In Might this 12 months, Samsung launched the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge, which is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite sequence chipsets. Again then, the corporate made the laptop computer accessible in two display screen sizes, 14-inch and 16-inch. Now, the South Korean tech big has now launched the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge with a 15.6-inch show.
How does it differ from 14-inch and 16-inch fashions?
The brand new mannequin comes with various downgrades in comparison with the opposite two fashions. First, the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch has a Snapdragon X Plus sequence SoC, which Qualcomm launched earlier at this time. It’s much less highly effective than the Snapdragon X Elite sequence chipsets within the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 14-inch and Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 16-inch.
Second, the brand new mannequin loses out on an AMOLED show and a 120Hz refresh charge that the opposite two fashions supply in favor of an LCD panel and a 60Hz refresh charge. Third, it has a dual-speaker setup as an alternative of a quad-speaker setup and lacks a fingerprint scanner, each of which the opposite two fashions supply. The opposite specs, nevertheless, stay the identical.
With these downgrades, the brand new laptop computer must be extra inexpensive than the opposite fashions, making it accessible to a wide selection of audiences. We are saying “must be” as a result of Samsung hasn’t introduced the worth of the laptop computer but. The corporate has, nevertheless, revealed the laptop computer’s specs and availability particulars. Let’s check out them.
Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch specs
The Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch options Qualcomm’s newly launched Snapdragon X Plus chipset with an 8-core CPU, which is available in two SKUs — X1P-46-100 and X1P-42-100 — as you possibly can see within the picture under. Sadly, Samsung hasn’t revealed which mannequin this laptop computer has.
In comparison with the Snapdragon X Elite chipsets within the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 14-inch and Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 16-inch, the Snapdragon X Plus within the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch has 4 fewer CPU cores with decrease clock frequency and fewer than half the GPU energy.
The brand new laptop computer has a 15.6-inch show. Within the press launch, the corporate hasn’t AMOLED wherever. Contemplating that, we predict that that is an LCD, in contrast to the 14-inch and 16-inch fashions which have AMOLED shows. Moreover, the spec sheet reveals that the display screen has a 60Hz refresh charge, which is half of what the opposite two fashions supply.
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Whereas the opposite two laptops have a quad-speaker setup, the brand new mannequin has a dual-speaker setup, which also needs to have a big affect in actual life. Samsung has additionally not talked about the fingerprint scanner wherever within the press launch. So, that’s one other characteristic the brand new laptop computer could be lacking. Nonetheless, we will’t affirm that but.
Because of a big chassis, the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch has a full-sized keyboard, a similar-sized battery, and the identical ports choice because the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 16-inch. Different options of the brand new laptop computer are the identical because the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 16-inch (and Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 14-inch). You may examine them out within the picture under.
When can you purchase it?
Samsung says that it’ll make the Galaxy E-book 4 Edge 15-inch accessible to buy in France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Spain, the UK, and the US in October. Count on firm to announce the worth of the laptop computer proper earlier than it begins taking pre-orders.