Two-minute review
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is the newest flagship from the almost-all-conquering electronics large. We say ‘almost’, as whereas Samsung dominates in lots of fields, together with smartphones, TVs and storage, to call just some, it’s not discovered the identical stage of success with laptops.
However, with the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro, it’s clear that the corporate needs to alter that, and has made a trendy high-end laptop computer that packs Intel’s newest eleventh era processors. In reality, just like the HP Spectre x360 (2021) and Dell XPS 13 (Late 2020), the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is an Intel Evo-certified laptop computer.
Intel Evo platforms are designed to supply a sure stage of efficiency, in order that they will need to have eleventh era processors, get up from sleep in lower than a second, provide Thunderbolt 4 ports for super-fast knowledge switch speeds and provide over 9 hours of battery life. The concept is that in the event you purchase a laptop computer with an Intel Evo badge on the field, it is best to know you’re getting a really spectacular performer. No stress, then.
With high-end new Intel CPUs and Samsung’s ‘Galaxy’ branding, which the corporate reserves for its flagship merchandise, it might come as no shock to study that the the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is an costly laptop computer. For the 15.6-inch mannequin we review right here, you’re a minimal of $1,199.99 / £1,099 (round AU$2,000). That’s an enormous chunk of change by anybody’s requirements.
The excellent news is that by and enormous, the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro justifies this price ticket. The design isn’t probably the most thrilling, but it surely’s impressively skinny and light-weight – weighing simply 1.05kg. This makes it an incredible laptop computer for taking out and about, as you possibly can place it in your bag or backpack and also you’ll hardly discover it’s there.
There’s a good array of ports, together with a microSD card slot, which places it forward of different skilled laptops that appear to sacrifice ports for slender and light-weight designs. The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro proves you don’t must make these sort of compromises.
General efficiency is superb, with the eleventh era processors and ample RAM permitting you to run Windows 10 and just about any app you want simply. Without devoted graphics, this isn’t going to be taking part in many AAA video games, or dealing with intensive graphical workloads, however you wouldn’t be shopping for it for that anyway.
Where it actually excels, nevertheless, is with battery life. In our assessments it lasted between 14 and 16 hours relying on what you’re utilizing it for. That’s a exceptional period of time, and it means you possibly can fortunately work on this for a full work day with out worrying about plugging it in.
It’s so good that it boosts the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro from a good laptop computer to a superb one. If you’re after a stable laptop computer for engaged on when out and about, its light-weight design and epic battery life goes to go a great distance towards justifying its excessive value.
Price and availability
Spec sheet
Here is the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro configuration despatched to SociallyTrend for review:
CPU: 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-1165G7 (quad-core, 8MB Intel Smart Cache, as much as 4.7GHz with Turbo Boost)
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe (built-in)
RAM: 16GB LPDDR4x
Screen: 13.3-inch FHD (1,920 x 1,080) contact
Storage: 512GB SSD (PCIe, NVMe, M.2)
Ports: 1x USB-A 3.2, USB-C with Thunderbolt 4, USB-C microSD card reader, HDMI, combi audio jack
Connectivity: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX (2x2), Bluetooth 5.1
Camera: 720p
Weight: 2.3 kilos (1.05kg)
Size: 13.9 x 8.89 x 0.46 inches (355.4 x 225.8 x 11.7 mm; W x D x H)
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro, as with different ‘Galaxy’ merchandise from Samsung, is a flagship system, and meaning it comes with a steep price ticket. The base mannequin, with a 13.3-inch 1080p AMOLED display screen, Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, prices $999.99.
In the UK, you may get an analogous spec, however with a bigger 512GB SSD for £1,099. It doesn’t seem to be the Galaxy Book Pro is at the moment out there in Australia, however these costs would equate to round AU$2,000.
In the US, the mannequin with 512GB SSD prices $1,199.99.
There’s additionally a 15.6-inch mannequin with an Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB storage that begins at $1,099.99 / £1,199 (round AU$2,200).
