Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus review: should you spend for the stylus

That's the essential question for the Note 10 Plus. It wasn't always this way: the Note line has meant a few different things over its eight-year history. It was the first phone that convinced us that big screens were great, the phone that proved there was a market for a super powerful Android...

Handwriting recognition OCR; Huge; beautiful screen; Well-made; with powerful specs

Samsung software backslides into confusion; Expensive; No headphone jack

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus

Samsung makes excellent phones that check nearly every box of what you'd want in a device: a clear, brilliant screen. Great cameras . Strong battery life. But it's been years since all the individual parts have come together in a way that makes me sit back and say, "Wow.

The Galaxy Note 10 Plus delivers the premium goods; from a killer 6.8-inch screen and all-day battery life to excellent camera tools

The Note 10 Plus is expensive; There's no headphone jack, which will disappoint long-time Samsung fans; The depth-sensing camera is extremely limited

Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G 256GB Aura Glow PH-SAM-NOTE10P-5G-SI review

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ should be a tougher sell than it actually is. A $1,100 Android phone, scaled so vast that many will struggle to comfortably hold it, the defining feature of which is a pop-out stylus… and yet here we are, in 2019, with a flagship that boasts such user goodwill that even a...

Huge screen is a thing of beauty; S Pen is as useful and accurate as ever; Quad camera array can take some great photos; Runs fast and smooth

Expensive; Some of 2019's headline features feel like gimmicks; Low-light camera performance lags rivals; DeX is awkward to use

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus

The Galaxy Note 10 Plus is Samsung's biggest and most powerful phone yet, and its Aura colors almost symbolically reflect smartphone luxury top to bottom. The hand-stretching 6.8-inch display is perfectly paired with the S Pen and an extra-big battery.

The best screen on a smartphone; The best selfie camera around; Fun-to-use rear cameras

Supremely expensive; Big and slippery design; Camera isn't 'the best