(Pocket-lint) - Samsung successfully avoided putting a notch in its latest phones: the Galaxy S10 and S10+. But to do so and steer clear of popup or slider mechanisms, it built in a hole punch cutout camera style. You may think it's an eye-sore, but with the right wallpaper you can either successfully camouflage it, or embrace it and make the most of it. There's also the fact that the huge, expansive screen is built using an AMOLED panel, and so using many of these with a black background could even improve your phone's battery life. Thanks to the collective hive mind of the internet, and an ingenious dedicated subreddit full of downloads, there's no shortage of options for either the single cutout on the Galaxy S10 or Galaxy S10+. You'll get everything from your favourite TV show and movie characters, to repeating pill-shaped patterns designed to distract you from the one true cutout. What's really fun here is that once Samsung realised this was becoming something of a popular feature, it got in on the act itself. It's released full res downloads of its own for both the S10 and S10+ screens. If you want to get in on the act yourself and create your own wallpapers, Reddit users u/OfficerOtaku and u/DarkRoast created templates for anyone to try it out. squirrel_widget_147148 Of course, there are many more out there, and we suspect the growing thread on Reddit will only continue to get new and improved versions. If you're not wanting to jump on the "embrace the cutout" movement, you can just download some of our favourite wallpapers for the S9 and S9 plus. The camera will stand out more, but some of the photography and artwork is stunning. With there being only one camera on the S10, the wallpaper choices are slightly different, but go along the same lines as the others. It'll all about cleverly disguising that camera cutout to make it a feature, rather than an eyesore. Motorola's new Moto G9 Plus is a stunner of a phone - find out why, right here By Pocket-lint Promotion · 27 May 2021 Writing by Cam Bunton.<doc-sep>These wallpapers hide the Samsung Galaxy S10’s hole punch in creative ways The Samsung Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ were unveiled a couple of weeks ago. These devices have a lot in common, but one of the most noticeable traits is the display cutout/hole punch for the front-facing cameras. The Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 have a single, circular cutout, while the Galaxy S10+ has a dual, elongated cutout. These holes present some challenges and opportunities when it comes to home screen wallpapers. Galaxy S10 XDA Forum Galaxy S10+ XDA Forum There are two approaches you can take to something like display notches and cutouts. You can try to hide them as much as possible, or, instead of fighting it, embrace the feature. Samsung is obviously trying to hide the cutout as every single stock wallpaper has a dark top right corner. Many Galaxy S10 owners are taking the opposite approach and a clever subreddit has popped up along with it. The trend seems to have originated with Twitter user @Mattcabb, but it has since become much bigger. The subreddit /r/S10wallpapers is full of wallpapers that take advantage of the display cutout. Here are just a few examples of what I’m talking about: Instead of hiding the cutout, people are using it as a feature in images and patterns. There are even some who are going full silly and adding more cutouts to the display. If you own one of these hole punch devices, we highly recommend checking out the subreddit. You may find a humorous way to show off the cutout.<doc-sep>Samsung’s new Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, and S10E have many new advancements, but the biggest change to their designs compared to last year’s models is the new hole-punch display. In the hole punch cutout, which is round on the S10 and S10E and oval on the S10 Plus, is the front-facing camera system. This allows for a larger screen, while side-stepping the notch design that is so controversial. It also allows for some fun wallpapers. Since the announcement of the phones, there have been various wallpaper designs floating around the internet, turning the S10’s hole punch into R2D2’s single eye or the S10 Plus’ into Johnny 5’s double lens face. Other designs have the ball of Jordan’s Jumpman logo placed strategically over the cutout, or Futurama character Bender’s face occupying the space. Most of them are quite fun. ok fine the hole punch is Now Good pic.twitter.com/kzGd8CkFtz — dan seifert (@dcseifert) March 7, 2019 prolly gonna stick with this one tho pic.twitter.com/SSj20PPbiK — dan seifert (@dcseifert) March 7, 2019 Unsurprisingly, there’s now a subreddit for the wallpapers, as reported by Android Police. It’s a nice repository of the wallpapers so you can go find your favorites, if you’ve got an S10 in hand. Perhaps Samsung should embrace these designs and throw some licensing money at Disney and other companies to make official versions, but the community-created ones will work nicely in the meantime.<doc-sep>
Samsung's Galaxy S10 line features an Infinity-O display that has a cutout for the front-facing camera in the top-right corner, as opposed to a notch. The size of the cutout depends on the phone, with the S10E and S10 both having a single hole-punch cutout, while the S10 Plus has a pill-shaped cutout for its dual front-facing cameras. Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S10 Plus drop test: Is ceramic tougher than glass? The default wallpapers Samsung includes on its latest phones all attempt to hide the cutout by darkening the top corner. Samsung even includes the option to hide the cutout in the Settings app. Instead of hiding the cutout, users are beginning to embrace and use it as a prop in custom wallpapers. Here's one of the first wallpapers I found designed to specifically to show off the cutout: Am I doing this right? pic.twitter.com/lcEHh6xs3g — Jason Cipriani (@MrCippy) February 28, 2019 If that's not fun, I don't know what is. On Reddit, there's a sub dedicated entirely to S10 wallpapers that fellow users have created. Visit this page and browse through the various user-generated wallpapers, or request one you'd like to see made if your Photoshop skills are lacking. When you find one you like, save the image to your phone, then set it as your wallpaper. Make sure you uncheck the Motion Effect option, otherwise it won't line up right. Additionally, Samsung has embraced the cutout wallpaper trend by creating a dedicated storefront in the Galaxy Store app. When you open the Galaxy Store app, the very first category should be "Cutout Wallpapers for the S10." If it's not, you can go to My Galaxy > Themes and find the wallpaper section there. Right now, all wallpapers in this section cost a small fee.