**DEAL ALERT** Right now the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge 16-in is on sale for $1,099.99 which is a steal at that price. Here is the link: howl.me/cmEecI2mexb
I'm afraid there's a lot of negatives here, Samsung not being the only company but I sort of feel that these snapdragon laptops in 2024 are not ready for primetime with driver issues, graphics being hit or miss, apps being hit or miss, missing AI features at launch and SSD not user upgradeable being a huge negative! Other than that, it's got a gorgeous bright AMOLED display, runs cool, has excellent battery life, premium build, good single and multi-core CPU performance, 120Hz variable refresh rate, clear webcam and internal mics. I suspect that the performance for all of these laptops will get better in time but I would definitely wait before investing in a snapdragon laptop for now. Excellent job as always Andrew!! 👍😁
Great review! I love my 16" so much so far. I have absolutely 0 screen wobble when I move mine around. Not too bummed about missing out on a haptic track pad, but it could have a little better palm rejection. It's not bad though. Was super annoyed that I couldn't install Apple Music, but was able to do it through the command prompt no problem. The screen is fantastic, love the keyboard feel. The Lenovo is a bit nicer to type on though. Just a great machine for basic every day stuff. I've never wanted to keep a windows laptop until this one
I did notice this discount yesterday and strongly considered purchasing because of the big price drop. My only concern is there are a lot of reviews and comments from previous Samsung galaxy book 3 and 4 owners (pro, pro 360, and ultra included) that have complained about things like random screen cracks. It Almost sounds like a design flaw. Maybe it's due to a lack of a solid frame around the laptop screen? At least that is what some of the owners speculated as a possible reason. And the owners who did get a cracked screen were told by Samsung that it would cost $500 or more to replace their screens because it wasn't covered under warranty. I'm also disappointed in both the resale values of Samsung book laptops and their repairability. The book 4 edge ssd drive is slow and nonreplaceable and I believe the battery cannot be replaced either. Both of ssd drive and battery can be replaced with the surface laptop 7. This makes me wonder if maybe this discount is because Samsung knows there is something wrong with their product.
it's so funny how different the prices are in different regions. In Europe this won't go on sale nearly as fast, and if it does, maybe it's 100-200€ cheaper at max. Meanwhile in the USA you get the 14 inch model for 1000 USD already, this is crazy
Qucik and to the point. Great analysis. THanks Andrew. A very nice 16 inch laptop. The only major downsides that would cause me not to buy are the lack of Windows Hello IR camera and SSD being soldered. I think the IR camera gives Windows a major feature MacOS does not have. I really miss it on my MBP 13 inch M1. I keep my laptops for five years or at least that is the plan/goal. That soldered SSD would cause me some concern about long term longevity/reliability. I have never had an SSD fail but I'd rather not roll the dice. Not a deal breaker for me but and unfortunate design choice for many.
Hi Andrew, haven't seen anyone mention anything about palm rejection on that touchpad, good or bad. It was horrible on the 16" GB4P and the only reason why I returned it. Just wondering if that is the case here as well since it appears to be the same oversized touchpad. Thanks
Definitely a bummer that they don’t let you upgrade the SSD. And that there is no 32 GB version. Unfortunately, it‘s also really expensive in Europe. Did you notice coil whine when under load like some other reviewers?
I love your videos, It would be great if you could do a comparison video of all the snapdragon x elite laptops. As a person looking for a new laptop with awesome battery with no compromise in performance, It would help me and others in the same situation a lot.
You are the only Laptop review who not only reports battery life, but more importantly: 1. battery size 2. screen brightness 3. power mode 4. refesh rate 5. screen resolution 6. battery test activity 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Lunar Lake 17 watt chip scores 2700 to 2800 single core for Core ULTRA 7 in Geekbench 6 Timespy graphics score at 17 watts is 3400 including memory because of MoP. Geekbench Vulcan scores is 34000.
