We expect the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 laptop to launch in 2023 alongside a new generation of Galaxy Books that are thinner, lighter and more powerful than their predecessors.
This is a very reasonable expectation given that Samsung launched the Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 (pictured above) last year and the original Galaxy Book Pro 360 the year before that, with each model serving as the company’s flagship 2-in-1 laptop. Both are on our list of the best 2-in-1 laptops you can buy in their day.
This year Samsung fans seem to have more options than ever, now that the new Galaxy Book 3 Ultra was announced at Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 1st. This “Ultra” will likely be a premium version of the base Galaxy Book, but it may have a few features in common with the Galaxy Books we expect to debut alongside it.
With that in mind, here’s everything we know so far about the expected Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: Price and availability rumored
We won’t know for sure how much the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 costs until it’s officially announced by Samsung. However, we can make an educated guess based on the pricing of its predecessors.
Considering that both the original Galaxy Book Pro 360 and its successor, the Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360, had a starting price of $1,299, it seems very likely that the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 will cost roughly the same.
Like its predecessors, we expect the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 to be available in two sizes: 13.5-inch and 15.6-inch. These refer to the screen size, and the larger size usually costs $100 more. There is usually also an option to upgrade the RAM and storage for an extra premium.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: rumored specs
| Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 | |
|---|---|
| price | Expect $1,299 to start |
| an offer | 13.5 or 15.6 inch AMOLED touch screen |
| CPU | Thirteenth generation Intel processor |
| GPU | Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics |
| RAM | 8-16 GB |
| storage | 256 GB – 1 TB |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 8.98 x 0.47 in |
| Weight | 3.1 lbs |
Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360: Design and Display
Samsung has something good with the Galaxy Book Pro 360 2-in-1 design, and we don’t expect any revolutionary changes to debut in the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360.
Like its predecessors, we expect this laptop to be extremely thin (up to 0.47 inches or thinner, perhaps trimmed like the 2022 MacBook Air at 0.44 inches thick) and to feature a sturdy hinge that allows you to rotate the screen all the way. until it settles to the bottom. This effectively turns your laptop into an unwieldy tablet, and lets you do creative things like place it on a desk to watch movies or lay the screen flat on a table.
Samsung Galaxy Book 360 laptops have always impressed us with their eye-catching AMOLED touch screens, and we’re expecting something as good as, if not greater, that will pay homage to the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360. In our Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 review it offers a 1080p AMOLED display “Strong black-and-white contrast helps colors appear more vibrant,” and we have high hopes for what to expect from its successor — can we dare dream of a 1440p or 2K touch screen?
One of the main things we hope Samsung doesn’t change about the Book Pro 360’s design: a free stylus at no extra charge. The company bundled one for free with both the Book Pro 360 and Book 2 Pro 360, and this little piece of plastic opens up entirely new areas of usability for a touchscreen 2-in-1 like the Galaxy Book Pro 360.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: Ports
Don’t get your hopes up for solid port options on the potential Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360.
Samsung has typically equipped these laptops with minimal arrays of ports, equipping last year’s Book 2 Pro 360 with two USB-C ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, a microSD card reader, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. We expect a similar arrangement for the 2023 model.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: Performance
The Book Pro 360 has historically been one of the fastest laptops in Samsung’s lineup, but it’s designed for work rather than play and can’t be configured with a discrete GPU. That seems unlikely to change in 2023, as the company is said to be planning to launch a new high-end Galaxy Book model, the Samsung Galaxy Book Ultra. You can order it with a discrete Nvidia GPU if you want what could be one of the best laptops around. for Games 2023.
But with the Ultra filling the gaming gap in Samsung’s 2023 laptop lineup, we expect the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 to remain firmly on the productivity path and deliver all the performance that new 13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake CPUs can offer. These chips are supposed to be faster and more energy efficient than any Intel laptop processors we’ve seen to date, so we have high hopes that this chip can lead the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 to new heights of speed and battery life. If Samsung opens up its RAM options and allows you to configure the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 with up to 32GB of RAM (instead of the historical maximum of 16GB), this really could be a 2-in-1.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: Battery Life
Last year’s Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 lasted nearly 12 hours in our Tom’s Guide battery test, which tasks a laptop with endless web surfing over Wi-Fi (with its screen set to a certain brightness) until it dies. That’s not quite as good as the original Galaxy Book Pro 360, which lasted 13.5 hours on the same test.
We’ve heard that Intel has made some energy efficiency improvements with its latest batch of laptop CPUs, so hopefully the new Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 will last much longer than the 12 hours its predecessor managed.
Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: Outlook
The battery life of Samsung’s Galaxy Book Pro 360 laptops has trended downward over the last two iterations, so hopefully Samsung can turn things around with a new model.
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