Samsung Announces Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite

Confirming recent rumors, Samsung today officially unveiled the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite. As their names suggest, these are more affordable versions of Samsung’s flagship smartphones.

“The Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices have met consumer wants and demands around the world,” Samsung president and CEO DJ Koh said in a prepared statement. “These devices represent our continuous effort to deliver industry-leading innovations, from performance and power to intelligence and services. The Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note10 Lite will introduce those distinct key premium features that make up a Galaxy S and Galaxy Note experience.”

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According to Samsung, the Galaxy Lite lineup will bring the firm’s camera technologies—which are hardly industry-leading, as Samsung claims—to more widely accessible—i.e. more affordable—devices. The Galaxy S10 Lite provides a 48 MP main wide-angle lens, a 12 MP 123-degree ultra-wide lens, and a 5 MP macro lens, and it adds what Samsung calls “Super Steady OIS” (optical image stabilization).

Meanwhile, the Note 10 Lite brings a 12 MP wide-angle lens with dual pixels, a 12 MP ultra-wide lens, and a 12 MP telephoto lens with OIS. It also includes the Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE)-based S Pen to a more affordable device, as expected.

Both devices provide edge-to-edge Infinity-O 6.7-inch displays at 2400 × 1080 (394 ppi), large 4,500mAh batteries with super-fast charging capabilities, and Samsung’s ecosystem of crapware, including Bixby, Samsung Pay and Samsung Health.

The Galaxy S10 Lite is available in Prism White, Prism Black and Prism Blue, and the Galaxy Note10 Lite is available in Aura Glow, Aura Black and Aura Red. Pricing has not yet been announced, and that seems like the primary interest here, making that an odd omission.

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  • seattlemike

    Premium Member
    03 January, 2020 - 12:05 pm

    <p>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">According to Samsung, the Galaxy Lite lineup will bring the firm’s camera technologies—which are hardly industry-leading, as Samsung claims"</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paul, what in your experience is the industry-leader in camera technology?</span></p>

    • Paul Thurrott

      Premium Member
      04 January, 2020 - 10:01 am

      There are three major players now: Huawei, Apple, and Google.

  • RobertJasiek

    03 January, 2020 - 1:31 pm

    <p>A 1 second decision: the display being destroyed by a notch means "no purchase". Besides, the display ratio approaches that of a beanpole. Other new Samsung smartphones are equally terribly designed. Without hole, with 16:9 and without crapware, I would start thinking.</p>

  • harrymyhre

    Premium Member
    03 January, 2020 - 11:09 pm

    <p>I agree with @tnkgrl , Americans don’t care about low price phones. Americans all want the expensive phones. Prepaid buyers want burner phones. These phones will never sell in the USA market. </p><p><br></p><p>Nobody wants to show a half cooked mid range phone to their friends. Everybody wants the BMW, Mercedes etc. Phones in the USA are an affordable luxury and we spread the cost over 24 months. All the reviewers scold Americans for not paying full price for a phone. In reality no American wants to pay full price.</p><p><br></p><p>these phones are Samsung trying to get attention. </p>

    • SAPaleAle

      07 January, 2020 - 9:47 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#509766" m="1"><em>In reply to Harrymyhre:</em></a></blockquote><p>You realize that there are markets outside the USA or are you just another with an insular view of the world. I suspect many Americans have other ideas. Remember just because you think it doesn't mean everybody else does.</p>

  • Dryloch

    04 January, 2020 - 6:16 am

    <p>I sure hate Apples crapware like Apple Pay, Siri, and especially their Health App. If it’s crap for Samsung then it should be crap for Apple. At least Samsung Pay works on swipe readers making it better than Google Pay in some instances.</p>

  • deepak12345

    06 January, 2020 - 8:44 am

    <p>Thanks fo information</p>

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