Impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 Unboxing [VIDEO]

Anomaly if there is one, it is The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 is a no-nonsense device in a bunch of ways. It was so confusing that we put off doing the unboxing until now simply because we couldn’t get Samsung to agree to send us one. In saying that they didn’t even send out review units on this odd little device, we simply continued to overlook this whimsical Chromebook until recently.

Why did we finally decide to buy one and unbox it? It’s mainly about curiosity. With Samsung’s interesting track record in the Chromebook market, we all wondered if we might be missing something in Samsung’s recent efforts at a new ChromeOS device. As it turns out, it wasn’t, but this Chromebook has some really interesting extras that make it worth a look, even if it’s not really worth the asking price.

Here’s the thing: The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 has some great features. The build quality is very good for a device made entirely of plastic and looks great on the table, in the hand or on the lap. There is some give to the structure, but not a ton, and the keyboard deck is very firm indeed. The keyboard is modest, but not terrible and the plastic trackpad is reasonably soft with a solid click mechanism as well.

The ports — USB Type A, 2x USB Type C, headphone/microphone, and MicroSD card — give you a nice selection of connectivity and the speakers are decent too. It all sounds good, but then you are Add in a 16:10 2560 x 1600 QHD IPS screen and things get very interesting. With rounded corners (only a few Chromebooks have this little feature), great colors, great sharpness, and very smooth animations, this screen is one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. Seriously, this screen looks and feels like the first half of a really cool Chromebook.

Then things start to shift a little bit. The wiggling of the keys on the keyboard would make long-term typing somewhat difficult, and the 720p webcam is exactly what you’d expect: disappointingly soft. But those are forgivable in a budget Chromebook where the performance there simply isn’t. Intel’s small core processors have been pretty good in the last couple of years and the entry level Celeron N4500 in this machine should be adequate (not great), but 4GB RAM and HD squash screen with great speed.

Seriously, this is one of the slowest Chromebooks I’ve used in some time, it’s just a shame. At an MSRP of $449, Samsung has to do better than this. There are far too many Chromebooks in this price range to blow doors off this one and in 2023, it just isn’t appropriate for that to be the case. If this were a $299 Chromebook, that would be a different conversation, but it’s not. We picked it up at a deep discount of $349, and I’m still aggravated by the lack of speed.

Unfortunately, the same high-resolution screen that’s so nice to look at is also the same screen that spoils this whole experience. It doesn’t matter how great the screen is if your Chromebook is pushing it it just can’t keep up, which is 100% the case in this case. With that many pixels to wrestle with, the Celeron N4500 can’t keep up, and I wonder what in the world Samsung was thinking when they put this together. In no way can I invite anyone to buy this one at these prices. For a lot less money, I suppose you could prove this Chromebook was used for the simplest of tasks, but that’s it.

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