This year so far between the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS, the Intel Core Plus 7 155H and the Snapdragon X laptops which one would you recommend in general in terms of performance+battery life
I really like this laptop as well. As you know my bench mark in quality is the LG gram 16. The video quality and audio of the webcam is really good, however if the key travel of the keyboard is not good as the LG one my primary choice will remain the LG
for a samsung machine, having a numpad and off-center touchpad really goes against the clean design. The only people using numpads are heavy duty working people at dekstops or older people (no offense). Stationary people who use a numpad a lot should get a separate; better quality numpad to chop away at. Mobile people can do the same! (I used to do this because you can get REALLY nice keypads) This just ruins more than it fixes things IMO.. Not to forget! The touchpad on this is unnecessarily long, making it so your hands have to reach higher and this means moving your hands up from its original resting position to go back and forth. I do not suggest this qualcomm laptop when there are better ones for similar or less pricing. Also Andrew; I think you should either not do "high performance" profile-specific tests, or add a standard preset on battery and on charge. Probably more than 90% of the people won't touch the power profile and use defaults; and Samsung loses a lot here.
Great video I am extremely pissed at Samsung They bamboozled me! I paid full price. Yes I got a TV which I particularly didn’t want but it was free and then you drop the laptop $350 the price of the TV that I didn’t want this is the last time I buy a Samsung product at lunch. Honestly it’s replacing 17 year-old sorry 12 year-old laptop so I guess should just take it as a win. Still upset I would’ve rather paid $1000 versus the 17.
Just bought a galaxy book 3 pro with i7, 16gb and 512gb for 799€. Wanted to buy a snapdragon one but this 4 edge is too expensive for my needs at 1600€! I think I'll be happy with my purchase.Thank you for the exzellent review tho!
@@stefanoliveira8718 that's exactly what I like to hear 😅 thanks for your answer! Is the battery also fine for you? I'm not a very heavy user, mostly office work and browsing the web!
@@droetkaar Battery life's good. I'm not someone who charges my laptop to 100% though, I usually charge it to 80%, then let it drain to 15%, and with moderate usage I get around 6 hours or so. I'd imagine if I charge it to 100% and let it drain to 15%, it'll prob be around 8-9 hours with moderate usage.
Over €1 799 after VAT (almost €1 450 w/o taxes) even in company affiliate page for my employer and no 32 GB RAM option -> I went to Asus Vivobook with 32GB RAM and 1 TB SSD (€1 430 with VAT or €1 153 w/o taxes). So, I saved €350 with taxes and got 16 GB more RAM. Low SKU X Elite was what I was looking for, anyways (new product line, you never know about its thermals). However, as I seem to finally ended to almost exclusively Samsung Galaxy ecosystem, Samsung Galaxy Book4 could of been better option. Maybe next time...
Why in the UK it costs £1500 which is 2000$ and in the US it costs 1099$? Almost half price. I would better buy a ticket go to US buy it have holidays and then return with the same money.. Ridiculous.
At my local Best Buy, they dont even have these on display (although they sell them). Same with the Lenovo Slim7x snapdragons. Kid working there said they got so many returns they arent displaying them. Tells me everything i need to know.
I'd believe that, but neither of my local Best Buys ever had them on display from the get go. There's also only one open box Samsung for sale at each of them so that doesn't back the argument up either
@@vjdfl5 Any why do you think they never put them on display? They had a huge copilot marketing push...they have signs and pamphlets all over the store...but never put the actual laptops on display? Use your brain.
@@vjdfl5 So in your mind...they launch a hugely hyped new laptop. Pay millions for marketing material and influencer campaigns. Ship all the units to Best Buy..and then NOT display them? And a week later they're already on sale. You think thats normal? You're just an extremely gullible person.
In my opinion, this entire Snapdragon Extreme processor has no chance with Intel Ultra or AMD processors, when people decide to replace or buy a laptop, they will choose a laptop with Intel Ultra or AMD, this processor has too many errors in the Windows system and it wants to be like Apple , but Apple has no competition and they only have their own processor, whether M1 or M3 and so on, and the Snapdragon system has too much competition, such as Intel and AMD, and for there to be any larger sales of these laptops with Snapdragon, the price would have to be normal, not sky-high prices with an underdeveloped processor for Windows 11.
