Samsung announced the Chromebook 2 May

Good Friday, the Habr!

The other day, Samsung has announced the launch of the sale of second-generation notebook series Chromebook, which, by itself, become more productive, long-playing and interesting in its capabilities. New Chromebook are available in configurations of the screen 11, 6 and 13, 3 inches. Note the beautiful styling of the body under the skin.




Both models are equipped with branded Chromebook 2 SoC Exynos 5 Octa. The processors are manufactured using 28-nm SLP (Super Low Power 28-nm High-K Metal Gate) and consist of eight cores combined architecture ARM big.LITTLE.



13, 3-inch Chromebook 2 boasts Full HD (1920x1080) screen with the indicator brightness 250 nits of RAM and 4 GB. Junior model has 11, 6-inch display with a resolution of 1366x768 and 2 GB of RAM. Both versions are equipped with 2 drives Chromebook eMMC iNAND 16GB, the HDMI and USB 2.0 / 3.0, slot microSD, two speakers rated at 2 watts and web camera with HD-shooting.

Chromebook 2 molnienosen: cold start takes less than 10 seconds, the device comes out of sleep in less than a second. On a single charge the laptop can work for full time or school day - up to 8, 5 hours of battery life.



Of the undoubted advantages of devices based on Chrome OS Google can distinguish regular automatic updates and features, ease of use with the OS (all you need - it's a Google account to sync settings and cloud storage). In addition, the Samsung Chromebook Series 2 comes with preinstalled software package worth more than $ 100. It includes an application for access to the smartphone, Air Droid Premium service for data management in the cloud-based task manager and collaboration Wunderlist Pro, as well as an application for learning English LittleBridge.com.



Samsung Chromebook 2 will be available in the US in May at a price of $ 400 for the older model and $ 320 for 11, 6-inch device. Prices in the domestic market has not yet officially been announced.

Specifications Chromebook 2 (13, 3 inches):

• Screen Operating System
• Processor Memory Drive Camera Battery Connections and connectors Size Weight - 1.4 kg. Specifications Chromebook 2 (11, 6 inches):
  • Screen Operating System Processor Memory Drive Camera Battery Connections and connectors Size Weight - 1.1 kg.
    Source: habrahabr.ru/company/samsung/blog/217101/