I Tried Samsung's Flagship Laptop (Galaxy Book4 Ultra Review)
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I tried the new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra for the past two weeks and while there is a lot to love about it, I did find a few hiccups that we should talk about.
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Oh, also I'm not sure why I said there were multiple colors available. This comes in any color you want as long as it's moonstone gray
Best laptop ever but you use a macbook lol. what a fucking joke of a review
"MacBooks obviously don't do that."
Other than the fact that macOS forces the installation of a half dozen apps that are paid (News, TV, iCloud, etc)
Galaxy Book3 Ultra user here. I just sold mine off to a guy today. While I loved the thing, and absolutely *loved* the Galaxy ecosystem software, the laptop itself was just NOT worth the $3,000 I spent on it. I'll admit -- I've yet to see another laptop with a display even _remotely_ touching the Galaxy Book's 3K OLED. Other than that, however, there are cheaper laptops with more powerful GPUs, with better speakers, with tougher build quality, and with better battery life.
This was really helpful, thanks dude. I've got an M1 Max MBP 14 right now, and it's great, but I have an S24 Ultra and a Tab S9 Ultra, so I've been thinking about getting one of these - but it kinda sounds like I should stick with the MacBook. TBH, this comment was a more useful factor in the decision than the video was.
@MikeStevens Honestly, I'd have kept the laptop if I could, but the key deciding factor for me was simply the battery life. It was atrocious. Barely three hours SOT, and that's on Quiet mode.
The hardware is all there. It's a 16" laptop that's lighter, smaller, and thinner than an equivalent MacBook Pro, with *much* more powerful GPU power, and simply _the_ best display I've ever seen on a laptop.
All that means nothing though, when I pull my laptop out at the Starbucks and find it a dead brick.
Apple sold me on Apple Silicon's battery life. I'll swap back to Windows the second an equivalent comes out.
@skyscall What laptop would you recommend? I like the best of the best at a reasonable price.
@@Blinx777 For one, the 2024 ROG Zephyrus G16 is better in *every single way* than the Galaxy Book4 Ultra at a slightly cheaper price.
Thinner and lighter, more GPU power, bigger batteries, more ports, more powerful CPU options; and so on.
@skyscall Thanks! I will look into it.
No gaming review even though Samsung touted the increased TGP. No battery life estimates. The screen also has the much hyped anti-reflective coating, but no comments about it.
To my knowledge the screen is not anti reflective
@@tytownsend8219your knowledge is incomplete
@@tytownsend8219 I have the GB4U and the screen IS anti-reflective and amazing.
Samsung needs to understand that Ultra means thicker chassis and more ports. Samsung's idea of an ultra is a Macbook Air 15 inch competitor. I need a Samsung laptop that competes with the Macbook Pro 14/16 inch. I'm heavily invested in the Samsung ecosystem. However, I will not buy an inferior laptop at that price point. I guess imma upgrade my Surface Pro X for a Surface Pro 10 Elite X and still keeping my XPS 17 4K 9520.
Exacttly. Make it thicker. Put a larger battery. Remove that numpad. Haptic Touchad. Also, the touch pad is stupidly large. Six speaker system. That's how you make an ultra laptop. Also, air pulling down from bottom is the worst way of cooling for an ultrabook. Samsung should do airflow similar to how Dell XPS and Macbooks do.
The added thickness would also grant the Windows advantage of being to game on it, similar to a Razer laptop.
@@obviouspresmaga Yeah.
I am not asking them to make it stupidly thick like MSI laptops.
But certainly they can make it like Razer Blade and Asus G16 kind of.
@@lostalraedythere is no need to remove numpad, it might not be useful while playing but it's always better to have it, especially in a laptop that you can bring to work
@@cunctator7622 Not really. Just look at Asus G16 and MacBook Pro 16. They just look more elegant than galaxy books.
