So, that was kind of annoying, and we — as well as many other smartphone users and fans — were mildly annoyed by this weird choice. We made that comparison shot above for the review and you can clearly see that the 2019 Galaxy S10+ portrait mode is distorting the features of our subject and capturing a whole lot of background, while the 2018 Galaxy Note 9 gives us a much better representation of the model while successfully muting the background.
However, we are happy to say that Samsung has recently fixed this "problem" on the Galaxy S10!
It seems to be a silent addition that came with a recent update, as we can't really find it in a changelog. However, when we open the Camera app right now and go to the S10 portrait mode, we get to actually choose whether to use the telephoto or the wide-angle lens! Now, that was a surprise to be sure... but a welcome one!

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