[tiwil]

Mind you, if you think back in the times when smart phones were still very new, the price of those phones were also considered impossibly expensive but people still went for them.

This is true and I'm agree. But I think that time, people want more "faster" access and have more feature instead of using old-fashioned phone. Then I think it's different from now. S10+ is really expensive with, not really reasonable feature.

A normal big screen, 6.4" with AMOLED display, pretty normal for Samsung's device (with AMOLED display). Snapdragon 855 processor, this one is normal for flagship phone. I don't want to talk about Samsung's camera, their camera is really good. My USD$200 phone's (bought 2014) camera is greater than my newest phone with same price (bought 2018). So 12MP camera from Samsung is pretty nice already. Then from battery, just a normal big battery, nothing special.

The one I think special is S10's resolution and DPI. 1440p x 3040p with 526dpi. One thing that make this phone special is, all thing from other flagship phone combined into one phone. But, STILL it's too pricey.

I agree people bought this because they have money and want luxury for this phone, this phone (S10+) I think also only target high-end user for nicer experience instead of low to mid user.