the thicc chin on the display makes the device look outdated especially because Apple, Dell, HP, Asus, and Lenovo all have uniform thin bezeled devices now within the same price range
Yeah the chin is a bit antiquated in my opinion, but at least the top bezel doesn't have a notch
@MikeOBrienMedia considering samsung is the company pushing screen to body ratio and thin bezels in smartphones, it's shocking they can't leverage that tech in their computing environment
Still betterthan notch
@theworldoffun8997 nah the thick chin on the bottom is worse than a tiny notch especially on such a large display, you don't even notice the notch. I have a tab s8 ultra and don't notice the notch
@@theworldoffun8997Yes. I Never Buy Device with notch!!! I'm Anti notch Person!!! 👍🏻😎👍🏻
ngl dream laptop right there but holy it's pricey
Very good point Mike very very good.... When we are buying Flagships " the don't do that to me " part in perfect. We spend a lot of money , on high end tools, usually make our friends discover why we made that choice, basically we advertise for you Samsung So please for expensive products Stop the bloat-ware, and hard selling intrusions, it's feels really cheap. Lots of people agree ; and many high end brands too.
Does the trackpad of book4 ultra has the same micro delay for short movements as the previous generation?
I got mine for $1,600 from 2,400. Took advantage from an employers discount. For that price, I may say it’s worth it. Other than that, make a decision based on your real life needs. These laptop manufacturer’s are asking for an arm and a leg for their products.
im glad you did the pen test, i was curious about it
U can use the personalizazed pen... bro didint do his research
@@koke6126 the what pen?
@@Han_Moz the S pen, if u go to the actual website of samsung theres 1 that says comes with the S pen
Would you suggest this laptop over MAC?
It sounds trivial, but as a current user of a SurfaceBook 2, the Windows Hello/face ID, is actually nice.... Kind of unacceptable that at even the on sale $2k price tag, that it isn't supported.
Comprehensive review The excess bloatware is a deal killer for me. At $1500-$2100, I might buy. At these prices, no way!
So, I have an M1 Max MBP 14 right now, and it's great, but I have an S24 Ultra and a Tab S9 Ultra, so I'm thinking about getting one of these. Given you're also a Samsung user, why did you decide to stick with the MacBook Pro? I didn't really feel like the reason was clear, unless I missed it...
I have the same setup. Honestly, the screen, battery, keyboard, and touchpad on the MBP 14 are just way superior and this Samsung just doesn't compete.
100% agreed on McAfee issue.
Just got the regular book 4 pro. $500 off and free upgrade to 16in 1tb 😊. Mainly will be using it for school work
Would u say the Ultra 4070 is worth it?
@@Blinx777 I'd say skip this gen of laptops if you don't need to upgrade now. I am rooting for Samsung to bring down the price of Apple's MacBooks but they are just becoming Apple themselves with these prices.
If you need to, the 4070 base is great and make sure to buy on sale. The 3K OLED screen is great
You can't get a usb A to usb C cable to charge on the right side?
Sammy be putting ads on a $3000 Product 💀
Why didn't they shift the display down to make room for a better camera above?
I'm new to laptops here and I'm looking for my first one. I'm the type of person who wants the best of the best, which in this case would be the Ultra 4070. I'm heavily into Samsung's ecosystem, and I would like to know if the price tag is justified if I should just keep waiting? I'm in no rush for a laptop rn
Definitely should wait, the second hand market of my country have tons of book 3 ultra 16gb 1tb for about 2000ish
For the price it's not worth it, the value it has is the screen and the software, the cooling and power delivery is poor for the price.
@@steveguy3 Cooling that 4070 under load is gonna heat that laptop up
The microSD is an expansion slot and really meant to be taken out like a traditional SD card.
I have a Book4 Pro (not Ultra). It didn't come with a lot of bloatware except for McAfee which is very annoying as you said. Not only is it there, but it has frequent pop-ups to get you to sign up for "free trials".
Same, i also have book 4 pro ultra 5
You can remove McAfee. Windows defender is good enough.
@@themba_kazima i already did in my Galaxy Book 4 Pro
@@themba_kazima I did remove McAfee and went through all the "Are you really sure?" and "you are taking a big risk" nonsense. As the reviewer said, it should not have been there, Of all the bloatware, McAfee was the most annoying and obnoxious.
@woofinu it's hella annoying
I'm looking forward to your review of the new Samsung Galaxy 4 Edge 16" with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. This was a very good review though.
Nice shirt!
Do you think this would overheat easily from gaming?
I play some games on mine and it doesn’t overheat it makes a bit of noise at first but that’s pretty much it
@@brandonmorales5123 I remember from using my father's Samsung Book3
They had buttons to set the laptop fans to Silent, Quiet, Balanced, and High Performance.
