”

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Instead, Ice says he understands the Galaxy S10 will use the ‘Infinity O’, a display with a single circular cutout for the camera which is in a very strange place.

Samsung's Infinity-O display (render from Samsung slides) is expected to be used in the Galaxy S10BEN GESKIN

Debatably, this should look better than a chunky notch (especially if it is centred) but it also confirms a further Galaxy S10 limitation: there is no place for a facial recognition sensor. And a leak last week did state Samsung will abandon new Face ID rivalling technology it had been developing for years.

Samsung is also tipped to remove the headphone jack next year.

Consequently, the Galaxy S10 may well be a more polarising device than the all-conquering phone many predicted. It also gives users ultimatums by trading out favourites like the headphone jack, notch-less design and facial recognition for an in-display reader, triple cameras and fancy new colours.

And those are not compromises many loyal Samsung fans expected to make...

Source
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/11/11/samsung-galaxy-s10-leak-design-display-notch-camera-release-date-price-cost-5g/#2837bc93a9b2