Samsung announces Galaxy Book S notebook with Snapdragon 8cx processor
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announced during the Unpacked 2019 together with the Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy book s is the new bet of Samsung in the ultralight notebook market that arrives equipped with a Snapdragon 8cx da Qualcomm.
O Snapdragon 8cx it's a 7 nanometer chip designed for PCs, and the Samsung says that this version of Galaxy book s should have 40% more CPU performance, 80% more graphics performance, and more memory bandwidth compared to Galaxy Book 2.
O Snapdragon 8cx had been announced during the Computex 2019, at the beginning of the year, and brings 8 cores Kryo 495 with a GPU Adreno 680. the promise of Qualcomm is to face the Intel Core i5 of the U line, and at the time even released a video demonstrating the superiority of your chipset.
According to Samsung, Galaxy book s support Gigabit LTE, instant wake, fingerprint reader, and Bluetooth 5.0. It comes equipped with a Full HD screen. 13,3-inch TFT with up to 10-point multi-touch support.
Besides the Snapdragon 8cx, Galaxy book s comes equipped with 8 GB of RAM in LPDDR4X format. On the storage side, it will come in 256GB or 512GB versions, with support for a MicroSD card up to 1TB.
The big news behind this device is its battery life, where the Samsung guarantees up to 23 hours of autonomy, in addition to fast charging of 42Wh.
“It looks like a laptop, but has the essence of a smartphone.”
Hassan Anjum, Samsung Marketing Director
O Galaxy book s will be available from US$ 999 in the month of September in the international market. There is still no official information about the sale in Brazil.
Galaxy Book S specs
| Screen: | 13,3” FHD TFT (16:9) 10-point Multi-Touch |
| Dimensions and Weight: | 305,2 x 203,2 x 6,2-11,8 mm, 0,96 kg |
| Processor: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx. 64nm 7-bit Octa-core processor (Max. 2,84GHz + 1,8GHz) |
| RAM: | 8GB (LPDDR4X) |
| Storage: | 256 / 512GB + MicroSD (up to 1TB) |
| Camera: | 720p HD |
| Battery: | 42Wh, up to 23 hours of video playback |
| Audio: | Stereo speakers Sound tuned by AKG Immersive sound with Dolby Atmos® technology (Dynamic, Movie, Music, Game, Voice and Personalization) |
| Other features: | Gigabit LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, fingerprint sensor, support for Windows Hello |
Samsung ecosystem
A Samsung reaffirmed at the event its vision of creating an ecosystem with the devices of the Galaxy, aiming not only at an improvement in productivity, but also in the quality of life of users. In addition to Galaxy book s, we had the reinforcement of those already announced Galaxy Tab S6, It's from Samsung Watch Active 2, in addition to the flagship of the event, the Galaxy Note 10 e GalaxyNote10+, which includes a 5G version the device.
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