I think your missing the point of the snapdragon chip. It’s all about battery life and medium performance with a relatively silent chip. Yes intel and amd offer much faster chips. But raw power isn’t what these laptops are about. The majority of people don’t want heavy noisy laptops. Or to play games on their laptop. They want quiet, portable and relatively powerful. The chip is brand new, it’ll get better. Apple have had several years to develop M chips. Snapdragon are catching up
If I would buy a LAPTOP it will be a Snapdragon chip or MacBook, It only comes to what os do I prefer. And IF I want a gaming beast then obviously I won't buy a laptop rather I'd pick a PC. If you'd say Snapdragon has no chance then you're not in the market for it.
@@donleonardestrera6092 The Snapdragon processor has no chance because it has too many errors and failures and unfortunately I don't give it a chance, and if you want it, buy it, no one is stopping you.
I own the 14 inch version and the TouchPad is fine. I could see it being no bueno if you have the 16 inch and dont like uncentered touchpads. Yeah it's no haptic touchpad either like the macbook air buts it's completely serviceable.
Just an okay pc. Keyboard layout is fair. Like the idea of a numpad on this unit but the numpad on this pc is poorly laid out and is functionally useless. It needs to be redesigned or removed as this one just takes up space. Port selection is good. Camera and mics and speakers are okay. Non upgradeable ssd is somewhat limiting. Display is good. This pc is an okay second pc since those applications and hardware that do not run on this can always be run on your Intel or amd based unit. Great review. How are you holding up in the hit Las Vegas heat
In my humble opinion, Samsung used to make great laptops, now they do it because they're crazy and they want it to be good, so what if they make them heavier and heavier, they're not suitable for anything and it's easy to damage the screens or casings.
Because nobody want it, so already disconted just after a few weeks.. what is a shame for any products if you need to offer on a lower price just on the first month..
@@TamasKiss-yk4st I disagree here . Qualcomm has been giving 50 percent discount to laptop manufacturers for their chips and all these ARM laptops will go on a big sale pretty soon . Also , samsung entering into mainstream laptop market would need such price-cuts to get an advantage over well established laptop companies specially Lenovo with their Yoga 7x
**DEAL ALERT** Right now the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge 16-in is on sale for $1,099.99 which is a steal at that price. Here is the link: howl.me/cmEecI2mexb
I'm afraid there's a lot of negatives here, Samsung not being the only company but I sort of feel that these snapdragon laptops in 2024 are not ready for primetime with driver issues, graphics being hit or miss, apps being hit or miss, missing AI features at launch and SSD not user upgradeable being a huge negative! Other than that, it's got a gorgeous bright AMOLED display, runs cool, has excellent battery life, premium build, good single and multi-core CPU performance, 120Hz variable refresh rate, clear webcam and internal mics. I suspect that the performance for all of these laptops will get better in time but I would definitely wait before investing in a snapdragon laptop for now. Excellent job as always Andrew!! 👍😁
I love your reviews, can't wait to comment b4 listening to the end
Another great review as always!
Great review! I love my 16" so much so far. I have absolutely 0 screen wobble when I move mine around. Not too bummed about missing out on a haptic track pad, but it could have a little better palm rejection. It's not bad though. Was super annoyed that I couldn't install Apple Music, but was able to do it through the command prompt no problem. The screen is fantastic, love the keyboard feel. The Lenovo is a bit nicer to type on though. Just a great machine for basic every day stuff. I've never wanted to keep a windows laptop until this one
Great quality reviews, thank you for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did notice this discount yesterday and strongly considered purchasing because of the big price drop. My only concern is there are a lot of reviews and comments from previous Samsung galaxy book 3 and 4 owners (pro, pro 360, and ultra included) that have complained about things like random screen cracks. It Almost sounds like a design flaw. Maybe it's due to a lack of a solid frame around the laptop screen? At least that is what some of the owners speculated as a possible reason. And the owners who did get a cracked screen were told by Samsung that it would cost $500 or more to replace their screens because it wasn't covered under warranty. I'm also disappointed in both the resale values of Samsung book laptops and their repairability. The book 4 edge ssd drive is slow and nonreplaceable and I believe the battery cannot be replaced either. Both of ssd drive and battery can be replaced with the surface laptop 7. This makes me wonder if maybe this discount is because Samsung knows there is something wrong with their product.
