Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra hands-on

Samsung unveiled the much-awaited Galaxy S23 collection smartphones earlier this month on the Galaxy Unpacked occasion alongside the Galaxy Book3 collection laptops, together with the Galaxy Book3 360, Galaxy Book3 Pro, Galaxy Book3 Pro 360, and Galaxy Book3 Ultra. The Galaxy Book3 Ultra is the flagship within the lineup and we had the prospect to spend some high quality time with it on the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, India so listed here are some impressions of Samsung’s most formidable laptop computer but.

The Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra is 16.5mm thick and weighs 1.79 kg. It has a glossy design and is available in a full aluminum body. The total construct is sweet, similar to the end on the laptop computer’s lid, which extends to the realm across the keyboard. However the lid is shortly smudged so preserving it in its pristine kind requires common wiping.

The Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s lid sports activities the Samsung brand positioned in an off-center place, which is not unusual nowadays, however some would possibly just like the centered placement higher.

Samsung did not allow us to examine the underside facet of the Galaxy Book3 Ultra, however you’ll be able to count on some vents there to facilitate airflow and rubber cushions to offer grip to the laptop computer.

That stated, on the left facet of the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra is the HDMI 2.0 port, joined by two USB-C Thunderbolt 4.0 ports and a charging indicator, and on the best is the USB-3.2 Type-A port flanked by a microSD card slot and a 3.5mm audio combo jack.

Two USB-C Thunderbolt 4.0 ports and an HDMI 2.0 port on the left, with the USB-3.2 Type-A port, a microSD card slot, and a 3.5mm audio combo jack on the best

Open the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s lid, and also you see the 16″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display of two,880×1,800-pixel decision and 16:10 facet ratio. It has a brightness of 500 nits for HDR content material (400 nits typical) and a 120Hz adaptive refresh charge (48-120Hz), which is able to change relying on the content material on the display. Although you do have the choice to maintain it capped at 60 FPS.

The show additionally has 120% DCI-P3 coloration quantity, and it is surrounded by slim, non-plasticky bezels with a 1080p net digital camera mounted on the highest one, accompanied by a blue-colored indicator that lights up when the digital camera is in use.

Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s 16″ display is surrounded by slim bezels, with a 1080p net digital camera on the highest one

The Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s hinge felt sturdy, however the way it retains its stability in the long term is one thing solely time can inform.

We even have the Island Type keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra with 3-level backlighting and an influence button in its top-right nook with the fingerprint scanner embedded. We typed just a few strains on the occasion and located the keyboard good to sort on. However, detailed testing is required to find out the standard of the keyboard in every day utilization.

The Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s keyboard additionally has a devoted numpad, which is sweet to see on glossy laptops. We requested Samsung in the event that they plan on introducing an built-in LED-illuminated numeric keypad we noticed on the Asus Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition, and the Korean conglomerate’s product staff advised us that the model believes that an precise, bodily numpad nonetheless presents the very best expertise, so do not count on an built-in resolution like Asus’ on Samsung’s laptops any quickly.

That stated, the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s non-glossy trackpad was properly responsive, and its huge dimension ensures you have got sufficient room to carry out gestures for various functions.

Talking concerning the {hardware}, the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra comes with Intel’s thirteenth Gen Core i7-13700H or Core i9-13900H CPU and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4050 or 4070 GPU relying on the area. For instance, in India, Samsung solely presents the Galaxy Book3 Ultra with Core i9 CPU and RTX 4070 GPU. It has 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 1TB SSD (PCIe) onboard, however some areas even have the choice of 16GB RAM and 512 SSD storage.

The laptop computer runs Windows 11 out of the field and packs a 76Wh battery (73.8Wh/4,757mAh rated), which may be charged via the bundled 100W USB-C energy adapter.

The remainder of the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s highlights embody a quad-speaker system (Woofer Max 5Wx2, Tweeter 2Wx2) tuned with AKG and Dolby Atmos, “studio quality” twin mics, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.1.

The Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra is available in a single Core i9/32GB/1TB/RTX4070 configuration in India priced at INR281,990 ($3,415/€3,190), which, in Europe, is priced at €3,699 ($3,960/INR326,890), whereas the Core i7 mannequin with 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and RTX4050 prices €2,799 ($2,995/INR247,360). Regardless of the place you purchase the Galaxy Book3 Ultra, you’ll get just one coloration possibility – Graphite.

You can learn our announcement protection of the Galaxy Book3 collection right here to be taught extra concerning the different laptops within the lineup.