Try setting on Quiet. Keeps quiet and keeps most performance
It looks nice. I need a laptop, but I can’t get one. I recently got a DSLR camera.
Nice review nice laptop
The SKUs they have are so strange, for some reason if you get the 1TB 16in Book4 Pro, you cant get a ram upgrade to 64 or even 32gigs, makes no sense
That McAfee is a complete annoyance. I feel you, man.
Do video rendering vs the tab s9 ultra
Regarding McAfee, they do that on the phones as well. On Galaxy models if you go to Security and Privacy section in the settings, it has that yellow colored warning if you don't turn on "App Protection" under "App Security", which is just McAfee antivirus scanning the apps. This especially bother me sine I have my own (not McAffe) security package that I use on the phone as well (that also scans the apps), but that warning still stays yellow as it's promoting McAfee. Now, that said, it is annoying to have advertisements placed in such places, but to be honest, not a dealbreaker for me...
I have the i9 and it is amazing. Very powerful and reliable.
i tested this at Best Buy. Of all the laptops on display in the store, Samsung had the WORST keyboard. It may have killer looks but the thin, shallow keys killed it for me. I will keep my ThinkPad P16s. FYI, you can also use Surface Pro or Surface Go as a wireless 2nd monitor.
The S Pen from the tablet doesn't work but you can use the one from the S24 Ultra on the Galaxy Book 4 Ultra.
really？
Getting that sd card out looks like a nightmare.
Need tools for that with most, unless you've got long nails
@@steveguy3 Yeah I know, right?
Battery life?
What about gaming? Will it overheat when u play games?
Right on Samsung's website they boast about the cooling system in terms of using it for gaming so it is likely just fine, however you can easily find another laptop with a 4070 for less than half the price of Samsung's if you're going for a gaming laptop. Although generally I'm not sure who really needs a laptop of this caliber other than some specialty jobs or Samsung's ecosystem
They boast about their cooling system on every device. Doesn’t mean shit
Just set the mode to Silent or Quiet. Prevents overheating
I think the book5 will be the goat, for now samsung is cookin
Book 5 Pro will be great with Intel Lunar Lake. Already leaked.
Definietly a nice laptop.... But the price?🤔
Am gonna wait to see what happens with x-elite chips
Absolutely what I'd do, too. I bought a MacBook Pro just because it was so glaringly obvious that ARM is the future of computers. If X Elite comes close or beats Apple Silicon, I'd switch back in a heartbeat.
@@skyscallsoon whole world will see when Intel and AMD will launch their new chips in computex 2024.
Why does it have such massive bottom bezels?
Let's be honest, at that price range, it's better to go for a 16" LG Gram. Though I don't understand why LG stick with Intel CPUs. Same for Samsung.
OEMs and Intel have an incestous relationship fostered over many years, so who knows what deals are done. It means AMD do not get a look in. Thankfully MS has backed WOA so ARM chips look like thye may have a chance to prosper. I think even Windows OEMs are fed up with Intel these days!
Samsung's nice. But thhis thing is comparable to an HP Spectre and the Spectre is $700 cheaper.
Yeah I traded in a spectre for this. They are not comparable. Avoid HP like a plague. Plus if you have a samsung phone and tablet, it's a no brainer
£3150 for the 4070/32GB/1TB version is astonishing, especially as there are no sales to sweeten the deal. Hard to imagine anyone outside the Samsung fan club would choose this if they had a £3150 budget!
I had the Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 5G 16-inch because I got it on eBay for £800, which was £1200 off. Secondhand Samsung prices fall through the floor because they are overpriced at retail. But I still would not recommend it at that price as the keyboard is frustrating (numpad yuck and the key travel sucks), and the trackpad is one of the worst I have used (not haptic). The display is the main positive, but that is a hefty price to pay, bearing in mind that great OLEDs are now omnipresent in Windows land.
Non-Samsung superfans look elsewhere and thank me later.
I can't tell if your reply is irony. As a book3 pro 360 user and ex macbook pro user, the keyboard is amazing, numpad is a MUST HAVE on laptops and the trackpad is better than a macbook one.
@@Highest I disagree totally, but that is just my honest opinion.
