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21-05-2020
08:07 PM
I have tried using Pro mode and changing all sorts of settings but as i have mentioned before, this is the first phone camera in years that loads of the pictures i take get deleted. I have never been so unimpressed.
For those that are happy with the quality, i am genuinely happy for you, i would not want anyone to spend the amount of money on one of these phones and not be satisfied.
For me, i got used to having a decent enough camera on my previous phones that meant i did not need to carry around my panasonic Lumix compact camera. (have had several of them). The majority of my pictures are taken in artificial indoor light, pubs, restaurants etc. and i think this camera fails in those situations , post photo processing is abysmal to me.
If Huawei hadn't lost access to Google apps i would have bit the bullet, taken a substantial financial hit and got rid of the 10e.
Definitely no more Samsung however.
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03-05-2020
09:51 AM
I realised that my Google Pay was in fact working but what has happened is that recently the amount that can be purchased using contactless changed from £30 to £45 but not all retaillers have updated their systems to work witht he higher amounts, e.g. Tesco.
I did find smaller purchases went through everywhere.
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18-04-2020
09:42 AM
So the plastic screen that comes with the S10e is practically invisible with most people not even aware that there is one on it.
So why having just received this brand new phone are people peeling this off. I had to examine my phone really closely before i believed it had a plastic screen saver on it, it was that hard to see.
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18-04-2020
02:25 AM
Seriously does anyone read previous posts. 6 pages of posts that tell you that this phone comes with a thin plastic screen protector that scratches easily. You will find that you can peel this off but i would recommend that you first look to buy a tempered glass protector.
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13-04-2020
11:49 AM
My Google pay has stopped working in shops recently, after update. Comes up as declined.
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03-04-2020
08:39 AM
Have got so fed up with Samsung, i have this issue as well, set do not disturb to scheduled and notifications still come through. Loads of posts on here about it and it is just ignored as usual. Service is atrocious.
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20-02-2020
08:25 AM
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For those who received this and are worried thier phone may be compromised. Dont panic. https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-accidentally-sends-out-find-my-mobile-push-notification-galaxy-phones-worldwide
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01-02-2020
11:36 AM
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Ok this will hopefully be my last comment on this as i am truly sick of it. I have thousands of pictures saved to Google photos from various holidays over the years, taken on various cameras and phones. Phone pics have been from the S2, S3, S5, S7, S8 and now the S10E. Returned from holiday last Saturday and uploaded the pictures to Google Photos and got round to looking at them last night. Those taken outside in bright light are fine but those taken in various pubs and restaurants are pathetic. They are being displayed on a 55 inch OLED screen and are visibly worse than the S7 and S8. They are not as sharp, the skin in loads of pics looks waxy, almost doll like. Even my wife sitting beside me commented how bad they were. So as for the comment before saying doing somethign wrong, ehhh, thanks but i don't think so. The software on this camera is too focussed on processing pics rather than just displaying them as taken. Suffice to say, i dont care about how many mega pixels or levels of zoom are promised on the S20, i really feel that Samsung has lost its way with the camera on a phone. I had got rid of several Panasonic cameras i had as i was pretty happy with the pics i got from my S8 and it saved carrying both about. Will definitely belooking at different brands when it comes to getting rid of this. Whats also quite defining is my wife, who normally takes my old phones when i renew has stated she does not want this one, enough said.
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17-01-2020
08:24 PM
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If you believed all of the hype about the S10 before launch, it was meant to have a professional quality camera that was far superior to everything before it. If you search through many posts here and on other forums you will find that many people find the post shot processing of pictures taken with the S10 lead to washed out, wax like pictures. For this reason and with my experience of the S10e i will not believe any publicity put out for S20 and will be moving to an alternative manufacturer when i get rid of my S10e.
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06-01-2020
08:41 PM
Similar response to ArielB. Toggled off phone but there is no option to turn on or off Waze or Google Maps. Issue still persists and as mentioned previously, when phone is answered there is a large ripple type effect across the screen which would normally be followed with the screen reverting back to Waze or Maps but no joy.
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04-01-2020
12:55 PM
Am i missing something here, for all those people writing about scratches after a couple of days etc. read every second comment here, the phones, including the S10e come with a screen protector film. I had the same issue and was nervous about peeling at the corner of the screen but there is a screen protector on the S10e. It is a film one and is very easily scratched. Examine a corner of your screen very carefully and you will see and feel it. I ordered a full glue tempered glass protector from Amazon for my 10e and then replaced the samsung film one with this. The beauty of the 10e is with having a flat screen and no curves, the protector went on perfectly, not a bubble to be seen.
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01-01-2020
12:55 PM
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Thank you for that but unfortunately it did not work. I set it to pop up and turned on keep calls in pop up, started waze and then dialled someone. When they answered, the screen showed an animation, like a ripple effect from centre of screen outwards. I thought that was going to lead back into waze showing but the dialer screen stayed on screen. Even using the back button has no effect and the dialer remains until the call ends. Had thought your suggestion would work but afraid not. Thanks for your help though.
