Galaxy Book Flex Alpha Review 2023

The Samsung Galaxy Book Flex is a new convertible laptop with a 360-degree rotating hinge and stylus, which is perfect for creative fans.

This year, the Korean company is generally active in the laptop market: in addition to the Galaxy Book Flex, the Galaxy Book S and Galaxy Book Ion appeared on the shelves. However, these tools focus more on solving everyday tasks, while Flex allows you to realize your creativity. The stunning Full HD LED display gives the model a significant advantage over the competition on the same model, although an integrated graphics card is not enough for heavy applications such as Adobe Creative Suite.

Galaxy book flex specs

  • Display: 13.3 / 15.6 Inch Full HD QL LED
  • CPU: 10th Generation Intel Core (Ice Leak) / Intel Core i5-1035G4
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics / Nvidia GeForce MX250
  • RAM: 8GB
  • Internal Memory: 512 GB (NVMe)
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Home
  • WLAN: Wi-Fi 6 (Gig +), 802.11 Ax 2 × 2
  • Camera & Microphone: 720p HD / Dual ARI Mic
  • Audio System: AKG Stereo Speaker with Smart Amplifier
  • Safety: Scanner
  • Stylus: Built-in S Pen
  • keyboard: backlight
  • Ports: 2 Thunderbolt 3, 1 × USB-C, UFS / Micro SD Combo, HP / Mic
  • Color: Blue

Design and Build

The Samsung Galaxy Book Flex is available in 13-inch and 15-inch displays. Both models have controls that allow you to rotate the screen 360 degrees and turn the device into a tablet. However, whenever possible, this occupation is mixed and dissolved.

At first glance, the 15-inch version looks too big and uncomfortable to use as a tablet. However, if you place the device on a table, you can easily write, compose, and add notes to the screenshots with the stylus.

The Flex does a great job of being a regular laptop. The 15-inch model is only 14.9 mm thin and weighs only 1.57 kg. The lid is finished in a nice blue color which looks great. The silversides complete the stylish look. However, the aluminum casing has a lot of fingerprints and will need to be removed frequently. Nevertheless, the overall construction quality is excellent, and the flakes are both solid and beautiful.

Connectors and Ports

Due to the thinness of the ports, in this case, there is no USB-A connector, but there are two Thunderbolt and a standard USB-C. Samsung has added an adapter to the kit that allows you to connect Legacy USB Peripherals, so there should be no problem with the sync. In addition to the microSD card slot and headphone jack, we also have Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0. The set isn’t bad, but it’s not too big either.

Transformer Display

When it comes to work and creativity, the quality of the display is crucial, and the Samsung Book Flex, fortunately, does a great job. The full HDQL LED screen looks amazing – even with the default Windows 10 wallpaper. The display light reflects significantly, but Samsung has solved this problem with a maximum brightness of 460 nits. Even in this mode, the battery drains very fast.

For design and color designers, the Galaxy Book Flex offers incredible color redemption. SRGB coverage is 100%, Adobe RGB coverage is 85%, and DCIP3 coverage is 98%. This means that almost any images and videos will be displayed exactly as they really are, which is important for a lot of creativity or work.

Of course, the display is touch-sensitive, so you can communicate with it through finger taps or stylus. Flex is able to read two finger presses at the same time, but with one finger and stylus will not accept simultaneous input of both commands – probably, this was done to avoid the accidental press.

The Stylus S Pen

Stylus hides in the slot on the right and pops up when lightly pressed. The Galaxy Book also automatically offers a variety of special apps such as notes, screen selectors, and display notes. All of these are practically simple and very useful, especially for “share screen” presentations. The S-Pan is well-made and has a thin apple that slides easily across the display. There is a slight interval in use, which is especially noticeable if you quickly draw a line from one edge to the other, but for normal use, this is not a problem.

Traumatic Keyboard

The Samsung Galaxy Book Flex has the same problem as the MacBook with its Butterfly keyboard. The keys are few and far between. This makes typing difficult, especially when typing large text. At least the buttons themselves are large and wide, and the 15-inch version also has a number pad. However, the shift here is half the size of a regular button, because for some reason Samsung has a fingerprint scanner with it. The location is weird, although the scanner itself works fine. The trackpad in this model is very large and very responsive.

Due to a large amount of space, moving the right and left buttons first to the right is not always easy, but you can get used to it over time. Samsung lets you disable the trackpad using the keyboard hotkey, which comes in handy when going into tablet mode.

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Performance

The performance of the components is the solid performance of the 10th General Intel processor in the Samsung Galaxy Book Felix that can handle any basic task. In the 15-inch assembly, the chipset already has Intel Core i5-1035G4 and 8 GB of RAM, so the hardware may differ.

At the benchmark, Flex similarly scored the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 and HP Specter x360 13, both aimed at those who want to tackle creative challenges with lightweight software and their own Want to use a laptop as a tablet? It is important to note that in terms of performance, this transformer is not very powerful – the integrated Nvidia GeForce MX250 video card is unlikely to compete with high-quality heavy animations and video editing.

SSD read and write speeds are high – 3334 MB / s and 2353 MB / s, respectively, and any data will be saved and loaded almost instantly. 256 GB of storage may not be enough, but there are assemblies that sell 512 GB of drive, so you should pay attention to the features of a particular device when buying.

The autonomous Samsung Galaxy Book Flex

Can’t compete with the day of the life of most modern laptop batteries, which can be painful if you’re recording a lecture at school or don’t want to take an adapter with you. However, the Galaxy Book Flex shows excellent results in this regard – it lasts for about 10 and a half hours. This is a great score for a 2-in-1 laptop with a 10th Gen Intel Core processor. In comparison, the HP Specter x360 sits completely down in just 4 and a half hours – but it also has a 4K display.

For compatible smartphones, the Flex has a cool reverse wireless charging feature. True, this area is located on the trackpad itself, far from a very convenient location.

The bottom line is that

Samsung book is one of the best laptops out there. It has a beautiful blue scheme, an amazing QLED display, a very durable battery, and easy styling for drawing or writing notes. Numerous apps for Styles will also give you pleasure, allowing you to make full use of its capabilities – even if Windows 10 is not an easy operating system to operate on. There are some drawbacks, not the most reliable capture, a keyboard low key travel, and a strange location of the fingerprint scanner, however, none of these disadvantages are really serious. However, the model itself is quite expensive – the 13-inch version will cost more than 100,000 rubles.

Should you buy it?

At the same time, if you use Styles and Tablet mode all the time, the Galaxy Book Flex is worth buying. While a weak graphics card may not be enough for all your tasks, the Flex is otherwise a great 2-in-1 device.

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Cordelia Hill

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