Samsung - Galaxy S10e with 256GB Memory Cell Phone Prism - Black (Verizon)

I purchased the Galaxy S10+ as an upgrade for a first-gen Pixel XL. I was hesitant to change back to a Samsung, because my experience with Samsung (and Verizon) bloatware is that it bogs down the phone in spite of excellent hardware capabilities. That's not the case with the S10+. It's a solid phone and the new OneUI is snappy and responsive. Pros: It's a beautiful device. The screen is outstanding, giving a beautiful picture with deep blacks, crisp colours, and bright whites. The hole-punch camera is a great upgrade from the notch, and disappears into the screen even when watching video. The UI is very responsive and the bloatware is minimal and easy to disable. Integrated features are easy to use, easy to access, and feel intuitive. I use samsung peripherals -- galaxy watch active, galaxy earbuds, and the samsung smart things hub in my home -- and all of these interact seamlessly with the phone, with each other, and with connected devices. Call quality is great. Sound quality from the phone is excellent. Gestures for accessing menus and sumsung pay are fluid. The edge screen is actually useful and not just the gimmick that it was years ago. Bixby routines are super handy. Like, really really handy. Set triggers based on time, location, opening certain apps, or attaching to certain devices/wifi sources and your phone automates settings like wifi, bluetooth, screen brightness, orientation, volume. It'll run my smart devices with no effort: if I snooze too much, the lights in the bedroom come on, the music goes full blast, and the coffee pot starts brewing automatically. Multiple routines can run at once. You set it up and forget it. It's brilliant and almost makes up for bixby itself being ... well, we'll get to that below. Cons: The fingerprint reader is awful. If I'd known how bad, I might not have picked this phone. If it were just the screen unlock it would be alright, but I use biometrics for banking, my password manager, and multiple types of two-factor authentication. It fails to read 70% of the time and in the case of 2FA apps, can often lock me out from too many attempts. You can work around this by programming the same finger in multiple times, which helps, but with a limit of 4 fingerprints, this exchanges versatility for base functionality. (And with the same thumb programmed in 4 times, I still get "no match" about 20% of the time). I expect this will be fixed with software updates, but right now it's incredibly frustrating. There's only one option for a function screen protector (the whitestone glass dome is the ONLY one that works with the fingerprint scanner.) The volume and power buttons on the phone are inconveniently placed and generally require two hands to operate. Bixby is trash, and while it can be remapped -- it can't be remapped to google assistant or Alexa without a third party app that is NOT on google play. (This means turning on the ability to install third party apps, potentially opening your phone to malware.) The remapping is also only partial -- the dedicated button works on a single or double press. Bixby is always one of those options, but you can choose which one, and map the other option to a different (non-assitant) app. Adding insult to injury, the Bixby button is the only button conveniently located, so while I have to use two hands to adjust the volume, I'm constantly accidentally summoning an assistant that's anything but helpful. While on the subject of Bixby: the dedicated right-swipe Bixby home screen is equally useless, loaded with advertisements, and can't be changed. Google Now is incredible, intuitive, and the best summary news/event/calendar/task page out there. I really really want to right-swipe and see it. Samsung, please.... Bixby is like Fetch... stop trying to make it happen. Bixby is not going to happen. Give me my google integration and I promise I'll be loyal forever. TL;DR: As usual, samsung does what it does best, but it also still does what it does worst. The S10+ is amazing hardware with incredible features, but muddied with an insistence on sub-par Samsung software. Microsoft realized that Windows is better when you can disable internet explorer and use Chrome. Samsung needs to give the same versatility to their launcher and everybody will be happy. Oh, and fix the fingerprint reader. We know you can.

Excellent phone. Decent camera. Love the extra storage because there is room for SD card. Have had this phone for almost three years works good, but battery is starting to fade off. Charge doesn’t hold as long.

I upgraded to the s10e from an s6. Obviously, the phone is drastically faster than I was used to. I don't use my phone for much - a couple games, texting, phone calls, music for runs. This more than does the job for me. There are a LOT of random features and gimmicks on the phone, most of which I turned off because they were unnecessary, but for those that like them, they're there, and those that don't, it's simple to turn them off. Humorously, I had gone into Best Buy intending to buy the regular s10, but when I talked to an employee about it and how I use the phone, she basically called me an idiot (in a nice way!) for spending more on fancy phone when the s10e would do everything I use a phone for for $150 less. She was very convincing, so I got the s10e and couldn't be happier. If you want a better and fancier camera, go with the s10. If you don't care about super fancy pictures (the s10e takes perfectly fine pictures on its own!), than the s10e is definitely the better option.

