Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro just tipped for early 2022 launch

Samsung Milky way Book two Pro just tipped for early 2022 launch

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Samsung proved it could be taken seriously as a laptop manufacturer with the release of the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 earlier this year. We found both laptops impressive, specially the latter, which we awarded with 4 out of 5 stars in our Samsung Galaxy Pro 360 review.

Given how well-received Samsung's latest laptops were — not to mention the corporeality of money and energy the company invested in aircraft ultraportables in 2021 — information technology's no surprise that the Korean manufacturer is poised to release successors to those laptops in 2022 in a bid to make our all-time laptop list.

That's what we're hearing this calendar week courtesy of SamMobile, which claims to have obtained exclusive information about the upcoming Galaxy Book Pro series laptops. According to the site, Samsung will release the Galaxy Book two Pro and the Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 in the first quarter of 2022.

The visitor plans to continue using OLED screens for these next-generation Windows laptops, and though the site didn't obtain information about the machines' specifications, it believes the laptops will apply Intel's twelfth generation Alder Lake or AMD's Zen 4-based Ryzen 6000 series processors. We think this is a reasonable assessment, equally is the expectation of improved graphics performance in higher-end configurations and better battery life.

Both laptops should have the same tight integration with Samsung's tablets and phones seen in the current models. And that'south a big deal.

Every bit we said before this year, Samsung's Galaxy Book Pro is poised to shake up laptops — including MacBooks because of how the visitor tightly integrates its laptops with its Galaxy smartphones, and Android devices in full general. Having the option to connect your laptop to your Android smartphone to run phone apps on your desktop, accept calls and easily admission your photos, letters and notifications is a cracking and useful feature. Nosotros see no reason the new Samsung models wouldn't also come with this functionality.

We're also happy about the claim that Samsung will keep the OLED screens from the current Galaxy Book Pro models. As we said in our Galaxy Volume Pro 360 review, the display's colors look vibrant and fine details stand out while watching videos and movies on the device. Nosotros're unsure if the new laptops will take 4K displays (the current generation of laptops practice non), just the upgrade would be welcome — especially on higher-end configurations. 4K OLED screens would go a long style in helping Samsung build a bigger presence in the U.S. laptop market.

The reported release appointment — sometime during the first three months of 2022 —seems somewhat far-fetched. Though information technology might be tempting to recollect we'll get an official annunciation during CES 2022 in January, we haven't heard whatsoever industry chatter almost these laptops until now. That'due south unusual, given that specs and other details about hardware coming in a month's time would be leaking past now.

Nosotros don't want to completely dominion out a Samsung Galaxy Volume two Pro declaration side by side month — but we won't bet on it either.

Tony is a computing author at Tom'southward Guide covering laptops, tablets, Windows, and iOS. During his off-hours, Tony enjoys reading comic books, playing video games, reading speculative fiction novels, and spending too much time on Twitter. His not-nerdy pursuits involve attention Hard Rock/Heavy Metal concerts and going to NYC bars with friends and colleagues. His work has appeared in publications such as Laptop Mag, PC Magazine, and various independent gaming sites.