Unlike the Galaxy S10 launch more than half a year ago, Samsung’s Unpacked 2019 almost felt muted and surrounded with mixed reactions.

It may have been Samsung’s most controversial Galaxy Note announcement in quite a while.

Some love the new features but others deplore what Samsung removed in turn.

Naturally, that raises questions among buyers whether they should go for the Galaxy Note 10 or the Galaxy Note 10+ or if they should opt for something else to spend their hard-earned money on.

Granted, the Snapdragon 855 might be a bit of a disappointment since the 855+ has already been announced but it will still be on par with almost all 2019 premium phones.

The Galaxy Note pushes the cameras to three, four on the Galaxy Note 10+ because of the “DepthVision” 3D time-of-flight sensor.

The Note 10 Plus, for example, is the company's first "plus" version of its Galaxy Note phone, and the Note 10 5G is Samsung's second 5G phone, after the Galaxy S10 5G.

In addition to the bigger size and next-gen network capabilities, the Note 10s come in an array of new colors and are equipped with updated camera and video editing tools, like AR Doodle.

But there are several other things we didn't get from the Note 10, too -- either specs that were dropped from the previous model or features we anticipated because of the active rumor mill that swirled around the phone before it launched.

The familiar audio port began disappearing in 2016 when Lenovo/Motorola and Apple lopped it off their phones.

But for others adamant about holding onto their wired headphones, there are still some phones available to accommodate that, including Samsung's own Galaxy S10 line.

Note 10 bids farewell to microSD

Samsung just took the wraps off its latest flagship, the Galaxy Note10 and the Galaxy Note 10 Plus.

While the Indian launch is still a few weeks away, the phones can already be pre-booked in India to avail additional offers.

For the first time ever, the Note will be available in two sizes: the Samsung Galaxy Note10 with a 6.3-inch display and the bigger Samsung Galaxy Note10+ with a 6.8-inch display.

In India, the 8GB + 256GB Note10 is priced at INR 69,999 while the 12GB + 256GB Note10+ is priced at INR 79,999.

The top of the line variant with 512GB of storage is priced at INR 89,999.

Customers who pre-order the Note10 between August 8 and August 22 will be eligible for additional offers.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus have just been announced, and while these phones impress in many ways, one thing they’re lacking is compatibility with Samsung’s Gear VR headset.

Samsung confirmed this to tech analyst Anshel Sag and to Engadget, with a spokesperson saying: "The Gear VR is not compatible with Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+.

We remain committed to innovating in VR and AR to deliver incredible new experiences to our consumers."

So if you have a Gear VR or were planning to get one, these aren’t the phones for you.

At least not right now – there’s no guarantee that a new Gear VR model won’t be released with support for the Note 10 range, but it doesn’t sound especially likely.

That said, with the company claiming to remain committed to innovating in the VR space, we may well see some new VR products from it at some point, be they headsets that connect to a phone, standalone ones, or something else entirely.

Samsung’s Note 10 and Note 10 Plus are official!

If you’re looking for details on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus price, release date, and deals, we’ve got it all for you here.

As expected, both iterations of the Galaxy Note 10 don’t come cheap.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 release date

Samsung officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 family on August 7, 2019, at the Barclays Center in New York City.

If you don’t care to pre-order the devices, you can wait until August 23, 2019, when the phones will be available in stores and online.

The Galaxy Note 10 doesn't have a hardware button for Bixby, Samsung's AI smart assistant.

Bixby debuted on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in 2017 and was an attempt to answer Apple's Siri on the iPhone, the Google Assistant on pretty much any Android phone and Amazon's Alexa.

Fine, but the biggest issue with Bixby has to do with the placement of a dedicated hardware button that triggered the assistant.

Frequently when grabbing a Galaxy phone, it was easy to accidentally press the Bixby key and activate the assistant when you didn't want to.

Samsung also did away with the headphone jack on the new Note and there will no doubt be people mourning its loss.

However, news that the Note 10 will lack the Bixby Key might actually spur figurative celebrations and parties.

In case you hadn't heard, Samsung's new Galaxy Note 10 line is ditching the headphone jack.

After years of being one of the last true holdouts, it seems that not even the mighty Samsung could continue to prolong the inevitable death of the beloved port.

Of course, with this switch, there is a bit of irony.

