Samsung has now refreshed its Notebook 9, and the upgrade will boost the laptop’s power with Kaby Lake processors, while making the device sleeker and lighter.
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The laptop will come in two screen sizes, 13.3-inch and 15-inch [pictured above] — and both now have seven-generation (Kaby Lake) Intel CPUs, with a Core i7 processor on the latter, and a choice of either Core i5 or i7 with the smaller model.
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The 15-inch notebook’s dimensions are 348 x 229 x 14.9mm with a weight of 2.17lbs (around 985g), whereas the 13.3-inch laptop measures 310 x 208 x 13.9mm and tips the scales at just 1.8lbs (around 815g – it previously weighed about 840g, so has shed 25g).
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This makes the device the lightest laptop on the market, and a highly portable one too. There is also an ultra-slim bezel around the screen to make for a ‘near edge-to-edge’ display, and that premium look. Both the models also get an FHD display and offers an outdoor mode for clearer viewing in bright conditions, with battery life upto 7 hours.
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It also boasts fast charging which charges the device in just 80 minutes. You also get a USB Type-C port on each model backed up by a pair of USB 3.0 connectors – plus an additional USB 2.0 port on the larger machine – along with HDMI and a microSD slot. Wireless connectivity includes 802.11ac 2×2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1.
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Other specs include GB of DDR4 RAM, although with the Core i7 15-inch laptop you can specify up to 16GB. And you can run with up to 256GB of storage (in the form of a SATA 3 SSD on the smaller notebook, and PCIe NVMe with the 15-inch model).
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There is still no word on when these models will be available or what they will be priced at, but…