Samsung
Samsung introduced the US availability of the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 on Friday. First introduced on the finish of March within the UK, the two-in-one is a successor of kinds to one of many firm’s greatest Chromebooks, the Chromebook Plus V2 (it is truly nonetheless accessible, regardless of being launched in 2018).
The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 was designed with college students in thoughts, Samsung mentioned in its announcement. The two-in-one begins at $430, or £419 within the UK. (Pricing for Australia wasn’t introduced, however the UK worth converts to AU$740.) The Chromebook includes a 12.4-inch, 2,560×1,600-pixel, LED touchscreen with a brightness of 350 nits. Its 16:10 side ratio provides you extra vertical room to work in contrast with the 16:9 11.6-inch Chromebooks usually utilized in faculties. A 720p webcam is inbuilt above the show as effectively.
Inside is a lower-end Intel Celeron N4500 processor and configurations could have 4GB of LPDDR4x and both 64GB or 128GB of eMMC reminiscence for storage. Two USB-C ports and a USB 3.2 Type-A port, a combo 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot and Wi-Fi 6 spherical out the bundle.
The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 is decidedly a step down from final 12 months’s Galaxy Chromebook 2, which can also be a two-in-one. Nonetheless, it needs to be match for classwork, particularly with its taller show. While Chromebook gross sales had been sturdy throughout the top of the pandemic, gross sales slowed within the first quarter of 2022. The Galaxy Chromebook 2 360’s lower cost and student-friendly design would possibly assist it stand out with back-to-school consumers.
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