Das Galaxy S10+ ist ein Smartphone der Superlative. Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET

The Performance Edition ceramic model is in a class of its own, offering 12GB RAM and 1TB of internal storage. Shop Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus at Verizon Wireless in Secaucus , New Jersey stores. But on closer inspection I noticed a small hairline fracture on the glass that covers the camera module with a barely visible line running through the flash and the third lens.

How Only the sides of the glass screen that the screen protector wasn't able to cover had any visible damage.

If you're accident prone, or want to rock this phone case-free it may be worth the extra investment.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Keramik-Rückseite im Test Das Galaxy S10 Plus kommt in Deutschland ausschließlich in der Premium-Variante mit Keramik-Rückseite, wahlweise in Weiß oder Schwarz.

This is what the screen protector looked like on our S10 Plus after two falls from hip height (3 feet).After taking the screen protector off the ceramic model, I noticed some small dents on the bottom right hand side of the glass, right where the screen protector ends and the glass starts to curve to meet the aluminum frame. The back of our glass S10 Plus shattered after a drop from 5 feet. But as we saw in our tests, a stronger back doesn't guarantee a stronger screen. To test out Samsung's claims and find just how much tougher the ceramic S10 Plus is than the glass, we subjected a glass S10 Plus in prism blue and a black ceramic S10 Plus to a drop test. Angela Lang/CNET

But the screen on this phone, which is what sustained most of the impact, was broken -- both the glass and the AMOLED module on the back, which didn't even turn on.

free item requires purchase of a samsung galaxy s10 or s10+. Samsung notes that the ceramic models have added strength, durability and scratch resistance compared to their glass counterparts. Is the ceramic model worth the extra $250? Ein edler Metallrahmen verbindet das große, fast rahmenlose Dynamic AMOLED Display, mit der glatten und glänzenden Keramikrückseite. The ceramic back didn't look any worse for the wear. Discuss: Galaxy S10 Plus ceramic vs. glass: Which phone survived our drop test?

This time it actually did hit with the ceramic back as intended, although it did bounce off the side a bit before landing. The phone bounced a bit on the bottom edges before landing flat on the floor, back side down as intended. I started off with a drop from pocket height, or about 3 feet (90 cm) with the back hitting first to test out the two different materials. That doesn't mean you should go case-free on this one. The dent on the side of the screen of the ceramic S10 Plus after a 5 foot drop. Which is why we decided to drop it one final time. I didn't even have to turn over the phone to know what was coming: The sound said it all. The brunt of the damage was to the frame, with a few scrapes on the top border between the glass where it likely hit first. I could immediately see that the back glass of the phone had survived with just a bit of debris from the cement sidewalk and a few small scratches on the glass right where it curves to meet the aluminum frame.