I've not owned the phone for long & am still learning many of the features (I am a senior citizen), but so far it's great. Besides for phone conversation I bought the product to be used as a Verizon Hotspot at our rural home. It produces acceptable speed and no dropped connections with my PC. The S10e is a big improvement over my older LGG3. I briefly considered the more expensive S10+, but wanted the smaller (pocket sized) phone. I am happy with my choice as it is easily carried in my shirt pocket and fine for what I need. The finger print ID is remarkable. Located on the side and works every time. Also used for some apps. Convenient & time saver. Most operations are intuitive though I have gotten a bit of help from my tech savvy kids. The only negative is the installed screen protector which might stop a scratch but not much more. I bought a glass screen protector (Best Buy was nice enough to install it at the store) and protective case. It charges wirelessly through the case. I would recommend this phone to anyone wanting a powerful phone for a bargain price.

This packs everything you would love in a smartphone for the new 750$ budget normality price. For anyone who is debating this or iPhone XR, unless you are already deep into the apple ecosystem, this phone is WELL WORTH the money then the xr. This has not only an oled screen, but everything the s10 and s10+ have except the larger screens and very very close battery size to them but not exact and between the s10 and s10e you won't see a difference in the battery. If you dont use cameras as much this also would be a perfect phone because it has a great camera for those time you may use but not for a great photographer every day to day basis. 10/10 for this phone and for the competitive price vs others at this price.

I prefer "smaller" phones and the Android operating system so my choices are basically limited to the Pixel 3 and this phone. Overall this is a much nicer phone than the Pixel 3, which I returned because it has an android auto glitch. The 10e's camera, though, is not as good as the puxel 3"s. It is still a very good camera, and unless your coming from an iPhone xs or Pixel 3, it should be an improvement. The display on the 10e is better than both of those phones', no matter what the pixel count says. The software is also very fast and smooth, and a vast improvement over my last dance with a Samsung device a few years ago. The battery life is great. Finally, the fingerprint sensor is very fast, even though I'd prefer if it were on the back. In sum, it is great choice if you are looking for a smallish phone with a top notch display, a day plus battery life, a very good camera, and solid software experience

I researched for a long time before I decided to upgrade to this phone. I had a phone that was 4 years old and pretty much on it's last legs and barely any battery life but I didn't want to pick just any new phone, I wanted a phone that would fit my needs and not break the budget. The S10e takes great pictures, connects to all my bluetooth devices, doesn't lag and most importantly can last all day without putting it on battery save. I take my phone off the charger at 7am and at midnight I think the lowest I have been is 35%, this is with me having hour long conversations, checking emails, texting, going on social media (including snapchat, which would drain my old phone's battery) and watching YouTube videos. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and I got it while bestbuy was having a sale so it was $100 off the original price.

Overall a great phone. I had a S6 that had gotten so old that it wasn't working very well anymore (battery life, storage ability, etc). This is way better, and not horribly overpriced. Say 10 years ago upgrading your phone got you a huge improvement. Now it gets you a bit more storage and a _slightly_ better camera. This is not the days of going from 100k to a 200k pixels which was a huge improvement in camera. This is the days for camera that the software maybe does a little better with low light or something and goes from 10M to 11M pixels. Plus I am old school and still believe a really good camera is not in your phone. (I don't care how many pixels your tiny chip claims, it isn't going to look as good as a much bigger area of pixels from a dedicated larger camera that has at least reasonable number of pixels.) I do have a digital SLR type camera, but I still think my analog SLR does a overall better job. Screen size was very close to my S6 so not a big deal. If you need the biggest screen this is not the phone for you. I like to carry my phone in my pocket so I don't want a huge tablet that is trying to masquerade as a phone. I hate the idea of a phone that lists for over $1,000, it just shouldn't be that bad yet. I can build my gaming rig for less. And the phone can't do as much. This does everything I need a phone to do. If you want to impress others with specs, this isn't the phone for you. If you want a phone that does everything you need, but doesn't need to be a status symbol, this is a great smartphone.