Earlier this year, Samsung launched its Galaxy Chromebook as a premium device in the market and now the company seems to be gearing up to launch its successor, named Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2. Recently, Evan Blass shared images of the upcoming device and leaked Samsung slides have revealed what to expect from the laptop in terms of specifications. Now, the pricing details have also leaked online.
A Twitter user with the handle @_h0x0d_
has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 could get launched for a price
of US$ 699. The pricing suggested is much lower than the US$ 999 price of the Galaxy
Chromebook launched earlier this year.
In the upcoming successor, the South
Korean giant is reportedly addressing the major concern of the original model —
battery life. The leak hints that the company is aiming for 12-hour battery
life on the Galaxy Chromebook 2, which is much higher than around four hours of
battery life available on the original Galaxy Chromebook model, although the
company promised eight hours of battery life.
One of the changes being done by the
company to increase the battery life comes in the choice of display. This time,
Samsung has opted for a QLED or Quantum Dot LED screen instead of the 4K AMOLED
panel.
To lower the pricing of this device, the
company is also downgrading internals. So, instead of the Intel Core i5, the
upcoming Chromebook 2 will come packed with 10th generation Intel Core i3,
which should easily handle tasks in Chrome OS. However, the choice of a
10th-generation processor is a bit odd as Intel has already launched 11th-gen
chipsets. If this report turns out to be true, then the Samsung Galaxy
Chromebook 2 will compete against the likes of Google Pixelbook Go. It could
also help the company register more sales with such low pricing.
