The 15.6-inch Chromebooks will get you through or nearly through a day of work or school, but their unplugged endurance is in a lesser league than the other machines'. The Samsung Chromebook 4 provided nearly all-day battery life, with a Laptop Mag battery test (web-surfing at 150 nits) score of 10 hours and 36 minutes. That's an hour longer than the 9:36 Chromebook average and more than half an hour longer than the 9:51 from the Lenovo Chromebook C330. Samsung Chromebook 4 webcam The Duet was more competitive in this test, while the Acer Spin 713 dominated again. The Samsung performed solidly, though Android apps are awkward without a touch screen.

Find comfort and precision in typing with the Samsung Chromebook 4’s keyboard. Its ergonomically designed, curved keycaps deliver you seamless, comfortable typing for much longer.The Samsung Chromebook 4 line offers a sleek and beautiful design. With the simple yet sophisticated look of a premium device that features no visible screws anywhere, the new sleek Chromebooks provide a seamless aesthetic and functional experience. Thanks to slim, high-quality hardware, both devices are exceptionally thin, lightweight, and portable for use on-the-go. The screen of the Samsung Chromebook 4 (11.6”) is equipped with an HD display, whilst the Chromebook 4+ (15.6”) comes with a Full HD display to truly enhance the viewing experience. With USB-C port functionality built in not just for power but for high-speed data transfer, at a rate of up to 5 Gbps, upload presentation files in a snap. Connect the Samsung Chromebook 4 or 4+ to a 4k monitor, and switch to Ultra-HD for presentations, TV shows, or games. The Google Experience use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity. In our experience, Chromebooks with ARM processors are significantly slower than those with x86 chips, so it's no surprise that Lenovo's Duet trailed the field, while the Core i5 Acer raced ahead. The Celeron systems landed in between.

The Samsung Chromebook 4 line represents a new gold standard of value, combining high-level performance at a highly competitive price point. It leads the way on nearly all standard measures of portability, usability, and performance. With up to 64GB storage, 4GB memory, and a powerful Intel® Celeron® Processor N4000, users can store more, do more, and do it all faster. The Samsung Chromebook 4 is equipped with USB-C type ports. Its compact build and high compatibility make it easy to connect to a wide variety of devices. With ports on both the left and right sides, you can charge your device and work with external hardware at the same time. The Samsung Chromebook 4 Series will be available from 25 November on Samsung.com/uk with a wider roll out to selected retailers next year.

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Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. See how we test. Acceptable laptop screens graduated to 1,920-by-1,080-pixel or higher resolutions years ago, but you can still find 1,366-by-768 panels in the 11.6-inch segment. Such a low pixel count means the Samsung won't show fine details, and letters look faintly fuzzy. (As with most Chromebooks, you can dial in lower "looks like" resolution scaling if you want icons or screen elements to appear larger.) Also, the Chromebook 4's antique twisted-nematic (TN), rather than in-plane-switching (IPS), panel technology translates to narrow viewing angles and dishwater-murky colors. They may be clinging to life at the bottom of the laptop ladder, but 11.6-inch compacts still fill a niche as ultra-low-budget ultraportables. (Plus, Chrome OS works tolerably on humble hardware, whereas the last 11.6-inch Windows notebook we tried and tested was simply pitiful.) For any content that you submit, you grant SAMSUNG a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Given the fantastic response to the Galaxy Book range launched earlier this year which marked our return to mobile computing in the UK, we can’t wait to offer customers the Samsung Chromebook 4 Series.” said James Kitto, Vice President of Sales at Samsung UK and Ireland. “Bringing power and beautiful design at an affordable price, the series reaffirms our commitment to the category, where we are uniquely positioned with a mobile-first approach to computing that completes our best-in-class ecosystem”.

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Finally, to test a laptop's battery life, we loop a 720p video file with screen brightness set at 50%, audio volume at 100%, and Wi-Fi disabled until the system quits. If the Chromebook's internal storage isn't big enough to hold the video, we play it from an external SSD plugged into a USB-C port. Its slim and compact body is easy to grip, and the convenient build means you can use it anywhere – on the sofa, in bed or at your desk. With premium metal on its top, its design is bound to turn heads. Its sturdy metal casing protects it from many kinds of wear and tear.