The Galaxy Note10 Lite exists for one reason: it puts the S Pen in your hand without asking you to buy a full flagship. Samsung got there by reusing the well-proven Exynos 9810 from the Galaxy S9 generation rather than the chip of the day, and by dropping the glass-and-steel body for a plastic frame. What survived the cost-cutting is the part most Note buyers actually care about - a proper Bluetooth-enabled S Pen with Air Actions, docked in the phone rather than sold as an accessory. The 6.7-inch flat Super AMOLED panel is large and genuinely good, and Samsung kept two things the mainline Note10 deliberately removed: a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD slot. The 4,500mAh battery is bigger than the standard Note10's too, and comfortably sees out a day. The trade-offs are real. There is no wireless charging, no official water resistance rating and no 5G, and the older chip shows itself in heavy games. Samsung's software support for this model has now finished, which is the main thing to weigh up before buying one today.