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 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.

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 has made a mistake in the promotional campaign for its brand new Galaxy Note 10.

The Korean giant has in fact exaggerated in a detail about its new phones.

In fact, during a promotional video – now removed and then republished in the correct version – you can find it at the end of the article – Samsung initially boasted that the frame of the Galaxy Note 10 was made of stainless steel, based on what Apple has been doing since iPhone X.

We do not know if it was a misunderstanding of communication between the various offices within Samsung, or if the initial design of the Galaxy Note 10 really provided for the use of steel for the frame.

Samsung Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy Note10+ specifications

Note10 – 6.3-inch FHD+ (2280×1080 pixels) Curved Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O display with 401ppi, HDR10+, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection.

One of the more interesting parts of the Galaxy Note 10 launch was the announcement of a productivity partnership with Microsoft.

This seems to be more of a general increase in cooperation than anything substantively new.

The aim of the move is to make it easier to switch between Samsung devices when using Microsoft stuff, such as the Office suite.

Samsung does the full monty of devices that could be used for productivity, from laptops to smartphones, and reckons there’s untapped demand for switching between them as circumstances and whim dictate.

“We believe the mobile industry is on the cusp of a transformation, one in which individual devices give way to seamless, connected and continuous experiences, wherever we go,” said DJ Koh, head of IT & Mobile Communications at Samsung.

Being able to wirelessly connect your smartphone directly to a PC running Windows at the touch of a button is a big step forward.

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap.

It’s that time of the year: everyone is regurgitating the old headphone jack debate after Samsung ditched the port with its new Galaxy Note 10 series.

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Sure, incorporating a headphone jack is more user-friendly.