Samsung GalaxyBook Flex Alpha Cheapest Notebook at $830 Launched at CES 2020

CES 2020 still not yet kicks off and companies are starting to take their front on this CES. One of them is Samsung as they are showing their new lineup Laptop into their Galaxy Book Lineup

PROS	CONS
Gorgeous Design	Low Battery Performance
Optimal Price	Poor Graphics
QLED Display

Samsung is truly stepping up its laptop game in 2020 by bringing new laptops to its lineup. The Samsung Galaxy Flex Alpha is a 2-in-1 13-inch Notebook that is thin, light and price start from $830 when it will retail in the first half of 2020. Samsung also adds up more to their Galaxy Book lineup by the introduction of more-premium Galaxy Book Ion and Flex, meanwhile, are expected to cost upwards of $1,100 and $1,400 respectively.

Samsung Galaxy Flex and Ion are the first sets of the laptop to feature Samsung’s QLED screen. This new QLED screen pretty competitive in this range of notebook as we have seen many OLED options from other giants like Dell or Lenovo, but QLED may bring more competition to the market. The display becomes quite bright into “Outdoor Mode” up to 600 nits. The Flex Alpha offers the same technology, meets the same brightness measurement and runs at full HD — just like the more-premium machines.

Samsung also tries to keep these laptop lightest as possible as the laptop weighs about 1.19kg (about 2.6 pounds). The Samsung Galaxy Flex comes in at 1.1kg (or 1.5kg for the 15-inch variant) while the Book Ion starts at 0.9 kg (1.1 kg for the 15-inch unit). The new notebook’s profile of 13.9mm is just a hair thicker than the other two (12.9mm) 13-inch models, which shouldn’t be very noticeable. This lightness will add more portability to the device and the user will carry a notebook pretty easily as possible. 

The Flex Alpha features a Biometric Fingerprint sensor on the keyboard for convenient logins. The Flex and Ion also feature the same fingerprint sensor. The port option of the device is pretty decent as it has 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB-C, an HDMI Port, a Headphone Jack, and a microSD card reader. It although 2020 but we haven’t seen USB Type-A go away but Dell has recently launched their Dell XPS 13 which removes Type A Port altogether.

On the power side, Samsung has to do some sacrifice to meet the price point as the device features a smaller 54Whr battery compared to the 69.7Whr batter on the older laptops. 

In terms of graphics Flex Alpha also made some significant compromises as it features Intel UHD GPU option rather than Iris Pro or Nvidia MX 250 GPU you can choose on Flex and Ion. While Performance of the device will be good as it features Intel 10th Gen CPU  (unknown, but likely Comet Lake). Wi-Fi 6 also available into the device due to Intel 10th Gen CPU. Storage options on the device pretty minimal as Flex Alpha maxes out at 512 GB as the Flex and Ion could support up to 1TB of SSD. Flex Alpha memory also supports up to 12GB which is smaller as compared to 16GB on the older pair.

Samsung hasn’t given a more specific availability window than “the first half of 2020,” there seems to be plenty of time before you have to decide which of the QLED Galaxy Books you want to get. 

Samsung Galaxy Flex Alpha might not be confused with Galaxy Book S, by the way, which will finally be releasing in the US in the first quarter of 2020. The Flex Alpha might bring more significant competition in the market due to its display technology and price. But only its first impression will tell us more about the device. 

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