Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 REVIEW - What Could've Been...

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Video Index:
00:00 Intro
03:37 Pricing
05:21 Build & Design
05:47 Size & Weight
06:03 Ports & Connections
06:39 Performance, Benchmarks & Gaming
07:53 Thermals, Surface Temps & Fan Noise
09:08 Internals & User Upgradeability
11:12 Battery Life & Charging
12:05 Display
13:32 The Modes & S Pen
14:49 Webcam & Mics
15:41 Keyboard & Touchpad
17:48 Audio & Speaker Test
18:32 Pros & Cons
19:58 The Score
20:22 Outro

[nexxsam]

glad to see you review this, honestly Samsung's horrible laptop pricing results in their laptops always being on sale in the UK 😭😭

[rafaelperez]

You're so right Andrew. A lot of missed opportunities here with the Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 and yet I'm not surprised? It's just Samsung being Samsung. No Haptic TouchPad, the fact that you only get 16GB of soldered RAM and no option to even upgrade to 32GB during the ordering process is really unacceptable! Also, why are they still using SSD from a third party manufacturer with slow speeds instead of their own? The Webcam, internal mics and speaker quality are good but if this is all you get for the price and nothing else, I would definitely skip Samsung as there are better options out there in my opinion. Awesome Andrew!! 👏😁

[ilkerYT]

9:25
They could have easily putted a 80wh+ battery there, but did'nt choosed to do it :D

[yeyoeddy]

Love how you call these companies out. If they are going to ask for a lot of money put all the hardware tha represents the value of what ypu are asking. Thank you sir for communicating what others do not.

[romainb]

I've had problem with it within 8 days after delivery, my pc doesn't detect the mic of my paired Buds 3 pro and shut off during a Google Meet call. I had a blinking blue light that I don't know what it is and the pc didn't even want to start. Now it's starting but it's slow and never want to shut down... Moreover I'm a student and use Samsung note and I had a lot of freezes in the app, didn' t see the 120htz it was so laggy idk if it's my unit. So I asked for a free replacement. Glad I saw the issues within the 14 days to return + in Europe the 512 GB model was 2100 euros lol, I hope the new one they send me will be a bit better I regret not buying a Macbook Air M3 but I never had apple products before

[yadindominguez]

Andrew I think that step by step we are moving the overton window with respect to laptops, although Apple has had it for a long time, which is to sell us expensive products that are not top top in all their specifications.

[jamiceu]

If they gave you 32 GB for the same price, it would have made it more worth it.

[lionelb]

Samsung thinking they're Apple while calling everything Galaxy to ask for this much money...

[amigosan]

love your reviews, and love that you say everything you wanna say, honesty makes the difference
was really awaiting this review

16gb ram... a real, real real big shame

keep up the good work

[williamcohen]

Nice pc. Camera and mics and speakers are good. Very good display. Agree with you about the keyboard. If they ever redesign their keyboard they should improve the key travel and also the numpad layout or remove it as it is functionally useless in this iteration. Port selection is good. Nice to see an sd card slot as most other manufacturers do not include it on their newer models. Also agree for this price to put in a faster ssd card and haptic touchpad. What are these manufacturers thinking when designing these products? Thank you for another great review.

[speciala]

the big bezel on the display bottom is as same big as on edge, pro, ultra ( Gen.4).
It's a deliberate hack to put the display more at eye level.

[arvandvarahram]

I fully agree that a 32GB option is actually a must have. Regarding the haptic feedback: sorry Andrew, but there is no need for it simply because you can do everything including drag&drop without clicking. And if you don't click, you won't need a haptic feedback. The main problem with the touchpad is its position which is the main reason why I would not buy this notebook.

[bobzhu]

Another great review. I agree with you on many of your opinions. Removed this model from my list.

[panathaninf]

So true, many years now every now and then I receive a corporate email with huge discounts for Samsung Laptops. I have never found any Samsung laptop even remotely acceptable even with discounts.

[janiwr.m]

i got myself the galaxy book 4 pro 360 and i dont know if i should bring it back to get a macbook. samsung couldve done much more for the price

[crazyelf]

Thanks for telling the truth. As you noted, no haptic touchpad is a really big disappointment. I think that they are trying to force people to buy the Galaxy Ultra line by limiting the RAM. They want to force everyone who wants more RAM to buy the top model.

For key travel, I would say at least 1.8mm is optimal and ideally over 2.0mm. I'm not fond of these thinner keyboards.

[scottdpeterstv]

I wish Samsung would make an Ultra version of the 360 with a dGPU and 32gb of memory with a 2nd ssd slot. Could be the ultimate creator laptop..

[jrnathan]

You should do a review on the best 2 in 1 laptops

[karolm.]

Hope we will see more review 14 inch laptops with AMD ryzen 9 hx 370.

[headcrab]

Who decided that ultra thin is the ultimate goal for a laptop design? The only parametre when doing compromise on everything else?