As rumors continued to pick up steam that Apple was set to remove the headphone jack on 2016's iPhone 7, Samsung mocked the decision when touting the audio jack's presence during its (now ill-fated) Galaxy Note 7 launch event.

For the Note 8, Samsung released an ad showing mocking how iPhone users needed to use a dongle to charge and listen to wired headphones at the same time.

For the Galaxy S9 the company continued to poke fun at the iPhone's need for dongles, including in a "moving on" ad that shows a woman longingly looking at a Galaxy user watching a movie on a plane, with the shot lingering for a second to show that the man is using wired headphones.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus is now official, packing all the bells and whistles you’ve come to expect from the Note series (minus the headphone jack).

Below we list a few of the best Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus screen protectors currently available.

Best Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus screen protectors:

Note: Since the phone just launched, there aren’t a lot of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus screen protectors to choose from.

Uniqueme Galaxy Note 10 Plus TPU screen protector

This is not a tempered glass protector, but soft film shouldn’t be discounted.

When the Galaxy Note 10 was announced on Wednesday, Samsung talked about its new design, upgraded cameras and even introduced a second, larger model called the Note 10 Plus.

But one thing that was never mentioned (aside from the Galaxy Fold) was the fact that there was no longer a headphone jack on the Galaxy Note.

Absent were any signs of a headphone jack.

But in 2019, when Apple doesn't sell a single new iPhone model with a headphone jack and companies like Google, OnePlus and Huawei have removed them from their flagships, it's not surprising that the Galaxy Note 10 doesn't have one.

We can't pour one out for the 3.5-millimeter audio jack just yet because brands like LG and Motorola still have them on new phones.

Motorola removed the headphone jack from its Moto Z phone in 2016 only to bring it back on the this year's Moto Z4.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is, by no means, a small phone.

Its 6.3-inch AMOLED screen is just a few millimeters smaller than the iPhone XS Max’s display.

But, as Dieter Bohn noted in his hands-on impressions post, the Note 10 is something different for Samsung.

While the Note 10 Plus feels more like the true Note 9 successor, the Note 10 has a similar feel in the hand to smaller phones like the Samsung Galaxy S10 and the iPhone XS.

So it’s worth comparing to other smaller flagship phones that you might also be considering.

There’s a lot that sets the Note 10 apart from those other devices.

Samsung has released its latest smartphone, the Galaxy Note 10 and it's available for pre-order now from all major carriers.

The Note 10 will officially go on sale August 23, but we've listed the best pre-order deals so you can find the best price and plan that's available today.

The Galaxy Note 10 is smaller and thinner than the Note 9 making the phone easier to hold in your hand.

The 10MP front-facing camera now sits discreetly in the center of the phone and has been upgraded for better low-light shots.

The phone also received an upgraded video recording experience thanks to the Live Focus Video feature which allows you to blur out backgrounds and add special effects.

The Galaxy Note 10 packs 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and provides an impressive 3,500mAh battery that claims to last all day.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is now officially here and we know that you smartphone fanatics and flagship devotees will want to get your hands on Samsung's latest and greatest ASAP.

Well, luckily we've done the hard work for you and trawled through all of the best Note 10 deals since the phone dropped.

And now, after dedicating ourselves to the analysis of all of these deals and contracts, we have finalised a list of what we believe to be the five best Note 10 deals currently available.

We've even discovered the best EE option for all of you lovers of superfast 4G speeds.

You can find these top offers down below, with all of their pricing and data caps.

Or, if none of these fit your ideal contract, consult our guide to the best Samsung Galaxy Note 10 deals to see all of the options currently available.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus have arrived, bringing exactly the kind of jaw-dropping price tags you'd expect from big-screen flagship phones: $949 and $1,099, respectively.

Be prepared to shell out $1,299.

Here's everything you need to know about preordering a Galaxy Note 10.

However, before you spend that kind of money, consider a previous-generation model.

There are deals to be had on the Galaxy Note 9 and Note 8, both excellent phones -- and both equipped with headphone jacks.

Of course, if you're all about the latest and greatest, you still don't have to pay full price.

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This is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 and 10+

The landscape has changed dramatically since the Galaxy Note was first unveiled in 2011, with Samsung pulling the rest of the industry into a world of bigger screens.

Now, the question is how to make the latest updates compelling.

With the Note 10 and 10+ (available August 23 at a starting price of $950), Samsung is splitting the line into two distinct devices, and it’s getting rid of the headphone jack.