Launched a couple of days before everyone else had chance to walk on stage, the Galaxy S10 is a far greater leap forward than we have seen from Samsung's flagship smartphone in recent years.

To start, there are four different models (perhaps even five if you include the ceramic version of the S10+), covering four different sizes and prices.

What we liked most about the S10 (although admittedly missing from the cheaper S10e) is the in-display fingerprint reader. We have seen these before — on the OnePlus 6T, for example — but Samsung is using an entirely different technology here, called ultrasonic, to vastly improve the experience.

One needn't even wake the phone up; just touch a fingertip to the right part of the display, and the phone unlocks. No hesitation, no Face ID-style hit-and-miss, and no need to illuminate the screen to maximum brightness to read your print, because visible light isn't how this tech works. It's seamless, and a reminder that sometimes waiting for version two of a new technology is the smart move.

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