It has been quite a puzzling situation since the Galaxy Note 10 renders had started leaking a couple months ago. People saw a hole that almost resembles the shape of an IR Blaster that we have seen on Samsung phone devices before. But, why would anyone really need an IR Blaster nowadays with all the smart technologies you can link directly to your phone with IoT?
After the announcement of the Galaxy Note 10 at Unpacked, there was no mention of the IR Blaster being brought back. In fact, there’s a new feature called “Zoom-in mic” that can amplify audio from a certain area where you zoom into while taking a video. People believed that this hole was used as a third mic for the “Zoom-in mic” feature for better audio capture quality. This wasn’t the case either.
According to a confirmation by Samsung, the hole at the top of the Galaxy Note 10 is a speaker that replaces the stereo given off by the earpiece on the Galaxy S10 and other handsets. The earpiece on the Note 10 is so thin that it’s impossible to know it exists unless you have quite an eye to look for it.
Are you disappointed about no IR Blaster being included on the Galaxy Note 10? We here honestly don’t mind but I’m sure its a welcomed feature.
