Galaxy Note 10+ camera review: The best from Samsung so far

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is available in India at a starting price of ₹79,999. We take a look at the camera performance of the latest Samsung phone.

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Galaxy Note 10+ is the most premium smartphone offered by Samsung right now. Launched almost six months after Galaxy S-series, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ comes with various improvements, especially in the camera department.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ camera interface
Samsung hasn't changed the interface much on the latest smartphone. The bottom panel features different shooting modes, Live Focus, Photo (as default), video, live focus video, super slow-mo, slow motion, Pro, panorama, food, and an Instagram mode. There's also a dedicated Night mode in the camera app.

There are also dedicated camera modes for wide-angle and optical zoom photos. Under the settings, you can customise various aspects of the camera. For instance, you can enable/disable the scene optimizer which automatically optimises your shots for the scene.

In this landscape photo, notice the crisp sharpness of the buildings. The image has a great balance of blue sky, green grassland, and sunlight reflecting on these buildings.

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In this casual shot, Galaxy Note 10+ very well differentiates the areas under the shadow and sun.

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Galaxy Note 10 Plus' lowlight performance is equally impressive. The dedicated night mode enhances the quality but is not without issues. The night mode takes a bit of time to process the image while suggesting you to keep the phone stable, probably a tripod. The quality is better than the normal mode but still could have been better. That said, overall lowlight photos are very impressive. There are minimum noise and a great deal of focus despite multiple light sources in the background.

One of our best shots from Galaxy Note 10+ shows how well the camera can be customised to focus on the subject without losing the details. In this photo, the Samsung phone very well captured the purple-like colours of the sky.

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Here's another one. The photo doesn't lose focus despite multiple light noise in the foreground.

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Verdict

Galaxy Note 10+ is the best camera phone from Samsung so far. The camera performance comes very close to Huawei's P30 Pro which is one of the best camera phones in the market. Stay tuned for our detailed review of the Galaxy Note 10+.