I got my Galaxy Book 4 Pro ultra 5 125H for 1085 dollars including taxes.
₹108490 is the actual price.
I am getting 11 hours of Amazon Prime video SDR video playback and 8 hours 22 minutes in HDR video playback using Apple TV "Foundation" series.
@@HDRPC That is a reasonable price, the equivalent of £1250 in the UK! We have to buy the Galaxy Book4 (non-Pro) to get that sort of price.
@@andyH_England it will be 1042 uk price.
My price has 18% tax included.
Bro where is the gaming review. It has a dedicated graphics and that's a very big selling point
Good review overall, but odd you didnt touch the gaming capabilities.
I think its one of the main reason someone would get this computer.
you look like golden boy in gen v
Those bottom firing speakers need to go! It's one of the main reasons why I won't get the Galaxy book laptops. They will always sound worse than Macbooks
To be fair, every laptop sounds worse than a MacBook.
Wait, what? A Samsung "PRO" laptop comes with "S pen" and can bend "360 degrees," but a Samsung, literally "Ultra" laptop cannot
Then, This Samsung Ultra is a Fake Ultra. What is the meaning of Ultra if it comes with a catch or a Drawback or with less features then it's Predecessors Pro Laptops. It's like
Imagine you get an S pen Support with Samsung Tab S9 plus but not with Samsung Tab S9 "Ultra" 🤣W
When you say it like that, it does sound pretty crazy
I agree with your statements lol
No, there’s two separate lines. First is Galaxy Book, Book Pro, and Book Ultra. And second is the Galaxy Book 360 and Pro 360. You’d need an Ultra 360 if you wanted what you’re looking for. And I guess the people who want a video editing/gaming machine wouldn’t care as much about the 2-in-1 functionality. Like, you wouldn’t complain that the S20 Ultra didn’t have an S Pen, since that’s what the Note 20 Ultra is for. The S and Note series are different, just like how the Book and Book 360 series are different
@@IceBlueLugia They Released s20 ultra and then Note 20 ultra and then realised that an ultra means, can do it all device, has all the features device but s20 didn't have all the features unlike note 20 ultra which indeed had all the features which is why the true ultra, the note ultra got merged with fake ultra the s ultra and thus become a s ultra with all available features and capacities thus a true ultra
I guess you are not getting the definition of the ultra, which means can do it all because if has it all
by your 2 line logic they can create an another fake ultra where one line of ultra will have high end cpu's only like samsung book cpu ultra where it will have all ultra 9 processor while an another lineup of samsung gpu ultra where it will have nvidia 4090 gpu's, did you see here how ultrs name has become useless if we have to keep the prefix of cpu ultra and gpu ultra
the job of the word ultra is to say, ther is no need to think about does this device has all this features or not in his name or in this specifications
a prefix ultra to a device says it all that it has all the features available and so it has it all and can do it all
if the prefix ultra need to have a one more prefix of 360 ultra according to you, then my friend you don't know the meaning of the word ultra 🤦♂️🤣
@@Manikanta.RapoluYou wrote out all this bullshit based on what you assumed the Ultra means. You provided no source or anything that Ultra means “do it all” lol. You have zero evidence to believe that Ultra means that, yet the S, Note, and Book naming schemes all say otherwise; you aren’t Samsung, your idea of what Ultra means is meaningless. Your rant about a CPU and GPU Ultra is just hilarious lol, that’s never been a distinction between types of Ultras. The Note line was killed to make room for the folds as their alternate flagship and because it was generally redundant. Not because Ultra means “do it all” or whatever you imagined
There are even rumors about a Fold 6 Ultra. I guess the S24 Ultra will be a fake Ultra then lol
Whats the purpose of a hdmi plug if you have dual thunderbolt ? Beats me
It’s so you don’t need an adapter to connect to a projector.
I agree. USBC/Thunderbolt is universal and it is dumb to waste a port on ancient HDMI. The EU has requested laptop makers to move away from proprietary ports like HDMI, so they will eventually cease.
Why don't yall do a little gaming test?😡😡
The Samsung chips (G, U and H) are still under powered to my taste, moreso at 2000 $ plus price tag. It is not justified, even with the Samsung ecosystem. I do have a Samsung Flex first gen (I7 16Go Iris plus) and I did pay over 2000 $ (CAD) for it. It is a great machine, but sincerely not worth the price.
