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Samsung's new Galaxy Book 12 LTE is the successor of the Galaxy Tab Pro S and seems to be the beginning of a new series - at least that is what we gathered from its name. It combines the advantages of a tablet with those of a subnotebook and is designed to be an ultra-portable office device with an efficient ULV dual-core CPU, 8 GB of RAM and an SSD. With this configuration, it should even manage more demanding software such as Adobe Photoshop and multitasking - its only real weak point is gaming. Samsung has a version without LTE and with Windows 10 Home available as well - our test unit with LTE comes with Windows 10 Pro.



The tablet offers only 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C ports and an audio jack. Security is taken care of by a TPM 2.0 chip and the device has Wi-Fi, UMTS and LTE. We have defined the device as a convertible and the Galaxy Book seems to be the only device in this segment that has a Super-AMOLED screen. The screen is in the trendy 3:2 format and has a resolution of 2160x1440 pixels.



The scope of delivery includes the keyboard cover and an S-Pen. The competitors Microsoft and Apple (iPad Pro) make you buy these accessories separately. Talking of competition: We have chosen four 12-inch convertibles with connecting keyboard and similar configurations (although the Lenovo IdeaPad Miix and the Acer Switch 5 cost a few hundred Dollars less) to be our comparison devices for this review, to help you with your decision. These are the devices we have chosen:

