Perfect… On Paper. - Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra
Summary
TLDRThe Samsung Galaxy Book Ultra is praised for its exceptional build, featuring a 140W USB-C charger, Thunderbolt 4 ports, and HDMI 2.1. The laptop boasts an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, 16GB RAM, and a 512GB SSD, coupled with an RTX 4050 for solid content creation capabilities. The OLED display with dynamic refresh rate and HDR support is a standout, offering vibrant colors and deep blacks. However, the touchpad has issues with acceleration, and the keyboard, while solid, has an unusual actuation profile. Despite impressive specs and performance, the high price tag puts it at a disadvantage compared to competitors with similar or better offerings.
Takeaways
- 📱 The Samsung Galaxy Book is described as well-built with an all-metal chassis and a rainbow Samsung logo.
- 🔌 It comes with a 140W charger delivered over USB Type-C, and a 6ft charging cable.
- 🛠️ The device might be difficult to repair due to the absence of visible screws and a potentially challenging opening process.
- 🖥️ The laptop features a micro SD card reader, USB Type-A, headphone/microphone combo jack, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and HDMI 2.1.
- 🎨 The display is exceptional with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155h processor, 16GB of soldered RAM, a 512GB Samsung NVMe SSD, and an RTX 4050 GPU.
- 🖱️ The touchpad has issues with mouse acceleration and a low pull rate, which may affect user experience.
- 📐 The screen has rounded corners and a dynamic refresh rate that adjusts from 48 to 120 Hz for power savings.
- 🌈 The OLED display offers a resolution of 2880 by 1800p with full-screen brightness of 400 nits in SDR and 600 nits in HDR.
- 🔊 The laptop has decent speakers tuned by AKG, but they are not as impressive as a MacBook Pro 14 when compared side by side.
- 👤 The webcam is 1080p and performs well, even under challenging lighting conditions.
- 💰 The price of the Samsung Galaxy Book is considered high compared to other laptops with similar or better specifications.
Q & A
What is the Samsung Galaxy Book's first impression in terms of build quality?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book has a well-built impression with an all-metal chassis that feels sturdy and high-quality.
What are the connectivity options on the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-The connectivity options include a micro SD card reader, USB Type-A, a headphone/microphone combo jack, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and an HDMI 2.1 port.
How is the Samsung Galaxy Book's screen quality and what are its specifications?
-The screen quality is exceptional with an OLED display, dynamic refresh rate from 48 to 120 Hz, a resolution of 2880 by 1800p, and full screen brightness of 400 nits in SDR and 600 nits in HDR.
What is the issue with the touchpad on the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-The touchpad has a problem with mouse acceleration and a low pull rate, which makes it feel unresponsive and difficult to use.
What are the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Book in terms of processor, RAM, and storage?
-It features an Intel Core Ultra 7 155h processor with 16 cores and 22 threads, 16 GB of soldered RAM running at 7467 megabytes per second, and a 512 GB Samsung NVMe SSD.
Does the Samsung Galaxy Book have dedicated graphics and what is its GPU?
-Yes, it has an RTX 4050 GPU, which allows for good performance in gaming and content creation tasks.
What are the audio capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-It has two tweeters reaching 2 watts and two woofers reaching 5 watts, tuned by AKG, providing clear and decent sound quality.
How is the webcam quality on the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-The webcam is 1080p with 2 megapixels and offers clear and crisp video quality, similar to Samsung's high-quality phone cameras.
What are the battery life and efficiency like on the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-The battery life is impressive, with over 11 and 1/2 hours on battery in endurance tests, especially considering the OLED display. The new Intel processors are proving to be quite efficient.
What are the upgradeability options for the Samsung Galaxy Book?
-There is an upgrade slot for a second SSD, but the Wi-Fi card is soldered down and cannot be upgraded. The RAM is also soldered down and not upgradeable.
What is the price point and value proposition of the Samsung Galaxy Book compared to other laptops?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book is priced at $2400 for the configuration with 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB SSD, and RTX 4050. However, it faces competition from other laptops like the Zephyrus G16 and the Spectre X360, which offer similar specs at lower prices.
Outlines
💻 Initial Impressions and Unboxing
The script begins with a review of the Samsung Galaxy Book, noting its exceptional specs on paper. The reviewer starts unboxing the laptop, highlighting the included 140W USB Type-C charger and a 6 ft cable. Concerns are raised about the lack of visible screws, suggesting difficulty in accessing the internals. First impressions of the laptop are positive, with a well-built metal chassis. Ports include a microSD card reader, USB Type-A, a headphone/microphone combo jack on the right, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports and an HDMI 2.1 port on the left. The reviewer appreciates the rainbow-like Samsung logo and the overall improved build quality compared to previous Samsung laptops.
🔋 Sponsor Segue and Security Features
The reviewer transitions to a sponsor message for the Shar Geek 170 power bank, emphasizing its 24,000 mAh capacity and quick charging capabilities. Returning to the laptop, the reviewer notes the presence of Samsung's Knox security chip, which secures sensitive data. However, the touchpad performance is criticized for its poor mouse acceleration and low polling rate, affecting usability. The display is praised for its quality, with a dynamic refresh rate of 48-120 Hz and high resolution of 2880x1800p.
🌟 Display Quality and Performance Specs
The brightness and color accuracy of the OLED display are highlighted, with 400 nits in SDR and 600 nits in HDR. The display offers excellent color profiles with a Delta E of 1.2 for sRGB and 13.4 for HDR content. The laptop's specifications include an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor with 16 cores and 22 threads, 16 GB of soldered RAM running at 7467 megatransfers per second, a 512 GB NVMe SSD, Intel Arc graphics, and an RTX 4050 GPU. This setup makes it suitable for content creation and some gaming, despite not being a top-tier gaming laptop.
⌨️ Keyboard and Sound Quality
The international version of the keyboard is discussed, with mixed feelings about its layout and key actuation. While the keyboard is generally solid, it has some inconsistencies in switch force. The sound system includes two woofers and two tweeters tuned by AKG, providing decent sound quality. However, when compared to a MacBook Pro 14, the sound quality falls short.
📹 Webcam and Overall Value
The 1080p webcam performs well, even in challenging lighting conditions, but the lack of facial recognition is a disappointment. The fingerprint reader on the power button is noted as a useful feature. The laptop's internals are explored, revealing a vapor chamber for cooling, a replaceable SSD, and an upgrade slot for a second SSD. The battery life is impressive, with over 11.5 hours of endurance. Despite these positives, the high price of $2400 is criticized, especially when compared to competitors like the Asus Zephyrus G16 and HP Spectre X360, which offer similar or better specs at lower prices. The review concludes with a thank you message to the viewers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Samsung Galaxy Book
💡USB Type-C
💡Thunderbolt 4
💡OLED Display
💡Intel Core Ultra 7 155h
💡NVIDIA RTX 4050
💡Dynamic Refresh Rate
💡Soldered RAM
💡Wi-Fi 6E
💡Sponsor Segue
💡Price-to-Performance Ratio
Highlights
The Samsung Galaxy Book comes with a 140W charger delivered over USB type-C.
The laptop has an all-metal chassis which feels well-built.
Samsung Galaxy Ultra Book 4 features a micro SD card reader, USB type-A, headphone/mic combo jack, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and HDMI 2.1.
The laptop has a rainbow Samsung logo, resembling RGB without the power.
The laptop's touchpad has issues with mouse acceleration and a low pull rate.
The laptop does not have full display due to rounded corners, similar to Surface devices.
The laptop is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155h processor with 16 cores and 22 threads.
It comes with 16 GB of soldered RAM running at 7467 megabytes per second.
The laptop includes a 512 GB Samsung NVMe SSD and an RTX 4050 GPU.
The laptop has a touchscreen OLED display with a dynamic refresh rate from 48 to 120 HZ.
The display has a resolution of 2880 by 1800p and offers excellent brightness and color accuracy.
The laptop has a Wi-Fi 6e card but lacks Wi-Fi 7.
The keyboard has inconsistencies in the actuation force and a strange profile.
The laptop's speakers are tuned by AKG and offer clear sound, though not as good as a MacBook Pro.
The webcam is 1080p and performs well in various lighting conditions.
The laptop has a fingerprint reader but lacks facial recognition.
The laptop has a replaceable SSD and an upgrade slot for a second SSD.
The battery life is impressive, lasting over 11 and a half hours in endurance tests.
The laptop is priced at $2400 for the configuration with 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB SSD, and RTX 4050.
The laptop's price is considered high compared to other options with similar or better specs.
Transcripts
on paper this Samsung Galaxy book looks
absolutely exceptional the only thing is
though knowing Samsung they it up
somehow let's figure out what it is open
the computer press the power button
that's what you need to do warranty
don't care about that here we have 140 W
charger which is all being delivered
over USB
type-c damn
it that's not what I wanted to do oh
there's the charging cable how long's
the cable it is 6 ft one thing that is
pretty concerning while we have it
flipped over like this is I don't see
any screws so I suspect getting into
this will be a pain all right so we've
got the Samsung Galaxy Ultra Book 4
right here and my first impressions are
that it's quite well built on the right
we have a micro SD card reader USB type
a headphone microphone combo Jack on the
left hand side two Thunderbolt 4S and
HDMI 2.1 I do really like how the
Samsung logo is all rainbowy it's like
RGB but without the power in the past my
experience with Samsung laptops has been
that they have incredible screens and
the rest kind of just sucks but right
here this feels vastly improved we have
an all metal chassis pushing on it it
feels really great damn before we go any
further there's one thing that I really
need to do this sticker is super crooked
I'm just going to get rid of it oh back
to oh I this is was a mistake I have
made it worse the only thing that can
make it better is a segue to our sponsor
thanks to charge for sponsoring this
video while the galaxy book should in
theory last you all day the Shar geeek
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24,000 milliamp hour capacity meaning
you get a full extra cycle in and then
some it has a 170 WT total output
threshold with a single USBC Port
supporting two-way charging of up to 140
WS thanks to its PD 3 3.1 standard which
means it both charges and gets charged
super quick and while you're charging
your laptop up plug in different devices
to give them a top up too the Shar geek
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sponsor segue did really clean that up
let's Boot It Up secured by nox o fancy
their noox chip is actually pretty cool
is its own dedicated chip that secures
all of your sensitive stuff in its own
little area for enhanced not getting
hacked I don't know why but this touch
pad just like makes me feel like I'm
drunk like they have some really brutal
Mouse acceleration on it and I just keep
on missing the stuff that I'm going for
like let's go for the X at the top right
missed it completely missed it not even
close it feels really jelly and you can
kind of see
that it seems like the pulling rate is
also really low I'm almost certain
that's a touchpad problem and nothing to
do with like the display one
sec yeah that's awesome that is
absolutely perfect you can see like I'm
moving it across here it looks really
really nice on this display one other
thing that I just noticed is that you
don't actually get the full display if
you look we have rounded corners on the
edges it's something that they did on
the uh surfaces and I guess they're
doing here as well oh my God M's
acceleration anyway anyway anyway specs
specs the specs are good in here we have
an Intel Core Ultra 7
155h that is 16 cores 22 threads and
these things are really really fast also
we have 16 GB of RAM which it says row
of chips so they are presumably soldered
down actually they're definitely
soldered down cuz they're running at
7467 megat transfers per second so you
do get really fast Ram at least even
though you can't upgrade it for the SSD
we have a 512 GB nbme SSD from Samsung
love to see it you guys make excellent
drives we also have arc graphics an npu
with Intel's AI boost and to top it off
an RTX 4050 which means even though this
right here won't be a super duper gaming
laptop it'll probably be a pretty darn
good one and also for Content creation
like video editing photo editing all of
that stuff it is going to be a beast
this 4050 also also goes up to 80 wats
tgp which is very healthy for a 40/50
you'll be getting most of the
performance out of it a it's a
touchcreen we''ve got OLED we've got
touch we've got oh my God this thing
looks good this also has a dynamic
refresh rate so it's able to go from 48
to 120 HZ based on battery saving stuff
but do note that it's not gsync so it's
not going to be doing that for like
frame pacing and games it's more so just
for power savings the resolution also is
a little bit more than quad h D so 2880
by 1800p and hot damn this thing is
excellent the brightness on this panel
is fantastic in SDR you get 400 nits and
in HDR 600 nits and for both of those
that is full screen brightness so you
don't have anything where like a little
tiny window gets super bright and then
when it gets blown up and it all kind of
looks like junk no this just no matter
what you get that full brightness out of
those OLED pixels and look at that pitch
black of course this is a Samsung device
so out of the box everything is pretty
saturated on display but it has heaps of
color profiles so if you just clamp it
down to srgb we have an average Delta e
of 1.2 which is absolutely fantastic we
expect less than two if you want to do
professional color work so you can do
that on here also in HDR the content on
this looks fantastic and we measured an
average Delta e of 13.4 which is really
quite good cuz HDR you are getting both
the color and the brightness to match
which is a bit more difficult and this
display does a fantastic job of that
just look at this for a second Andrew
like like just the background these
little details right
here one thing I did miss before cuz we
just weren't connected to the internet
is that we have a Wi-Fi 6 e card in here
which is quite good but I do wish that I
had Wi-Fi 7 given that this is a very
premium device is the keyboard good
though there is one thing that's kind of
annoying about this we have an
international version of the keyboard
instead of like a North American one so
we don't have a big shift on the left
hand side but oh well I'll deal with
that I don't know how I feel about this
keyboard if I'm honest objectively
speaking it seems pretty good like if we
look here if I push on the side of the
key it actuates the entire key before I
can get much dipping also key to key the
force is really quite good and the
chassis is nice and stiff so it's really
nice and consistent there is I think
it's a little bit stiffer on the right
hand side compared to the left but it's
not too bad that said though the
actuation profile is super weird like
there's no pre-act tuation if that makes
sense like you press on the key nothing
happens then it goes I think part of it
is that now that I've touched it more
there is definitely some inconsistencies
in the switching Force like some of them
take a little bit more Force than others
but mostly it's just kind of a strange
proile like it I don't know you feel
like you're really thonking you're
you're thonking the keyboard overall
though I'm going to give it an A minus I
think it's a solid keyboard you can you
can type on it I got up to almost full
speed there actually I would say that I
got up to full speed and I think that I
would get used to it in an hour or so
and just be ripping on it performance-
wise here are the results from the labs
and overall I would say it did quite
well given that it's an Ultra Book and
it's not particularly large but at the
same time it got AB absolutely smashed
by the Asus G14 which is both smaller
and cheaper so if you're looking for
actual just raw performance this is not
what you want in here we have two
wolfers that I reach 5 watts and two
tweeters that I reach two Watts which
should be very good sounding especially
since they were tuned by
AKG it's clear the mids seem pretty
decent okay that's not too bad that's
not too bad I can jam to
that all right let's let's see how it
compares to a MacBook Pro 14
[Music]
in killed
murdered nice and clear nice and
clear not even
close ouch all right let's have a look
at the webcam here it's 1080p 2
megapixel and Samsung of course on all
of their phones has been doing an
excellent job with their cameras and it
looks like they have applied that here
too this is having a bit of trouble
directly into the lights but it's still
is exposing for my face we turn around
here is it able to figure it out yeah no
problem at all looks nice and clear and
crisp and overall seems pretty good do
we have facial recognition no compatible
camera oh sadness we do have a
fingerprint reader up here on the right
hand side which is on top of the power
button best spot to have it but that
said I do wish that there was facial
recognition especially at this price you
haven't talked about it yet but you're
going to you're going to poop yourself
when you find out how much this thing
costs this is the bit that I said would
be annoying at the start where we have
to remove these oh that actually come
off really easily normally these are
glued on and just never go back on but
maybe these feet won't be too bad
although it also looks like they'll just
fall off after a year or two so that's
not so good four rubber feet four
Phillips head screws and a bunch of
prying later and we are in up top here
we have a big old Vapor chamber which is
how we were able to extract those 80
Watts out of the 40 50 I see a
replaceable SSD right here and an
upgrade slot right there for a second
SSD love to see that sadly the Wi-Fi
card is soldered down so if you want
Wi-Fi 7 I don't know just don't buy this
laptop and for the battery here it is
73.8 W hours and the battery life they
were able to extract from this thing is
incredible in our endurance test we were
able to get over 11 and 1/2 hours on
battery in this thing and espe
especially given this has an OLED
display that is incredible Intel's new
processors even though they might not be
much faster are proving to be quite
efficient and I do really appreciate
that I misread the spec sheet I thought
this was $400 less and still a bad value
but this right here with 16 GB of RAM 1
TB SSD and RTX
4050 is
$2400 it's it's a bit of a sin cuz this
overall quite a good laptop I could see
a lot of people really enjoying this
thing if they didn't just have every
single other laptop as an option at that
price you could instead get a zephyris
g16 for
$22,000 that has the same amount of RAM
and storage but an RTX 470 and I'm
pretty sure it's the exact same panel
from Samsung also this is available with
up to a 470 and that config is
$3,000 so uh I just don't get it it
simply makes no sense for the price that
they're asking to buy this laptop it's
got like a couple medium compromises
like the keyboard's okay trackpads kind
of weird speakers are fine for that
price it needs to be brilliant for
comparison the brand new Spectre X360
from HP has as far as I can tell the
exact same OLED panel which is a
touchcreen 4050 same specs that one is 6
,60 compared to $2400 for this so
overall I just I have no clue where that
price comes from Samsung has made the
battery they made the SSD they made the
display and probably a bunch of the
other stuff in here and presumably they
get a good price on all of those things
but you certainly do not but what you do
get is a thank you from me huge thanks
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you later
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