So, it is a high-end laptop computer with a price ticket to match. The asking value means it goes up in opposition to costly laptops just like the Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020). These are formidable opponents from extra established laptops makers, so the Galaxy Book Pro actually has its work minimize out for it.
Design
Samsung’s Galaxy telephones are well-known for being a few of the greatest trying handsets round, and the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is one other engaging system from the corporate. It’s glossy and skinny, with dimensions of 304.4 x 199.8 x 11.2 mm for the 13.3-inch mannequin, and 355.4 x 225.8 x 11.7 mm for the 15-inch mannequin, which we review right here.
The weight is impressively gentle as effectively, with the 15.6-inch mannequin weighing simply 1.05kg, which is astoundingly gentle for a 15-inch laptop computer, and means you possibly can simply choose it up with one hand. It ought to simply slip into your bag or rucksack as effectively, and also you’ll hardly know that it’s there.
These days, many people are working and studying remotely, and needing to be versatile with the place we work (and typically once we work) means a skinny and light-weight laptop computer is extremely helpful, and the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro ticks these bins properly.
The colour scheme is ‘Mystic Silver’ with a metallic-colored lid, whereas the remainder of the physique is white. It’s good, however we wouldn’t fairly go so far as to say the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is the very best trying laptop computer cash can purchase proper now. That doesn’t imply it’s ugly – removed from it – however there’s simply a lot competitors from the likes of the beautiful HP Elite Dragonfly G2 that it’s exhausting to face out as an excellent trying laptop computer as of late.
Still, if we take the ‘Pro’ a part of the identify as a sign that the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is designed to be a enterprise laptop computer, then the general design will definitely attraction to folks searching for a tool you need to use in an workplace or take out in a gathering.
The skinny bezels across the 15.6-inch display screen offers the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro a contemporary look, particularly in comparison with the MacBook Pro, and it means Samsung has been ready so as to add a big display screen with out making the general dimension of the laptop computer too massive.
The dimensions provide sufficient house for a full dimension keyboard with massive, simple to hit keys. There’s a good quantity of journey on them, so typing and dealing on the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is comfy. It additionally features a numpad, a useful addition that’s typically not included in laptops because of house restraints.
On the top-right nook above the num pad sits a button that turns the laptop computer on, and can be used for scanning your fingerprint to log into Windows 10 securely. There’s no icon on the button, but it surely’s highlighted with a silver encompass, which is a pleasant, minimalist means of setting this key other than the remainder.
Below the keyboard is a big trackpad that's responsive and simple to make use of. It’s good to see Samsung benefit from the bigger type issue of a 15.6-inch laptop computer to make the keyboard and touchpad as massive and cozy as attainable.
Even with its slimline design, the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro includes a first rate collection of ports, which is all the time essential for a enterprise laptop computer. On the left-hand aspect is a HDMI port and two USB-C ports.
On the right-hand aspect there’s an audio jack, USB-A port (helpful for older USB gadgets) and a microSD card slot. We’re all the time completely satisfied to see a card slot in a laptop computer, particularly one which’s aimed toward professionals. It’s a genuinely helpful factor to have, particularly for photographers, for instance, who will not have to plug in an extra dongle or adaptor. Along with the numpad on the keyboard, it is a characteristic typically left off laptops, so it’s good to see Samsung keep it up. The port choice actually places to disgrace the MacBook Pro, which comes with simply two or 4 (relying on configuration) USB-C ports.
Overall, the design of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is unassuming, but offers just about all the pieces you’d need in a laptop computer for engaged on as of late. It’s impressively skinny and light-weight, the display screen is massive and isn’t dwarfed by cumbersome bezels, there’s loads of ports and the keyboard and observe pad are massive and cozy. It won't be probably the most thrilling design, however it is a laptop computer designed to ship, to not excite.