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31-12-2019
05:48 PM
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When driving with Waze or Google maps i have found recently that when making a phone call, the dialer screen no longer automatically hides once connected. Pressing back has no effect and only when call is ended does the navigation screen reappear. Prior to Android 10 update, when driving i would use voice command to start call and once connected the waze navigation screen would come back on. Anyone else got this same issue and any possible solutions. Cheers.
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11-12-2019
08:32 PM
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It is so annoying that despite the many many posts on here about the poor quality camera software there is no recognition of this. When i replace my phone, my wife usually takes my old one but even she has told me that she does not want my S10E when i get shot of it, she hates the pictures from it, far preferring my old S8 she currently has. I will definitely never buy another Samsung product never mind phone.
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09-12-2019
10:56 PM
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Hi there, sorry, didn't realise it was with Android 10 update. Hopefully get it reinstated in the future.
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09-12-2019
08:55 PM
When you go into camera settings and select "camera modes" there is an option to Start camera on the last mode you were using. IS this what you are looking for.
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26-11-2019
04:04 PM
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Hi there. I appreciate you taking the to reply and it is quite a few hoops you are asking people to go through but I can understand your ask. What I would say however, and this is why I am now giving up on Samsung phones, there are posts all over forums about the decline in quality of the camera, I cannot believe that the tech guys take pictures in low light or other situations and find them to be worthy of being classed as taken by a pro camera as the advertising stated about this phone. Surely they should be taking test pictures. I am now reading that the new S11 leaked information states a 108mp camera, that is so lame. The number of mega pixels is not important it is quality of lens and software. Suffice to say I will not touch S11. Anyway, thanks again for your input.
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22-11-2019
08:18 PM
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Hi there i have had Samsung cameras since S2 i think it was and each time a newer phone came out i would say that the camera has improved. I moved to the S10 from S8 and i believe the quality of pictures it takes is considerably worse than the S8 especially in low light, not dark, not night mode type shots just general artificial light. I like the convenience of there being a decent camera on my phone as it saves me carrying a separate camera about with me. When reading the advertising blurbs for the S10 i don't recall it saying it had a half decent camera, the actual wording in its advert is that it puts pro grade cameras in your pocket, their words, not mine. I appreciate you may be happy enough with the camera, for the price i have paid and what their advertising said, i am not. I definitely think it is an inferior camera that could potentially be fixed by software. What amazes me even more is that the leaks now coming out for S11 are talking about 108 megapixel camera, seriously, what kind of junk is that, total overkill on a number. Anyway my final point, and this is my opinion, i will not buy another Samsung phone. If you are happy with yours then it obviously meets your needs and that is fine, i am disappointed with it and with hindsight i would not have bought it. Cheers, have a great weekend.
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14-10-2019
07:41 PM
I have thousands of saved holiday pics that i have taken over time with various Samsung phones i have had. I have also previously used several Panasonic lumix cameras and when i got my previous S8, i found pictures from this to be of a high enough standard that i actually stopped taking the lumix out with me when on holiday. (Not making a direct comparison just meaning i did not feel the need to take the bulkier camera out with me at night.) I returned from holiday yesterday and viewed the pictures I had taken on my new S10E on my 55 inch 4K OLED TV. Loads of the pictures were blurry and were certainly not as sharp as those taken in similar locations and at same time as ones taken before using the S8, in a random slide show it was obvious which pictures were from the S10E. I have found the cameras and pictures taken on each new galaxy phone i have used to just get better and better, and really looked forward to a similar improvement, without a doubt however, the S10E pictures are the first where they appear worse than the camera before. I like loads of other apsects of the phone but having an improved camera is one of the first things i look forward to now in a new phone. I am not saying this lightly as for the first time in many many years i am willing to look outwith Samsung for my next phone and am hoping for a good trade in deal from google when the pixel 4 is launched, this will no doubt cost me a few hundred pounds but that I really feel i have taken a backwards step with this phone. My final point is why on earth is updating the phone to include food mode or AR doodles considered more important than focussing on sharp pictures, seems like a joke to me.
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11-10-2019
12:29 PM
I will wait on individual reviews on new pixel 4 and hope for a good trade in offer from Google against the S10e. Unbelievable to think that a phone with this hype and price has a camera that performs so poorly that I am willing to take a hit of several hundred pounds to get rid of it. Wouldn't be as bad if there was an acknowledgement from Samsung about the issues with a fix being worked on. My trust in them as a company is totally gone.
