Samsung officially debuts Galaxy S10 smartphone after weeks of rumors, leaks

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  The starting prices for the S10e ($749), S10 ($899), and S10+ ($999). [credit: Samuel Axon ]

Today is Samsung's big launch event, and the company has made the thoroughly leaked Galaxy S10 official. The company announced the S10 and S10 Plus smartphones onstage today at Samsung Unpacked 2019 after it unveiled the impressive and incredibly expensive Galaxy Fold foldable handset.

The Galaxy S line never joined the notch trend of 2018, and this year, Samsung is going with a new scheme to maximize display space while still having a front camera: the hole-punch display. Samsung is pushing the display boundaries all the way out to the edges of the phone. A camera is located under the display panel, so you get a display with a round camera hole in it (cut out by a laser) and pixels all around the camera lens.

The slimmer bezels means screen sizes are getting even bigger. The S10 has a 6.1-inch 3040i-1440 AMOLED display-up from 5.8-inches in the S9-while the S10 Plus is getting a 6.4-inch 3040i-1440 AMOLED panel-up from 6.2-inches on the S9 Plus and now the same size as the Galaxy Note 9. Both phones are a few millimeters wider than last year, so they will feel a bit bigger when you're holding them.

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