Samsung Introduced S10 Lite, Flagship With A Twist

When the whole world was looking forward to CES 2020 Samsung had planned something else for there consumers and out of nowhere introduced new devices in their flagship series known as ‘S10 lite‘ in their ‘Galaxy S-series’ and ‘Note 10 Lite’ in their ‘Note series’. There offers a lower flagship experience at a cost less than its parent devices. To know more about this ‘Flagship With A Twist’, buckle up and keep reading till the end.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite comes out to be a downgraded version of the Samsung Galaxy S10 series. It offers specifications that somewhat relates to some flagship devices of previous year. A spokesperson from the brand said that the reason behind the move of introducing a lighter version of their flagship series is to bring the galaxy to more peoples. But from a consumer perspective, I don’t find this device relevant anywhere as we already got a lighter version Galaxy S-Series i.e. Galaxy S10e then is no point introducing a lighter version of a previous year flagship series in a new decade. I don’t get the point that why a user will go for a lighter flagship whose lighter version is already available in the market.

Let’s start with the Specification of Galaxy S10 Lite

Design

S10 Lite brings a lot of design changes as compared to its master devices. It spots a glass back design with some ravishing pattern design that makes the device a stunner in the first look. It comes with an unusual camera bump that looks quite unorthodox while keeping in mind Samsung’s design ideology. The camera setups at rear packs a set of triple camera and LED flashlight in a rectangular camera hosing that is placed in the upper left corner of the device. This design varies completely from its master generation as all the devices from the previous year’s flagship series i.e. Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ all of these devices were built with a horizontal camera setup in the middle of the devices. This could be taken as an indication that Samsung is ready to drop its old orthodox design methodology and bring some changes in their upcoming devices.

Performance

When we talk about a flagship, we consider their performance to be blazing fast and butter-smooth equipped with latest processor and top of the line hardware but this is not the case with S10 Lite as it comes equipped with a flagship processor from the first half of the previous year i.e. ‘Snapdragon 855 SoC’ in my opinion if a brand is introducing any iteration in their flagship device whether it is a lighter or a heavier version there main motive should rely on the performance. As from a consumer’s point of view, if one is buying a lighter version of a flagship, he expects that he will be getting performance similar to the master version. Samsung should have provided Snapdragon 855+ processor in order to satisfy the needs of its consumer but Snapdragon 855 is not a low-grade chipset it can provide you decent experience as well.

Display

When it comes to displays Samsung is the undisputed master as the quality of their screen are amazing no matter you are using their flagship device or their mid-range device the experience is super smooth and fluidic all thanks to Samsung’s advance screen technology. S10 lite comes with an 6.7 inches Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with a punch hole in the center of the screen that is quite smaller as compared to its master device. Devices launched in ‘Galaxy S- Series’ previous year were equipped with a punch hole in the top right corner of the screen that seems more pleasing and relevant to me as compared to a hole in middle of the screen.

Camera

There can be seen a huge improvement when it comes to the camera department. S10 lite is the first device in the flagship series of Samsung that has crossed the mark of the 12MP camera sensor. S10 lite packs an 48MP primary camera sensor with an aperture of F2.0 and comes with the functionality of ‘Super Steady OIS’ that will help you record videos with worrying about any lateral movement. The second camera in the triple rear camera setup is an 12MP Ultra-Wide camera that can capture objects within an astounding field of view range of 123^o with an aperture of F2.2 that comes handy when you have to take some wide-angle shots to capture a large area under a small frame. Last but not least comes to a 5MP macro lens that comes with an aperture of F2.4 and help you take some stunning shots of macro objects.

Verdict

Samsung S10 Lite turns out to be an addition in the Samsung’s flagship series of previous year but with a twist. We can see some unorthodox change in this device that may be taken as a hit that Samsung is now ready to change its ideology related to design and going to showcase some new design. As it turns out that S10 Lite is a camera centric addition in the flagship Galaxy Series and introduces with first ever 48MP in any of the Samsung’s flagship devices. In my opinion Samsung has particularly focused on the single aspect instead of focusing on the overall device. If we could ignore the aspect of performance than Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite is a great device to have specially if you are looking for a device that can give an astounding pictures and videos. It is expected to launch in India very soon but no date has been specified for the launch however we could expect it to come around a price tag of Rs. 30,000 (approx $400) to compete with several OnePlus devices.