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It literally takes less than 5 minutes to uninstall McAfee.. This is a non issue.
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Samsung is just wasting money doing these laptops. They obviously don't have the software engineering support they need to execute them properly. Had a book2 360, it had so much bloatware from Samsung yet no advantages. My screen spontaneously cracked and I had constant graphics failure. If you care about drawing just get an S9 ultra because it's 10 times better than drawing on these.
With that said I'm a Samsung fanboy and these laptops were a bummer. Samsung pulled out of the market before for the same reason they couldn't get the software right.
McAfee Bloatware going ham.
But, I am certain that your issues aren't from Samsung themselves. Well unless you dissprove me. Samsung's build quality is usually one of the best and same goes for their laptops. Either you were buying from the local Samsung store which didn't handle the laptop with care, second hand seller which might have done the damage, or you done the damage yourself
@@ImJustSomeoneNamedLucas I bought it directly from Samsung. My issues were common and I even sent it in twice for repair. I've had zero issues with other Samsung products: s23 ultra, tab s9 ultra, tab s8 ultra, s6 lite, pro5 watch, s21, zflip4, watch4. I can't blame Windows either. I moved on to a legion Laptop and it was smooth as butter.
@@TechAfterThoughts Shit Samsung issues in their quality control then
The price is nuts.
i have a 12700H and my geekbench 6.3.0 on average on single score is 2562 and average multi score is 12830. how are the scores on the Samsung lower than mine despite being 2 generations newer??
Edit: i've upgraded my ram to 64 gb
Play tekken 8 on this please 🙏
The book 4 pro 16 inch has better multicore score of 12600 what the heck is this here??!!!
I’m a big fan of Samsung and thought a lot went into the Book3 line and the “ecosystem” as a whole. They have one of the most powerful tablets and a viable folding phone, and they all integrate so well together.
It was gimmicky a couple years ago, but in the world of “ecosystems”, Samsung has become a serious contender. Apple is great, but a little overrated, and lacking in innovation. I would really like a 2-in-1 Ultra model.
Why do you look for 4K displays when not even 5 % of us care about it ? Another thing that beats me apart from the snobism of it, of course.
Unreasonably expensive
It’s funny because Samsung is very competitive with Apple on every device. Phones are arguably better, buds are arguably better, pads are probably worse but they’re very close. If the laptop can rival a Mac then there is a very solid case.
So much money for a laptop that looks like an old crappy chromebook
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Way too dear lmao
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I thought you were wearing a punjabi in the Eastern style!
Windows laptops are not as fluid(smooth) and efficient as macBooks.
True but Macs can't run a lot of engineering programs and games so.
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MacOS is far superior to Windows, so pass.
Opinions are opinions. They both have different advantages and disadvantages
This is an apple lover , giving a review on a samsung product ... you know that go
Yeah dude I love my Apple products. My Galaxy S24 Ultra that I use everyday, my Galaxy Buds2 Pro, my Galaxy Tab. All made by Apple. I'm a hardcore fanboy
nah his review is acc pretty nice, i would say even biased towards samsung cause i wouldnt advise for this laptop tbf
@@MikeOBrienMediaI think you forgot about the galaxy watch 6 by Apple Inc
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samsung has very poor record when it comes to their laptops longevity..
Never buy a laptop from a washing machine and TV manufacturer 😂
I would have said that a couple years ago, but the Book 3 line showed that they were becoming serious contenders, as far as premium work laptops are concerned. I wouldn’t pay a premium price for their lower end models, but I think those ones are priced reasonably. Samsung also has great trade-in deals.
My Book Pro 1 is still running really well today, never had a problem with it...
@@adequatequality Well that washing machine and TV manufacturer also makes phones, tablets, tanks, ships, hospitals,roads,the fucking bhurj khalifa, military guns, etc
@@shivanshshivi811 Which is why I avoid buying any portable tech from them. They make good appliances but that’s about it
"We won't be getting FaceID"
No shit. FaceID is an Apple trademark.
"im a big galaxy user, i use the glaxaxy S24 Ultra as my everyday phone" INSTANT SUB-😭😭❤❤
I think this was the worst review I've ever seen of this laptop.
wtf no.