I picked up the 14 inch model for $950 at Best Buy brand new. I love the AMOLED screen.
Nice deal!
it's so funny how different the prices are in different regions. In Europe this won't go on sale nearly as fast, and if it does, maybe it's 100-200€ cheaper at max. Meanwhile in the USA you get the 14 inch model for 1000 USD already, this is crazy
Don’t forget to add tax to the price. Ov just had £190 off the book 4 edge.
Qucik and to the point. Great analysis. THanks Andrew. A very nice 16 inch laptop. The only major downsides that would cause me not to buy are the lack of Windows Hello IR camera and SSD being soldered.
I think the IR camera gives Windows a major feature MacOS does not have. I really miss it on my MBP 13 inch M1.
I keep my laptops for five years or at least that is the plan/goal. That soldered SSD would cause me some concern about long term longevity/reliability. I have never had an SSD fail but I'd rather not roll the dice. Not a deal breaker for me but and unfortunate design choice for many.
Hi Andrew, haven't seen anyone mention anything about palm rejection on that touchpad, good or bad. It was horrible on the 16" GB4P and the only reason why I returned it. Just wondering if that is the case here as well since it appears to be the same oversized touchpad. Thanks
Definitely a bummer that they don’t let you upgrade the SSD. And that there is no 32 GB version.
Unfortunately, it‘s also really expensive in Europe.
Did you notice coil whine when under load like some other reviewers?
I ordered the OMEN on the US site and got in in Amsterdam, HP is cheap in EU too
I wonder why you still have so few subscribers even though your content is so good.
I love your videos, It would be great if you could do a comparison video of all the snapdragon x elite laptops. As a person looking for a new laptop with awesome battery with no compromise in performance, It would help me and others in the same situation a lot.
You are the only Laptop review who not only reports battery life, but more importantly:
1. battery size
2. screen brightness
3. power mode
4. refesh rate
5. screen resolution
6. battery test activity
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Non upgradeable SSD? I won't even consider it then!
and its mid speed too...
Ain't stopping me. Open that puppy up😂
@@N00dl3G0d Soldering it on might though...
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Lunar Lake 17 watt chip scores 2700 to 2800 single core for Core ULTRA 7 in Geekbench 6
Timespy graphics score at 17 watts is 3400 including memory because of MoP.
Geekbench Vulcan scores is 34000.
This year so far between the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS, the Intel Core Plus 7 155H and the Snapdragon X laptops which one would you recommend in general in terms of performance+battery life
Great video with lots of details! Thank you!
P.S.: Fewer "of course," "of course," "of course?" hahaha
I really like this laptop as well. As you know my bench mark in quality is the LG gram 16. The video quality and audio of the webcam is really good, however if the key travel of the keyboard is not good as the LG one my primary choice will remain the LG
Would this be a good budget option for web development?
