{"id":517,"date":"2021-08-02T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=517"},"modified":"2021-08-02T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:55:40","slug":"samsungs-new-galaxy-book-laptops-get-better-webcams-and-brighter-screens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s new Galaxy Book laptops get better webcams and brighter screens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><p>iThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung may be best known TVs and run Windows 11 and come equipped with Intel\u2019s 12th-gen Core i5 or i7 processors. But Samsung\u2019s strength is, as always, in its displays and this year&#8217;s AMOLEDs can hit up to 500 nits of brightness, making for easier viewing in challenging lighting conditions. At a recent hands-on one evening in New York, I wasn\u2019t able to take the machines out to read under direct sunlight as the sun had already set. In the brightly lit demo space as well as under our spotlights, though, it was easy to watch videos on the Galaxy Books.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption>Cherlynn Low \/ Engadget<\/figure>\n<p>Like I said last year in <ins>an onboard slot in the Galaxy Book Flex<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the new chips and brighter displays, the main upgrade for this generation of the Galaxy Book is higher-resolution webcams. Specifically, all three models now offer 1080p cameras that, based on my limited experience so far, already take the S22 Ultra, and after covering boring silver, black, white and even copper laptops for years, I\u2019m just grateful for something that\u2019s not just different but that\u2019s <em>beautiful<\/em>. Samsung\u2019s notebooks have been some of the more colorful around, like its <ins>cobalt blue Book Flex<\/ins>. I never knew I could lust after a burgundy laptop, but here I am coveting a PC for its <em>color<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I also really liked how light and thin the Book 2 Pro is (13-inch version weighs 0.87kg or 1.91 pounds), and in spite of its daintiness it felt premium and sturdy. Samsung\u2019s laptops might not look as elegant as Dell\u2019s XPS or <ins>starts at $1,250<\/ins>, up from last year\u2019s $1,200, and I\u2019m not sure a brighter screen and sharper webcam alone are worth the difference. I\u2019d also need to test these devices out for longer to gauge their real-world performance and determine things like battery life and thermal efficiency. The good news is there\u2019s still time \u2014 pre-orders start on March 18th, with availability beginning on April 1st. The Galaxy Book 2 360 starts at $900, and is only available from April 1st onwards, while the Book 2 Pro goes for $1,050.<\/p>\n<p><em>Catch up on all of the news from MWC 2022 <\/em><em>right here!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it. Samsung may be best known TVs and run Windows 11 and come equipped with Intel\u2019s 12th-gen Core i5 or i7 processors. But Samsung\u2019s strength is, as always, in its displays and this year&#8217;s AMOLEDs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[669,667,65,67,13,175,64,668,76,670],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}