Perfect… On Paper. - Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra

Samsung makes everything these days. Their fridges, phones, and washing machines seem to be everywhere, but why don't more people talk about their laptops? Alex is here to check out the new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra to see if the electronics juggernaut knows how to put together a laptop that looks great on paper without breaking the bank.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Exceptional?
0:11 Unboxing and design/build quality
1:35 Sponsor - SHARGE
2:24 Knox and touchpad impressions
3:35 Specs and LABS display testing results
6:24 Keyboard impressions
7:49 LABS performance test results
8:09 Speaker comparison and webcam impressions
9:34 Teardown and LABS battery test results
10:41 Pricing and overall thoughts
12:21 Outro

[chiragsangani]

Alex laptop review bingo:

1. "Absolutely fantastic"
2. "Exceptional"
3. "Very good"
4. "Love to see it"

[the_average_backpacker]

I've had mine for 2 weeks.
Samsung could immediately fix two issues out of the box:
1. Have Dolby Atmos defaulted to "on" - I was disappointed with the audio until I figured out it wasn't on. I've only seen one review that points this factoid out. If reviewers are missing it, the general public sure as heck will.
2. Trackpad driver - definitely needs an update even after the recent update. Would also love to have an option to limit right click to a smaller section of the track pad.

Otherwise, really loving the machine.

[TheDude]

The pricing is intentional. They price it in the range of the more expensive macbook options to make it look like it competes there and then regularly put it on sale giving good discounts. Makes it look like a better deal.

[Klarseolt]

my jaw broke the floor when Alex voiced the price

what the actual hell samsung

[Denariio]

0:08 “knowing Samsung they fcked it up somehow” why’s this so true?

I love Samsung but every now and then they make something and just make a U turn and mess it up somehow. I was SO excited for the Galaxy S24 to come out and when it did… it was exynos again…

[gitcat]

Note 0:36 the sticker says "PC Development Sample (Not for office work)" and "Not to be taken out if the sticker is missing/damaged." It's a pre-production sample.

[nantelg]

Just a slight correction: this isn’t an international keyboard layout, it Canadian multilingual.

[chrisamon]

Samsung doing their Apple impressions!!!

[mileswurster]

During the Crab Rave test, I thought, “not bad🤔” then you did the side by side with the MBP— I literally laughed out loud.

[RafalBorowski]

Only 1, 5 kidney? I'll take two!!!

[Fakeman]

*6 P cores, 8 E cores, 2 HE cores
This greatly frustrates me. It is quite misleading to say 16 cores because that implies all 16 cores are the same, and they arent. I mean you mention the TGP for the GPU, why not the CPU?

[NOMD]

Only 16GB of ram? For this price? For this Specs? Hell no...

[ruffmadman]

Pro tip with those Intel/Nvidia/AMD stickers. If there is adhesive residue still on the surface of the device, you can use the bit of adhesive that was properly stuck on the sticker to remove it super easy. Just continue dabbing the sticker on the residue, and the adhesive will pull right off after a few dabs.

[ZachryMedearis]

I have the Galaxy Book 2 13” from 2022 and it’s still running like a champ. I got it for a really good price at Best Buy and have been happy ever since

[Voltaic_Fire]

The performance is exceptional for an ultrabook but I feel that it is a jack of all trades and doesn't do anything really well, it's definitely not worth that *UTTERLY RIDICULOUS PRICE.*

[-indeed]

With Samsung track record, it is easy say:
they will (hidden) screw up anyhow.

[watercannonscollaboration]

At $2400, this is probably a laptop that needs to be always “on sale”

[ronaldrohanp]

only thing ultra about this is the price

[mlekozmaslem]

1:02 That's what I've allways felt with samsung mobiles at low to mid tier pricing, amazing screen and that's about it.

[RILDIGITAL]

I totally agree with your sentiment about the Samsung Galaxy Ultra Book 4's price. It's baffling that it's priced so high when there are more capable machines available at lower costs.