@andrew have you had an issue with the wifi when i power mine and go to windows settings it says offline it takes a while to connect
No issue with Wifi on my 14" or 16" units
@andrewmarcdavid I must of got bad wifi card thanks good review again are you gonna get the asus proart p16
@@arnulforamirez4836 I am stay tuned coming soon
@andrewmarcdavid ok sounds good because am aiming to get it and keep it I have never used amd processors
how is text rendering vs. mini-LED or other Snapdragon OLEDs? Seems like all OLEDs have strange text effects...
for a samsung machine, having a numpad and off-center touchpad really goes against the clean design. The only people using numpads are heavy duty working people at dekstops or older people (no offense). Stationary people who use a numpad a lot should get a separate; better quality numpad to chop away at. Mobile people can do the same! (I used to do this because you can get REALLY nice keypads) This just ruins more than it fixes things IMO.. Not to forget! The touchpad on this is unnecessarily long, making it so your hands have to reach higher and this means moving your hands up from its original resting position to go back and forth. I do not suggest this qualcomm laptop when there are better ones for similar or less pricing. Also Andrew; I think you should either not do "high performance" profile-specific tests, or add a standard preset on battery and on charge. Probably more than 90% of the people won't touch the power profile and use defaults; and Samsung loses a lot here.
Great video I am extremely pissed at Samsung They bamboozled me! I paid full price. Yes I got a TV which I particularly didn’t want but it was free and then you drop the laptop $350 the price of the TV that I didn’t want this is the last time I buy a Samsung product at lunch. Honestly it’s replacing 17 year-old sorry 12 year-old laptop so I guess should just take it as a win. Still upset I would’ve rather paid $1000 versus the 17.
I also got the tv lol
I knew it would go on sale soon. So I waited. I just made my purchase
@@tajhpatterson I wish I had enough sense to for see it coming.
Just bought a galaxy book 3 pro with i7, 16gb and 512gb for 799€. Wanted to buy a snapdragon one but this 4 edge is too expensive for my needs at 1600€! I think I'll be happy with my purchase.Thank you for the exzellent review tho!
I've had the same laptop that you just bought since it came out well over a year ago, still going strong with no issues on my end :)
@@stefanoliveira8718 that's exactly what I like to hear 😅 thanks for your answer!
Is the battery also fine for you? I'm not a very heavy user, mostly office work and browsing the web!
@@droetkaar Battery life's good. I'm not someone who charges my laptop to 100% though, I usually charge it to 80%, then let it drain to 15%, and with moderate usage I get around 6 hours or so. I'd imagine if I charge it to 100% and let it drain to 15%, it'll prob be around 8-9 hours with moderate usage.
@@stefanoliveira8718 thanks a lot!
Over €1 799 after VAT (almost €1 450 w/o taxes) even in company affiliate page for my employer and no 32 GB RAM option -> I went to Asus Vivobook with 32GB RAM and 1 TB SSD (€1 430 with VAT or €1 153 w/o taxes). So, I saved €350 with taxes and got 16 GB more RAM. Low SKU X Elite was what I was looking for, anyways (new product line, you never know about its thermals).
However, as I seem to finally ended to almost exclusively Samsung Galaxy ecosystem, Samsung Galaxy Book4 could of been better option. Maybe next time...
Found last Gen OMEN for 1,099,99, happy !
Please review the Spacetop Laptop
I have been in contact with them and working on getting a review unit.
Why in the UK it costs £1500 which is 2000$ and in the US it costs 1099$? Almost half price. I would better buy a ticket go to US buy it have holidays and then return with the same money.. Ridiculous.
At my local Best Buy, they dont even have these on display (although they sell them). Same with the Lenovo Slim7x snapdragons.
Kid working there said they got so many returns they arent displaying them.
Tells me everything i need to know.
I'd believe that, but neither of my local Best Buys ever had them on display from the get go. There's also only one open box Samsung for sale at each of them so that doesn't back the argument up either
@@vjdfl5 Any why do you think they never put them on display? They had a huge copilot marketing push...they have signs and pamphlets all over the store...but never put the actual laptops on display? Use your brain.
@Kevin-xz4jq so they preemptively knew that a lot of people were going to return them so they never put them on display? Lol makes a lot of sense
@@vjdfl5 So in your mind...they launch a hugely hyped new laptop. Pay millions for marketing material and influencer campaigns. Ship all the units to Best Buy..and then NOT display them?
And a week later they're already on sale.
