WORK ALL THE ANGLES - Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360

The 360-degree hinge makes this flippy and flashy ultra-portable mighty versatile, but it's also mighty expensive - so is it worth it?

SPECIFICATIONS

Display 16-inch 2880 x 1800 120Hz AMOLED

CPU Intel Core i5-1340P / i7-1360P

GPU Intel Iris Xe

RAM 8GB / 16GB

Storage 256 GB / 512GB / 1TB

Operating system Windows 11 Home

Connectivity HDMI, 2x Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2, MicroSD reader, 3.5mm jack, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1

Dimensions 355.4x252.2x12.8mm

Weight 1.66kg

While the Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 may look like 'Samsung does a MacBook Pro', it can do stuff a MacBook can't. You get a Samsung signature OLED, its touchscreen folds back by 360 degrees and it's lighter.

But is it a true killer for design pros? The Pro 360 is a big laptop, but not a heavy or thick one. It weighs 1.8kg, which, while fairly light for a 16-inch laptop, is not nearly as light as an Acer Swift Edge or LG Gram 16. However, we don't mind: ultra-light laptops often have a slightly hollow feel to them. This is an altogether sturdier thing: it looks and feels the business.

One part we're not 100% down with, though, is that the hinge is a little too wobble-prone. This is what you get when you make a 360-degree hinge laptop, but you also want to be able to open it with one finger. But we'd rather have a more solid hinge.

That niggle aside, the laptop can perform all the usual 360-degree hybrid tricks. You can set it up in the 'tent' position or you can fold the screen all the way back, for use as a digital notepad.