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Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" Touch-Screen Chromebook: Enjoy effortless multitasking and superb video quality on the go with this Samsung Chromebook Plus. It has a 2.0GHz hexa-core processor and 4GB of RAM, so it responds quickly to your commands. This Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" has a 32GB hard drive with plenty of room for documents, photographs and music.
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5
Great replacement for Note/Tab Pro 12.2" tablet
on February 13, 2017
Posted by: WPWoodJr
from Philadelphia, PA
I got mine 2 days early shipped from Best Buy. I've been looking to replace my Samsung Tab Pro 12.2" tablet and this seemed perfect as it can be folded over to be a tablet, but can also be used like a regular laptop. Plus it runs Chrome and Android apps.
So far I'm very pleased. Battery life is good, 7 to 9 hours I would say. The keyboard works well, although it is somewhat mushy and the delete key is too small so I often press = by mistake. The trackpad works well for two finger scrolling and you can enable "tap and drag" in Accessibility settings. Two finger scrolling does have a bit of "bounce back" when you take you fingers off it, which is annoying.
The screen is really good and I only need to put it on 1/2 brightness. The aspect ration is 3:2 which is perfect for browsing and using as a tablet. The touchscreen works very well. I love that I don't need a special case to prop it up; the 360 degree hinge allows you to situate the screen at whatever angle you choose.
Chrome is fast and responsive. I have over 15 tabs in 4 windows open and performance is fine. One trick you can use is to press the "search" and "esc" keys to see the task manager, which will tell you which tabs are using the most CPU. I found that Amazon often uses a lot of CPU when it's tab is visible. Chrome runs twice as fast (9500 vs 4500) as on the Note / Tab Pro tablet (see "Octane" benchmark image).
Android apps generally work pretty well. However often I find that the Chrome web version of the app is better. For instance Google Maps is much better on Chrome. Google Inbox seems faster on the app version though.
I haven't played much with the stylus but it is just like the Note stylus and seems to work fine.
I've had a couple of issues with Bluetooth to my external speaker. It can cut in and out when there is a lot of CPU activity on other web pages or apps. Also, when I pause the music (using Google Play Music), after a minute or so sound is routed to the Chromebook's speakers instead of to the Bluetooth speaker. I'm hoping Google / Samsung can fix these issues soon.
In closing, this seems like a great replacement for the Tab / Note Pro 12.2" tablet, and doesn't require a special case or keyboard accessory.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" Touch-Screen Chromebook: Enjoy effortless multitasking and superb video quality on the go with this Samsung Chromebook Plus. It has a 2.0GHz hexa-core processor and 4GB of RAM, so it responds quickly to your commands. This Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" has a 32GB hard drive with plenty of room for documents, photographs and music.
Overall
1 out of 5
1 out of 5Cant install Android Apps!!
By mstrkoffee
watched many reviews and videos on this product was excited about it - Called Samasung they couldn't even help. This device will not let you install Android apps - definitely doesn't work not even in the beta channel. Unit will also not come out of standby have to press and hold the power button for ten seconds - very disappointed in Samsung.
WPWoodJr
Philadelphia, PA
Works fine on mine
February 13, 2017
I got my Chromebook Plus on Saturday. I have no problem running Android apps once I checked "Enable Google Play Store on your Chromebook" under settings.
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Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" Touch-Screen Chromebook: Enjoy effortless multitasking and superb video quality on the go with this Samsung Chromebook Plus. It has a 2.0GHz hexa-core processor and 4GB of RAM, so it responds quickly to your commands. This Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" has a 32GB hard drive with plenty of room for documents, photographs and music.
Overall1 out of 5
1 out of 5So much potential, but not ready for rollout.
By moonchic
from Miami, FL
I had been waiting for this Chromebook to be released for a couple of months. I was SO. EXCITED. to get my hands on this beauty.
I've owned a couple of Chromebooks in the past, and I had few issues with the other two. When I heard this one was being released with the ability to run Android apps on it, the Google/Android fangirl in me jumped for joy.
Got one on Sunday, and straight out of the box it's a beauty to behold. Sleek, thin, beautiful crisp display, a pen, and 360 flip capability. *Swoon*. But after installing a couple of Android apps, problems began. The apps would constantly crash. The computer froze on me multiple times while only running 2 tabs (NYT and FB open) on Chrome (with nothing else running in the background), and the only way to fix it was to restart. Samsung customer support tried to help me troubleshoot, I had to powerwash it twice. It would run smoothly again for an hour or two, then start freezing up again.
I love Google. I love Android. and I love Samsung. But I really believe they should have ironed more kinks out of this device before making it available to the public. In theory, it's a beautiful machine. Poor execution, however.
WPWoodJr
Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 2017
Sounds like you might have a defective one. My experience is pretty much opposite to yours. Chrome works great, Android apps work really well.
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Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" Touch-Screen Chromebook: Enjoy effortless multitasking and superb video quality on the go with this Samsung Chromebook Plus. It has a 2.0GHz hexa-core processor and 4GB of RAM, so it responds quickly to your commands. This Samsung Chromebook Plus 12.3" has a 32GB hard drive with plenty of room for documents, photographs and music.
Overall5 out of 5
5 out of 5Great replacement for Note/Tab Pro 12.2" tablet
By WPWoodJr
from Philadelphia, PA
I got mine 2 days early shipped from Best Buy. I've been looking to replace my Samsung Tab Pro 12.2" tablet and this seemed perfect as it can be folded over to be a tablet, but can also be used like a regular laptop. Plus it runs Chrome and Android apps.
So far I'm very pleased. Battery life is good, 7 to 9 hours I would say. The keyboard works well, although it is somewhat mushy and the delete key is too small so I often press = by mistake. The trackpad works well for two finger scrolling and you can enable "tap and drag" in Accessibility settings. Two finger scrolling does have a bit of "bounce back" when you take you fingers off it, which is annoying.
The screen is really good and I only need to put it on 1/2 brightness. The aspect ration is 3:2 which is perfect for browsing and using as a tablet. The touchscreen works very well. I love that I don't need a special case to prop it up; the 360 degree hinge allows you to situate the screen at whatever angle you choose.
Chrome is fast and responsive. I have over 15 tabs in 4 windows open and performance is fine. One trick you can use is to press the "search" and "esc" keys to see the task manager, which will tell you which tabs are using the most CPU. I found that Amazon often uses a lot of CPU when it's tab is visible. Chrome runs twice as fast (9500 vs 4500) as on the Note / Tab Pro tablet (see "Octane" benchmark image).
Android apps generally work pretty well. However often I find that the Chrome web version of the app is better. For instance Google Maps is much better on Chrome. Google Inbox seems faster on the app version though.
I haven't played much with the stylus but it is just like the Note stylus and seems to work fine.
I've had a couple of issues with Bluetooth to my external speaker. It can cut in and out when there is a lot of CPU activity on other web pages or apps. Also, when I pause the music (using Google Play Music), after a minute or so sound is routed to the Chromebook's speakers instead of to the Bluetooth speaker. I'm hoping Google / Samsung can fix these issues soon.
In closing, this seems like a great replacement for the Tab / Note Pro 12.2" tablet, and doesn't require a special case or keyboard accessory.
WPWoodJr
Philadelphia, PA
February 17, 2017
Wow, an update last night seems to have fixed the touchpad scrolling "bounce back" issue I mentioned in my review.
+4points
4of 4voted this comment as helpful.
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