Performance
Benchmarks
Here’s how the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro carried out in our suite of benchmark assessments:
Cinebench R20: 1,166 factors (single-core); 4,079 (multi-core)
GeekBench 5: 1,537 (single-core); 5,212 (multi-core)
PCMark 10 (Home Test): 4,913 factors
PCMark 10 Battery Life: 13 hours 38 minutes
Battery Life (SociallyTrend film check): 16 hours 49 minutes
As an Intel Evo laptop computer, the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro wants to supply a sure stage of efficiency, and that features providing over 9 hours of battery life, whereas additionally waking from sleep in lower than a second and providing 40% higher efficiency than a two-year-old laptop computer.
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro actually provides excellent efficiency from a laptop computer of this value level. Not solely is it skinny and light-weight, however Windows 10 runs easily and boots up shortly. During our time with the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro, it comfortably ran a number of apps and web sites with ease.
The massive keys of the keyboard and enormous and vibrant display screen made engaged on the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro comfy as effectively.
The mannequin we review right here comes with an Intel Core i7-1165G7, a strong quad-core processor with a max frequency of 4.7Ghz. Paired with 16GB of RAM, this leads to speedy laptop computer that's superb for day-to-day workloads. It could also be overkill for individuals who simply desire a laptop computer for looking the web or video streaming, however if you would like one thing you possibly can load a bunch of applications on, they usually begin up and run shortly, it is a excellent machine for doing simply that.
There’s no devoted graphics, however the built-in Intel Iris Xe graphics provides excellent efficiency. While you received’t have the ability to play the newest AAA video games on it (older or some new retro or indie titles are doable although), it’s ok for picture and video modifying, and it helps contribute to the general efficiency of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro.
The display screen is vibrant and vibrant, and with the 15.6-inch model, you get loads of house to mess around with. The audio system aren’t as spectacular, although, sounding a bit of skinny at regular volumes, and getting distorted when turned up too loud. This is probably going a symptom of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro’s skinny and light-weight design, because it means there’s not sufficient house to place in higher high quality audio system. They do the job, however if you wish to take heed to music (otherwise you desire a laptop computer for video and music modifying), you then’ll need to plug in some exterior audio system.
The fingerprint scanner, which is used to log into Windows 10, labored very effectively throughout our time with the laptop computer, logging us in shortly and with out fuss each time. Sadly, that’s not all the time the case with different Windows 10 laptops.
One of the largest promoting factors of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is its potential to combine with different Samsung merchandise, most noticeably smartphones and the Galaxy Buds true wi-fi headphones. We tried the laptop computer with quite a lot of Samsung gadgets, together with the Galaxy Buds, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Samsung Galaxy S21+, and the mixing was good, however with just a few caveats.
For a begin, whereas Samsung is making an attempt to make the mixing between its gadgets as seamless as Apple’s (with the iPhone, Mac and Airpods), it doesn’t actually handle it, however that’s not totally Samsung's fault.
While Apple has full management over its {hardware} and software program, Samsung doesn’t. So, connecting your Samsung telephone, for instance, includes utilizing Android (by Google) and Windows (by Microsoft) and signing into a variety of accounts, together with your Samsung account. Meanwhile, the picture sync possibility, which helps you to see photographs in your telephone in Windows on the laptop computer, makes use of Microsoft’s OneDrive service.
It’s not a deal breaker, but it surely makes the entire thing much less cohesive than Apple’s means of doing factor, the place you simply want a single Apple ID account, and the method may be very easy.
Samsung has additionally pre-installed a lot of its personal apps on the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. These apps, like Samsung Gallery and Samsung Notes shall be acquainted to anybody who has a Samsung telephone or pill, as they're the identical as those that come preinstalled on these gadgets. It brings a bit extra uniformity between the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro and its smartphone and pill counter components and it additionally means you possibly can sync objects between them.
However, the Windows 10 variations of those apps undergo from the identical points that the cell ones do, as Windows 10 comes with completely good apps, resembling Note Pad and Photos, which do related jobs. Sure, they don’t sync with Samsung gadgets robotically, but it surely leaves the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro feeling prefer it comes pre-loaded with redundant instruments.
