Samsung Galaxy Book Pro unveiled: Release date, price, OLED display, specs and more

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro unveiled: Release appointment, price, OLED display, specs and more

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The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is a new laptop from the South Korean tech giant that promises speedy functioning in an extremely portable package, with the first AMOLED display ever seen on a Samsung Windows laptop.

Unveiled today alongside the Samsung Galaxy Volume Pro 360, these machines pack 11th Gen Intel CPUs and AMOLED screens (a offset for Samsung Windows laptops), making both stiff competitors for a spot among our best laptops on the market.

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With these new notebooks Samsung is making a bold button to be more than dominant in the premium laptop market, and we're eager to become some in for testing and review. Hither's what we know so far about the Samsung Galaxy Volume Pro, which is available for pre-order today at a starting price of $999 for the 13-inch and $1,099 for the xv-inch.

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro: Cost and availability

The Samsung Galaxy Volume Pro is available for pre-club starting today (Apr 28th), and it's expected to go on sale May 14th.

The price starts at $999 for the xiii-inch Galaxy Book Pro and $1,099 for the 15-inch, and information technology can go up by several hundred dollars if you configure the laptop with increased storage or improved hardware.

Samsung claims it'due south also offering deals through Amazon, Best Purchase, and its own website that will let customers who pre-lodge earlier May 14th merits $150 in future credit (or the choice of a free pair of Milky way Buds Pro earbuds, if you purchase through Samsung); anyone who buys a laptop between May 14th and May 30th through Amazon, Best Buy, or Samsung's website will instead be eligible for $100 in future credit.

Samsung Milky way Book Pro: Specs

	13-inch Galaxy Book Pro	15-inch Galaxy Volume Pro
Starting toll	$999	$1,099
Screen	13.three-inch AMOLED (1920 x 1080)	15.6-inch AMOLED (1920 10 1080)
Processor	11th Gen Intel i5/i7	11th Gen Intel i5/i7
Graphics	Intel Iris Xe graphics	Intel Iris Xe graphics
Storage	256GB to 512GB NVMe SSD	256GB to 512GB NVMe SSD
Retentiveness	8GB LPDDR4x	8GB, 16GB LPDDR4x
Ports	1 Thunderbolt four, 1 USB-C, i USB three.2, MicroSD reader, headphone/mic jack	1 Thunderbolt 4, ane USB-C, 1 USB 3.ii, MicroSD reader, headphone/mic jack
Bombardment life	16 hours (Samsung claims)	16 hours (Samsung claims)
Security	Fingerprint reader on power push button	Fingerprint reader on power push
Audio	Sound by AKG, Dolby Atmos support	Audio by AKG, Dolby Atmos support
Connectivity	LTE (in select regions, not including US at launch) Wi-Fi half dozen (Gig+), Wi-Fi 6E set up, Bluetooth five.1, 802.11 ax	Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+), Wi-Fi 6E set up, Bluetooth v.i, 802.11 ax
Dimensions	12 x seven.8 x 0.4 inches	fourteen x 8.9 ten 0.5 inches
Weight	one.nine pounds	2.3 pounds

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro: Design

The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is shaping up to exist a remarkably thin and light laptop, weighing in at ane.9 pounds for the 13-inch and 2.3 pounds for the 15-inch. To give you a sense of comparing, the specs suggest the 13-inch Galaxy Book Pro will exist but a bit smaller and lighter than both the Dell XPS thirteen and the 13-inch MacBook Pro.

The Milky way Book Pro chassis is made of magnesium and aluminum and comes in two dual-tone matte color options: Mystic Silvery or Mystic Bluish.

Samsung Milky way Book Pro: Brandish

Both the 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch models of Galaxy Book Pro have Total HD AMOLED screens with a native 1920 ten 1080 resolution. AMOLED displays are typically vibrant and gorgeous, with excellent dissimilarity, thanks to the employ of LEDs rather than LCDs.

The Galaxy Book Pro is Samsung's first Windows PC with an AMOLED brandish, and we're eager to get one in for testing so nosotros can see how it performs in person. Samsung says the laptops besides send with a congenital-in Intelligent Color Engine utility that tin can dynamically change the screen'due south color infinite to complement whatever you're doing (think: gaming, watching movies, editing photos). This will piece of work every bit long as the app you're using is optimized to work with the Engine.

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro: Keyboard and touchpad

Samsung claims the keyboard on the new Milky way Book Pro uses a scissor machinery to offer 1mm of near-silent travel. The touchpad is designed to exist a bit larger than those on the Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion, with Samsung claiming a 23% larger touchpad on the xv-inch Galaxy Volume Pro compared to those earlier models.

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro: Battery life and charging

Samsung has been a bit cagey nigh what it expects from the Galaxy Book Pro in terms of battery life, stating in its presentation that owners of Milky way Book Pro series laptops should expect upward to 20 hours of video playback or 16 hours of standard usage.

Nosotros're still trying to blast down specifics for each laptop in the lineup, since the Galaxy Book Pro serial covers both sizes of the Galaxy Book Pro and the Galaxy Book Pro 360, which would seem to accept significantly different power resource.

As far as charging goes, Samsung claims the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro laptops support 65W fast charging and tin deliver viii hours of video playback later on 30 minutes of charging.

Samsung Galaxy Volume Pro: Connectivity

Samsung is touting connectivity as a key selling signal of the Galaxy Book Pro. The tech giant is claiming to accept integrated its expertise in smartphone design (specifically, its Milky way smartphones) into the design of these new laptops.

If yous already accept a Samsung smartphone or tablet, you'll find the Galaxy Book Pro laptop comes with a suite of options for connecting to them and sharing information, displays, and telephone calls beyond devices. The Galaxy Book Pro will as well transport with Samsung'southward SmartThings app, which lets the laptop interface with SmartThings-compatible smarthome devices similar lights, appliances, and thermostats.

Too, the thirteen-inch model of the Samsung Milky way Book Pro tin can be configured for LTE support — but that depends heavily on which region you're in and what carriers are available. Equally of launch, LTE back up for the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is not available in the US, putting a large damper on the product's promise of offering "true mobile computing," at to the lowest degree for at present.

The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro as well supports Wi-Fi six (and is Wi-Fi 6E ready) and Bluetooth 5.1.

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro: Outlook

Samsung has earned a reputation for making quality smartphones and tablets, only its laptops have never made a big splash in the global market place.

Now that appears to be irresolute; we appreciated the premium touches Samsung brought to its Galaxy Chromebook, and we liked how the visitor adjusted that pricey design for more efficient daily use with its Galaxy Chromebook 2.

The new Samsung Galaxy Volume Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 laptops appear probable to continue that trend, given that they pack the latest Intel CPUs into slim, bonny machines sporting AMOLED displays. The cost isn't besides bad, either; all that remains is to go some in for testing and so nosotros can see how well they measure upwardly against the competition.

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Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more than than a decade of feel covering both for outlets like Game Developer, Blackness Lid, and PC World magazine. He currently serves as a senior editor at Tom'due south Guide covering all things computing, from laptops and desktops to keyboards and mice.