You think thats normal? You're just an extremely gullible person.
Which 14-16 laptop would you recommend with an OLED display?
I am partial to the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x right now. It pretty much checks all the boxes.
@@Gio-zi5lw if you need Intel or AMD, try the HP Spectre 14.
Is it using 9 gb of ram on idle? o,O That's outrageous
Can you review the redmibook 16 (2024 edition) pls :D
Yes or no ?xD
In my opinion, this entire Snapdragon Extreme processor has no chance with Intel Ultra or AMD processors, when people decide to replace or buy a laptop, they will choose a laptop with Intel Ultra or AMD, this processor has too many errors in the Windows system and it wants to be like Apple , but Apple has no competition and they only have their own processor, whether M1 or M3 and so on, and the Snapdragon system has too much competition, such as Intel and AMD, and for there to be any larger sales of these laptops with Snapdragon, the price would have to be normal, not sky-high prices with an underdeveloped processor for Windows 11.
Well said bro 👏👏👍👍👍
I think your missing the point of the snapdragon chip. It’s all about battery life and medium performance with a relatively silent chip. Yes intel and amd offer much faster chips. But raw power isn’t what these laptops are about. The majority of people don’t want heavy noisy laptops. Or to play games on their laptop. They want quiet, portable and relatively powerful. The chip is brand new, it’ll get better. Apple have had several years to develop M chips. Snapdragon are catching up
If I would buy a LAPTOP it will be a Snapdragon chip or MacBook, It only comes to what os do I prefer. And IF I want a gaming beast then obviously I won't buy a laptop rather I'd pick a PC. If you'd say Snapdragon has no chance then you're not in the market for it.
How can we take your advice when you cannot even get the names correct.
@@donleonardestrera6092 The Snapdragon processor has no chance because it has too many errors and failures and unfortunately I don't give it a chance, and if you want it, buy it, no one is stopping you.
Witam, mam prośbę czy moglibyście obejrzeć laptopa Razer Blade Mercury, jestem ciekaw Waszej opinii i często Was oglądam. Pozdrowienia z Polski
this laptop is 3000 euro in europe
The touchpad is a big NO
I own the 14 inch version and the TouchPad is fine. I could see it being no bueno if you have the 16 inch and dont like uncentered touchpads. Yeah it's no haptic touchpad either like the macbook air buts it's completely serviceable.
I’m sorry for people who bought this laptop at full price. At least they got a free TV with their purchase. 😂
Samsung Laptop : Never again !
Just an okay pc. Keyboard layout is fair. Like the idea of a numpad on this unit but the numpad on this pc is poorly laid out and is functionally useless. It needs to be redesigned or removed as this one just takes up space. Port selection is good. Camera and mics and speakers are okay. Non upgradeable ssd is somewhat limiting. Display is good. This pc is an okay second pc since those applications and hardware that do not run on this can always be run on your Intel or amd based unit. Great review. How are you holding up in the hit Las Vegas heat
Hi William the heat is really unbearable and hopefully will cool down soon.
In my humble opinion, Samsung used to make great laptops, now they do it because they're crazy and they want it to be good, so what if they make them heavier and heavier, they're not suitable for anything and it's easy to damage the screens or casings.
😂I love it when a 1k$ + laptop spies om be sign me up! Take my credit card info! Just take it. YOU ALREADY OWN OUR SOULS JUST TAKE OUR BANKING INFO!!!
Prices now a lot cheaper on Samsung and BestBuy
Because nobody want it, so already disconted just after a few weeks.. what is a shame for any products if you need to offer on a lower price just on the first month..
@@TamasKiss-yk4st I disagree here . Qualcomm has been giving 50 percent discount to laptop manufacturers for their chips and all these ARM laptops will go on a big sale pretty soon . Also , samsung entering into mainstream laptop market would need such price-cuts to get an advantage over well established laptop companies specially Lenovo with their Yoga 7x
Snapdragon X Elite 🔋🔋💪