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Samsung Galaxy Book S (SM-W767) review

Samsung Galaxy Book S (SM-W767)

CHOICE Expert Rating

74%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Very good Wi-Fi speed
  • Very good screen
  • Very good keyboard
  • Small and highly portable
  • Silent operation
  • microSD card slot
  • Excellent viewing angles
  • Very thin bezel around the screen makes it look elegant
  • Very good screen luminance
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Connectivity is restricted to two USB-C ports but it comes with a USB-C to USB-A adapter
  • Long time to charge
  • Short power cord
  • Poor storage write speed

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
74%
Performance score
45%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
82%
Battery life score
76%
Display score
84%
Audio score
75%
Wi-Fi score
82%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
425
Storage read-speed (MBps)
1081
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
45
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
9:04
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
2:03
Expert tester comments
Samsung's Galaxy Book S is a very light and very slim laptop. It features a very good screen, long battery life, silent and mostly cool running, and an all-round elegant design that feels good to use. It runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, similar to a smartphone or tablet, instead of an Intel or AMD CPU. This laptop and processor combination is not common in the market. We noticed that some applications, such as certain benchmarks that we use, can't be installed on this laptop. For everyday work using Office 365 and Web apps, it will be fine, but for any other third-party applications that need to be installed, it's best to conduct some research to make sure there is a version that will run properly on this laptop.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
0
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
Not collected

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$1,700.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
13.3
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
CPU frequency (GHz)
2.84
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Qualcomm Adreno 680
Storage capacity (GB)
256
Available user space (GB)
189
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.1
Size (mm, H x D x W)
15 x 202 x 305

Features

Screen finish
Glossy
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
0
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
2
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
0
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
3

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