Samsung knows how to make a premium device. Just take a look at the Galaxy S22 phones or Galaxy Tab S8 tablets : Elegant designs matched …
Samsung knows how to make a premium device. Just take a look at the Galaxy S22 phones or Galaxy Tab S8 tablets: Elegant designs matched with the best tech. Samsung also knows how to make good budget phones and tablets, like its Galaxy A-series devices, using the right combo of materials and components to cover the essentials at a fair price. This balance between premium features and affordability carries over to the company’s current laptop lineup, too. The Galaxy Book Pro and Pro 360 models have all the bells and whistles like AMOLED displays, Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports and premium keyboards and touchpads. The non-Pro version of the Galaxy Book is the more middle-of-the-road option. It has an all-metal chassis for a higher-end look and feel, and the same 11th-gen Core i5 and i7 processors as the Pro models. Samsung also includes better-than-integrated Intel Iris Xe Max discrete graphics in the Galaxy Book, even at its $750 starting price. But it also has one big knock against it compared to the Pro models, and it’s one that some will find too difficult to ignore. The Galaxy Book I tested is the $1,000 configuration with an 11th-gen Intel Core i7,16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, plus Iris Xe Max discrete graphics. The $750 version drops down to a Core i5 and has half the memory and storage of the pricier model, but those are the only differences. (In the end, it’s also the one I would recommend of the two.) The base configuration is £699 in the UK. It’s not currently available in Australia, but the price converts to roughly AU$1,300. The $1,000 price for my configuration might sound high, but it is competitive with similar 14- and 15-inch laptops like the Asus Vivobook 15 and Acer Swift 3X.