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09-10-2019
07:46 PM
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Thank you for taking the time to reply, I do appreciate it. What is really frustrating is that this phone was advertised as having a top notch camera, almost professional standards, great in all situations, but now this is shown to be false. So many reports now of the poor quality, I honestly expected a massive improvement in all modes over my previous S8. I am currently on holiday and taking loads of pictures in bars and clubs and many of them are terrible compared to the S8. I realise the development team may want real life examples sent to them but I would suggest they simply go for a night out and take the phone with them, snap loads of pictures and study them to see the low quality shots. I will honestly never buy another Samsung product as I feel as if they have hugely exaggerated the cameras capabilities but more worryingly think it is worrying that a product 2 stages past what I am comparing it to has in fact got worse. (S10 v S8) Thank you again for replying to me, cheers.
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09-10-2019
01:05 PM
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Hi there, is there any feedback on the large number of posts concerning the camera quality in low light, not night mode, just low light indoors. It seems all of the effects are in fact reducing quality rather than improving, e.g. HDR always on even when toggled off.
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09-10-2019
12:32 PM
Hi there, yes I have it on standard settings, have also tweaked away as much as I can but find low light shots to be worse than those achieved on my previous S8. When I upgrade my phone I usually pass my previous one to my wife as she is not really fussed about having the latest phone, in this case however she has already told me she does not want this one. I have been really pleased with the cameras on all my previous galaxy phones but genuinely feel that low light on this is a real backwards step. If you Google S10 poor camera or even look at the post S10 camera not really professional on this forum you will see many people see the same issue. Thanks again for your input, cheers.
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09-10-2019
11:21 AM
Just to add to my frustration, just read an article about the upcoming S11. In this, it states Samsung will be looking to have an improved camera as the one in the S10 does not compete with Google pixel 3 phone. Sorry, but I cannot remember reading anything but glowing reports about the camera when reading initial S10 reviews. Almost like they were fake or influenced reviews.
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08-10-2019
09:47 AM
Hi there and thank you for your input. I have been really pleased with the cameras on all of my previous galaxy phones, with each new phone they have got better and better until this iteration. I was really looking forward to further improvements but am so disappointed with the photos taken with the 10e. Right from day one my wife complained about the pictures taken and would insist on taking them again using the s8 that I had passed on to her. A friend even asked me what I had done to pictures as they thought they were worse than those taken previously using my old S8. What is really disappointing is that once I did a Google search for S10 poor camera quality I found loads of posts, many of which are on this forum. I appreciate that people view things differently but in this instance, i.e. low light picture taking, the camera is truly abysmal. If you zoom in on any picture taken the lack of detail and amount of noise is so apparent. I have adjusted settings but to no avail, I have also read posts stating there is a bug whereby HDR is always on even when you choose to disable it and this can contribute to the poor quality. As I mentioned, each time I have upgraded my phone I have found the camera to get better and better, this time however and expected more of the same this time, it has really went backwards, so much so that if there is no software fix soon then I can see myself taking a hit of several hundred pounds to get rid of it, that should never be the case. Thanks again, cheers.
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07-10-2019
08:19 PM
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Now had the S10e for over a month and so regret getting it. I have used Samsung phones since the S2 and always been impressed with them. My S8 contract was up and I was considering waiting for the new Google phone as read good reviews about their cameras but decided to stick with Samsung. The camera on a phone has become one of the most important parts as I had stopped carrying around my larger camera. Anyway, got the S10e as the curved edges were not important to me as I always case my phones. Read loads of great reviews for it, all praising the quality of the camera in all lighting conditions. Anyway my experience with the phone has me believing this is the worst quality camera I have had on any phone. Photos are blurred, grainy and full of noise. Low light shots indoors are quite abysmal. Skin seems to have wax like blobby patches, overall quality of the shots are really poor. For my first time with a galaxy S phone I feel completely ripped off. I believe there is an update due now but what I have read suggests mostly gimmicks like writing on photos. Rather than having food shot modes is there any possibility of just having a simple no nonsense auto mode that takes the photo as it should be, no need for beauty mode, bigger eyes etc. Just sharp accurate pictures. I do truly regret getting this phone and if I was still in cooling off period I would return it. I am so disheartened with it that I will never, never buy another Samsung phone, it has so annoyed me. I may yet get rid of it and move to the Google phone when I read reviews for it at launch. I will also be making sure anyone who asks me about it are left in no doubt about the camera issue which I have since found to be well documented but totally ignored on this discussion group. I find the lack of recognition and response by Samsung to posts on this group to show a total disregard and lack of respect for their customers.
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01-10-2019
01:25 PM
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Loads of posts on here about the poor quality camera. I regret getting this phone now as a result of this. Have had galaxy phones since s3 but this will be my last Samsung.
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01-10-2019
12:59 PM
My S10e did come with a screen protector already fitted. I have bought a tempered glass fully glued protector. I did struggle at first to remove the already attached cover as I was not sure if it had one fitted as standard but took the plunge and it did come off easily enough. Did panic at first trying to remove it as so many posts state the 10e does not come with protector. I am in UK in case it is a regional thing. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/b5086b/s10e_screen_protector_preinstalled/
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