Samsung's flashiest and most advanced smartphone has 3 camera lenses, but it still can't beat Google's year-old Pixel 3

• The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus I've been using has been a fantastic phone, but I often wished I was taking photos with the Google Pixel 3 instead.
• The Galaxy Note 10 is capable of taking great photos, but even with its three camera lenses, it doesn't give me the same confidence that the Pixel 3 and its single lens gives me.
• The extra lenses are for zooming and ultra-wide photos, but those great features don't matter as much if the photos don't turn out well. Photos from the Note 10 often look overly processed.
• You can edit the photos to look less processed with pretty good results, but it's still an extra step to improve the photos.
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The Galaxy Note 10 Plus I've been using has been an absolute treat, especially after using the Pixel 3 for several months.

The Note 10 is faster, smoother, and has significantly better battery life than the Pixel 3. By comparison, the Pixel 3's specs are sorely lacking. The 4 GB of RAM in the Pixel 3 just doesn't cut it for speed, and the phone has notoriously poor battery life. Plus, the Pixel 3 started at $800 at launch, which isn't cheap, especially for a smartphone with questionable performance.

And then there's the S Pen - I'm a big fan of the S Pen. I don't need it, but it's been incredibly useful to scribble down spur-of-the-moment thoughts and reminders. And the S Pen makes more complex tasks on the Note 10 less daunting by offering more precise taps.

But when it comes to taking photos, I mostly wished I had the Pixel 3 and its single lens instead of the Note 10 Plus and its three camera lenses.

See why I wished I had the Pixel 3 instead of the Note 10 for taking photos:

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