How the big-screen Samsung Galaxy S10+ compares to the other top-end phones from Apple, Google, Huawei and OnePlus

Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the most powerful smartphone in the company’s new flagship lineup. The big-screen version of Galaxy S10,, Galaxy S10+ smartphone, boasts of better battery capacity and dual-selfie camera vs Galaxy S10’s single-selfie camera. Priced at $1000, it is also one of the most expensive Galaxy series smartphone to launch. Wonder how the all-new Galaxy S10+ compares to big-screen rivals from Apple, Google, OnePlus and Huawei on specifications front? Read on to find out

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Price: At Rs 50,999, OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition is the cheapest

Samsung Galaxy S10+: Rs 73,900 onwards

Apple iPhone XS Max: Rs 1,09,900 onwards

Google Pixel 3 XL: Rs 83,000 onwards

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Rs 50,999

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Rs 69,990

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Operating system: All smartphones run on the latest OSes

Samsung Galaxy S10+: One UI based on Android 9.0 Pie

Apple iPhone XS Max: iOS 12

Google Pixel 3 XL: Stock Android 9.0 Pie

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: OxygenOS 9.0.4 based on Android 9 Pie.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie

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Display: With 6.5-inch screen, iPhone XS Max tops in display size

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 6.4-inch QHD+ Curved Dynamic AMOLED display.

Apple iPhone XS Max: 6.5-inch (2688x1242 pixels) OLED Super Retina HD display.

Google Pixel 3 XL: 6.3-inch (2560x1440 pixel) QHD+ OED display

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 6.41-inch FHD+ (1080x2246 pixels) Optic AMOLED display.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 6.39-inch QHD+ (3120x1440 pixels) OLED display.

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Processor: All four smartphones run on flagship processors

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 2.7 GHz octa-core Exynos 9820 (8NM) processor

Apple iPhone XS Max: A12 Bionic chip

Google Pixel 3 XL: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Octa Core Kirin 980

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RAM: Samsung Galaxy S10+ offers highest RAM option of 12GB

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 8GB and 12GB RAM options

Apple iPhone XS Max: 4GB (as per ifixit)

Google Pixel 3 XL: Only 4GB RAM option.

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 10GB RAM

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Only 6GB RAM option.

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Storage: With 1TB, Samsung Galaxy S10+ offers maximum internal storage

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 128GB, 512GB and 1TB storage options.

Apple iPhone XS Max: 64GB, 256GB and 512GB storage options.

Google Pixel 3 XL: 64GB and 128GB storage options.

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Only 256GB storage option.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Only 128GB storage option.

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Rear camera: Only Google Pixel 3XL has a single rear camera

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 12MP (f/2.4 aperture) + 12MP (f/1.5-f/2.4 aperture) + 16MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Apple iPhone XS Max: 12MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 12MP (f/2.4 aperture)

Google Pixel 3 XL: 12.2 MP (f/1.8 aperture)

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 16MP (f/1.7 aperture) + 20MP (f/1.7 aperture).

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 40MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 20MP (f/2.2 aperture) + 8MP (f/2.2 aperture).

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Front camera: Both Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Google Pixel 3 XL offer dual-front cameras

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 10MP (f/1.9 aperture) + 8MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Apple iPhone XS Max: 7MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Google Pixel 3 XL: 8 MP (f/2.2 aperture) + 8 MP (f/1.9 aperture)

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 16MP (f/2.0 aperture)

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 24MP (f/2.0 aperture)

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Battery: With 4,200mAh, Huawei Mate 20 Pro leads on battery front

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Colour options: Samsung Galaxy S10+ comes in maximum colour options -- Six

Samsung Galaxy S10+: Green, Blue, White, Black and a couple of shades of Grey.

Apple iPhone XS Max: Gold, Space Grey, Silver

Google Pixel 3 XL: Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Speed Orange

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Midnight Blue, Black, Emerald and Green Twilight

Google Is Bringing Android's Best Feature to the iPhone

The height of the Android-iOS fanboy wars are years in the past. The two dueling operating systems have more or less converged into bland, uniform competence, and the age of the hip-and-exclusive iOS-only app are all but over. One tiny but crucial difference that still remains is haptic vibration on the virtual keyboard: Android has it and iOS does not. But a recent update to Google's Gboard keyboard is closing that gap too. 

According to 9to5Google, an update to the virtual keyboard will bring Android-style vibrations to the iOS keyboard; that is, a small buzz after every press. It's a feature that's never been available on the iPhone's default keyboard, and has only been available in limited forms with most of the third-party keyboards the iOS has supported since iOS 8. Popular keyboard SwiftKey, for example, has only supported 'limited' haptic feedback for certain keys. The new Gboard changes that (for users with an iPhone 7 and up). 

In the abstract, haptic feedback is a relatively superfluous feature. You can use a phone just as fine without it. But for a lifelong Android users like myself, a phone with no vibration on its keyboard can feel viscerally alien. Silly though it may sound, it's one of the the reasons I've never seriously considered jumping ship. And though this won't be enough to make me switch allegiances, I'm at glad that my friends on the other side of the of mobile divide will get the chance to experience the glory of a every-press haptic feedback.