Samsung Galaxy M10

Overall

Samsung Galaxy M10 is one of the most affordable smartphones available in this price range. The phone offers some excellent features at a budget price. The phone has a modern design and offers a decent battery life that can easily last a day. The camera offers ultra-wide-angle photography. The phone competes with the likes of Real C1 and Xiaomi Redmi 6 in this price range.

Samsung has launched the Galaxy M20 smartphone in India which features a 6.3-inch display with 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and Exynos 7904 octa-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy M20 price in India starts at Rs 9,999. It is available in Charcoal Black and Ocean Blue colours.

Design

The Samsung Galaxy M10 is an incredibly fresh and different phone and comes with a sleek design. The phone comes with a waterdrop-style notch at the top for the front camera. The device has a similar design to the OnePlus 6T and Oppo F9 Pro. It has a thin black border which can be seen all around the screen.  The back and sides of the Samsung Galaxy M10 are plastic with curved edges and corners which makes it easy to hold and use. On the top-left corner of the back of the phone, it has a dual-camera setup and flash with a Samsung logo and some regulatory text. It has a 6.22-inch HD+ resolution ‘Infinity-V' TFT display with 720x1520 pixels resolution and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The Samsung Experience UI looks decent for normal viewing and browsing.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy M10 comes with a dual-camera setup at the rear with a 13MP main sensor with an f/1.9 aperture and a 5MP secondary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture. The phone allows for ultra-wide-angle photography. It has a 5MP f/2.0 front camera which is capable of recording full-HD video.

Performance

The Samsung Galaxy M10 is powered by the Exynos 7870 1.6GHz octa-core SoC which was first seen on the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016). The device comes in 2GB or 3GB of RAM and either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage.

The Samsung Galaxy M10 runs on Android 8.1 Oreo OS, with the Samsung Experience 9.5 UI on top. The device comes preinstalled with a handful of Samsung's system apps, some Microsoft apps, and Daily Hunt. The phone has a lock screen Stories feature and the dual-messenger feature. It comes with a face recognition feature which just takes a few seconds to unlock the phone.

Storage and Battery

The phone has a 3,400mAh battery and a 5W charger in the box. It takes a little over three hours to fully charge the device. The phone’s battery can easily last for a day. It has a 3.5mm headphone socket lets you connect wired headphones to the phone. It is available in 16GB/32GB storage variants with expandable phone memory.