Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey price, release date, specs and more

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey price, release appointment, specs and more

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Samsung has unveiled the Milky way Book Odyssey, a new slim gaming laptop with powerful components, swappable memory, and the beginning Nvidia RTX 3050/3050 Ti GPUs nosotros've seen.

Information technology's articulate Samsung is positioning the iv-pound Odyssey as a motorcar for gaming on the become, and with good reason: the specs suggest it will be a contender for a spot among the best gaming laptops on the market, at to the lowest degree for those who want something highly portable.

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The Odyssey was unveiled alongside the Galaxy Book Pro and the Galaxy Volume Pro 360, two powerful ultraportable laptops sporting AMOLED screens. With these new notebooks Samsung is making a bold push to exist more dominant in the premium laptop market. Hither's what we know and so far about the Samsung Milky way Book Odyssey.

Samsung Milky way Book Odyssey: Release date and cost

Samsung confirmed that it plans to sell the Galaxy Volume Odyssey for a starting price of $1,399, though the price can likely range much higher depending on how y'all configure the laptop.

In terms of the Galaxy Book Odyssey release, Samsung has said that the Odyssey is expected to continue sale in Baronial, and will be available in Korea start. We're waiting to hear a more specific engagement, as well as when we tin wait the Odyssey to exist available in other markets.

Samsung Galaxy Volume Odyssey: Specs

	15.6-inch Galaxy Volume Odyssey
Starting price	$1,399
Screen	15.6-inch TFT LCD (1920 ten 1080)
Processor	11th Gen Intel i5/i7
Graphics	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050/3050 Ti Max-Q graphics
Storage	Upwardly to one TB (NVMe SSD)
Retentiveness	8GB, 16GB, 32GB DDR4x
Ports	2 USB-C, iii USB 3.2, 1 HDMI, Security slot, MicroSD reader, headphone/mic jack, RJ45
Battery	83Wh bombardment
Security	Fingerprint reader on power button
Audio	Dolby Atmos support
Connectivity	Wi-Fi vi (Gig+), Wi-Fi 6E fix, Bluetooth 5.1, 802.11 ax, Gigabit Ethernet
Dimensions	14 10 9 x 0.7 inches
Weight	four pounds

Samsung Galaxy Volume Odyssey: Design

The Samsung Galaxy Volume Odyssey appears to have a pretty nondescript chassis which belies the powerful components packed within. Information technology comes in whatever colour yous want, equally long as what y'all want is Mystic Black; and so if you're in the market for a low-cardinal ultraportable that can handle all the latest games, the Odyssey might be a good fit.

What'southward peculiarly exciting nearly the Odyssey's design is the fashion information technology'southward built to allow y'all the option of expanding your memory or storage options downwardly the road. The option to swap out RAM or upgrade the SSD yourself is a large deal for gamers, and the laptop reportedly ships with spare SO-DIMM and PCIe slots for just that purpose.

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey: Performance

Samsung's Milky way Book Odyssey is one of the outset laptops in the world to transport with Nvidia's new RTX 3050/3050 Ti GPUs, which is potentially a big deal for anyone who appreciates skilful gaming performance on a laptop.

The Nvidia RTX 3050/3050 Ti GPUs are so new that nosotros don't have much in the fashion of test results to suggest how they'll stack up against the competition. However, since the Odyssey pairs these new GPUs with a 1080p screen and plenty of RAM it'southward likely that whatsoever modernistic game you play on it will await great and run smooth, hopefully on the highest quality settings.

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey: Brandish

The Odyssey comes equipped with a xv.6-inch 1080p TFT LCD screen, which should be able to handle whatever videos, pictures, and games you throw at it.

Whether it will look particularly skillful doing information technology remains to be seen; we'll have to get one in for review so nosotros can measure the brightness and color operation to see how it stacks upward against other gaming laptops on the market.

It's a piffling disappointing to see the Odyssey debut with this LCD screen when its siblings, the Galaxy Volume Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360, are both shipping with OLED displays. Presumably the decision to get with a TFT LCD screen over OLED was made for cost reasons, given that the Odyssey'due south already has the highest starting price of any new Galaxy Book, but still information technology's hard not to daydream most what an AMOLED-equipped ultraportable gaming laptop might have been.

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey: Ports

The Milky way Book Odyssey will ship with a slew of ports, though none of them are the latest and greatest. With 2 USB-C ports and 3 USB 3.2 ports the Odyssey is ready to play with just almost whatever PC gaming accessory made in recent memory, so you should have no trouble hooking up your favorite keyboards, mice, and headsets.

The included HDMI port and RJ45 jack are prissy touches, too; the one-time will allow the laptop output to an external display, while the latter gives you the option of jacking into an Ethernet port for skilful wired Internet speed.

All the same, it's a petty disappointing to see that this premium-priced laptop doesn't appear to include any USB 4 | Thunderbolt 4 ports, potentially limiting your peripheral options down the road.

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey: Outlook

By packing an 11th Gen Intel CPU and 1 of the first Nvidia RTX 3050/3050 Ti cards on the market place into a slim chassis that's lighter than most gaming laptops, Samsung has made the Galaxy Volume Odyssey a very attractive option for anyone seeking a high-functioning ultraportable.

When you factor in the fact that you lot have the selection to upgrade or bandy out the RAM and SSD yourself, the Galaxy Book Odyssey starts to expect like it could exist one of the best gaming laptops you tin purchase in 2021 -- and peradventure 1 of the best laptops, flow.

What remains to exist seen is how skillful that screen looks playing all the latest games, and how long the battery lasts while doing and then. We're hoping to get one in for testing and review before long, then stay tuned for a full report.

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Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more a decade of experience covering both for outlets similar Game Developer, Black Hat, and PC World mag. He currently serves as a senior editor at Tom's Guide roofing all things computing, from laptops and desktops to keyboards and mice.