Samsung expands its Galaxy Book 6 lineup with a Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered model

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Samsung's Galaxy Book 6 bid mightiness person been available successful nan US since March, but nan institution wasn't going to wantonness nan lineup aft nan first batch of laptops. It has announced an summation to that bid successful nan shape of nan Galaxy Book 6 Edge. What's absorbing astir this is that, dissimilar nan remainder of nan Intel-powered Galaxy Book 6 laptops, it runs connected a Snapdragon X2 Elite. Samsung says Qualcomm's chipset delivers up to 80 TOPS of AI performance.

The laptop has a 16-inch, 3K Dynamic AMOLED 2X touch show that's said to beryllium anti-reflective, which could make it a decent prime for moving extracurricular connected a bully time (automated brightness and opposition adjustments could thief connected that beforehand too). It has an adaptive refresh complaint of up to 120Hz and is made pinch Corning Gorilla Glass pinch DX. The Galaxy Book 6 Edge has quad speakers pinch Dolby Atmos support, and there's integration pinch different Galaxy devices. For instance, you'll beryllium capable to wirelessly position and transportation files and photos from a supported phone.

This Windows 11 Copilot+ instrumentality has a azygous HDMI 2.1 port, on pinch a microSD slot, 1 USB 3.2 larboard and 2 USB 4.0 slots. There's a combo headphone/microphone jack, arsenic good arsenic Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7 support. As for nan battery, Samsung says you'll get up to 22 hours of video playback connected a azygous charge. It claims you'll beryllium capable to recharge nan artillery to 40 percent of its capacity successful 30 minutes erstwhile you usage nan included 65W adaptor.

The Galaxy Book 6 Edge weighs 3.42 pounds and it's conscionable nether half an inch thick. It only comes successful 1 configuration, though. It has 16 GB of LPDDR5X representation and 1TB of storage. If you're willing successful buying this laptop, you mightiness request to excavation a small heavy into your wallet — it costs $2,100.