Faced with the challenge of choosing between two sleek, beautiful, powerful phones, you can’t help but wonder what factors to consider before you stake your money on any of them. Comparing the features and specs of these powerful phones will help guide your decision making. While they aren’t the newest additions to their respective families, they are both great phones that come with amazing features and the support of two powerful tech giants. Together we shall consider the features of these two wonderful phones and compare and contrast them. We’ll start with their price, followed by their display, camera, and battery, to help you judge which will be the better purchase.
iPhone XR vs Samsung S10: Price
iPhone XR was initially launched at $749 / £749 / AU$1229 for the 64GB model; $799 / £799 / AU$1299 for the 128GB model, and $899 / £899 / AU$1479 for the 256GB model. But with the release of the iPhone 11, the price has come down to $599 / £629 / AU$1,049 for the 64GB model, while the 128GB iPhone XR model costs $649 / £679 / AU£$1,129. For the 256GB, since Apple no longer makes it, you might have a hard time finding a new one. If you are, however, in need of a phone with more storage space, and you want it to be an Apple phone, then you need to get the iPhone 11 or the newest iPhone SE.
The Samsung Galaxy S10, just like the iPhone XR, has its price reduced with the release of its successor, the S20. It now costs $749 / £669 / AU$1,149 / AED 3,199 for the 128GB of storage model and with a MicroSD slot for you to increase the storage. You could also just buy the 512GB model, which costs $1,149 / £999 / AU$1,699.
iPhone XR vs Samsung S10: Display and design
The iPhone XR is larger overall and has dimensions of 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm with a 6.1-inch display, while the Samsung S10 has dimensions of 149.9 x 70.4 x 7.8 mm, also with a 6.1-inch display. The iPhone XR has an 828 x 1792 LCD with a large notch which contains the front camera. It also has a Liquid Retina Display, which is one of the most advanced on the market. As for the Samsung S10, it has an Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED display plus a laser-cut hole at the top-right corner housing the front camera, which does not affect the look of the phone and the readability of notifications.
The iPhone XR also comes in different colors – red, blue, white, yellow, coral and black, while the Samsung S10 has Flamingo Pink, Prism Black, Prism Blue, Prism White, Canary Yellow and Prism Green. Samsung Galaxy S10 colors will vary by region, with the US getting all but yellow and green.
Samsung also has a 3.5 mm headphone jack which is missing from the iPhone XR; you will need an adapter for your wired headphones if you buy the iPhone XR.
The pixel density for the iPhone XR is 326 PPI with a Liquid Retina HD display while that of the Samsung S10 is at 550 PPI with the QHD+ display format, offering a full detailed display.
iPhone XR vs. Samsung S10: Cameras
Samsung Galaxy S10 rear-facing camera has three lenses with its regular camera being 12 MP, and its telephoto being 12 MP. The phone also has a 16 MP ultra-wide lens with an aperture that shifts between f/1.5 and f/2.4 based on factors such as lighting, making it much better than the iPhone XR and close to the Pixel 3. Meanwhile, the iPhone XR has a single 12 MP f/1.8 wide-angle camera.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 uses AI to recognize a subject and automatically adjusts the settings to give you the perfect picture. What this means you have little to worry about when taking snapshots, as your phone will do an excellent job of getting you a good picture. With the 16 MP ultra-wide camera having a 123-degree field of view, you do not have to worry about those group photos again, because you will not have to keep moving back to get everyone in the picture.
The iPhone XR, for its part, has a single 7 MP f/2.2 wide-angle camera on the front and is one of the better selfie cameras out there, while the Samsung Galaxy S10 has a single 10 MP f/1/.9 camera. The Samsung S10 also supports HDR recording, just like the iPhone XR, and both work very well in low light.
iPhone XR vs Samsung S10: Battery
The Samsung Galaxy S10 has a 3400 mAh battery, while iPhone XR has a 2942 mAh battery. However, the iPhone XR offers power-efficient battery management, helping you to optimize battery power usage when using certain functions, such as turning on your mobile hotspot.
Both phones support wireless charging, but the Samsung S10 has another unique feature called Wireless PowerShare, which lets you use the phone as a wireless charging pad for other Samsung devices. Wireless PowerShare, while it does not charge fast, can be helpful in a pinch.
iPhone XR vs Samsung S10: Specs and Features
With 8 GB of RAM and storage options of 128GB or 512GB (further extendable with the MicroSD slot), the S10 dust the iPhone which only has 3 GB RAM and comes with 64GB or 128GB of memory.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 comes with either the Snapdragon or Exynos chipsets, which you get depending on the country you are (the Qualcomm Snapdragon for the USA, Canada, China, Japan, Latin America except for Brazil and the Samsung Exynos 9 series 9820 available worldwide). The iPhone XR comes with the A12 Bionic chip and with 3 GB RAM. Still, both phones should work quite smoothly.
The iPhone XR was launched with iOS 12 and can be upgraded to iOS 13, an operating system packed with useful features. The Samsung Galaxy S10 was originally launched with Android 9.0 “Pie” with One UI 1.1 and can be upgraded to Android 10.0 with One UI 2.1
iPhone XR vs Samsung S10: Conclusion
Even now, these two powerful, highly sophisticated, and highly efficient phones are considered some of the best phones produced by their manufacturers, and both come with excellent battery life. However, the Samsung S10 has a larger capacity, in terms of memory, processing power, and battery, than the iPhone XR. The Samsung S10 with its ultra-wide 16 MP rear-facing, 123-degree camera compares favorably to the iPhone XR, which only has an excellent selfie camera. So, when you consider other impressive features such as the Wireless PowerShare, you might want to go for the Samsung Galaxy S10. But if you are an ardent iPhone lover, you could definitely do worse than the iPhone XR.
