The Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro was launched on Thursday, months after the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 was unveiled in September. The latest laptop from the South Korean technology group has joined the Galaxy Book 5 series and boasts of new Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors called Lunar Lake, Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, and Thunderbolt 4 port. It also gets artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, leveraging Microsoft’s Copilot+ platform as well as Galaxy AI – Samsung’s AI suite.
Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro Availability
Samsung says the Galaxy Book 5 Pro will initially be available for purchase in South Korea starting January 2. Potential customers can sign up to receive sales alerts and discount coupons.
The laptop will be offered in two colors – gray and silver.
samsung galaxy book 5 pro specifications
Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro has been launched in two sizes – 14-inch and 16-inch. It is equipped with a Dynamic AMOLED 2X touchscreen display with anti-reflective coating on top and vision booster feature. It is powered by an Intel Core Ultra Processor Series 2 (codenamed Lunar Lake) as well as a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU), supporting up to 47 trillion operations per second (tops).
Courtesy of the NPU, it supports on-device AI capabilities. The Galaxy Book 5 Pro is a Microsoft CoPilot+ PC and also comes with Samsung’s Galaxy AI suite. The latter supports functions like AI Select – a visual lookup feature similar to Google’s Circle to Search. Users can highlight a part of the screen by circling or drawing on it and search for it on the web. Additionally, it taps the NPU to access Optical Character Recognition (OCR), allowing them to select text from images and scan QR codes by circling over them.
Then there’s the Photo Remaster feature that can upgrade old images to high-definition resolution.
The Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro features a webcam with staggered HDR technology, a quad speaker setup, and Dolby Atmos support. It can last up to 25 hours on a single charge. For connectivity, there are Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, USB Type-A port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a microSD card reader.
