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Some first initial thoughts....
One UI has improved and is better than ever. But either you're fan or not fan....
Battery life seems to be great...but need more time to really judge.
It came unboxed charged to 67%. Since then for 3.5 hours I have been restoring from SD Card back up......hammering the settings and menus....taking a TON of pictures and just in general playing around with the thing and it is at 44%! Impressive!
Pros
This things is FAST....performance beast
Love love love the camera.....
Love the white color
The haptic motor has improved over the S10 and on par with my Xs Max

Cons
Not a fan of curved displays. But the curve is less pronounced than the S10 Plus imho....
Had a couple false touches.
One UI is better but needs to evolve a little more.
Not a Bixby fan.....


Oh...quick edit

Kinda an effort to get used to the wake display button on the left side lol

Glad to hear you are impressed with the camera. That’s my biggest concern having used the Pixel!
 
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The black color is stunning this time around.

Hahahaha the Cancel button disappeared from my husband’s order. They don’t seem to be putting a hold on his order despite both of our transactions involving a trade in.

Anyway he can’t back out now! His is processing but there’s no shipping notice yet.
 
The black color is stunning this time around.

Hahahaha the Cancel button disappeared from my husband’s order. They don’t seem to be putting a hold on his order despite both of our transactions involving a trade in.

Anyway he can’t back out now! His is processing but there’s no shipping notice yet.

What was your husband’s original ship date?
 
Love love love the camera.

Camera is lot better than what i expected. The pics look beautiful on 6.8 display.

Also did you notice how light this phone feels?
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Even better than the ceramic black S10+?

To be honest i didn't like the ceramic s10 black, yes Note 10 aura black is sexy as and looks dark navy. Samsung really killed it this time.
 
Camera is lot better than what i expected. The pics look beautiful on 6.8 display.

Also did you notice how light this phone feels?
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To be honest i didn't like the ceramic s10 black, yes Note 10 aura black is sexy as and looks dark navy. Samsung really killed it this time.

Ugh I really liked the black in person too but ordered the Aura Glow. I just don’t think it would be smart to give up my preorder gift but kind of wish I could swap colors.
 
Soooooo question. How does one have the ringer go through to the usb-c headset when it is plugged in? I was listening to music earlier and the phone speakers start going nuts in a store. :(

Edit: Figured it out. Samsung Sound assistant, which is available in the good lock app on the S10, is not available for the Note 10. However, the app IS on the Play store. You can fix the alerts through headphones in the app under advanced.

You all might want to check that out. :rolleyes:
 
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Some first initial thoughts....
One UI has improved and is better than ever. But either you're fan or not fan....
Battery life seems to be great...but need more time to really judge.
It came unboxed charged to 67%. Since then for 3.5 hours I have been restoring from SD Card back up......hammering the settings and menus....taking a TON of pictures and just in general playing around with the thing and it is at 44%! Impressive!
Pros
This things is FAST....performance beast
Love love love the camera.....
Love the white color
The haptic motor has improved over the S10 and on par with my Xs Max

Cons
Not a fan of curved displays. But the curve is less pronounced than the S10 Plus imho....
Had a couple false touches.
One UI is better but needs to evolve a little more.
Not a Bixby fan.....


Oh...quick edit

Kinda an effort to get used to the wake display button on the left side lol
Does the Aura White look iridescent or more like the Ceramic White? I was so conflicted on the pre-order between the white and blue and went with the blue bc I never saw a white model in person but really wanted an iridescent white for this phone.
 
Does the Aura White look iridescent or more like the Ceramic White? I was so conflicted on the pre-order between the white and blue and went with the blue bc I never saw a white model in person but really wanted an iridescent white for this phone.
I'm going with more like my ceramic white than the prism white. I didn't think to take a picture of them side by side before trading my ceramic in.
 
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I cancelled my Note 10 preorder.. it came down to withdrawal fears of my Note9! Hehe.

The Note9 has been running perfectly, I didn't want to start all over..

Holding on to the Note9 for a bit longer also gives me a chance to see what the new iPhones look like.. before making an informed decision about the Note 10 range!

Actually, I may just preorder the Galaxy Watch Active 2 to calm my new tech itch..
 
So I decided to pick a Note 10 up for two weeks (I'll return it in the window) to play with whilst my Pixel 3 is sent away for a replacement.

I thought, why not try it and see how it treats me before I get my Pixel back.

It arrived at 7am (!) this morning. The delivery driver apologised lol as I was his first stop!

Anyway, way way too early to tell anything yet but one thing I can say with certainty... Vibration motor is amazing. Haptic keyboard feedback is on par with my Pixel 3 (not the 3a!!) which is sublime.

I've slapped lawn chair launcher on for stock look and feel and will go from there. I might try One UI but I just can't with them icons. Will report back when I've spent some more time with it.

I went with the smaller one, which is a great size. Also black - which was a mistake. I thought I'd gone for the shiney one and then checked five mins after ordering and it was the black. But it's actually really nice.
 
So I decided to pick a Note 10 up for two weeks (I'll return it in the window) to play with whilst my Pixel 3 is sent away for a replacement.

I thought, why not try it and see how it treats me before I get my Pixel back.

It arrived at 7am (!) this morning. The delivery driver apologised lol as I was his first stop!

Anyway, way way too early to tell anything yet but one thing I can say with certainty... Vibration motor is amazing. Haptic keyboard feedback is on par with my Pixel 3 (not the 3a!!) which is sublime.

I've slapped lawn chair launcher on for stock look and feel and will go from there. I might try One UI but I just can't with them icons. Will report back when I've spent some more time with it.

I went with the smaller one, which is a great size. Also black - which was a mistake. I thought I'd gone for the shiney one and then checked five mins after ordering and it was the black. But it's actually really nice.
You could stick with One UI and just change the Icons :)
 
Does the Aura White look iridescent or more like the Ceramic White? I was so conflicted on the pre-order between the white and blue and went with the blue bc I never saw a white model in person but really wanted an iridescent white for this phone.
To me it is more like the ceramic white than anything else.
 
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So I decided to pick a Note 10 up for two weeks (I'll return it in the window) to play with whilst my Pixel 3 is sent away for a replacement.

I thought, why not try it and see how it treats me before I get my Pixel back.

It arrived at 7am (!) this morning. The delivery driver apologised lol as I was his first stop!

Anyway, way way too early to tell anything yet but one thing I can say with certainty... Vibration motor is amazing. Haptic keyboard feedback is on par with my Pixel 3 (not the 3a!!) which is sublime.

I've slapped lawn chair launcher on for stock look and feel and will go from there. I might try One UI but I just can't with them icons. Will report back when I've spent some more time with it.

I went with the smaller one, which is a great size. Also black - which was a mistake. I thought I'd gone for the shiney one and then checked five mins after ordering and it was the black. But it's actually really nice.

How is the screen being as it’s 1080p?
 
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