14 DAY TRIAL // We have been talking a lot of Chromebooks lately. The most recent news related to the topic showed the face of the first upcoming Toshiba Chromebook ever, most likely to be unveiled at CES 2014.
Over the weekend, we reported the findings of a new study, which showed that Chromebooks now hold 20% of the entire notebook market in the US, thus showing that the laptops have been gaining more and more popularity with consumers.
Samsung’s ARM Chromebook was the first device of its kind Google launched with an affordable price tag ($249 / €181), targeted at every consumer. Even if it managed to grab the first position in Amazon’s top selling laptops for quite some time, Samsung and Google apparently lost interest in the device and did not upgrade it.
But now, since Chromebooks are starting to really carve their own place into the market, Samsung’s interest has been reportedly rekindled.
According to the latest rumors coming out of Korea via BusinessKorea, we’re probably going to see a new Samsung Chromebook equipped with an Exynos 5 Octa 5420 processor paired with 3GB of RAM in 2014. The report doesn't mention in which quarter we’re likely to be graced by the presence of the new Chromebook, but more information will probably become available soon.
Other than that, the new Sammy Chrome machine is expected to boast a 12-inch screen (or less) with a 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution. As for internal storage, customers will probably be given the option between 16GB and 32GB and we might even end up seeing a USB 3.0 port being added.
It would be cool if Samsung and Google decided to add a micro USB charger as well (in the vein of the HP Chromebook 11, hopefully without the faulty overcharging defect) and touch-screen (look at Acer pulling that off).
The Chromebook is expected to provide 7 hours of battery life and bear a price tag between $250 / €182 and $300 / €218.