Even with the recent debacle involving its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and their subsequent flight ban, Samsung is not about to lay down and take a beating from the industry. New leaks about its upcoming Chromebook Pro is painting an encouraging picture regarding the South Korean company’s latest notebook offering. Some are even describing its features as a bit overkill.
The unit was recently featured on Chrome Unboxed where the site listed many of the site’s features. The details came by a listing of the product on Adorama where the Chromebook Pro is put up for pre-order before it was quickly taken down. This seems to be an emerging trend among manufacturers and retailers recently; teasing customers with details on the product before removing the information.
In any case, one of the most compelling features of the device is an included stylus, which pretty much falls in line with the product’s 2-in-1 nature. It also comes with a 12.3-inch display that rotates on its hinge by 360 degrees. Pretty standard for a Chromebook, right?
Well, the 2,400 x 1600 resolution is where things become really interesting. As Gizmodo notes, this makes the Chromebook Pro incredibly close to Google’s own Pixel offerings, which are incredibly expensive. At a reported $499 price tag and sporting that kind of display prowess, the formerly named “Kevin” product by Samsung is already looking quite monstrous.
In terms of its internal capabilities, the 2-in-1 sports a six-core Rockchip processor. It’s capable of playing 4K content, which is something that few other Chromebooks can claim at the same price range. It also has 4GB of RAM and a whopping 32GB of storage space. For those who think that 32GB is too small for storage, do remember that this is a Chromebook and is therefore meant to store files on the Cloud.