On the Samsung smartphones, it’s an analogous scenario, and many individuals might marvel what the purpose of Samsung Gallery is, for instance, when Google Photos does primarily the identical factor. It’s clear why Samsung has executed this – it needs folks to make use of its apps, not Google’s or Microsoft’s, however many customers might not be impressed – particularly in the event that they don’t personal a Samsung smartphone or pill as effectively.
Less comprehensible is Samsung’s irritating choice to pre-install a trial of McAfee anti-virus on the Galaxy Book Pro. Once the free trial expires, you’re then pestered with huge, alarming pop ups in crimson that rely down the minutes till you’re in danger – except you click on ‘Stay protected’ and subscribe to McAfee.
It’s a reasonably grubby apply, and whereas that is extra on McAfee and its scare techniques to get folks to subscribe, Samsung isn’t innocent because it made the choice to incorporate it. These pre-installed trials are often paid for by the software program maker, so it may assist funds laptops from smaller manufacturers be offered for much less cash, with the laptop computer maker recouping some cash from these offers. However, with a model as huge as Samsung, and with a laptop computer as costly because the Galaxy Book Pro, the justification is tougher to make. It’s a disgrace.
Thankfully, the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is highly effective sufficient that even with these pre-installed apps, efficiency isn’t impacted.
Webcam and microphone
In this point in time, having an excellent high quality webcam and microphone in a laptop computer is crucial, as many people are working remotely, or more and more utilizing video calls to maintain in touch with family and friends.
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro comes with a 720p webcam, which is a bit of disappointing, as we’re seeing an growing variety of 1080p webcams being included in premium laptops. For instance, the Dell XPS 13, one of many Samsung Galaxy Book Pro’s largest rivals, has a 1080p webcam, and the distinction in high quality may be very noticeable.
The webcam of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro does the job, however the decrease decision means the picture loses particulars. Not the tip of the world, however a cleaner and crisper picture appears to be like extra skilled in enterprise conferences, and might make you look extra pure in private video calls, which actually could make a distinction while you’re video calling with family members half the world away.
The built-in microphone of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro additionally does the job, however doesn’t excel. When shopping for a laptop computer at this value, you’d like a bit extra ‘wow’ issue with each.
Battery life
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro actually wows in the case of battery life, nevertheless. As an Intel Evo laptop computer it wants to supply a minimum of 9 hours, however we discovered it went far past that.
In our personal battery life benchmark, which includes taking part in a looped 1080p video at 50% display screen brightness, the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro lasted a really spectacular 16 hours and 49 minutes.
That’s a implausible end result for a laptop computer of this energy, and places a lot of its rivals to disgrace. We additionally discovered that in our time with the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro, we had been capable of comfortably work a whole workday with no need to cost the laptop computer.
The PC Mark 10 benchmark, which replicates extra intensive workloads resembling video calling and web looking, additionally confirmed simply how good the battery life is, with the Galaxy Book Pro lasting a superb 13 hours and 38 minutes. Again, it means you possibly can comfortably work a complete day with out worrying about plugging it in.
Battery life is among the most essential issues folks have when shopping for a brand new laptop computer, so the truth that the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro has such a powerful one may critically sway folks.
Buy it if...
You have a Samsung smartphone
The integration between the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro and different Samsung gadgets is superb, so in the event you’ve invested within the ecosystem, this laptop computer will slot in effectively.
You need sensible battery life
The battery lifetime of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro actually is spectacular, and it’s among the finest we’ve seen on such a strong laptop computer.
You desire a light-weight laptop computer
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is impressively gentle, particularly when you think about the dimensions of its display screen. It’s a tool you possibly can simply carry round with you all through the day.
Don't purchase it if...
You desire a funds laptop computer
The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is a good laptop computer, but it surely’s additionally an costly one. If you desire a laptop computer with out spending a fortune, there are higher choices on the market.
You don’t like Samsung’s apps
If you don’t have a Samsung smartphone, otherwise you don’t like pointless apps pre-installed, you could be aggravated by the Galaxy Book Pro, which incorporates numerous Samsung’s personal apps.
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