Battle of the Chromebooks: Contender #1 - Samsung Series 3

Welcome to Round #1 of the Battle of the Chromebooks, in this series we will take a look at each of the models of Chromebook available to the market at this time, and score them on multiple categories. once all the reviews are up we will once and for all have a winner as to which is the best Chromebook money can buy! let us know in the comment section if you agree or disagree on our scores, especial if you own the device.

Specifications

Processor: Exynos 5250 (1.7GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
Storage: 16GB e.MMC iNAND Enbeded Flash Drive
Memory 2GB DDR3L @ 800MHz

Score: 3.5/5

Benchmarks

    

Score: 4/5

Features

• Dimensions: 209 x 204 x 17.5mm
• Weight: 1.1kg
• Screen: 11.6-inch 1366x768 screen
• Storage: 16GB internal, SD card slot
• Camera: Front-facing 0.3 megapixel camera for video calls
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Other Features: HDMI out, 3.5mm headphone socket, two USB ports (one supporting USB 3.0)
• Battery Life: 6+ Hours
• Boot Up Time: <10 Seconds

Score: 4/5

Price: US$330 for Wifi + 3G or US$250 for Wifi only

Score 3.5/5

Design

Score: 4.5/5

Conclusion:

The Series 3 Chromebook from Samsung is by far the most popular Chromebook at the moment, with its beautiful design, affordability, and practicality, but it doesn't have any special features that other cheap chromebooks don't have and its a little pricey. 

Total Score 19.5/25

Annoucement: Battle of The ChromeBooks, Head to Head

Today we have a very special Announcement, over the coming weeks we will be doing a Battle of the Chromebooks series. We will be reviewing all the different models, and comparing and contrasting there specs, we will also do benchmark testes and find out once and for all, which chromebook is the best. There will be different categories such as price, features, specs and benchmarks and each of them will be scored out of 5 to get a final over all score. So let us know which two Chromebooks do you want to go head to head first?

Chromebook Stocked Stores Triple to 6,600

Google announced earlier this week world wide 6,600 stores now stock chromebooks. Chromebooks are now stocked in store in over 11 markets world wide. In the US Walmart has the Acer chromebook available in over 2,800 stores while Staple has Acer, HP and Samsung chromebooks in there over 1,500 stores nation wide.

In the UK Dixon's has had Chromebooks for some time now but with the recent addition of 116 Tesco stores as well as All Media Markt and Saturn Stores in the Netherlands, FNAC in France and elgiganten in Sweden, the UK market is now burst wide open.

 In Australia Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi Carry the Acer the HP and the Samsung models of chromebook although no-one stock either the series 5 or the Pixel on Australia shores yet.

David Shapiro, Director of Chromebook Marketing has been quoted saying "We-re working hard to bring Chromebooks to even more countries later this year."

Walmart and Staples to stock Chromebooks

Walmart and Staples have announced they will both be stocking Chromebooks, which is excellent news for Google as exposure for the devices spreads. Walmart is only  a $200 Acer model with 16 GB of solid state storage. Staples will sell a variety of Chromebooks from manufacture’s such as Acer, HP and Samsung.

Meanwhile Samsung have confirmed that there mid-range series 5 550 Chromebook is being fazed out with no plans for a replacement anytime soon, this means you either have the cheaper entry level chromebooks, or the top of the like Pixel for $1,300 leaving the market wide open for a mid-range device.