Samsung Galaxy S10+ Smart Phone Speed Challenges All Comers

Compared to other smart phones, Samsung Galaxy S10 performs even better than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 reference device PC Magazine tested last month

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PCMag.com reports that for this week, at least, the Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the fastest Android phone on the market. The S10+, currently on pre-order with a shelf date of March 8, is the first US phone PCmag.com has seen with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 processor, which they discovered last month is significantly faster than the Snapdragon 845 in last year's Android flagships.

That means a 40 percent jump in single-core Geekbench scores over the Galaxy S9, and a 20 percent improvement in GFXBench graphics frame rates. The 855's performance on cross-platform benchmarks is about on par with Apple's A12 processor, featured in the current iPhone lineup.

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