Just before the start of IFA 2024, Samsung unveiled the first entry in the Galaxy Book 5 series. It's a thin, light, AI-driven laptop with a gorgeous OLED display, all-day battery life, and Intel's new processors.
Yes, Intel. Maybe the Book 5 series will get a Snapdragon version later, but today it's all about the Intel Core 2-series Ultra processors. They bring 47 TOPS of NPU power, which qualifies them for the PC Copilot+ brand.
Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360
The Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 is a convertible laptop with a 16-inch OLED touchscreen with S Pen support. The hinge allows the screen to rotate 360°, transforming the device into a Windows tablet. Speaking of which, the display is a 2,880 x 1,800 px panel with a 120 Hz refresh rate and an anti-reflective coating. An S Pen is also included in the standard sales package.
The laptop is light for a 16-incher, weighing 1.69 kg (3.73 lbs) and measuring 12.8 mm thick (0.5″). It's equipped with a fairly large 76 Wh battery, which charges using a 65 W USB-C adapter. The battery should last up to 25 hours of video playback. And you'll also enjoy Dolby Atmos sound from the quad-speaker system throughout playback (2 x 5 W woofers, 2 x 3.3 W tweeters).
It looks like there is only one version currently and it uses the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V processor with Intel Arc 140V GPU (8GB). The GPU promises a 17% performance improvement over Intel's previous efforts.
There's 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM (soldered) and you can choose between 512GB and 1TB NVMe SSD (this should be user accessible, but there's only one slot).
Highlights of the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360
The Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 is equipped with excellent connectivity options. It has an HDMI 2.1 port (up to 8K at 60fps or 5K at 120fps), two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-A 3.2 port, and a headphone/mic combo jack. Wireless options include Wi-Fi 7 (be, 2×2) and Bluetooth 5.4.
The laptop comes with Windows 11 Home and a host of AI features including Circle to Search, Chat Assist, Live Translate, and Transcript Assist. Samsung is touting “over 300 AI-accelerated experiences across 100+ creativity, productivity, gaming, and entertainment apps.”
The Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 is available to pre-order today and will be available later this month in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and other markets. The 512GB variant costs £1,700 and the 1TB version costs £1,900 on Samsung UK.
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