“Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 Plus is half smartphone, half work of art.”

Gorgeous Aura Glow color; fantastic screen; Versatile and strong camera suite; Super-fast charging speed; Helpful Windows integrations; Speedy performance; UFS 3.0 support

Battery life could be better; Many unnecessary; gimmicky features

If you're looking for a smartphone with lots of power, sophisticated software, a great display and a good camera, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus is for you. However, you have to keep in mind that the Galaxy smartphone is quite expensive on the one hand and quite big on the other - the former has to be...

Great design; Outstanding display; Impeccable performance; Very good camera; New functions for the S-Pen; 5G option

Large and unwieldy; Keys on the left-hand side; Weak night photos; Expensive

The best big phone gets better

Massive; stunning display; Still the best stylus-equipped phone; Powerful and pretty

Expensive; Curved display can result in accidental presses; Not a huge upgrade over the Note 9

The Galaxy Note 10+ is the best big phone of the year (again), but Samsung plays it safe by not challenging the status quo.

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

If you're the person who's entire life revolves around their phone and like the idea of investing in making that experience the best it can be, you'll get a lot out of what the Note 10+ offers.

S-Pen; Dynamic AMOLED display; High-end performance

Camera can't compete with Pixel; Battery life still way less than it should be

The Galaxy Note 10 Plus is a phone for everyone. Samsung is moving away from giving everything to the power users, and towards giving everyone the power.

Huge; vibrant display Lightning-fast performance Very loud speakers Luxurious design Versatile camera setup

More glass gives a higher chance of breaking No headphone jack is a shame for a Note

The Note 10 Plus is expensive, but you get a gorgeous screen, endless battery life and complete stylus control.

Nevertheless, the Note 10+ is a well-equipped smartphone that includes everything but the headphone jack, another strange exclusion. Samsung's intransigence about supporting certain Bluetooth codecs still irritates us too.

high screen-to-body ratio; impressively bright OLED panel; HDR10; useful S-Pen; strong cameras; good fingerprint sensor; expandable storage; fast SoC; UFS 3.0 flash storage; optional 5G model; great gaming performance

underwhelming Wi-Fi performance; middling battery life; no headphone jack; no heart rate sensor; no aptX HD

We're getting the smaller Note 10 in for review soon, and will decide which of Samsung's Notes is our Editors' Choice. But if you're looking to buy something right now, we recommend saving some money on any of the aforementioned smaller models.

Useful S Pen stylus; Top-notch performance; Long battery life

Expensive; Huge; No headphone jack; Confusing 5G situation