The top of the line Galaxy S10 and S10+ offer a significant upgrade over their predecessors, with in-display fingerprint sensors, rear-mounted triple camera setups and reverse wireless charging support. The Galaxy S10e, on the other hand, marks the first time Samsung has added an “affordable” model to its flagship Samsung Galaxy S lineup, as it follows in the footsteps of Apple’s iPhone XR.
Samsung also unveiled the Galaxy S10 5G during its 20 February Unpacked event, but this won’t be available until later in the year.
We’ve rounded up everything we know about Samsung’s 10th-anniversary smartphone lineup below.
Release date
The Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e will all be made available for pre-order on 20 February, with shipping scheduled to begin on 8 March.
The Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e will all be made available for pre-order on 20 February, with shipping scheduled to begin on 8 March.
Samsung’s souped-up Galaxy S10+ “ultimate power edition”, which packs 12GB RAM and 1TB storage, will begin shipping later in the month.
Price
Over at the Samsung website, the Galaxy S10 is available 128GB or 512GB storage for £799 and £999, while the S10+ is priced at £899, £1,099 and £1,399 for its 128GB, 512GB and 1TB variants. The “affordable” Galaxy S10e, which offers 128GB storage, is available from £699 SIM-free.
EE has yet to kick off pre-orders but has confirmed that the Galaxy S10 and S10+ will be available from, er, £63 and £68 per month, respectively. The “budget” S10e will set you back £58 per month on an EE Max Plan.
Sky Mobile has been quick to start taking pre-orders for all three of Samsung’s new phones; the Galaxy S10 can be picked up from £33 per month, the S10+ from £36 a month and the S10e from £27.
Tesco Mobile, which will start taking pre-orders on 5 March, has announced that it’ll offer the Galaxy S10e, S10 and S10e from £32.75, £39.99 and £42.49 per month, respectively; all of these are 36-month contracts that come with 5GB monthly data.